expansion card

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    Question Asrock B450M steel legend second NVME drive not working

    Hi guys, I just bought a second NVME drive for my motherboard. I reluctantly bought the drive without doing any research on my motherboard as it's quite old and I completely forgot what it supported. This drive was meant to replace my boot drive and I would then re-use the old boot drive for a...
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    [SOLVED] I'm looking for a PCIe 3.0 x1 SATA expansion card ?

    I would like to connect another sata device to my pc, but have used all available sata connections except the two hidden behind the graphics card. I have an available PCI-E 3.0 x1 slot. I'm looking for an expansion card for this slot with SATA ports. I'm connecting mechanical hard drives, so any...
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    [SOLVED] wifi for an HP 6200 pro MT

    I am looking for a wireless card for a desktop. I recently purchased an HP 6200 pro MT, refurbished, with some minor upgrades, 16gb ram, i7 processor, 1 TB HDD/ 500gb supplimentary HDD. Anyway, i have been having problems finding a compatible wifi card in stock anywhere. I was looking for an HP...
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    [SOLVED] USB expansion cards: SATA vs non-SATA

    What are the differences between a USB expansion card that is solely connected to the PCIe slot and a card that also requires a SATA connection? Is the expansion card which needs SATA able to draw more electrical current from the motherboard? Or is SATA connection an alternative method for the...
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    Question USB 3.0 PCI-E Expansion Card Startup

    Hi all, due to my USB slots being filled up, I've purchased a USB 3.0 PCI-E expansion card from Orico, specifically the PVU6-502I-V1. My issue is that devices plugged into the card do not initialise along with Windows. The devices will only work when Windows has started and I replug them. I...
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    [SOLVED] PCIe network cards don’t fit

    View: https://imgur.com/a/9DYbqjE I can’t understand why neither card properly fits into my this micro tax case. The red card doesn’t fit at all, but the black one fits only with a slight push when I’m screwing it in. I have tried 4 cards over 2 days now and none fit properly. Some expansion...
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    [SOLVED] PCIe Expansion Card for M.2 Question

    Hi all, Had a question about using PCIe Expansion Cards to add M.2 storage. So I'm a big fan of M.2 drives, for the speed of course, but also the lack of cables. I'm currently using 2 M.2 SSDs on my motherboard, one for my OS and the other is a 1TB storage. I will soon be running out of room on...
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    Question can pcie x1 card be installed on pci slot?

    the title says it all hahah
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    I NEED HELP! Problems ASRock VGA Driver

    I had just bought my new ASRock Z87 Extreme4 motherboard and I was installing all the drivers needed on the Windows 7 64 bit downloading page: http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z87%20Extreme4/?cat=Download&os=Win764 All the drivers worked swimmingly except my VGA Driver which I DESPERATELY need for...
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    Will the GPU be bottlenecked

    Thinking of getting a Asus Strix R9 390 Gaming 8GB GDDR5 and not sure if it will work at 100% and my specs are: CPU: intel i5-4430 at 3.00GHz Ram: Dual-Channel 16GB at 1300MHz ish Motherboard: ASUS HHB1M-PLUS PSU: CX-600
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    Random restarts with Windows 10

    So, basically I installed Windows 10 way back at release, and although everything is fine in general, I've been having a problem with random restarts. It never occured with Windows 7 and happened to me on the first day of 10, and a few times afterwards. I mainly use my rig for gaming, and the...
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    How to Stream with little lag without another PC

    I want to be able to stream on Twitch with OBS with little lag from frames and ping. I don't want to have to buy another computer. Is there a device (like some sort of capture care) to accomplish this? I am going to stream PC games on my PC. Here is my current setup: Motherboard: Asus ROG...