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Another easy check is to pull the covers off the case and point a desk fan into it. See if the increased airflow makes a difference. If it does, then thermals are the answer.

Another thing you may not have considered is the supporting software on the PC (such as Microsoft C runtimes). It used to be a real PITA to keep track of this stuff, but Microsoft has recently taken a page out of the Linux playbook and started bundling a command line package manager into Windows...

Assuming you mean the Adrenalin Control Panel fails to open, my experience with that has always been that it happens when Windows silently replaces your video driver with their preferred version off of Windows Update. I had to go in and manually turn off the Windows "Automatically download...

I think what funkydmunky was trying to say was that you need to find the source of your bottleneck. Something is holding you back, and without more info, we can't really make any suggestions. If it was me, first place I'd start (much easier if you have a 2nd monitor available to leave it up on)...

My understanding of his request was that the zeroing out of the drive was not intended to make the data unrecoverable, but to make the bad sectors detectable (and remove them from service). My recommendation based on that understanding is reasonable.

In Windows you can do a quick format to NTFS, mount it to a drive letter, and then run a CHKDSK <drive letter:> /R on it from the command prompt. It will take a while to run, but it will be a background process so you can continue to use the computer while it's going on.

SMB 3.0 Multichannel works just fine in Windows 8 and newer - I used to rely on it before I went 10G Ethernet. There's nothing you have to set - it just works... doing file transfers over SMB. Any other type of network traffic is completely unaffected.

What kills me is when I was on Tech Support help desk for Verizon FIOS and troubleshooting poor WiFi connectivity and speeds... for desktop computers with built-in ethernet sitting RIGHT NEXT TO THE FREAKING ROUTER but the user would refuse to use a wired connection because WiFi is the "newer...

Or... and hear me out, here... we could get reasonably priced video cards that DON'T FUCKING NEED FSR or DLSS to not run like shit.

Thanks for the tip! If you don't mind me asking... how did you find it? Usually when they do a giveaway, it's on the front page, and they are still showing King's Bounty: The Legend.

Honestly, I like Windows 11 fine. The rt-click menu is sometimes annoying, but other than that nothing particularly untoward... TRIGGER WARNING: HOT TAKE INCOMING That being said, however, I overall preferred Windows 8.1. The touch-centric Start Menu was fantastic if you had a touch device...

If it releases is good condition and is polished fun, is that really such a bad thing?

Sure, a Koenigsegg vehicle is an exception. Specifically, they are vehicles designed and built by a man driven to try radically different approaches to the same old problems inherent in automotive design. The man has enough funding to fuel his interests. He is much more akin to an artist that...

That is definitely not true. Limitations inspire. Limitations challenge what is considered possible on any given hardware. It is amazing the things that early programmers and enthusiasts were able to squeeze out of the old 8-bit computers, for example. Or pre PS-4/XBOX consoles. Limitless...

Honestly, PCIe slots should not need steel reinforcements on them and video cards should not need kick stands, because video cards should not weigh 5 fucking pounds... :)

The person-to-person message size limit is only 420 characters, so I'll post it here. I'm planning on picking up the server stuff from Fenris_Ulf and this is the plan: This stuff is going into the archives at the church my wife works part-time at. My wife is the archivist there (Masters in...

I'll take both the R710 and the MD1000 off your hands but I can't make the trip up there until next weekend if that is cool with you. This will go towards the church project you may have seen me posting about here lately :). Question: Do you also have the rails for the units?

That would be perfect for my church project, and I am considering the 3 hour drive each way from Newport News to do this. If they are still available in a couple of days, after I talk to some folk, I will get back with you on it. Edit: Well, THAT was quick. I'd love to take both off of your...

And THIS is why I buy the "grey market" Pro Plus keys...

Yeah, I'll take it - that PC could still be comfortably used with those upgrades...

Does this mean you have the AMD parts available? :)

On my motherboard? No. But on my Auzentech HomeTheatre and SoundBlaster AE5+ cards? YES. I have 2 different system using DD+ 5.1 receivers that work great (and thus, do not need to be replaced) but do not support HDMI Audio.

To be clear, the IDE bus is a subset of the ISA Bus, and the IDE HDD Controller is more of an "adapter" than a "controller." The Controller is built right into the IDE Drive (unlike with SCSI). This is why you still have to set the drive parameters in the BIOS settings for the IDE HDD to work on...

I will definitely take you up on this. It's a significantly newer machine and would be effectively a drop in replacement.

I'm still checking around locally to see if I can get this squared, but I may take you up on it. Thanks for checking.

That's not much better than what it has now, but I do appreciate the offer.

Long shot, but I am trying to do an in-place PC upgrade for a church. Their needs are modest, but I am looking to update it to something somewhat... less anemic. It currently has 4G of DDR3 RAM and a Pentium G2030 in it. Looking for 2xDDR3-8G RAM sticks (1333 or 1600 supported, speed doesn't...