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  1. Until I got used to Windows 98, I was DOS-ing around on the PC. Throughout the years, I got to know Windows rather well. I had a MacBook Air for a while, it is somewhere on this earth, I wish I knew where. Let's not be too nostalgic: There was the disease called ME and the catastrophe named Vista with its always-on, always-interfering User Access Control. But there were also the legends XP and 7 (7 being basically Vista done right). I am still using Windows 7 on my PC and Notebook. I tried Win 10 for a month or so and decided to upgrade to Windows 7 again (I might give it a try again, if Microsoft removes the mandatory interfering unplanned updates and the telemetry - so, probably never). But I have tried OSX on the MacBook Air. It was actually quite good, since I used the MBA mostly for Office work (when MS Office still had a Mac-compatible version). The track pad was/is still way better, than any pad I have used on a PC-based notebook. But I got used to the way Windows 7 works. With all its hassles and quirks (have fun rearranging your icons after updating the video driver, because you forgot to switch off the screen, or to maximise the GFE), most hardware support is just a driver download away. I have control over where I want to install which program - something I never managed to figure out with Mac OSX. And... Three-button mice... programmable mice... (I admit, I never had the chance to test my Chroma set on the MBA). The quick launch area, though some consider it an abomination, I find helpful. For little things, like ejecting a USB drive or connecting to, or disconnecting my computer from, the internet. The taskbar is where I pin a lot of the programs I use regularly, and one can always download a dock if one feels a need. Or even multiple docks. And as a previous reply states, file explorer is (probably for us old-time Win-users), a lot easier to use than whatever the opposing forces have. Especially if you add Clover3 to get tabbed file explorer (I believe the tabs are a part of the Win 10 experience?) Drag-and-drop file management and wonderful little add-ons, such as TeraCopy and DirectFolders, make this even better. And if you fear the PC is going to sleep in the middle of a presentation, you just download Caffeine and it is sorted. I cannot recall seeing these little thingies for Mac or Linux. However, I have my copy of ZorinOS ready for install at the end of the year, since Windows 7 support ends in January. A very Windows-like experience, without the telemetry. They say. Alas, poor Windows. You were a stalwart we could work with, until you merely became the Telemetric Windows Input/Output (WindowsI/O - Windows10).
  2. TFX - I learned a new term! Thank you! I did a quick search, and mine is this: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41v1-uDyT0L._SL500_AC_SS350_.jpg https://microdream.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/i/m/img_9008_5.jpg The dimensions seem to fit within the range of SFX, though I admit I am new to these small-scale power supplies.
  3. Hi there. I am in process of upgrading a DELL OptiPlex 780 SFF and wish to replace the PSU (255W), with a more powerful one. Is/are there any SFX unit(-s), that is/are highly recommended by professional system builders? This is basically to be a nice-to-have system, for when a decent gaming system such as my main PC, is not available. The GPU I wish to get is recommended to have at least a 300W PSU, which is my reason for this post.
  4. Thanks. I had the same problem with my NVMe. In case anyone else has the same struggle as me: After unzipping the driver files and wondering what to do when the Device Manager driver update would not find them, I finally just double clicked them - self-installers.
  5. From what I've seen from various sources, ray tracing seems be coming to the 1060 6GB and up in April anyway, and Crytec has demo'd AMD's version, Radeon Rays, on a Vega 56 (keep in mind, it is only a demo so far). So I recommend that, if you feel you must go Green, go 1660.
  6. On XE dot com, you can check the exchange rate from USD to EUR. But you will probably need to figure in the import cost also, unless they are assembled in Europe?
  7. That was the title of my Logitech F310's profile when I opened Profiler. I have used the controller previously, then let it lie for some months, and now I get this. Hi there, here is a soul in search of answers: I wanted to revisit life in The Fringe of Tachyon, but my ship just yaws left. No buttons, no joysticks, be it on X or D, with MODE either ON or OFF. In the base, I have to use my mouse instead of the controller (just started a new game) ASUS G73Sw 16GB RAM Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Logitech MK320 wireless combo Logitech F310 wired controller I do not recall any problems with the controller previously. Is there any known problems between the controller and any specific software? It might be that I have something in memory that interferes?
  8. This works for me on my G73Sw (do keep in mind that I use Windows 7 Ultimate on this notebook and not Windows 10): I use my external 24" for gaming and movies, because the 17" internal just doesn't do it for me when I am home. So I go to display options and set my external monitor as my main display. This moves the whole setup to the external monitor, and I can fn+F7 to shut down the internal screen. However, do remember to change the internal screen back to your main display before shutting down - it can be awkward to take your computer somewhere with you and realise VLC is still projecting to your external, which is still at home. I hope this helps. PS: You say the cooling flap needs the screen to be open? Wow. I love to sometimes switch off my G73's screen and close the lid while listening to music or watching movies. PPS: Just checked some photos of the GM501. Pretty book, but I see what you mean with the cooling.
  9. Thanks. MakeMKV opens the movies perfectly in VLC. So it seems to be neither the drive nor the discs. Call me a conspiracy nut if you want, but I believe this is a "programmed obsolescence" in the software updates (I do not mention which software). If everything is on-line, there is more control over who watches what when for how long. After all, a DVD is bought once and watched as long as the player's heads can read the disc. Windows (and Office) was a buy-the-license, once-install, use until the computer goes obsolete, software. Now Office 365 allows you to use it "on your terms" - yes, as long as you pay your monthly/ yearly terms, you can use it. Xara and Adobe also seem to have left the buy-once format, for pay-as-you-use. See also "Windows-as-a-service", coming soon to an internet server near you. But that's just me.
  10. I hope this is in the right channel. I used to be able to watch DVDs and Blu-Ray movies on my G73Sw. Tonight, after a long time, I wanted to watch some of those movies again - the drive does not register the discs. All are original discs bought at registered DVD/ Blu-Ray sellers, and used to play on VLC media player. King Arthur, Robocop, Jack Reacher. Now they seem to be silenced. My computer uses Windows 7 Ultimate 64. The drive still reads my program discs and small-name movies, but the big brands that used to play, now suddenly don't register in Explorer or VLC. Does anyone know what has happened in the past few months, that previously working parts and programs, suddenly seem to refuse to cooperate? (EDIT: the term U/S is what we used in the military to indicate UnServiceable)
  11. I recently had a bit of an adventure with exploring my PC's innards, after migrating my OS from my SSD to NVMe (hint: if the mobo doesn't come with an NVMe slot, it's probably a good idea NOT to try to use the NVMe on a PCI-e riser for the boot drive). After adventuring through the valley of PC near-death (and very much fearing the evil of the shadow of re-installing a few GB of software, most notably the OS), I tried as a last resort, to use my Win 7 DVD to repair the OS. I am very grateful to say that it indeed did work out as I have hoped. However, now I get the bootloader screen at every start-up, giving me a choice between Windows 7 Professional (which is the installed version) and Windows 7 Ultimate (I wish...) Selecting Ultimate sends the monitor into a black screen of flickering cursors on the left-hand top side. Selecting Pro sends the monitor into a beautiful screen of wallpaper and icons and taskbar. What I want to know: it is not an emergency, just a minor annoyance, but how do I remove the "Win7 Ultimate"-option (and no, telling me to go Win 10 is not the way to go. I intend to try ZorinOS on my notebook to test it as a replacement OS when Win7 support ends) Thank you.
  12. Emmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.... ya, 2TB Firecuda. Corrected, thanks!
  13. I am late to the party, I know, but after reading your system specs and looking up the timeframe that the AMD fx-series chips came out, I think there are two questions that were left out of the discussion: 1. What is the maximum RAM that the chip itself can handle? was it 8GB (which would then make sense, the 3GB available) or more? 2. What is the max amount of RAM that your motherboard can handle? I believe that the board would not recognise any more RAM than the max it was built for (if it was 8GB max), but who knows? If I am correct here, then this will explain why your RAM shows 0 when you hacked MSConfig to use the entire 16GB - the board and/ or CPU, passes over the first 8GB it can see, and then has to go with 8GB that it cannot see, hence it gives you 0GB RAM. I say not that I am right, I am throwing lines hoping some fish worth keeping bites, but this is the only 2 reasons that I can think of, why Windows 10 can see all of the RAM, but the motherboard and/ or CPU have a hit-and-miss affair with it.
  14. Ouch. People say that Win 10 can install directly to NVMe while Win 7 needs to migrate or needs a serious hacking to install onto it. The last time I had Win 10 on my system, was the free upgrade in 2015. I didn't like it too much (but it was better than Windows Hate - I mean, 8 - anyway) so I returned to Windows 7. Btw, maybe it's just me, but I decided to GPT some drives, and they seem to have more available space now, than with MBR. On a side-note, good choice in notebooks. I got me a G73Sw in 2011, it still runs beautifully, though it refuses to run AotS (for obvious reasons). I upgraded the RAM to 16GB (max it can take) and replaced the drives with an SSD for boot and a 2TB Firecuda for data. Before this, I was a bit of an ASUS-fan already, especially after a local computer technician said that ASUS was the only brand that he never had comebacks with, and this notebook of mine pretty much cemented ASUS as a favourite brand.
  15. I bought it second hand from a pro-gamer who lives a hundred or so kilometres away. As for the resising, I opened AOMEI and chose to wipe the partition - and the size dropped to around 240GB, much more logical on a 256GB drive (remember about the spare space on SSDs for data transfers). Thanks for the link, I think it may come in handy in the future. And you have at least one fan on the jury now for your honesty.
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