CPU: I7 6700, 3.4 GHz
Chassis: Clevo P775DM1-G (Intel Z170 chipset)
GTX 980
16 GB (2x8) HyperX Impact DDR4 2133 MHz CL13
Main OS drive: EVO Pro 970 1 TB (behind GPU slot)
Data scratch drive: EVO Plus 970 2 TB (in the main HDD bay)
2x Evo 860 4 TB for data storage
WIndows 10 Pro
Hi,
I need to upgrade the ram of my system to 64 GB which I use for cryo-electron microscopy - (datasets in the order of 0.5-2 TB), NMR data analysis and large amounts of curve fittings and image processing (e.g 2000+ Boltzmann equations in one dataset). I am unsure on what is the best...
On the original topic, I still need to install that nvme drive and the new RAM sticks.
My house is carpeted (UK...). I was thinking on wearing some trainers (rubber sole) and grounding myself with an ESD mat I got, rather than the "touch metal before computer" method I was using - besides...
Just got the machine back, seems to be in working order. The CMOS battery is complaining but I imagine that is just the battery of my unit discharging between the ESD/current purge/etc... Also looks that I will need to re-update the BIOS as this motherboard came with the older one, but so far it...
I just spoke with PCs; the damage was confined to the motherboard so only that needed to be replaced. According to Devin - the RMA technician who contacted me - the outward traces were not damaged and the system booted once the mobo was replaced.
The overall cost was much lower than I expected...
Yup - PCS courier came today (two days earlier, not complaining here) so let´s hope...
At least my thesis is safe - now I need to figure out where to process the data without frying the computer :D
It is, yes. Fingers crossed!
To think this all happened due to me trying to fiddle and install an m.2 cooler...go figure how much of a bad idea that was. They fit but with fiddling I got careless and, welp...
Is there a PCS Darwin Award for "careless computer destruction"?
Will post it once I get one - when I asked them it would be around 400 for the mobo alone so it depends if the CPU is soldiered or not and if something else got damaged.
Theoretically it is not but I recall asking PCS and they said for my model it is soldiered so I will see.
I'll do that.
On a - slightly different - topic, what are the chances of the laptop being fixable? I am aware that at least the motherboard will need replacing unless I have been very lucky.
Hi,
I was stupid enough to try and install an m.2 drive without removing the battery on my laptop (on a carpeted floor, to add insult to injury...)
The predictable result is that a spark happened and now there is no power to the motherboard. I can see some circuits in the mobo being scorched...
Hi,
I have a 4-year old laptop which lately has started to drop in performance (specs are in my signature). I noticed in 3DMark that the decrease is mostly due to graphics performance (physics test, which if I understand is CPU-based, did not change at all). The drop in graphics test scores is...
I found the setting...its the G-Sync. Another user in that Reddit post also had a G-sync monitor, I told him to see if this is also the issue (I only know of this user and another in Windows forums, so must be either a combination of factors or not many people bother with windowed G-Sync. I had...
Found the issue.
I realised that when I boot in Safe Mode, this does not happen. And reinstalling the NVIDIA drivers solved SOME of the issues. So I reset the global settings to default et voilá, problem solved. So it was some freakish setting I modified (in nvidiainspector probably) that was...
What is the RAM usage? I had a pretty annoying bug where downloading large files (especially with torrents) would hog the non-paged pool and eventually clog the whole ram, which would lead to the whole machine slowing down. This went away with a restart (as in, fully restarting the drive with...
I think this was happening before I upgdaded to 1903, but didn´t happen immediately after upgrading to 1803 (the last upgrade I remember). I´ll give it a shot if I have time though (currently writing my thesis)
Kind of a dumb question, but what is the base temperature where you are at? I usually notice a performance drop (like 5-10% averaged) between winter and summer (we are talking going from 10-15C to 30-45C). It may be something which is not picked up by PCS as they are UK based and likely test in...
I am having a pretty weird issue since 6-7 months back. Never paid much attention but now with the 1903 update it kind of escalated.
It all started like this:
Then everything changed when the 1903 nation attacked :
Seems like Metro-depending menus and store apps are affected by this bug...