Posts by Benjamin King2

Wait, what Intel bug are we talking about now? That whole mess was patched up over two years ago.

Rachel Jones8 said:Look... as long as I don't end up jamming something where it doesn't belong and actually break the hardware, I guess we're fine.

You aren't going to break anything—the ports are backwards compatible—but if you try to plug a high-speed USB 3.0 drive into an old-school USB 2.0 slot, you’re just going to be sitting there waiting forever for those data transfers to finish.

You plug your USB 3.0 gear into the USB 3.0 ports—obviously—but if you aren't rocking any high-speed hardware, honestly, it doesn't matter where you stick it.

Head over to your Administrative Tools, fire up Services, and check if the Windows font cache service is actually running—make sure it hasn't been disabled or anything. Also, why on earth are you trying to run the uninstallation from the disc instead of just using the Control Panel?

Just grab whichever one's cheaper—honestly, the performance gap is practically nonexistent. What are you even running right now?

Look, you’ll still be able to snag a used processor for an upgrade for quite a while—so that rig should hold up for a bit longer. But this junk you've got? It's going to be a tough sell (especially without the disc), especially since there are a million identical piles of scrap sitting on Craigslist for pennies right now.

Wait, which cooler are we even talking about?

Rachel Jones8 said:So, let’s say I decide one day to swap in an Intel Core i5 or maybe something even newer... what else am I looking at besides just the chip itself? Do I need a new motherboard? Anything else? What about the RAM?

Look, you either buy a processor that actually fits that specific board, or you just bite the bullet and upgrade the whole rig. You aren't going to be able to slap a modern processor onto an old motherboard—it just doesn't work that way.

Ethan Jones98 said:I’d suggest two really great ones—and I know tastes vary, obviously—Not One Less and Happy Times, both from Zhang Yimou's earlier period. They focus on "ordinary" people caught in unusual circumstances. It's also quite nice that, unlike some of his other work, the ending isn't just everyone killing each other.

I'm also looking for recommendations for similar movies... though honestly, they don't even have to be similar, as long as they're good.

My own top two Zhang Yimou picks—honestly, I don't mind a little onscreen carnage, and I've always had a massive soft spot for Li Gong. 😁

http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0099902/?ref_=tt_rec_tt
http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0101640...=nm_flmg_dr_22

And honestly, who’s to say he doesn't even need it for gaming? He's basically playing Nostradamus over there. 😁

You've got two physical drives there—you can actually link them up using a controller like this one:

Just so we're clear, the data sitting on those disks isn't going anywhere—it stays right where it is—but you’ll have to go ahead and reinstall Windows (onto a different, newer drive) to get everything running again.

As for burning discs, if I were you, I wouldn't try to burn directly from one drive to another in one go—that "on-the-fly" method is a recipe for disaster because read errors happen way too easily. It's much safer to dump the data onto a hard drive first, then burn it to the target drive from there. Honestly, having two optical drives is pretty much overkill for what you're doing.

You’ve already got plenty of threads about keyboards over on the Computer Peripherals subforum—maybe try scrolling through that section a bit more before posting.

Is it just me, or is booting up taking forever, or is macOS itself just dragging its feet lately? If you think the OS is acting up, maybe try running a startup repair—could be some weird glitch happened when the power cut out earlier.

Look, the Help Service section is absolutely flooded with threads about this exact thing—maybe try actually using the search bar once in a while? Your question doesn't even have anything to do with hardware:

Prices are basically pulled out of thin air at this point. They’re asking $133 for a 5770, yet they've got a GTX 560 sitting there for $300. And then there's the GTX 260 listed for $133. 😵

Did you check if anything in the BIOS went sideways? Maybe try loading the default settings—sometimes those old configurations just get wonky. Also, is this running on ECC RAM?

Anthony Cox5 said:I honestly feel like I'm going on a fool's errand if I keep hunting for another Logitech Wave... somewhere out there...

The only place I managed to track one down was here:

You’re looking at transfer speeds of roughly 50 Mb/s—which works out to about 3 GB per minute, if you're doing the math. So, give or take, you'll be looking at maybe 20 minutes to move that much data.

Look, here’s the deal—mechanical keyboards are almost exclusively built for hardcore gaming or people who type professionally all day, which means you aren't going to find those dedicated multimedia keys you're looking for. The only one I can actually think of that features specific media buttons is the Corsair K90, but let’s be real—that thing is way out of your league budget-wise, just like pretty much any other mechanical board since they don't exactly come cheap. The Steelseries 6 gV2 is hovering near what you want to spend, but it lacks a wrist rest and doesn't have separate media keys. Steelseries Apex actually has everything you need—though it uses silicone keys rather than being mechanical—but you're looking at a price tag of at least $233. 😁

The Apex RAW sits under $167, and while it doesn't have dedicated multimedia buttons, you might be able to reprogram some of the macro keys to handle that for you.

And honestly, it’s pretty quick—those 5400 rpm drives you see shoved into laptops are actually faster than most cheap USB sticks out there. I mean, really, what kind of insane speeds do you actually need?

It was probably some kind of NAS device—something like this one that comes with a built-in torrent client:

The thing is, that’s going to be a bit of an upfront investment—you could probably find cheaper options out there, I guess, but you should definitely budget for at least $500 plus the cost of the hard drives separately.

A standard external drive without a computer hooked up to it is basically just a glorified brick—it’s completely useless on its own.