Old Age

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  1. J

    [SOLVED] RTX 3080 Ti on an ASUS Maximus Formula VI Motherboard?

    Hey folks, I'm looking to upgrade my wholly underpowered graphics card on a build I did in 2014. I currently can't afford a new system but a GPU boost would probably keep me going for a while yet and the machine was built with decent bits to begin with. I get that I'll probably need to upgrade...
    • JackSparra
    • Thread
    • compatabilility founders edition graphics card maxumus formula vi Old Age psu rtx 3080 ti
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Graphics Cards
  2. lemosh

    Question Crash: GPU stops posting (black screen), fans on max, sound still there.

    Hi guys, First post on this forum. I am at my wit's end. My build is now at least seven years old. It is my first. It is (or was, at least) my old reliable. I never had any issues with it, disregarding occasional hiccups which mostly resolved themselves. Also currently I can't afford a new...
    • lemosh
    • Thread
    • crash gpu #gtx Old Age psu system
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Systems
  3. codemilly

    What to do with an old Acer Aspire 4315 + How to upgrade it?

    I have an old Acer Aspire 4315 which is just gathering dust on my shelf right now and I'm planning on repurposing it by installing a Linux Distro or ChromeOS . This laptop was bought back in 2008. Wayyy back when I was a kid. I don't think that I can upgrade the CPU (Intel Celeron M Processor...
  4. V

    [SOLVED] How to optimize windows 11

    I updated my age old laptop to latest windows 10, but now the ram usage is just to high, the CPU usage is high too and it's barely usable. How can fix this? I have seen seen videos of "Decrapifying" windows, how effective are they and are they safe? or is there anyway to downgrade my windows to...
    • Vaibhav_Rai@
    • Thread
    • Old Age old laptop optimisation windows windows10
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Windows 10
  5. A

    Question Help Troubleshooting PC that won’t boot. GPU fried??

    Hi all, I know there are some similar discussions(which I’ve read) to this post. So apologies for that, just wanted to get some extra input on my situation in case anyway had some tips I had not thought of. About a month or two ago, my pc(5+ year old build) finally kicked the bucket during use...
    • aidanfitz97
    • Thread
    • gpu gtx 970 mobo motheboard no life Old Age power suply psu smoke troubeshoot trouble booting Troubleshoooting Wont boot
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Graphics Cards
  6. vistagamer6969

    [SOLVED] old router, new devices

    Hello everybody! Today I found another interesting ancient piece of technology: zyxel P-870HW-51a v2 Now I'm at a village and got a Huawei b311s-220 from Orange on a contract for 1 more year. The signal strenght of this thing is horrible: I've got 2 or maybe 3 signal lines on my laptop if I move...
  7. vistagamer6969

    Question Install windows from upgrade disk?

    Hello everyone! I'm a "nostalgic guy" and really want to buy a retail version of old windows (like xp and vista) and I'm wondering if I can fully install it from a disk labeled as "upgrade" without any previous installations before (older than or same) as it would be much, much cheaper for me. I...
  8. vistagamer6969

    Question Weird display behavior (might be broken?)

    Hello! So a few days ago I found my first laptop ever (fujitsu amilo li 2727 ms2228) and when I powered it on it showed me a black screen with 2 white vertical lines and a small white spot in the right down corner. I remember some years ago when I powered it on it did the same thing and I...
  9. vistagamer6969

    Question Broken display

    Hello! So today I found my old laptop (fujitsu amilo li 2727 ms2228) and I tried powering it on. My screen is black with 3 white lines on it. Now I tried using my 1080p monitor to see if it boots but when I plug in the VGA cable and power on the monitor it says "Cannot display this video mode...
  10. M

    Question Need help with an upgrade

    This build is over 11 years old. Updating it for my husband I have my own Rig that holds up pretty well with its 1080 Classified, but his needs some love. It can't handle much at all even on low settings anymore, and It almost constantly closes out of games randomly (I determined it has to be...
    • Morcaster
    • Thread
    • build Old Age Upgrade advice
    • Replies: 29
    • Forum: Systems
  11. nomad_00

    Question how would i be able to download an iso file off a cd/dvd for windows?

    how would i be able to download an ISO file off a cd/dvd for xp/vista? i have the codes and the disks so i can do it non illegally. i would like to have them cause i have a vm that i would like to run old games/software but what program would be able to get bootable ISO file and if so would it...
    • nomad_00
    • Thread
    • ISO OLD Old Age riping software Virtual Machine windows Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows XP
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Apps and Software
  12. C

    [SOLVED] Optimizing old Dell Optilex 9010 AIO

    I work in a schools IT dep and am trying to see if I can juice out a bit more speed out of these 6.5 year old machines some of the classrooms still have. Specs: os: win 10 education or 8.1 education cpu: i5-3570S (with integrated graphics) ram: 4gb ddr3 ethernet controller : Integrated Intel®...
    • Crafthor
    • Thread
    • aio Dell OptiPlex 9010 Old Age school computer School computers Slow hard drive
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Systems
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