Thanks for the suggestion but this didn't work. And for completing step 3 and 4 I had to reverse them and perform step 4 1st and then step 3 next. I don't know if going out of order makes a...

Well in other news and against my better judgement, I followed Sony's suggestion and took my PC to the Geek Squad to have them try install a DDR3 2x8GB PNY kit and as per my own experience with...

I did a clean install following Brink's Windows 10 Clean Install link and doing a Installing Windows 10 with UEFI and starting with a full drive as unallocated space.

Well I got the back off again and below are couple pics:
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I couldn't find any header that seemed like an obvious case speaker but will keep looking.

I contacted Sony and...

Well I guess I'll start digging around some more on the inside and try your suggestions this weekend and while I'm at it, get some pics of innards and post them too.

I did boot with every drive both internal and external disconnected except the optical drive. Again my system is a Sony All-n-one and I'd have to take it apart to remove it.

It came with a...

"Initially" it did at 5-7m boot time, but when I began my msconfig boot tests, I started experiencing subsequent longer boot/re-boot times. Given everything I've tried above, the only thing left I...

I have a Samsung 850 Evo SSD installed that is my boot disk and two HHD drives connected via USB 2 for user folders and backup. One is a 5400 500GB SATA drive for user folders and the other was the...

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Even though no absolute “computer” joy this past holiday weekend, some progress was made as I was able to successfully complete a clean install, and a test of memory came back with no errors....

Called MS and got nowhere. They said because I didn't "immediately" bring it to their attention; despite admitting some fault, that I was out of luck and would have to purchase Win10 Pro. Anyway,...

Thank you for the reply and suggestions. I definitely give the memtest86+ a try and report back the results. In the meantime, and incidentally when I downloaded the Windows 10 media creation tool...

I have a Sony All-In-One (Model SVL241290X also known as SVL241A11L) computer loaded with Windows 10 Home. Since the later part of Nov; early Dec, I have been experiencing extremely long boot times....