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Question Can I Use M.2 AND 2.5" SSD's in One Laptop?

Thank you!
- ParatoOptimal
- Post #3
- May 28, 2023
- Forum: Peripherals & Components
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Question Can I Use M.2 AND 2.5" SSD's in One Laptop?

Can I use an M.2 SSD for a boot drive and a 2.5" SSD internally in a Dell Latitude 5580 or can I use only one or the other for a boot drive? Thanks
- ParatoOptimal
- Thread
- May 28, 2023
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Peripherals & Components
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Login problems

Thank you very much. I was able to change my PW on the forums login. It had my current email address. I don't know why the login on the main page had a different email address. Thanks again.
- ParatoOptimal
- Post #5
- Feb 11, 2022
- Forum: Forum Issues and Feedback
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Question How can I learn the HDD inside a WD external HDD?

Thanks. You can usually count on them being BLUE or WHITE model drives inside but I found info that makes me wonder. I don't want GREEN or GOLD. I usually build my own but this is complete, HW encryption, website backup ware, USB-C and an HDD would cost almost twice as much and then add...
- ParatoOptimal
- Post #6
- Feb 11, 2022
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Login problems

Thank you for your response. I clicked on the CONTACTS link at the bottom of the main anandtech page and it took me to a financial company.
- ParatoOptimal
- Post #3
- Feb 11, 2022
- Forum: Forum Issues and Feedback
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Login problems

I was able to login to Anandtech. Oddly, my wrong email address was listed with that login. Being logged into Anandtech is different from being logged into the Anandtech forums. When I tried to login to the forums with the same userid and pw, it didn't accept my pw. I've gotten email from...
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- Feb 11, 2022
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Forum Issues and Feedback
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Question How can I learn the HDD inside a WD external HDD?

Thank you for your response. I need to know before I buy the ExHDD. I don't have it to test it with Crystal Disk. I want to know what I'm buying. I'm considering a My Passport Ultra USB-C and a My Passport (non-Ultra) USB3.0. They're refurbed by WD. I would think the ULTRA with USB-C...
- ParatoOptimal
- Post #3
- Feb 11, 2022
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Question How can I learn the HDD inside a WD external HDD?

Is there a chart, spreadsheet, googledoc, or way to look up the HDD inside a WD external HDD? I've done an Internet search that worked in the past but I have the P/N of the externals and of the HDD inside but searching the Internet for them finds nothing. Thank you.
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- Feb 11, 2022
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Question Chromecast Uses All my Bandwidth When Idle

Router is 802.11n. No microwave running. Nothing else connected to network. I think very slow service for a few days before I called Verizon. They said something was using all my bandwidth. I have very limited bandwidth to begin with. I forget what made me or the tech think it could be the...
- ParatoOptimal
- Post #3
- Nov 22, 2020
- Forum: TVs
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Question Chromecast Uses All my Bandwidth When Idle

I connected a Chromecast to my TV. I had to do an update straight out of the box. I forget if I had to let it access my WiFi router to update or if I DLed something to my laptop and cast it to the device. When done, I cast a video to it from my laptop and found it to be jittery and...
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- Nov 22, 2020
- Replies: 5
- Forum: TVs
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Question DVDFab Phones Home?

Often when I use DVDFab, Yahoo email tells me I have no Internet. There isn't enough available bandwidth for it to recognize an Internet connection. I can sometimes send a short text email. I called my ISP and they informed me that something was using ALL my bandwidth, something in the high...
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- Nov 22, 2020
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Windows
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Dell Latitude E6420 Keyboard Wont Work

Some of the keys on the original keyboard for my Dell Latitude E6420 stopped working. I bought a replacement on ebay in the last week of May. I didn't install it for a while, maybe one or two months. The replacement worked fine at first but in the beginning of September, the space bar stopped...
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- Thread
- Nov 12, 2020
- bad keyboard dell e6420 keyboard latitude
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Laptops
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Dell Laptop Slice Battery

Many manufacturers make a "slice" battery that fits across the bottom, back of the laptop in addition to the normal battery. My question is, do I have to have a regular battery installed to be able to use the slice battery? If so, does it have to be a working battery? Do they work in...
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- May 3, 2020
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Laptops
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Question How to Get English from Win10 from a Japanese Keyboard?

I have a Panasonic CF-SX4 wiht a Japanese keyboard. How can I get it to do English? I've seen it done in Win7. People were able to toggle between English and Japanese in the Task Bar. Maybe I need a language pack. I don't mind that the <Shift? <2> key doesn't produce a "@". I mind that the...
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- Mar 8, 2020
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Windows
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Solar Lights Along Sidewalk

The problem is I don't have any power source there.
- ParatoOptimal
- Post #3
- Aug 25, 2019
- Forum: Home and Garden
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Solar Lights Along Sidewalk

I'd appreciate any advice/recommendations on solar lights of the type to put along a sidewalk. I have a dark side of the house with a sidewalk with flowers on one side and bushes on the other. They type that you push into the ground and maybe something I could mount on a picket fence or on a...
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- Aug 25, 2019
- Replies: 11
- Forum: Home and Garden
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Spoofing MAC Address

Does anyone know of Mini PCI-e WiFi cards for laptops that allow me to alter the MAC address? Some allow you to do it in the driver setup via Device Manager. Others allow you to do it with software. My Advanced-N 6205 doesn't have that ability. Thank you
- ParatoOptimal
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- Jun 23, 2019
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Networking
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What's the latest WiFi/BT Mini PCIe Card for My Laptop?

Is 7260 the last PCI-e half height card made before they went M2?
- ParatoOptimal
- Post #27
- Jun 23, 2019
- Forum: Networking
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What's the latest WiFi/BT Mini PCIe Card for My Laptop?

I got a 7260. The BT doesn't play nice with Win10. There's a stack of line items for the BT side of the card in Device Manager. Very soon after just starting to use it, those lines disappear. Ther's only 2 or 3 lines for BT in Device Manager. I need it for my BT mouse. A friend of mine ha...
- ParatoOptimal
- Post #26
- Jun 23, 2019
- Forum: Networking
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What's the latest WiFi/BT Mini PCIe Card for My Laptop?

I thought of that. I thought since a used ebay cards go for $4, $7 and $13 that instead of buying a $4 dongle I'd buy a card. What would be a better dongle to look for? I'm hoping to find something on ebay? They're $4. I saw a 4.1 dongle once. I'd rather it be a small flush one rather than...
- ParatoOptimal
- Post #24
- Jul 28, 2018
- Forum: Networking
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What's the latest WiFi/BT Mini PCIe Card for My Laptop?

Thank you. I currently have Intel 6250 a/b/g/n/wimax with BT circa 2010/2011. I'm thinking there must be something better now. My BT constantly drops. I don't know what is in the other laptop. It's one year newer.
- ParatoOptimal
- Post #22
- Jul 28, 2018
- Forum: Networking
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What's the latest WiFi/BT Mini PCIe Card for My Laptop?

Can anyone recommend a good "N" card that is 300MB not 150MB preferably with BT and an "AC" card preferably with BT. I think AC is 836MB. If there's a great non-BT card, I can get a cheap USB BT dongle if anyone could recommend a good one of those. Ebay has BT4.0 dongles for $4.
- ParatoOptimal
- Post #20
- Jul 28, 2018
- Forum: Networking
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What's the latest WiFi/BT Mini PCIe Card for My Laptop?

Thanks for the great info KompKare. Which Realtek card is comparable? What was Inte's card prior to the 7260-AC?
- ParatoOptimal
- Post #18
- Jul 28, 2018
- Forum: Networking
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What's the latest WiFi/BT Mini PCIe Card for My Laptop?

Does it matter if Lenovo put their FRU # on it? Is the hardware altered or are special drivers required? Thanks
- ParatoOptimal
- Post #15
- Jul 25, 2018
- Forum: Networking
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What's the latest WiFi/BT Mini PCIe Card for My Laptop?

Thank you all!
- ParatoOptimal
- Post #11
- Jul 22, 2018
- Forum: Networking
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What's the latest WiFi/BT Mini PCIe Card for My Laptop?

Aren't these PCIe ... 7260 7260 8260 8260
- ParatoOptimal
- Post #9
- Jul 22, 2018
- Forum: Networking
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What's the latest WiFi/BT Mini PCIe Card for My Laptop?

Is there any reason why the 7265 or 8260 wouldn't work? I think I read the 7265 didn't work for someone but no one could ascertain why. What's the diff between the 7260, 7265 and 8260? They're all 867, AC, BT 4.0 with two antennae. I thought all "N" cards used three physical antennae...
- ParatoOptimal
- Post #6
- Jul 22, 2018
- Forum: Networking
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What's the latest WiFi/BT Mini PCIe Card for My Laptop?

Thank you
- ParatoOptimal
- Post #5
- Jul 22, 2018
- Forum: Networking
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What's the latest WiFi/BT Mini PCIe Card for My Laptop?

I need the Mini PCIe. Intel lists many models as being available in PCIe, M.2 and USB but I only ever find PCIe or M.2 for any given model on ebay. A Dell forum thread, I forget for which laptop/WiFi card had people with the same laptop having success and others with failures to get the same...
- ParatoOptimal
- Post #4
- Jul 22, 2018
- Forum: Networking
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What's the latest WiFi/BT Mini PCIe Card for My Laptop?

I have a Dell Latitude E6410 circa 2011. What's the latest WiFi only and and BT only cards and what's the latest WiFi/BT combo card I can get for it? I'd prefer a combo card but I know Dell has used two cards in the past for the E6420. My E6410 has a Mini PCIe slot for a half height card...
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- Jul 22, 2018
- Replies: 26
- Forum: Networking
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What's a good Bluetooth mouse that doesn't cost a fortune?

What's a good Bluetooth mouse that doesn't cost a fortune? I don't have the most expensive one but it often drops connection. The BT LED on my laptop isn't lit unless I'm moving the mouse. Sometimes it doesn't light when I move the mouse and there's no response to my mouse. Nothing...
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- Jul 22, 2018
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Mice
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HELP! I Received Email Saying They Have My Password!

That was an old PW from a long time ago no longer in use. I checked my other subscriptions and I do use variations of it on a few sites. I'll have to change those. I use that email address everywhere. I also use the same userid of the email address on a few different email services. There's...
- ParatoOptimal
- Post #7
- Jul 16, 2018
- Forum: Security
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HELP! I Received Email Saying They Have My Password!

Thank you. I thought of if that was the old PW when Yahoo was compromised I'm screwed. I was hoping I could just change my Yahoo PW and not every forum and store that I use that email address. I don't see how having the email address would give them the forum's or store's PW. One site uses...
- ParatoOptimal
- Post #5
- Jul 16, 2018
- Forum: Security
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HELP! I Received Email Saying They Have My Password!

Thanks for the fast response. I think I changed it. I'm pretty sure I did. Yes, I'm certain I did. Recently, Yahoo bought some other company and they made us change our PWs I think. I think that's when I went back to an old PW I haven't used in a long time. A few months ago I went back to...
- ParatoOptimal
- Post #3
- Jul 16, 2018
- Forum: Security
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HELP! I Received Email Saying They Have My Password!

I got an email in my Yahoo Email Spam folder from losep Stevens. His first name is not capitalized. The Subject line reads ... " RE: NNNN-XXXX I will directly come to the point. I know that XXXX is your p" The viewable space of the subject line ends there. NNNN I used in place of my userid...
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- Jul 16, 2018
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Security
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Can I Turn a Non-WiFi Printer WiFi into a WiFi Printe?

Thank you very much for all your input. I couldn't get further info on the printers as they're buried in the attic and plastic has been draped/wrapped over everything as roofers are cutting a roof ridge and doing other work that prevents me from doing any work in there at the moment. I have...
- ParatoOptimal
- Post #6
- Jul 2, 2018
- Forum: Networking
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Putting a HDD on a WiFi Network

I have a Verizon/D-Link DSL Modem/Router. There's a USB port on the back. I can put a non-powered, 2.5" HDD on it under 1TB and access it on my WiFi network. A thumbdrive works too. If I put an 8TB WD My Book, powered 3.5" HDD on it, it doesn't "see" it. It's not available on the WiFi...
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- Jun 30, 2018
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Networking
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Can I Turn a Non-WiFi Printer WiFi into a WiFi Printe?

I have an HP laser printer and a Brother Laser printer. Neither is WiFi. The Brother is USB. I don't know what other connections it has. I thought the HP was RJ-45 but I don't know. It may be USB. I can get any info of their boxes if it helps. The model would help. They're stored away at...
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- Jun 30, 2018
- Replies: 7
- Forum: Networking
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Laptop Appears to Be Dead

Thank you. I thought if I shorted the RAM I shorted the RAM slot. Yes, I got it two or three years ago. I've had many other later models with better CPUs to work on that have kept me away from it.
- ParatoOptimal
- Post #3
- Apr 25, 2018
- Forum: Laptops
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Laptop Appears to Be Dead

I touched and maybe unlatched one stick of RAM before I noticed I hadn't removed the battery. Since then, there's no response from the laptop. It's a Dell D630 Core2Duo. I had just bought it when this happened a few years back. I've seen numerous vids on Youtube of people upgrading their RAM...
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- Thread
- Apr 24, 2018
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Laptops

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