Recent content by Nerva72

I was looking at info on the early PC computers and processors, and I was struck by how the 286 was introduced in February 1982, but the IBM PC/AT did not come out until August 1984, and the 386 was introduced in October 1985, but the first PC to use it, the Compaq Deskpro 386, was not announced...

Thanks, that's the sort of detailed, knowledgeable answer I was looking for. Have you noticed whether laptops will typically (besides the Dell example you listed) charge via USB-C if it isn't as powerful as the supplied DC charger? I ask because the one example I'm familiar with is the...

I appreciate you taking the time to write a well-thought-out response to my question. I understand your concern with 240W, and that's sort of what my question was getting at -- OK, the standards group has declared it, but is it actually practical enough that manufacturers are relying on it...

I'm asking if there are people in this forum who have been following the gaming laptop market enough to be able to weigh-in on whether there are laptops with the USB-C charging I'm talking about, and if there aren't many options yet, based on their knowledge of the industry, do they think such...

It's long past time to retire my 10+ year old PC, and I'm considering replacing it with a gaming laptop that connects a 4k monitor and HDMI surround sound, but I'd really like to do it all via Thunderbolt 4 and powered thru USB-C PD 3.1 rather than yet another proprietary powerbrick with a DC...

Get a separate video card for a server that, when I'm actually using the GUI, I'm doing it remotely 99.9% of the time?? Does the Ryzen not come with some sort of integrated graphics the way just about every Intel CPU does?

Yes.... and there is no such thing as a server at idle... it is always doing something, including the many functions I mentioned above. That's like saying all automobile engines consume no gas at idle, whether they be a 6.2 liter V8 or a 1.0 liter 3-cylinder. The server is analogous to...

Eight years ago I built a home backup/media/PVR server based around a Norco rackmount chassis and an ASUS E35M1-M Pro integrated motherboard/CPU, plus some SATA controllers. It's worked great (just 18W TDP, less than 100W for the entire 60+ TB server) backing up all the computers in the house...

I only recently decided I could really use a pen for marking up stuff on my Switch 12 S, so I don't know anything about what the best pen to get is from Acer or 3rd-parties. Is there a consensus best pen for the Switch 12 S? For starters, according to an Acer website, there are two Acer pens...

I'm looking for a newer/bigger/better version of something like this: https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/6488/ravpower-rp-pb14-xtreme-23000mah-portable-battery-charger-review/index.html RAVPower no longer makes their RP-PB14 23000mAh power bank. I have one, and while it does have some...

Which of their gaming keyboards have a power key? I was looking at them all yesterday and I definitely didn't see a sleep key, and I don't recall seeing a power key, but perhaps it is a Fn rather than a dedicated key? Their regular (non-gaming) keyboards have all sorts of special functions...

Nothing happens when I do Windows key + X. Once I hit U it brings up the accessibility screen. Hitting H at that point does nothing. (I'm running Windows 7)

Anyone?

My gaming keyboard just died, and one thing I really didn't like about it was the lack of a sleep key like on standard keyboards. This wouldn't be a big deal if Microsoft gave us any sort of keyboard shortcut to activate sleep, but they don't -- if there's no sleep key, you have to do it with...

Sorry, yeah, it's a type-o.