VulcanMonk

Good day, I'm looking at purchasing either a DECO X20-4G £140 or Archer MR600 v2 £120 To be used specifically as a 4g LTE router so the external antenna connection is a must. I don't have a large home and only a few WIFI 5 and below network devices so the DECO seems like overkill as I wouldn't be using it's potential. As the deco isn't that much more expensive I'm wondering if it's worth choosing anyway. Could the newer technology benefit in other ways such as latency? Thanks in advance.

That site is really good and I have already used a number of measurements from it but unless I've missed it there aren't any dimensions for what I'm looking for, possibly because what I'm after isn't really a "case" issue. The closest I found was this image which suggests around 12mm for the card then perhaps add on 2-3mm for the connector on the motherboard, so 15mm... Thanks Jun, that photo is helpful because it shows that 2 sata connectors just fit in that space. Edit: Each sata connector is 6mm wide, plus a little extra visible gap, making 13 to 14mm total for distance X.

I don't have a system to measure this so would appreciate it if someone could provide this information with a large enthusiast graphics card. Is there a minimum standard or will this vary depending on manufacturer? I'm looking for the distance marked X although for context I will be utilising the space marked Y but I can calculate that based off a standard 1.6mm motherboard thickness and my own choice of standoff height as these can vary. Thanks in advance.

I've only just found out about SED's and it's no surprise given the feature is buried under all the other marketing specs but even my several year old SSD has it. I've activated it in the bios and it's amazingly simple, fast and hassle free. My question now is about using it for portable USB external drives. Before I purchase another SSD I'd like to ask if anyone has any experience with this. 1. Does this feature even work at all when used as an external secondary drive? 2. How does it work? Do you have to reboot and enter 2 passwords (1 for the system drive and 1 for the external) I've used programs like Veracrypt and while I'm sure they're very secure, it's also a hassle to use on a frequent basis through the day. You also lose the ability to see available drive space as the encrypted file just stays the same capacity. SED is as simple as having another log in stage and then windows runs as if nothing is encrypted.

Must have been the system requirements, I've installed Lubuntu and it works. Just odd that Ubuntu ran fine from the USB stick.

Trying to install Ubuntu-16.04.4-desktop-i386, 32 bit on an old Acer aspire one laptop (2009 ish). I've created a USB drive using universal USB installer. I can run Ubuntu directly from the USB drive without issue. I then run through the installation without any problems, connect to the internet to enable updates during installation. I select to erase all data, installation completes seemingly fine. On restart, booting from the hdd, the screen glitches out as shown in the photo. I've tried formatting the hdd while running Ubuntu from the USB stick, writing it with zeros and then reinstalling again, same problem. Also, there was windows XP running on the hdd before and the computer booted fine. The only thing I can think is the recommended system requirements for Ubuntu: 2 GHz dual core processor or better 2 GB system memory which this laptop doesn't meet (1.6GHz and 1GB ram). But then how come it works fine from the USB stick... Thanks in advance.