The Windows activation will continue to work when "downgrading" from a factory installed Win11 to Win 10. The version will remain the same: Win 11 Home to Win 10 Home, for example. For best safety purposes, I would strongly recommend disconnecting all hard drives or SSD's except for the one...
Try removing the video card and use the on-board Intel GPU for video. There appears to be an issue where switching to an alternate boot drive can (inadvertently) mess with the motherboard's video out port selection. May need to adjust the bios settings in order to allow video out from the...
The issue would become apparent if the PC is put into sleep mode. If the system spontaneously re-awakens, then the older PSU type would be the cause of that happening.
The 350W PSU may not be sufficiently qualified for the intended use. Might want to look into the PSU's rating classification. Intel introduced a new "Haswell ready" PSU standard several years ago. The "AM-350 PSU (350W 80 plus cert.)" may have been manufactured prior to the "Haswell ready" PSU...
There are newer Intel WiFi PCIe cards that support Bluetooth 5.2 & use the Intel AX210 chip, instead of Bluetooth 5.0 with the older Intel AX200 chip.
One example: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08TBJXKW5
There can be an issue if the system clock has a wildly incorrect date setting. A YouTube channel run by Cary Holtzman had an issue where the system clock had been accidentally re-set by the owner to something like the year 3031. A Windows install attempt kept failing, until the year was manually...
Can the PC's system location be over-ridden? The PC's Zip Code system location is always referencing the ISP's Zip Code, not the PC's location.
For example: go to an online retailer web site (such as Best Buy, Home Depot, etc.), and unless manually corrected, that retailer "assumes" that you're...
Sorry: your argument isn't very convincing. A "regular PC" has the ability to play XBox games, which MS designed into Windows 10 to be able to do. A more likely scenario: the XBox Series X includes a specially designed bios firmware, which is resistant to being re-programmed. Either by...
That they would put in roadblocks, was already assumed. However, the XBox Series X bios firmware should be able to be re-flashed & re-programmed with a "normal PC" type of firmware. Not saying it would be easy, and may (?) involve some soldering & de-soldering expertise. But if macOS could be...
Question: How close is the XBox Series X to being a normal PC? I'm assuming that some bios firmware alterations would be required in order to install an alternate operating system. Has anyone attempted installing either macOS (Hackintosh) or Windows on the XBox Series X? Thanks.
Check in Device Manager under "IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers". If the driver there is not the default MS Standard driver, do a driver rollback prior to swapping the drive to the new motherboard. That driver switch should allow booting with the new hardware.
Another potential issue would be the...
There's already a DX12-capable GPU included within the Intel i5 10400 processor.
As far as the DDR4 memory: even though the motherboard only supports 2666 Mhz speeds, the lower cost (~$30 less) for 3200 Mhz speed memory of 16 Gb capacity would still appear to be the better option, compared with...
The choice of 32 Gb DDR4 2666 memory might be improved. Something like 2x8 =16 Gb DDR4 3200 should be more than adequate + faster, for probably under $70. For video, maybe consider upgrading later to a used NVidia GTX 1070 or similar priced NVidia card off of eBay.
Were you running with the latest motherboard bios firmware? Did you try running the 3060Ti in some other motherboard to confirm that the card is still functional? There could have been a static electricity issue that occurred when swapping GPU's. To avoid that problem when working on the PC...
Did you consider the GIGABYTE B550 VISION D:
https://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-B550-Vision-3xPCIe-Motherboard/dp/B08C9GJ49M
https://www.newegg.com/gigabyte-b550-vision-d/p/N82E16813145231
It would need a bios update to support Ryzen 5000.
Intel will be offering a new chipset motherboard & CPU in...
If wanting to save some $$ and re-use the DDR3, the most recent Intel system that still uses DDR3 is the Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI & similar generation boards. Would also require obtaining a new or used CPU to match the Intel chipset.
A refurbished Dell desktop machine can be found on Amazon fairly...
Upgrading the video card seems like the best plan. One with 8 Gb of on-board memory, such as the RTX 2060 Super, or an AMD 5000 series GPU like you mentioned. Spending $$ on upgrading to a faster socket 1150 CPU would not be such a good idea, however.
In short: upgrade just the video card, and...
I would doubt that there would be very much added benefit via upgrading/changing the motherboard, when an Intel i5-7600 CPU upgrade could be had for ~$200. For ram, 2x sticks of 8Gb each should be more than adequate. If you can maybe sell the two GTX 1070 cards on Ebay, the overall replacement...
Your existing Z270 board should be fine, if the CPU were upgraded to maybe an i5-7600, for example. The SLI'd 1070 video cards would best be replaced with a single faster video card, such as maybe a single RTX 2060 Super, if you have the funds. The idea of having SLI'd video cards has been...
Ideally, you'd split the signal at the telephone/DSL box on the outside of the house. A whole-house DSL filter would be located inside that box to keep the DSL traffic from affecting the regular voice telephone lines. Then obtain twisted pair RJ-11 telephone wires running between the outside box...
Replacing the spinning HDD with an SSD should be the priority #1 upgrade.
A 2.5" SATA SSD can be found for under $20 for a 128 Gb version, or 256 Gb for a few dollars more. The free upgrade to Windows 10 would be second, which should run OK on an SSD, even with just 3 Gb of system memory.
An Intel Z77 chipset motherboard with on-board Realtek LAN + NVidia GTX 600 or 700 series video card + SATA SSD + 2x 2Gb DDR3 should have drivers for running XP & would probably run faster than an AMD FM2+/A68H system. A used Z77 HP or Dell machine from eBay would be the less expensive option...
Check for latest motherboard bios, then unplug any ethernet cable & re-set the motherboard's CMOS.
Note: leaving an ethernet cable connected can potentially prevent complete power down of the ethernet controller.
Power the system off completely, using the PSU rocker switch, then press and hold...
If you can install Windows (latest version 1903) on a normal 2.5" SSD & with CSM disabled in bios, that would be helpful information to know. After getting Windows installed and booted to desktop, then plug in the NVMe SSD (as a secondary drive) and check for a possible firmware update and for...
Try this free (& also paid version for extra features) software:
https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/tweaking_com_windows_repair.html
One of the many included functions is "repair Windows Update".
The ASUS NIC appears to include an Aquantia controller chip. Check station-drivers.com for an Aquantia NIC firmware update to version 3.1.90: https://www.station-drivers.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=353&func=fileinfo&id=4125&lang=en
Also: latest driver version is 2.1.18.0...
Double-check that you're running the latest motherboard bios.
Try re-setting the bios to "optimized default settings" + reboot.
Also: for a modern board such as Z390, you'd want to configure the bios for "CSM disabled" and then re-format (delete all existing partitions) & re-install Windows in...
If there are pins that are still straight, but bent only at the base, then try using a mechanical pencil (with the lead removed) as a straightening device.
Note: for most Intel CPU's, the CPU lettering should also match the same orientation as the motherboard model name lettering. There are also...
There may be other KB updates that, if installed, would then enable the specific KB update being referenced.
Belarc Advisor may be able to pinpoint the missing updates:
https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/belarc_advisor.html
Dism++ is another free program that includes it's own Windows KB...
That info was posted in 2014, before Windows 10 was released. The Gigabyte support page for that specific device only lists Windows 10 as being officially supported.
For getting an Ubuntu USB thumb drive to boot, it may be required to configure the bios setting of "CSM enabled" or "CSM...
The free upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10 is still a working option. Have you tried installing the free software called "Open Shell"? It allows using the old Win 7 Start Menu, which is the main source of complaints about the design of Windows 10. The default "Windows spyware telemetry" can...
The root problem is more likely a mis-match between the USB thumb drive configuration vs. the motherboard bios settings.
CSM disabled would be the preferred setting, in order to have the fastest possible boot time. And instead of using Rufus, use the official Microsoft tool for creating the...
No, the Intel RTS driver would not be of any use in an AMD CPU system.
Yes, try obtaining the latest AMD chipset drivers from the motherboard support site, and copy those to the Windows 10 USB installation thumb drive. Then those AMD drivers can be manually added during the Win 10 installation...
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