By USB ports I meant the slots taking the USB cables. . In my case , the 4 front slots do have an internal segment either blue or green .
Is this what you mean by " black or orange centers "? If so,...

Do you mean that the optical drive may have to be plugged into some other USB slots?I'll try, but I wouldn't know which is USB 2 or USB3

I have 8 USB ports : 4 in the front and 4 in the back. THe...

Disk 2 is my Seagate Utratouch USB drive where I keep all my BUPS. It is not for installing the new OS. I didn't even try, Anyway the system won't even allow me.he system won't even allow me.
My...

Have been able to make bootable USB drive for the OS iso. Now the computer boots as if swere for a new installatio.. Howeer I can't go any further.The OS cannot be installed in any of the partitions...

OK, now the BIOS shows the UEFI Usb drive as 1st boot, with the Windows 11 SSD as 2nd boot. It still doesn't show the External optical drive,, but I should be able to work it out If I can make the...

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Making headways: yes, now the BIOS sees a couple of USB UEFI devices as boot options., but still not the optical external drive .
I also see that I can change the priority sequence...

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\There is only 1 Boot priority in the BIOS: " Windows BOOT manager ( micro n_2400_MTFDKBA1TOQFM"
There is a " SWITCHALL " button, which is inactive.
If I tap on" Boot Priority", it is...

Just bought a brand new desktop PC after my 8-years old PC quit for good. With the old computer HDD SATA drive I was able to set the boot priority in BIOS, typically to install an OS from the...

I have installed the Hyper-V VM on Windows 10 Pro Enterprise 64 bits, v 20H2 I have 8GB RAM. I want the Guest machine to share a few folders with the Host. I enabled the Remote Desktop Services in...

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I didn't realize I had to select the "cable connected" option. Now I am connected. I am working on importing my FAVORITES into the VM.

Does a VM connection really offer a better...

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I am not too familiar with all this.
I had already gone to the Network settings and selected NAT, without seeing the PORT FORWARDING option. I clicked on it, but I don’t know:...

I have installed Oracle VBox 7 on Windows 10 v.10.0 18363 build 18363 x64 based.
The OS has booted successfully into VBox, but I have no Internet connection on the guest machine . Your tutorial...

The specs on My Computer-System show 8 GB.

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I found the problem . One of the two slots was damaged, probably when the retaining tongue broke off. I thought it would still...

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My BIOS has no option for changing the RAMs to dual channel. There is an option for changing the DRAM speed, currently at 532 MHZ to 1033 or 1366 MHZ max. I tried. The BIOS did show the...

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to update my original post:

I managed to upgrade my older 2x4 GB DDR3 RAM to 16 GB ( 2x8GB).. The modules went in OK, but the BIOS only shows 8 GB and the SPECCY Utility shows the RAM...

Sorry, I thought I had a DDR2 RAM, but when I checked with the SPECCY tool, it says that my system is on DDR3 RAM.
If this is the case and I want to upgrade to 8GB RAM, do I have to use both slots...

I have an oldish computer on Windows 10 with 4GB RAM ( 2x2GB) on a 64 bits system. I have upgraded the OS from 32-bits to 64-bits and I'd like to increase the RAM to 8 GB for more speed. The...

I had difficultiies booting the 64-bits OS with RUFUS and Windows media builder, so I decided to burn the 64-bits OS ISO on a DVD and it worked. Now the System info shows 64-bits OS. I have...

Thanks so much. There is no fault on your behalf. No need to apologise . You are being most helpful.
In this resoect I still have a question.
1. I put my hands on a 64-bits Windows 10 Pro.,...

The information on the Web says that the PCI slot labeled PCI-E3 on the motherboard is 4 lanes and so it is the one to be used for the M.2 SSD and adapter.

At first, I thought that the PCI...

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I might afford a SSD. The thing is that I don’t have a M.2 slot on my older MS-7680 mptherboard and I would have to use a PCI-e to M2 adaptor, that requires a long PCI –E slot, ( about 4”)...

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Would it harm or brick the computer if I tried a 16 GB RAM stick on my Windows 10 32-bits? It may not work, but if this is all I risk, I can always put back the 4 GB ram stick.
I prefer...

[QUOTE=SIW2;2611932]Acoording to this your mobo
Supports two unbuffered DIMM of 1.5 Volt DDR3 1066/1333/1600* DRAM, 16GB Max
Supports Dual channel mode

so having two sticks is better than one....

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Yes, my Windows 10 is 32-bits but my system specs also say say -64 based processor, hence my initial asking.

In fact the HWInfo utility says that my processor has PAE (Physical Address...

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I want to increase the RAM on an older system. I am on Windows 10. Currently, I have 4 GB DDR3 RAM 2x2GB memory slots. Very slow, apps do not kick in right away.
How much RAM can I safely...