Keep us updated worf. On a separate note, are you an member of PrimeGrid? I'm sure I recognise the picture of the damaged card...

I wouldn't be too concerned. If you're copy of Win 10 is legit, MS are pretty good at getting you up and running again. I upgraded from Win 7 Pro to Win 10 Pro but it unlicensed itself when I...

I must admit, I've been keeping an eye on this thread all day and the thought that this must be hardware related has started to form in my mind, too.

You haven't started participating in PrimeGrid or Seti@Home and simply forgotten could you :chuckle: ?

Just a thought. A common symptom of overheating CPUs (in the days before auto-throttling) is freezing without the system actually rebooting - it just freezes 'as is'. Can you download and run the...

I used to be a hardware tech and saw low CMOS batteries cause all sorts of weird issues. Won't do any harm to replace it.

I installed a BIOS update that mentioned CPU microcode update for my new ASUS board a few days ago and it's rebooted itself a couple of times but I'm not sure if the two are related.

Book a support call from Microsoft. If you're entitled to a particular version of Windows and are having issues, they're usually extremely helpful. I had an issue recently where I replaced my...

In my last job, we used to call the blue ring one the "Blue spinning teething ring of doom" :chuckle:.

When I was a hardware tech I used to look after about 5,000 Dell Optiplexs, including 745s. The BIOS is years before UEFI, it's a bog standard BIOS. I reckon a motherboard is definitely worth a punt....

Thank you for this. I've recently restarted participating in PrimeGrid. I have EVERY setting in BIOS and Windows set to High Performance and the sleep to 'NEVER' eveywhere yet every day I get back...

Is it SSD or conventional HDD?

If you're not planning on turning all enthusiast with it, it'll be fine. Dells are pretty reliable and the support is very good.

You are correct (thank you Google :D), you would just need an HDMI to DVI cable.

Unless you need to connect some really, old obscure accessories you don't need any of those optional extras except perhaps the VGA port. I had a quick Google and the default screen connector is HDMI....

Are you using a sound card or integrated audio? If you're using integrated, you can disable the option in the BIOS. If you're using a soundcard, you could go into device manager (in System), right...

Oh, so it might be then :). That's encouraging if it is.

Just thought I'd see if there was a new BIOS available for my new ASUS Prime Z370-A and there was one available dated 4th January. It mentioned some stability updates and a "microcode update for the...

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Now going to have a go at the BMWs... :cry:.

Crikey, 7:38:40, that got the fans going a bit :D.

They were at stock clocks but the memory fixed at 2,666MHz. My ASUS mobo has a...

I recently replaced my mobo, CPU and RAM and of course my digitally licensed Windows Pro 64 switched to in-activated. I booked a call from Microsoft fearing the worst (and a sharp punch in the wallet...

Another thing to bear in mind is that if your system is 32 bit and only supports 4GB of memory, your system will still boot and run fine with, for example, 8GB installed. Windows will use the first...

Ok, mine finally completed, here are the results:

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This is my new setup. XMP enabled and automatic mild overclock by the motherboard. CPU at 4.5 GHz and DDR4 at 4,000 MHz.

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Do have a look at the link though. It mention s copying files at the top but goes on to say it can assist with all sorts of improper parameter issues which it mentions can be caused by corruption of...

Just done a bit of Googling on that error message and found this:

https://www.minitool.com/data-recovery/parameter-incorrect.html

You can download a free version and try fixing your incorrect...