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  1. Anthony.Ralph

    PCSPECIALIST What position should this jumper be please?

    Order No. 2668089 I found this red and black jumper is floating in the case. It appears to be from the area on the motherboard numbered 16 in the manual, as can be seen in the image below. Rightly or wrongly I attached as shown, but I would be grateful if I could be advised where it should be...
  2. Anthony.Ralph

    PCSPECIALIST Cable queries and connections to BenQ SW2712U 4k monitor.

    My new PCSpecialist computer works well when connected to the monitor with the supplied displayport lead. As I only have standard USB-C sockets on the pc, I cannot just use a USB-C cable to the monitor to use the memory card slot, the two USB 3 sockets in the monitor as well as send the video...
  3. Anthony.Ralph

    PCSPECIALIST PC for Photography

    As some considerable time has elapsed since I bought my last PCSpecialist computer, it has taken time to educate myself with the advances that have taken place, so any comments would be welcome as I close in on a definite specification. The primary use will be for Photoshop/Lightroom, possibly...
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    PCSPECIALIST Reported fan speeds vs. reality

    The new pc has five fans running and using CPUID monitor, I can see the CPU fan speed fluctuating in real time - no problem. However, AUXFANIN0, AUXFANIN1 and AUXFANIN2 are reported as running at 164RPM now, at min and at max which suggests they are not sensing speed changes. Oviously I have...
  5. Anthony.Ralph

    PCSPECIALIST Still learning - SATA connections...

    Dumb question of the day. I notice there are four SATA connector blocks on a P8P67 motherboard, dark blue, grey and pale blue (forget the eSATA connector on the back plane for now). The spec. on the Asus site says a total of eight on-motherboard SATA connections. This leads me to believe that...
  6. Anthony.Ralph

    PCSPECIALIST Sandy Bridge motherboards - eta?

    Having received a progress email regarding my order, I note that supplies of the new sandy bridge boards are on back order at the moment. I wondered if there was a e.t.a. for them? This isn't a chase up but a not unnatural curiosity on my part... Regards: Anthony.
  7. Anthony.Ralph

    PCSPECIALIST Experience today sorting outmy order...

    Just a line to say that I have been on and off the 'phone with PCS most of this morning and they have been really excellent in sorting out my existing on-hold order when I wanted to change the spec. and add an item (we ended up cancelling the old order and I re-ordered straight away because I...
  8. Anthony.Ralph

    PCSPECIALIST Adding additional fans to PC on order

    I would like to add an additional case fan to my order (which is held at the moment because of Cougar Point situation). I also plan to substitute the SSD in the spec with one of the new 510 series just announced. Now whilst I can make an order amendment for the SSD, I would appreciate...
  9. Anthony.Ralph

    PCSPECIALIST Cooling question...

    Having been unable to provoke much response to a thread I started in 'General discussion' apart from an excellent response from Rakk over OS software, I thought I would ask a couple of the related questions here. In the spec for my (on hold) new PC, I have specified a FRACTAL DESIGN R3 - BLACK...
  10. Anthony.Ralph

    PCSPECIALIST Thoughts and Questions...

    As my new desktop is now on hold because of the Sandy Bridge situation, I have been doing further reading and thinking about specifications and other things such as heat control. Here are some thoughts/questions which I would be happy to discuss and debate if others are willing:- o I have...
  11. Anthony.Ralph

    PCSPECIALIST SSD and TRIM

    So; I have a nice new PC on order, with an Intel 120GB SSD as the C:\ (OS) drive. I have been reading about SSD technology to try to get up to speed with stuff and have come across mention of TRIM. From the information found, I can grasp the function of TRIM but I am unclear in which ways this...
  12. Anthony.Ralph

    PCSPECIALIST New PC for Photoshop and general use...

    My current PC (from PCSpecialists) is about four years old and I feel the need to upgrade things. The old PC is in good enough condition to act as an ad-hoc server/backup unit so nothing will be wasted. This is the specification I have set out and bearing in mind that it is to be a graphics...
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