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About Rhys_Butcher
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Title
Member
- Birthday Dec 30, 1995
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Steam
EternalGearsOfLife
Profile Information
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Location
South Africa
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Gender
Male
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Interests
Motorbikes and Computers
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Biography
I spend my days making money by maintaining websites and building motorbikes. That's all there is to know
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Occupation
Information Technology Engineer
System
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CPU
Intel Core i9-9900K
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Motherboard
ASUS ROG Maximus XI Hero
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RAM
2x16GB 3200 CL14
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GPU
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
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Case
No Case
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Storage
Samsung 860 EVO
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PSU
Corsair AX1600i
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[ 0.000000] microcode: microcode updated early to revision 0xa, date = 2018-05-08 [ 0.000000] Linux version 5.4.0-60-generic (buildd@lgw01-amd64-001) (gcc version 9.3.0 (Ubuntu 9.3.0-17ubuntu1~20.04)) #67-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jan 5 18:31:36 UTC 2021 (Ubuntu 5.4.0-60.67-generic 5.4.78) [ 0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-60-generic root=UUID=7ae50bdb-9924-40ff-8a64-81ebc7386a0e ro radeon.modeset=0 quiet splash [ 0.000000] KERNEL supported cpus: [ 0.000000] Intel GenuineIntel [ 0.000000] AMD AuthenticAMD [ 0.000000] Hygon HygonGenuine [
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Hi their guys please let me know if there was already a topic like this. I am having a problem with Dell laptop I installed Linux Mint 20.1 on, It has AMD ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 as far as i can see its a driver issue because when first installing the Linux from a boot I kept getting the black screen with flickering cursor. I was able to get past this by editing the the full boot grub command line using , 'nomodeset' and continuing this enabled me to install and setup, once i had done that i thought i would be able to get the drivers by installing AMD catalyst using sudo ap
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I haven't fully removed the Mobo from the chassis However the Capacitor by the Wifi card Slot is the same as well as the orange bar-code sticker so Im going to guess its the same board. IF it is so then what would be the upgrade choices?
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I appreciate being realistic. I have had this laptop for many years and I only use it for lite programming with Linux so it never really gets used. However while upgrading it to a SSD and adding RAM I thought about Upgrading the CPU. I have the ability to Re solder etc etc My request was mostly to see if anyone had done it before and if so what would the possibility of bricking the board be. As it seems like it will be high I will leave it at just that.