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- Thu Mar 03, 2016 11:50 am
- Forum: General Computer Forum
- Topic: Spontaneous Crashes/Lockups
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10405
Re: Spontaneous Crashes/Lockups
Oops. :oops: Couldn't sleep last night so I ordered the Zotac card around 3:30 am. Tried to cancel the order but, damn, Amazon's fast! Guess I'll try out that card & see how it does. I'm not a gamer so I'm hoping it will work out for what I need. If not, I'll return it and go with the EVGA. In t...
- Wed Mar 02, 2016 9:51 pm
- Forum: General Computer Forum
- Topic: Spontaneous Crashes/Lockups
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10405
Re: Spontaneous Crashes/Lockups
This is what I'm looking at on Amazon. I'll compare to Newegg but $99 doesn't seem too bad. I just found it a minute ago and now I have to put my mother-in-law in bed so I'll research it more in a little while. If memory serves, the GTX designation is a step up from the GT, as is the 750 but I can't...
- Wed Mar 02, 2016 4:16 pm
- Forum: General Computer Forum
- Topic: Spontaneous Crashes/Lockups
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10405
Re: Spontaneous Crashes/Lockups
OK. Looks like I have the later version although I was unable to find a specific field that shows number of cores. Prior to running GPU-Z, I ran DDU then installed only the nVidia display driver (v 362.00). Less than 10 minutes later, as I was reading your response, I experienced another crash. This...
- Wed Mar 02, 2016 10:20 am
- Forum: General Computer Forum
- Topic: Spontaneous Crashes/Lockups
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10405
Re: Spontaneous Crashes/Lockups
Well, crap! Everything was looking good after removing the old driver and installing the new one. No crashes, everything seemed fine. Then this morning, my wife was checking her email and, boom, same thing except, again, the system recovered. She said afterwards a message popped up in the lower righ...
- Tue Mar 01, 2016 1:59 pm
- Forum: General Computer Forum
- Topic: Spontaneous Crashes/Lockups
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10405
Re: Spontaneous Crashes/Lockups
Thanks for the heads up on the new drivers! Yesterday was the first time since this all started that the system recovered from the crash & I actually received a message. It stated that the nVidia driver (I'm doing this from memory so I might get it wrong) v 361.91 crashed but successfully recove...
- Sat Feb 27, 2016 1:05 pm
- Forum: General Computer Forum
- Topic: Spontaneous Crashes/Lockups
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10405
Spontaneous Crashes/Lockups
Hi, all. Recently had to replace my monitor and went with a ViewSonic VA2855SMH 28" and, while I was at it, replaced my graphics card with an EVGA GeForce GT 730, 1 GB DDR5. At first, everything was lovely. I could work on whatever I was working on without having to squint at the screen, videos...
- Tue Nov 03, 2015 2:25 pm
- Forum: General Computer Forum
- Topic: WiFi Router recommendation please
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8330
Re: WiFi Router recommendation please
Thanks, both of you! I know at my house, I just added a $20 router in my living room configured as a range extender for my wireless. There was a wireless dead spot that encompassed the one area where my wife and I both sit to work on our laptops. The main weather concern is during winter. We're on t...
- Sun Nov 01, 2015 10:42 am
- Forum: General Computer Forum
- Topic: WiFi Router recommendation please
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8330
WiFi Router recommendation please
This is kind of a special application. That's why I'm asking you guys. I need to install a router in our Public Works garage so the guys can use their tablets for weather info when the supervisor's office is locked. (That's where the DPW's PC is) The garage is a metal building, roughly between 12,00...
- Thu Oct 01, 2015 9:27 am
- Forum: General Computer Forum
- Topic: USB sound card(?)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6321
Re: USB sound card(?)
Thanks. Since I moved the AP 2496 to a different slot it seems to be OK. So far. IDK, I'm still getting feedback from the sub. Maybe my Klipsch ProMedia is starting to die after nearly 20 years. Not a bad service life! Maybe I can find a good 4.1 amp on eBay. Looking at prices of comparable speakers...
- Sat Sep 26, 2015 8:25 pm
- Forum: General Computer Forum
- Topic: USB sound card(?)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6321
USB sound card(?)
The last few days have left me feeling both old and behind the times. I think my M Audio Delta Audiophile 24/96 sound card is starting to die a drawn out death so I started looking into a possible replacement. Was I shocked to discover that sound "cards" have moved outdoors! I bought the A...
- Mon Sep 14, 2015 1:05 pm
- Forum: General Computer Forum
- Topic: A little help with broadband Internet service providers
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11814
- Sun Sep 13, 2015 10:48 am
- Forum: General Computer Forum
- Topic: A little help with broadband Internet service providers
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11814
Re: A little help with broadband Internet service providers
Thanks DL! I started a response yesterday and got sidetracked. Sat in on a quorum meeting of the board yesterday morning. After all was said and done, they decided against this deal. The broadband aspect was only part of the equation and I also had been researching the company itself. I was able to ...
- Wed Sep 09, 2015 12:27 pm
- Forum: General Computer Forum
- Topic: A little help with broadband Internet service providers
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11814
Re: A little help with broadband Internet service providers
Thanks, Tech! By the powers of sheer guesswork, based on amounts I know to be accurate and wildly guessing the amounts I don't, switching everything to "Blue," which I just learned is an acronym for "Buffalo Lake Erie" Wireless, will save the Village at least $5K annually vs what...
- Sun Sep 06, 2015 7:36 pm
- Forum: General Computer Forum
- Topic: A little help with broadband Internet service providers
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11814
Re: A little help with broadband Internet service providers
OK, cool, and thanks again!! Honestly, I don't see how their 10 Mb service could be any worse than TWC's "business class" but, with the Mayor & the Board of Trustees looking to base their decision solely on my recommendation, I can't very well say that at the Board Meeting! And, it wou...
- Sat Sep 05, 2015 11:04 pm
- Forum: General Computer Forum
- Topic: A little help with broadband Internet service providers
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11814
Re: A little help with broadband Internet service providers
Thanks! Don't know if you were being facetious about the mobile data terminals but, in case you weren't—Sloan is less than one square mile in size and has an all volunteer fire department. The police department was dismantled in the late 70s/early 80s and law enforcement has been handled by the Town...
- Fri Sep 04, 2015 11:18 am
- Forum: General Computer Forum
- Topic: A little help with broadband Internet service providers
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11814
A little help with broadband Internet service providers
As y'all probably know, I support the municipal government of our community with both its web site and its computers. Honestly, there's not a lot involved in providing such support. However, this is out of my league a bit. As it turns out, the Village of Sloan owns the land on which sits a cell towe...
- Tue Jan 20, 2015 9:02 am
- Forum: Storage
- Topic: Dual Layer DVD±R
- Replies: 4
- Views: 12877
Re: Dual Layer DVD±R
Thanks! I have a Sony Blu-ray player that I bought roughly when I bought our Sony 40" TV which I think was 2010-11. Hard to believe it's been that long already. As I recall it wouldn't play +R. But I'll have to double check now. It's been so long that I honestly can't remember. I might well be ...
- Mon Jan 19, 2015 2:37 pm
- Forum: Storage
- Topic: Dual Layer DVD±R
- Replies: 4
- Views: 12877
Dual Layer DVD±R
OK, once again I voluntarily ask the stupid question about something..... I've never used dual layer DVDs for anything. I'm looking at them primarily for backing up my rather large movie/music collection lest I lose it all to a dead drive. Additionally, some of my movies, like "Blade Runner&quo...
- Sat Nov 29, 2014 9:56 pm
- Forum: General Computer Forum
- Topic: Single wire WLAN module?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7203
Re: Single wire WLAN module?
Yikes! It's a wonder they don't interfere with each other.
- Wed Nov 26, 2014 9:26 am
- Forum: General Computer Forum
- Topic: Single wire WLAN module?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7203
Re: Single wire WLAN module?
Thanks! Just goes to show you learn something new every day. Honestly I'd never given any thought to the antenna(s) or that there might be more than one. :oops: Probably because I've never had an issue with connectivity related to the signal itself. Just what happens with it when the receiving compu...