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    Question Alternate booting on Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3

    Nearly a year later the above-mentioned new system is running great. Not having assembled a new system for 10 years, I'll have to say the most surprising thing was the speed of the WD SN550 NVMe drive. I saw an appreciable speed increase when I went from hybrid HDD to the Crucial MX500 SATA...
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    Question B550 Asrock Phantom Gaming 4 - memory upgrade/swap

    Mad Scientist, Thanks for the info. This is more of a "whim" thing than anything else, as I don't do anything that requires 32GB. That said, I got the GSkill's at the right price, and I'll have no trouble selling my two 16GB (2-8GB) Crucial kits on Craigslist.
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    Question B550 Asrock Phantom Gaming 4 - memory upgrade/swap

    kschendel, thanks for the reply. I'm probably making more of this than need be.
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    Question B550 Asrock Phantom Gaming 4 - memory upgrade/swap

    Guys, I've been running a B550 Phantom Gaming 4 board and Ryzen 5 3600 since late Winter 2021 (earlier this year). System has performed flawlessly. Current memory set up is a Crucial Ballistix DDR4-3200 16GB kit (2x8GB) in slots A2 and B2. I set up XMP profile to run at 3200, and system has...
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    Question New to UEFI - questions re Win10 clean install.

    Turns out it was a lot of worrying over nothing. I did a clean Win10 Pro install on new system (see above), using USB 3 thumb drive, and latest Media Creation Tool file. I can say I've never seen Windows load so fast. UEFI and GPT all present. Over that past couple years I've upgraded...
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    Question ASRock Instant Flash not seeing update file on USB

    Iron Woode, late last week I updated BIOS on ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming 4 board from 1.7 to 1.8. Didn't get around to setting XMP until this morning. Unlike under BIOS 1.7 (flickering, black screens), BIOS verison 1.8 let me enable XMP w/o an issue.
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    Question ASRock Instant Flash not seeing update file on USB

    Iron Woode, that was my experience. I asked the sales guy at Microcenter if the Crucial Ballistix DDR4-3200 (2 x 8GB) posted at 2133. I tried XMP2, and got nothing but flakiness. I too was able to manually set the memory speed, to 3200, and it worked fine. Crucial tech support suggested...
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    Question ASRock Instant Flash not seeing update file on USB

    Just completed BIOS/UEFI update to 1.7. Thanks again Iron Woode for the direction. Now to see if update allows XMP2 to behave.
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    Question ASRock Instant Flash not seeing update file on USB

    Iron Woode, thank for the reply. I've formatted to FAT32 via Rufus, and will give the BIOS update a try after lunch.
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    Question ASRock Instant Flash not seeing update file on USB

    Guys, At Crucial's suggestion, I'm attempting to flash ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming 4 board from 1.4 to 1.7, to address flakiness in XMP2. When I first fired up the board, I was able to update flash from from 1.2 to 1.4 via Instant Flash. My system (Ryzen 5 3600, 2x8 Crucial Ballistix...
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    Question AASRock B550 Phantom Gaming 4 System Panel connections

    Guys, I'm in the final stages of setting up an ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming 4 system. I've attached two photos that center on some confusion I'm having. One photo is a shot of the corner of the board, where the System Panel Header (item #19, p. 1 in the manual) resides, the other is a close up...
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    Question Can you confirm a p.s. decision I made?

    Guys, I getting ready to build a new system: Fracal Design Focus G case, ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming 4 board, Ryzen 5 3600, Crucial Ballistix DDR4-3200 (2 x 8GB), RX 560 4GB video card, WD SN 550 NVMe m.2 1TB SSD. I bought an Antec Value Power Series VP650 Plus, 650W Non-Modular, 80 PLUS...
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    Question Alternate booting on Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3

    Guys, thanks for all your thoughts and ideas. I tried everything I could find out there, re Win10 troubleshooting, YouTube videos, MS docs, registry fixes, etc. Upshot is I did a clean install (after a lot of wrestling with initializing Crucial MX500 SATAIII 2.5" SSD). Got back up and...
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    Question UEFI set up - date and time

    Guys, thanks for your replies. Jeff
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    Question UEFI set up - date and time

    Guys, I'm getting ready to build a new machine, my first with UEFI. System specifics: ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming 4, Ryzen 5 3600, 16GB Crucial Ballistix DDR4-3200 16 GB kit, WD Blue SN550 NVMe m.2 1TB, AMD RX 560 4GB video card. So, here's my question. I've reviewed the manual, and am...
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    Question Eliminate power supply wires?

    thecoolnessrune, that's reassuring to know. As I was typing the question, I thought it quite possibly was the dumbest question I'd ever asked on a forum. I'm getting to do a new build, and got a good deal on an Antec power supply. Only negative is it isn't modular. I thought I could...
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    Question Eliminate power supply wires?

    I've not seen this question in any of the forums I frequent. Let preface with I'm not an electrical engineer, and I don't know what the issues could be in removing unused power supply wires. So, here's the question: is it possible to remove unused power supply wires, on a non-modular unit...
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    Question New to UEFI - questions re Win10 clean install.

    Guys, thanks for your responses. Sounds like the simplest route to go is ensure BIOS is set to UEFI, and use the Media-Creation-Tool-ISO USB to install Windows 10.
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    Question New to UEFI - questions re Win10 clean install.

    I'm getting ready to gut my current system, and build a new one. Components are: Ryzen 5 3600, ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming 4, 16GB Crucial Ballistix DDR4-3200 (2 x 8GB), RX560 4GB (not a gamer, so current gen vid card not a priority, particularly at this time), WD Blue SN550 1TB NVMe SSD, Antec...
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    Question Alternate booting on Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3

    Shmee, Good points. The processor (Phenom II, X5-555, stock clock) & mobo are original. The RAM (recent DDR3 4GB sticks), SSD (1GB Crucial MX500 SATAIII), vid card (RX-560 4GB) are less than 18 months old. What's the best utility out these days for checking out hardware? TIA, Jeff
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    Question Alternate booting on Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3

    Guys, Mobo is an elder Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3 Rev 3, with AMD870 Northbridge. It has been running Win10 Pro w/o incident until recently. Recent Win10 error code (update-error-0x800700d) points to corrupted Windows files, and nothing will now update (Windows, drivers, etc). I've tried...
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    Question Switching p.s. in Dell Optiplex 9020 MT

    Thought I'd give you an update on updating my Dell Optiplex 9020MT. First thing I did was get a Moddiy 24 pin to 8 pin ATX adapter. Swapped out the Dell 290w ps for a Corsair modular unit I had laying around. Swap went fine. Oddly, Dell powers the drives from motherboard connectors. I went...
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    Solved! Upgrading motherboard - should I reinstall Windows 10?

    Jerethi, I had a similar situation, but it centered around a change in my network card. I was experiencing a slow down (from normal speeds) on Xfinity, and their technician couldn't find anything wrong with the coax or connectors or modem. He suggested my onboard nic might be causing the...
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    Question Switching p.s. in Dell Optiplex 9020 MT

    Steltek, Thanks for the reply, all good points. The p.s. I have is a standard size from Corsair I've had around for about a year. It should fit, if it doesn't I'll pick up another one. I read somewhere that running the SATA power from the Dell mobo provides cleaner power, but I'm not buying...
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    Question Switching p.s. in Dell Optiplex 9020 MT

    Guys, I recently picked up an Optiplex 9020 MT (Core i7-4770, 16GB RAM, 500GB 7200RPM HD, stock p.s.). After the holidays I'm going to replace the p.s. with a Corsair 650w unit I have around. I'm waiting delivery on a MODDiy 24 pin to 8 pin adapter. My question is this: does the...
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    Looking at cheap second system - question about processor choice

    Guys, My current computer setup(s) are an AMD Phenom II X55, 16GB DDR3, Gigabyte 870A mobo, Seagate hybrid HD running Windows 7 Pro 32 bit. System will be switched soon to Windows 10 Pro 64 bit, on a Crucial MX500 SSD. My other “test” system is an old HP tower system with a Pentium 4, 4GB...
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    Question m.2 2280 SATA SSD - buy now?

    Well guys, here's another update: The 1TB MX500 crapped out on me. We were up at the cabin, and went out for a boat ride. Came back to find a black screen, with the words "missing operating system. Please install OS." Could not initialize the drive, so took it back to the shop that...
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    Question m.2 2280 SATA SSD - buy now?

    UPDATE: I wimped out (not wanting to cosmetically damage my laptop shell) and had a local shop physically install the drive, and set up a clean Win 10. Wow, what a difference. Win 10 boot and shut down times are a fraction of before. Everything is snappier, and battery life is significantly...
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    Question m.2 2280 SATA SSD - buy now?

    Well guys, I went ahead and purchased the Crucial MX500 m.2 2280 SATA, 1TB. I've not pried open a laptop, and don't want to first do that on my current unit, so I'm going to have a local shop do the install. They suggested I pull the HDD, which makes sense to me, since I don't need the space...
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    Question m.2 2280 SATA SSD - buy now?

    VirtualLarry & UsandThem, Thanks for your bounce backs. My HP Pavilion 15 has an m.2 2280 SATA slot, not NVMe. Crucial indicates the MX500 is compatible. Current drive is a 1TB 5400RPM. Thus, both your admonitions to upgrade the drive are spot on. I'm not sure I want to go through the...
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    Question m.2 2280 SATA SSD - buy now?

    I'm looking to purchase a Crucial MX500 m.2 2280 SATA SSD for my HP Pavilion 15 laptop. All the new SSD m.2 2280 drives I see coming out are NVMe, not SATA. Should I be purchasing the Crucial drive now, even though I'm not in a hurry to install? Are SATA SSD's going to disappear over the...
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    XP Virtual in Win 7?

    Guys, Just saved the db to a csv file, then formatted and saved to Excel 2003. Nothing to it. There went the last reason for not converting to Win 7 <g>. Jeff
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    XP Virtual in Win 7?

    Guys, Thanks for all the good replies/suggestions. I'll certainly look into the thread on Works in Win7, along w/ converting a Works db to a spreadsheet, as the only real function I use in the db is sorting. I'll also look for a newer version of Works.
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    XP Virtual in Win 7?

    Guys, I've searched the forum, and found nothing to address my question. So, here goes. Currently running XP Pro SP3 on PhenomII 3.2GHz, 4GB, 1TB HD, 1GB video card. Looking to go to Win7, but have an app (MS Works 4.5a) that I have serious doubts will work in Win 7. With Win 7 Pro I...
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    Links 2001 not rendering after vid card upgrade

    Modular & 911paramedic, Thanks for the replies. Driver version that worked was 163.75. When I replaced 7600GT w/ 9500GT the video setting went to VGA. Only resolution available was 800 x 600. I first changed driver w/ Zotac supplied CD. That didn't work so I tried the latest download...
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    Links 2001 not rendering after vid card upgrade

    Guys, This is a long shot, I searched the gaming forum, to no avail, and I'm turning to you guys for suggestions. Game is Links 2001 (golf). Previously ran fine on an XFX nVidia 7600GT vid card. Had to replace card, due to fan/cooling failure. Replaced the card w/ a Zotac nVidia 9500GT...
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    WinXP Pro - 2 of 3 users: no response on desktop?

    Guys, A new install of XP Pro, SP3, IE8. I have three users with admin privileges. My user account responds normally. The other two accounts seem to start normally, but after the user desktop is loaded, the only response from the desktop is the mouse pointer. Clicks from the mouse, as...
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    Just ordered a Nikon SB-600 flash... any tips?

    Krioni, FWIW I made a "Gary Fong" type diffuser from an isopropyl bottle, some cabinet door bumpers, and a piece of aluminum foil tape. It fits perfectly over my Nikon SB800. Amazing what it does for color rendition, especially indoors. I picke up my Maha Imedions at Thomas Distributing...
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    Just ordered a Nikon SB-600 flash... any tips?

    Krioni, if you don't have a lot invested in your rechargeables, consider the low discharge rechargeables, such as the Sanyo Eneloops or the Maha Imedions. I got so tired of my AA rechargeables draining down I ended up getting eight of the Maha Imedions. Best $$ I've spent on batteries. Jeff
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    DVD+/-RW drive acting strangely

    Update - I bought another 80 wire IDE cable, same result. I also picked up some DVD-RW discs, again same result. So, it looks like I'm relegated to picking up another nForce4 Ultra board. I've narrowed it down to an Abit KN8 Ultra or an Asus A8N-E. I've read the resellerratings.com take on...
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