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To go from Legacy to UEFI and enable SecureBoot

Hi Folks, I am unable to convert from MBR to GPT using the Windows In-built command (mbr2gpt.exe). I do not want to buy any third-party paid software to do so and I also do not want to lose my data. Can you suggest why am I not able to convert my SSD? I do not have a HDD at all. Just a 1TB SSD. Attaching screenshots for reference. Any help is appreciated. (Note CMD was run as Admin)

Would I also have to update my BIOS? I have a B450 Aorus MB and other BIOS versions I have are for 3rd Gen or 5th Gen Ryzen support ones. The BIOS I have supports 2nd Gen which is what I have. I am scared of doing BIOS Updates as they say it can lead to bad MB

Hi All, I am running Ryzen 7 2700X which has option for fTPM in BIOS however my BIOS is on Legacy and SecureBoot is not available. So I would like to enable TPM, convert my BIOS to UEFI and enable SecureBoot however I do have several questions where I need your help - is fTPM safe? I do not use BitLocker since I am running Windows 10 (Home) however if my processor goes bad in future would I still have access to my data on my SSD? Converting from MBR to GPT I get a validation failed with 0 message. What does that mean? Can I not convert it? If I go from MBR to GPT can I go back from GPT to MBR without data loss? Does SecureBoot make cracked softwares like Adobe's go bad? Does SecureBoot mess with GPU Drivers or Anti-Virus startup processes? I use a licensed Anti-Virus software

Now I'm completely lost as to what could be causing this issue. I got a 3 Pin PC Power connector to ground my PC. It still didn't work. I called up a PC Tech who said the amount of current I'm measuring through a tester is an expected amount so that isn't the issue. Last Night I somehow got power back onto my USB devices and I booted into BIOS and didn't encounter such a problem. So I thought it was a Windows thing. I booted into Windows and had power still. (By Power I mean power in my keyboard and mouse). I fired up Chrome and again lost power. Then again it cycled back up. This is happening a lot....Power goes off and cycles back up when it wants to.... Any suggestions ? I have latest updates for Windows on my PC. What could be causing this problem ?

Grounding so to speak. I have electric current on my PC back body (back steel panel of my case). My PC isn't grounded.

There's nothing much to unplug.... What I did do is switch power plug to a different socket and my keyboard and mouse came back up...Until earthing started and they again went out. Would earthing be causing this issue ? I mean they remain active until earthing builds up and then usb looses keyboard mouse power. I had earthing (current on back plate of my case) from a long time but I didn't use to have this problem back then. I'm lost and don't exactly know what could be causing this I assume its earthing but god knows what's wrong.

I'm crippled because of no keyboard and mouse so can't do anything for that Info. I do notice earthing at my Case's back panel...Can that be causing this ?

I don't know that...Where can I find that ?

Hey Folks, So last night I put The Division 2 to download on my PC. This Morning I saw it completed download but my keyboard and mouse lights were off. I restarted my PC and still they were off. After 2-5 mins I saw lights coming back on and both started working but then again they switched off. I tried another USB Ports and it was the same exact thing. I also have a USB Hub to which I plug in my Headphones and they didn't work either. But the USB Powered LED Light that I have on my Table did work. So did the CPU Fans that were pinned to MoBo USB headers. When my keyboard and mouse did work I quickly checked my Power Settings and the USB Suspend state was disabled. I also unchecked the 'Allow this PC to power off this slot to save power' option in Device Manager aswell but still I'm loosing power. It's like my USB Slots are fluctuating specifically for my keyboard and mouse because they work for short time and then stop working for a long time and then again start working and then again they stop. I can't even go in BIOS because of this. I do have proper display and fans are all good. My MoBo is Gigabyte B450 Aorus Pro and Seasonic Titanium 750W PSU. Please advise

Guys can anyone help !!!

Hey Guys, So I set my Common FPS Value to 60 and changed my encoder from x264 to NVENC with Low Latency High Quality preset and High Profile. I also read somewhere that disabling the Preview also helps so I have disabled Preview too. I ran Apex legends and I am still getting around 30% of Render Lags/Stalls. Here is the recent Log. Please advise Log 15th Feb.txt

I set it to 3500 since my upload averages around 6500-8000... What rate would you recommend ? I can change it to NVENC no problem I will try that. The games I run are on true full screen. If it goes Borderless then I change it back to full screen. Read the message above this one for some more details

So I changed the fps value from fractal to common and locked it at 60. The render lag and stall is still there. For e.g. In Apex Legends or Resident Evil 2 I don't have VSync enabled since my Desktop is already on Adaptive through Nvidia Control Panel. Render lags exist in this situation. Coming to Forza Horizon 4 then I have locked both my Monitor's Refresh rate and Ingame fps at 60 and I see no Render Lags/Stalls in that case. As you would know I really need those FPS in Competitive Games so I have no problems in locking down Resident Evil 2 and Forza (I locked Forza due to its rubber banding issue and not OBS, I would hate to lock a game just because of OBS) but I can't really lock Apex Legends (or Six Siege CSGO PUBG) to 60fps as it then defeats the purpose of 144Hz Monitor.

Hey Folks,I own a 144Hz Gaming Monitor and would like to stream Games from one PC. I am trying to use OBS but I'm experiencing Render Lags/Stalls. How can this be eliminated ?My system has Ryzen 7 2700X and Nvidia RTX 2080 with 16GB DDR4 RAM.I'm attaching OBS Logs for you to see my settings.My system is set with VSync on Adaptive. Log.txt