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  1. My pagefile was set to auto before, and got up to 20 gigs once. I've now set it manually to 1GB based on advice from another thread I found. And the Maximum Memory button is unchecked like in your picture.
  2. Is there a good benchmark/stress test tool I can use? I mostly just game, and it generally doesnt use that much ram unless I start accumulating 50+ tabs in Chrome over like a week.
  3. Yep. Sometimes everything grinds to a halt for a few seconds, then comes back to normal. Or I'll getting horribly low (we're talking 10-15 or less in Sims 4) framerates for maybe 10 seconds. I understand what the pagefile is for, but when those things happens it obiously becomes a problem. I've been running with only a 1GB pagefile for most of today and havent noticed any issues. Ram issue is steady at around 50-55%, but I've only been playing The Sims and listening to music, so nothing performance heavy.
  4. Specs: CPU: Ryzen 3600 Motherboard: Asus Prime B450-Plus (updated bios a few weeks ago) Ram: 2x8GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 3200mhz (running at 2133 until I can fix this issue) GPU: Asus AMD 5700XT Drives: 1TB Intel P660 as boot drive, 2x WD Red 3TB in raid 1.for storage I've had this computer for about a year and this has been a constant issue. If I watch the memory section in task manager, it goes up to 53-55% and then just... stops. Windows has automatically made a 25 gig pagefile but it feels strange that my computer should use that when there is memory available. My computer detects all 16 gigs and running Windows built in memory test showed no errors, and I've tried both sticks together and one stick at a time with long overnight runs. I've even gotten a replacement ram kit but the issue persists. I've also reinstalled Windows more than once with no luck. Any ideas? Quick update: I checked the manual again regarding ram slots and which ones I should use. The drawing isnt exactly clear, but it looks like I should use the grey ones further from the CPU. I used the black ones before so I've now switched. If I notice any performance difference I'll update again. Here's a link to it (the relevant part is on page 19-20) in case I completely misinterpeted it. https://www.bhphotovideo.com/lit_files/404157.pdf
  5. Yeah, probably. But I also noticed it has HDMI (I've had the monitor for over 10 years, just never looked properly on the back) so I'll try that after eating and see if that works.
  6. This is the cable I'm using: https://www.inet.se/produkt/8906248/deltaco-displayport-ha-dvi-d-ha-svart-3m#specifikationer I just bought a new computer (GPU is a 5700XT) and as the graphics card doesnt have a DVI out, I also bought the cable I linked above. Problem is, it doesnt show anything. Windows detects it but its not getting any signal. Does anyone know a possible solution? My main monitor, which is connected with a regular DP cable, works just fine.
  7. They will be digging up the reciept and will go to the store (probably) during this week. I will come along and make sure they get an internal one and assist them in putting it in. That way they wont have to worry about a loose drive on top of the desktop. Also, their kid (who is the primary user of the computer) appearently gets very angry playing Fortnite and bangs his desk with his fists and kicks the back of it when he loses. Those shocks are enough to kill a HDD, right?
  8. @ictdude1 im at their place now and the disk is still only showing up as 50 gigs in Diskpart and something went wrong when I put Gparted on my usb drive (it starts but then throws up a bunch of error messages) so I cant check with that. I also tested the drive in a laptop and it only shows 50 gigs there as well. Guess its time to return it to the store.
  9. @ictdude1 I fiddled around with Diskpart yesterday and it only showed up as a 50 gig disk there too. But I'll try it again when I go over to their place today and report back.
  10. @Alex Atkin UK @TheEthanMaverickHere's a screencap of Crystaldiskinfo and Disk Management: As you can see, the disk model number says ST2000LM007, and googling the model number brings up a Seagate 2TB 2.5" drive. They also bought it in a physical store here in Sweden so I doubt they got scammed. I'm going over to their place tomorrow with GParted to check with it as well.
  11. I'm trying to help a friends son with his computer. They bought him a 2 TB Seagate external HDD for christmas and it worked fine after I set it up for them. But now it only shows as 50GB. I've checked in Disk Management and it only shows 50GB and no extra partitions or unallocated space, and Diskpart also only shows 50GB. Crystaldiskinfo shows the HDD condition as "good" and they say it hasnt been dropped, so I don't think it's broken. Anyone got any idea what the issue might be? They really don't know anything about computers so they're completely reliant on me to fix issues like this.
  12. My brother has asked me to piece together a better computer for video editing. He has recently bought a 4k camera and now needs a computer to edit on. He will be dualbooting Windows 10 and either Debian or Ubuntu/Mint, and will be using the Adobe suite in Windows. Does Adobe prefer Intel or AMD CPUs? Which will get us the most bang for the buck? Will we get more performance for the money with a RTX 2060 or a RX 5700? They're both around the same price here in Sweden. Is that powerful of a GPU even needed? The budget is about €1600 excluding OS and peripherals and the current build is in the link. https://classic.prisjakt.nu/list.php?l=3895837&fbclid=IwAR0PePYy-td-WlHLdCW4qnr9LH96foUnWCebHUTjmHfi6bEw4jWk43RZOnE
  13. I have a Corsair 600t case. It's 6 years old now and I realised I've never actually cleaned the window. Is there anything specific I need to consider? Can I use soap? Should I use a microfiber cloth or will a normal dish cloth do?
  14. I have a DVD burner in my case! But it hasnt been plugged in in years.
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