Recent content by Spartacus

Yep, that would be the way to go, but this customer is kind of cheap. They often want big things, but then they don't want to pay for it. And it looks like the generator guy is willing to do a cheapo install for them and doesn't care about power conditioning. Seems like he just wants to bang...

Thanks for the good comments and advice guys. I told them that HVAC was a concern as well. Don't know if the gen in question is NG or diesel, but I suspect it's NG. The guy provided me zero info on it. >> They will cycle on and off every few dozen seconds and eventually be depleted, shutting...

So my animal hospital customer notified me that they want to install a commercial generator to power the entire facility. The facility is what I would consider large. Two floors and maybe 50 employees in the building. Large OR, labs, etc. The contractor contacted me and said they need suitable...

Anybody notice any performance hits tied to the BIOS updates with security patches? In the meltdown/spectre days, the BIOS updates trashed performance. .

As you found, it's always better to use the M-Flash in the BIOS, or whatever is the lowest level most stable and controlled environment. I'm an IT guy and I avoid Windows based BIOS updates whenever possible. .

New release v1.60 is available. Runs normally for me. .

Scrap it dude. People are throwing away equipment much newer than that. .

No trouble with XMP, but I always use GSkill memory. I use their memory on all of my systems, never an issue. Hopefully the BIOS update works for you. .

>>Hypothetically, if both the 5900x and 5950x were the same price, and had the same power draw - Which would you choose? 5900X. My admittedly simple reasoning was based on the heat issues with the 5800X. The question came down to, "Do I want dual 5800X cpus or dual 5600X cpus?". I'm very...

I'm not a big RGB fan or expert, but I've been an electronics and IT professional for many years. So that's my angle coming at this. If I'm approaching this problem for a customer, I'm assuming all of the parts are good unless they were smoked by tinkering. My focus here is going to be this...

Weird problem. Verify polarity is correct. Look at the bottom of the board to see if any solder bridges (blobs of solder) where they don't belong. Contact ASUS tech support and see if they have any ideas. Amazon should swap you for a new one if you are within the return window. ETA...

They changed the memory timings so it's very likely that some people will have to use different settings. Use the beta 1.51 if that worked better for you. On the version numbers.... 1.51 was a beta version that they did not elect to make into a release version. The beta versions do not count if...

Absolutely real. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. I saw it on the small screwdrivers at a Menards store a few years ago. May have also seen it on drill bits. Some of those packages definitely made it to US store shelves before they were "pulled". lol Similar artwork from the same Chinese...

I don't even want to know about the lawsuit that caused this to be on the package. :eek: :D I thought this was a joke, but I actually saw it in the store too.

The new v1.50 works fine for me. Looks like better XMP memory timings too! ETA: Did have one issue.... this new BIOS killed my MS Office activation, not Win-10 though. Never had that happen before. Will have to buy another cheap Office key. .