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    Getting latest UEFI secure-boot keys on older ASUS motherboard?

    I have an ASUS PRIME B365M-A running the latest BIOS for it (version 2208) and all the tools tell me I don't have the 2023 UEFI keys in my firmware. How do I install those on this motherboard, is there a way I can do it somehow or is the only way to do it to let Windows handle it (and hope it...
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    CPU temperature question

    Small update here, a few months ago I replaced the thermal paste with some Noctua stuff and that seemed to help a little bit but then yesterday I rebooted to try and fix an internet issue and got dumped into the BIOS with a "CPU temperature error". Turned off the machine, opened it up and it...
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    CPU temperature question

    The fans are all spinning. I bought the CPU in January of 2020 (before the whole world went pear shaped) and I don't think the cooler has been taken off since then so yeah it probably is a case of "old thermal paste" and its time to change it (and get rid of any dust from the machine at the same...
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    CPU temperature question

    I have a Core i5-9400F with the stock Intel cooler, ASUS Prime B365M-A motherboard and stock BIOS settings for everything (memory speeds, CPU settings etc). According to HWMonitor it hit 100% max utilization across the 6 cores with a max clock speed of 3994 MHz and and a max temperature of 100C...
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    Is it worth upgrading to Windows 11?

    I haven't run a 32-bit version of Windows for a long time and don't care about 16 bit apps.
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    Is it worth upgrading to Windows 11?

    My use case is gaming, general web browsing (including Netflix, YouTube etc) and also software development and Visual Studio work. Sounds like the effort required (in my case it would be a full reinstall for a number of reasons) isn't worth it.
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    Is it worth upgrading to Windows 11?

    My current specs: Intel Core i5-9400F Asus Prime B365M-A 16GB Kingston HyperX DDR4-2400 RAM (4x4GB sticks) MSI GTX 1660 Super 500GB WD HDD 500GB WD 2.5 SSD 250GB Crucial 2.5 SSD 500GB Crucial P1 NVME SSD (my boot drive) DVD RW drive (mostly used for playing DVDs from my collection or the tiny...
  8. J

    ASUS Prime B365M-A secure boot

    So its not possible to have an SSD in the bottom slot and have it be usable with the legacy stuff turned off? I was thinking of buying some more storage (either a 500GB NVME SSD or a 1TB NVME SSD) and putting it in the top slot and then using that new one as the boot drive and the existing 500GB...
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    ASUS Prime B365M-A secure boot

    I tried turning CSM off but when I did that, the system no longer saw my Crucial CT500P1SS8 NVME SSD (didn't even show up in the list of recognized drives anymore) and the system would no longer boot (just went back into the BIOS) and I had to turn CSM back on to get it to even see the disk, let...
  10. J

    ASUS Prime B365M-A secure boot

    I enabled the firmware TPM in the BIOS and I selected "Windows UEFI Mode" for secure boot settings as well as the option to load the default secure boot keys. But the windows health check still says that there is no secure boot support. EDIT: The windows tpm.msc tool says its detected a TPM...
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    ASUS Prime B365M-A secure boot

    I have an ASUS Prime B365M-A motherboard with a Core i5-9400F CPU running Windows 10 with all the updates. When I run the Microsoft tool to check for Windows 11 compatibility it says "This PC can't run Windows 11. This PC must support secure boot". Can anyone tell me if this motherboard/CPU...
  12. J

    Is the Microsoft Classic Intellimouse any good?

    I am in need of a new mouse and the Microsoft Classic Intellimouse ticks all the boxes I want (wired, decent sensor with good resolution, reasonable price etc). I used to love the old Intellimouse back in the day and want to know from people who have used it whether the current version is as...
  13. J

    Which SSD to buy

    A while back I had a hardware failure that blew out my motherboard and the Samsung SSD in question (the guy who diagnosed my system and told me I needed a new motherboard also told me that the SSD wasn't working even on his known-good test rig so I figure its probably genuinely dead, thankfully...
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    Which SSD to buy

    I am in need of some storage to replace a Samsung 840 EVO 250GB SSD that (according to the tech who looked at it) is supposedly dead or dying. The store I go to has the following options available in my budget: https://www.umart.com.au/WD-Green-240GB-3D-NAND-2-5--SSD_41234G.html...
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    Are heatsinks necessary for NVME SSDs?

    I have a Crucial CT500P1SSD8 500GB NVME drive as my main disk on a Gigabyte H170M-D3H motherboard and it currently has no heatsink on it (and has never had one since I bought it). Recently had some problems with my system and the computer repair guy said my 250GB Samsung SSD had died (many years...
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