I have a gigabyte motherboard in an old computer I built in 2005, never had 1 issue with it at all except that it became outdated years ago, still runs win 7 but is pretty useless now

just to run NAS from a hard drive? better option would be to upgrade your router with NAS and USB3 compatibility, the newest netgear bad boy is even supposed to function as a plex server all in...

No, 8gb is fine for laptops unless running memory hog programs, like above watch task manager, you may ony be using 4gb. my huge server is running now on 3.5 gb, I have several background programs...

remove power first (big drive) or self powered drive will spin down when unplugged, I do think the shock of being pulled off like that wears them down over time, might hold it steady until its quiet,...

their used to be some kind of sysprep command we would use on a build to blank slate the drivers on it, but if you cannot boot, you need to look ad things like IDE/ACHL mode, secure boot, UFEI /...

did all the usual, disconnected every usb device I have connected 1 by one, none were it. uninstalled, but it came back on hardware scan, appears to be internal or virtual device.

looking at...

I was thinking of dual booting windows 7, I have 3 store bought licenses, then upgrading one to 10, im sure it would end in disaster so I am not doing a thing since everything works properly

UEFI is required for windows 8 and 10, this is why they wont run in emulators like virtual pc or virtual box, at least the last time I tried. glad the bios update allowed you to install, if a bios...

the above comment is right, a windows 7 recovery disk is useless, it only allows you to fix windows, and not even install it fresh, if your system came with recovery media, usually a windows 7 disk...

I think you have to perform a live upgrade to make it activated, if you kill windows 7 and install windows 10 fresh it will not be activated, or so I have heard, the failure to upgrade in windows...

also it appears Microsoft is no longer supporting WMC for windows 7, it still works but will not download any tv station guides anymore

yeah I guess this system will stay on windows 7 forever, I built a monster of a system for home media serving and occasional gaming, however I use my xbox 360 and wiiu for games 99 percent of the...

Yes this is what I am thinking, however I wish I could turn on windows update again without it trying to download windows 10 continuously and failing, it does this even when the gwx update is hidden...

better now?

I have a custom built server like pc that has tons of unique hardware, top of the line ati radeon graphics card 2 years ago, pci card to add 2 extra sata ports to the 8 on the motherboard, 8 internal...