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either get it replaced or get an female HDMI to HDMI adapter/extender that way you can plug another HDMI cable to the female side and use tape or whatever to make the OG port work

https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/optiplex-3040-sff/opti3040sff_om/diagnostic-power-led-codes?guid=guid-7d615d96-eb00-4be6-b8dc-191949e0f418&lang=en-us
 
 
according to this means a POST failure. Either CPU, GPU or RAM or PSU is poofed. So try on stick of RAM, if you can, reinstall any GPUs, maybe test the PSU and with another one if you got it and see if it works.

when did it stop working? or was it like this when you got it? When was the last time it was working order?

have you tried configuring the Router? Perhaps you have QOS ( quality of service ) on which can hampered your wired speeds, try logging into the router and turning it off

I would do Pagefile on SSD or NVME. Faster in general, some testing has shown that it has increased low end FPS 1%.  Over HDDs. Remember page file isn't used until all RAM is used up so you won't run into constant write issues. I would just put it on the SSD, cause it's faster over HDD period.

There is really no point to this unless you're a multi-millionaire dollar company

If you have a solid password and disable any sorta WPS/PIN setup procedure you're basically golden and no one can access your wifi. It's better to just leave it alone on performance and get well performance.

have you tried running safe mode and reinstalling GPU drivers?

Also if when your peripherals load up. Do the following on your keyboard ( Win + Shift + ctrl + B ) this is a hotkey to manually reset windows drivers and can be done on the windows login screen. This should probably "temp" fix the issue until you reinstall GPU Drivers.

 

your external SSD needs to be mounted.

meaning type in "Disk management"

find your disk, and initialize it then it should pop up.
 

your external SSD needs to be mounted.

meaning type in "Disk management"

find your disk, and initialize it then it should pop up.
 

you could mak a "passive" antenna possibly. Like just toss your Phone into it and then let the signal boost. Though you'd need a pretty large can and one with aluminum or metal foil inside at that.

im not entirely sure but if you're looking for a printer AVOID HP. AVOID IT LIKE A DISEASE.

HP printer are notorious for not accepting 3rd party ink, will DISABLE your printing if you don't subscribe to a payment plan.

Go for a Brother printer if you must get color ink. If not then get a Laser printer if you just need a printer for Black and white that uses toner instead of ink it lasts  significantly longer and can print and more pages for the buck. Laser printers with color do exist and those might be a bit more pricey. But I mean it if you need a printer for just B/W copies lasers will last significantly longer than ink.

if you're worried about that I would just do the easier route and just make a different windows account callled "gaming" and "work" that way you can avoid that.

if you're worried about that I would just do the easier route and just make a different windows account callled "gaming" and "work" that way you can avoid that.

>Just not to mix up files, don't want BG apps while playing

well that's just kinda wrido If I'm being honest. You can make folders you know, and you can stop/disable most background apps if not all of them really.

if you're worried about that I would just do the easier route and just make a different windows account callled "gaming" and "work" that way you can avoid that.

Get a 2nd computer or someone to help you with a computer and let them use their computer as so you can install a local windows or use your phone if you have it and the right adapter to connect a USB stick to your phone and download RUFUS for your phone and install the windows installtion onto your USB then install it locally on your SSD

can get cable sleeves or DIY make your own using some rubber or rubber mat + velcro.

yay

NGL. It's better ot have a seperate Headset + Mic than Mic and Headset in one. Sometimes cheapo headsets the microphone can pickup your headphones. Though with EqualizerAPO you can sorta apply a filter that fixes this. But in general seperate is better.

This is strange. you're getting a APIAP address basically a very old school "Failsafe IP address"

IDK why you're getting this that doesn't make any sense whatsoever.

However I can tell you have a DHCP server on the Extender. Turn it off,  I think you're getting into IP address conflicts.   Two DHCP servers don't usually play well unless you properly configure them right.


The Router will provide the DHCP or basically the auto addressing of the IP addresses, not the Wifi extender.

Reconnect to the network and see if this fixes it.

IF all else fails we'll just give your laptop a static IP address if you configure the adapter manually

Give it like
IP Address 192.168.1.101
Subnet 255.255.255.0
default gateway: 192.168.1.1   < this is saying point towards the router for all of my traffic needs.

are you sure the Router connected to the Modem doesn't have a conflicting DHCP server or causing IP issues?

The modem with wifi , should offer DHCP the connected Router should be either be in "Bridge mode" to avoid any DHCP problems. This can cause your internet to drop cause it's conflicting

you'd need to login the Secondary router and re-configure it

so you want a RX 6000 for to have extra displays? At that point why just just get a cheapo, low budget GPU that is just made for Display like a GT 730 or something.  The only GPU I know of that has all Display ports off my head is a Nvida M2000 and those are pretty cheap 60$ to 50$ dollars.

are you sure the Router connected to the Modem doesn't have a conflicting DHCP server or causing IP issues?

The modem with wifi , should offer DHCP the connected Router should be either be in "Bridge mode" to avoid any DHCP problems. This can cause your internet to drop cause it's conflicting

you'd need to login the Secondary router and re-configure it

you'd never know, sometimes it might be a family selling random gear they have zero knowledge of, perhaps a punishment or maybe just selling to get rid of it all in one go.

Hey that's not bad 275$ for all of it? Are you serious? That's a STEAL A STEAL you better yoink that deal real quick.

You get an RX 5700 XT which is a 2070/2060 equivalent 

You can sell the CPU and MOBO separately or together usually separated = more dough I'd say 60$ for each = 120$ easy money
toss the RAM onto the MOBO for free since RAM is hard to sell independently

ALWAYS MAKE SURE BUYER PAYS SHIPPING you save/get more money that way

And you could just sell the 165 monitor as well for more dough well not sure what brand it is but at least 200$+ or more you could get way with selling it for 200$ flat if you wish. So you just made your money back maybe not a big profit but you made money back

I'm pretty sure you can upgrade your PSU. You just need to find If it's prebuilt it depends on what prebuilt it is, cause ebay has tons of PSU's that fit into prebuilts. If you know what prebuilt PC you have you can easily just google it, and search for it. Or you could see and find if a SFF PSU will fit or FLEX PSU