Recent content by whitequark

Unless you go for RMA or some expensive or weird silencing techniques, there isn't much you can do; and I would really prefer the RMA over anything else, because that SSD isn't free and you don't want its breakage to cost you money...

CacheSet from sysinternals should work in a situation like this.

Chances are that either the TV is expecting a PAL signal and the device is producing a NTSC signal, or vice versa. Check the TV output settings on the device to see if it can be changed, or failing that do the same on the TV. I also have some vague recollection about their being problems...

Try it and see. From the specs given it ought to run Windows7 without any problems, although it's towards the low end of the requirements, so it might be a bit slow when running lots of programs. Interestingly you might prefer to try running Windows8 on it; Windows was substantively rewritten...

RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks) is a term used to describe a few different ways of keeping your data secure or splitting it up onto multiple disks, there are different RAID systems the most common being: RAID 0 [Striping - No Redundancy] RAID 1 [Mirroring] RAID 5 [Striping...

I would just RMA it at this point. You shouldn't have to replace CMOS batteries on a new motherboard. It's possible the RTC on the motherboard is bad.

Modern PCs usually come with a SATA connector and the ability to run both in the normal AHCI mode or in legacy IDE mode. AHCI had advantage, such as hot plugging and command queuing. There is also a performenance difference, though this usually rather small. There is not reason not to run in...

Yes, RMA the failing modules. You might need to send all three because they are paired.