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by deputy dawg
Wed Aug 21, 2019 5:48 pm
Forum: Mobile Tech
Topic: Do/did you reapply thermal paste in laptops/notebooks?
Replies: 22
Views: 10789

Re: Do/did you reapply thermal paste in laptops/notebooks?

At work I redid the thermal paste on a basically new Dell Precision 5520 that was throttling under load. All I had on hand was Arctic Silver 5 (would have ideally used something non-conductive) but it seemed to help quite a bit. That model is very Macbook-like, just a few Torx screws (and a couple o...
by deputy dawg
Fri Apr 19, 2019 6:54 pm
Forum: Storage
Topic: OMG, a 7.6 TB 2.5" SSD...does this really exist?
Replies: 42
Views: 7939

Re: OMG, a 7.6 TB 2.5" SSD...does this really exist?

Don't forget the 100TB ExaDrive!

https://nimbusdata.com/products/exadriv ... able-ssds/

It's 3.5" instead of 2.5" but still pretty intriguing. And I'm sure it's got a big fat price tag to match its big fat form factor.
by deputy dawg
Wed Jan 02, 2019 11:20 am
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: why monitors have better picture than tvs?
Replies: 25
Views: 11092

Re: why monitors have better picture than tvs?

PC monitors don't have better quality than modern TVs. Not anymore, anyway. Jaggy and aliased sounds potentially like bad settings, unless it's a bad generic model. Check that you're feeding the TV its native resolution, turn off all post-processing options, turn off zoom/scaling/overscan. I would ...
by deputy dawg
Tue Dec 18, 2018 1:27 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Anyone repair anything today?
Replies: 1407
Views: 199235

Re: Anyone repair anything today?

I'm mostly just a lurker around here but wanted to share possibly the strangest computer related issue that I faced yesterday: I imaged a Dell Latitude E7440 using our standard Windows 10 image at work and noticed that the performance was very sluggish. In the Task Manager I noticed that the CPU was...
by deputy dawg
Fri Mar 30, 2018 1:55 am
Forum: Visual Haven
Topic: Inexpensive IPS for Office (Dual Monitor)
Replies: 40
Views: 11245

Re: Inexpensive IPS for Office (Dual Monitor)

I did have to contact the seller directly for return and they responded in less than an hour: We are terribly sorry for the inconvenience caused regarding this issue. After receiving reports, we have identified that due to a system glitch, our listing on Newegg was incorrectly linked to another prod...
by deputy dawg
Thu Mar 29, 2018 8:10 pm
Forum: Visual Haven
Topic: Inexpensive IPS for Office (Dual Monitor)
Replies: 40
Views: 11245

Re: Inexpensive IPS for Office (Dual Monitor)

DPete27 wrote:
Acer Predator update: package delivered (wow, fast!).....it's a 22" Acer B6....

Same here (sad trumpets). Oh well, hopefully there's not too much drama with the return process.
by deputy dawg
Thu Mar 29, 2018 2:25 pm
Forum: Visual Haven
Topic: Inexpensive IPS for Office (Dual Monitor)
Replies: 40
Views: 11245

Re: Inexpensive IPS for Office (Dual Monitor)

I'm SOOOO tempted to click buy and just see what happens. I don't even need that monitor. Just did it. Guess I'll find out! Oooooh boy. PLEASE keep us all updated at every step. This gon be gud. Surprisingly it's already out for delivery, I should have it today! I'm not getting my hopes up *too* hi...
by deputy dawg
Wed Mar 28, 2018 1:13 pm
Forum: Visual Haven
Topic: Inexpensive IPS for Office (Dual Monitor)
Replies: 40
Views: 11245

Re: Inexpensive IPS for Office (Dual Monitor)

DPete27 wrote:
morphine wrote:
Acer Predator XB271HU for $179.33

I'm SOOOO tempted to click buy and just see what happens. I don't even need that monitor.

Just did it. Guess I'll find out!
by deputy dawg
Wed Jan 24, 2018 7:57 pm
Forum: Echo Vale
Topic: Headset for Gaming
Replies: 15
Views: 7822

Re: Headset for Gaming

I recently got a Logitech G230 headset and have been really happy with it. It has regular 3.5mm plugs but I did end up buying a cheapo SYBA USB sound card since my motherboard's audio is horrendous. Other than that they've been great! Nice and comfy and sound perfectly fine. The braided cable is cra...
by deputy dawg
Mon Dec 12, 2016 1:55 pm
Forum: Networking
Topic: Odd Laptop Networking Failure
Replies: 15
Views: 7746

Re: Odd Laptop Networking Failure

Have you checked msconfig/services.msc to make sure the network related services haven't been disabled?
by deputy dawg
Tue Sep 20, 2016 11:57 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Windows 7 (x64) not recognizing my Wired XBox 360 controller!
Replies: 32
Views: 25456

Re: Windows 7 (x64) not recognizing my Wired XBox 360 controller!

Have you just tried power cycling the computer (shut down, unplug, hold power button for 30 seconds, power back on)? I've fixed the "USB device not recognized" issue that way a few times before.
by deputy dawg
Wed Aug 31, 2016 3:16 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Horribly Baked on Thermal Paste
Replies: 50
Views: 5759

Re: Horribly Baked on Thermal Paste

I've used contact cleaner to blast off some pretty nasty baked-on thermal paste. Something like this:
https://www.amazon.com/Max-Professional ... 004PHDLQY/
by deputy dawg
Thu Aug 27, 2015 12:09 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Upgrade Windows 10 Home to Pro?
Replies: 3
Views: 1491

Re: Upgrade Windows 10 Home to Pro?

One Sick Puppy wrote:

Seriously... I Googled and Yahoo'd and Bing'd it and searched the Microsoft Store but couldn't find ANYTHING about going to the settings as mentioned here in the first result. Seems convoluted but oh well. Thanks.
by deputy dawg
Wed Aug 26, 2015 6:39 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Upgrade Windows 10 Home to Pro?
Replies: 3
Views: 1491

Upgrade Windows 10 Home to Pro?

I have a customer who wants to use Remote Desktop to access his office PC from home. It came with Windows 8.1 and was upgraded to Windows 10 Home which does not allow incoming RDP connections. There is allegedly a Windows 10 Pro Pack for $99 but I can't find it available for purchase anywhere. Has a...
by deputy dawg
Tue Jul 28, 2015 8:57 pm
Forum: Storage
Topic: Iomega Bernoulli Disks
Replies: 13
Views: 3279

Iomega Bernoulli Disks

Some of these were brought into my place of work with some e-waste to recycle and I was very intrigued by them. I'm sure you old school techies know all about these things but I had never seen them until today. Fortunately the customer did not ask me to retrieve data from them... Check out the pics!...
by deputy dawg
Thu Jun 18, 2015 3:28 pm
Forum: General Software
Topic: Bogus Tech Support Batch File
Replies: 8
Views: 2810

Re: Bogus Tech Support Batch File

I realize the pricks who create these are often not native English speakers, but has anyone else ever wondered why more effort isn't put into spelling and grammar? Seriously... the most obvious and common way to detect this sort of thing, especially for non-technical users, is to spot the spelling ...
by deputy dawg
Thu Jun 18, 2015 1:47 pm
Forum: General Software
Topic: Bogus Tech Support Batch File
Replies: 8
Views: 2810

Bogus Tech Support Batch File

I ran across this batch file called "windows virus scan" on the desktop of a computer I'm working on. They had gotten one of those scam calls from "Microsoft" claiming they had a virus and I had to do a system restore to get into the computer since they had put on a startup passw...
by deputy dawg
Fri May 08, 2015 11:47 am
Forum: Storage
Topic: Consumer SSDs in Servers
Replies: 56
Views: 8630

Re: Consumer SSDs in Servers

I'm hoping that at some point, they'll make a "budget enterprise" SSD, targeted at small biz servers. Your PowerEdge T110 II, T320, HP Proliant ML, etc. We'll see where that goes. After all, platter drives have gone a middle ground, like the Western Digital RE nearline-SAS drives. It will...
by deputy dawg
Thu May 07, 2015 3:22 pm
Forum: Graphics
Topic: HONORABLE ATI NVIDIA HMDI GRAPHICS
Replies: 5
Views: 1455

Re: HONORABLE ATI NVIDIA HMDI GRAPHICS

UberGerbil wrote:
This is how the FreeSync / G-Sync dichotomy will be resolved. With Holy Mother****ing Display Integration.

I guess I should have titled this "AMD and Nvidia collaborate on new display standard"
by deputy dawg
Thu May 07, 2015 1:13 pm
Forum: Graphics
Topic: HONORABLE ATI NVIDIA HMDI GRAPHICS
Replies: 5
Views: 1455

HONORABLE ATI NVIDIA HMDI GRAPHICS

This card has an identity crisis and some new type of display connector?

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by deputy dawg
Tue Mar 31, 2015 4:41 pm
Forum: Motherboards, Chipsets, & RAM
Topic: Faster RAM for new SSD
Replies: 13
Views: 2687

Re: Faster RAM for new SSD

Get a good quality 250GBish SSD and use the old 640GB mechanical for stuff you won't need to access a lot or doesn't really need fast storage (movies, music, etc.) and keep games, programs, anything you're working on right now on the SSD. It's nice to have a second drive for nothing else than backu...
by deputy dawg
Tue Mar 31, 2015 4:29 pm
Forum: Motherboards, Chipsets, & RAM
Topic: Faster RAM for new SSD
Replies: 13
Views: 2687

Re: Faster RAM for new SSD

If you're buying this to REPLACE your current RAM...not in a million years. Do you have a 2x4GB 1333MHz kit now? If you're buying it to ADD to your current 8GB (or plan on transplanting the existing stuff to another system), then the price is fine (even though it'll run at 1333MHz alongside your ex...
by deputy dawg
Tue Mar 31, 2015 3:57 pm
Forum: Motherboards, Chipsets, & RAM
Topic: Faster RAM for new SSD
Replies: 13
Views: 2687

Re: Faster RAM for new SSD

Maybe have a look at this article on memory scaling with the Phenom x4. Here's an Intel Haswell memory scaling article. Don't pay too much attention to the overall summary at the end, the IGP results skew the average. Awesome, thanks! What I'm seeing is it would definitely be a slight improvement, ...
by deputy dawg
Tue Mar 31, 2015 3:44 pm
Forum: Motherboards, Chipsets, & RAM
Topic: Faster RAM for new SSD
Replies: 13
Views: 2687

Re: Faster RAM for new SSD

whm1974 wrote:
I know going from 1333 to 1600 MHz isn't much but I figured since it's also a lower Cas latency it would be a slightly more dramatic improvement.


Get the SSD instead. You will notice a major improvement.


Definitely getting the SSD! I guess I just feel like 1333 MHz @ CL9 is so... pedestrian :P
by deputy dawg
Tue Mar 31, 2015 3:39 pm
Forum: Motherboards, Chipsets, & RAM
Topic: Faster RAM for new SSD
Replies: 13
Views: 2687

Re: Faster RAM for new SSD

I'm not concerned about the RAM. Just get the SSD. Do it. Come on, now, do it. :) I tossed a 120GB M500 (which is on the slower end for writes) in a Core 2 laptop (Penryn), choked by the chipset's SATA II controller. And with DDR2 800MHz in the system. Still led to some nice improvements. Latency w...
by deputy dawg
Tue Mar 31, 2015 3:36 pm
Forum: Motherboards, Chipsets, & RAM
Topic: Faster RAM for new SSD
Replies: 13
Views: 2687

Re: Faster RAM for new SSD

From a speed standpoint, it's not worth the money stepping up from 1333MHz to 1600MHz. However , you can certainly buy the kit you linked to ADD 8GB of RAM to your system. The system will run all sticks at the lowest common denominator (aka 1333MHz, which that 1600MHz kit will support) but who care...
by deputy dawg
Tue Mar 31, 2015 3:24 pm
Forum: Motherboards, Chipsets, & RAM
Topic: Faster RAM for new SSD
Replies: 13
Views: 2687

Faster RAM for new SSD

Hi all, I'm planning on getting an SSD in my main desktop with the following specs: ASUS M4A87TD EVO Motherboard Phenom II 970 (stock 3.5 GHz) 8GB Kingston el cheapo DDR3-1333 CL9 Radeon HD 7850 I mainly just want faster overall operation and I play some older-gen games on it (Borderlands series, So...
by deputy dawg
Fri Mar 06, 2015 4:34 pm
Forum: Storage
Topic: Cloning Win 7 to new HDD
Replies: 8
Views: 2737

Re: Cloning Win 7 to new HDD

by deputy dawg
Fri Nov 07, 2014 12:52 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: No more SBS, new domain?
Replies: 8
Views: 1817

Re: No more SBS, new domain?

I ended up sticking with the same domain. There were a few hiccups (disappearing mapped drives, slow logins, etc.) but once I had everything configured correctly and did a bit of group policy cleanup everything seems to be humming along nicely now :)
by deputy dawg
Thu Oct 23, 2014 3:33 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Windows 8.1 "USB Printing Support"
Replies: 18
Views: 11651

Re: Windows 8.1 "USB Printing Support"

I will bet you that the USB device is NOT the issue. I had on my brother's Asus notebook running Windows 7 the same issue, except it was an external USB hard drive. It had a similar error message in Device Manager. I had to edit the Registry and found that the LowerFilters and UpperFilters had to b...
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