Another way to handle this might be picking up some directional antennas—though you'd need to make sure your wireless cards actually support external antenna connections.
Of course you can always try—I mean, logically, if they're both running on the 2.4 GHz band, they should technically see each other. But at the same time, I'm a little worried that hardware manufacturers might "lock things down" to force you into buying their specific proprietary dongle just to get their wireless gear—you know, mice, keyboards, and stuff—to actually work together.
If you can't get onto Facebook even through HTTPS, then it’s probably been blocked pretty thoroughly.
Maybe try Googling "Facebook blocked on network" or something similar—there are usually plenty of suggestions on how to bypass it, like using a proxy, a VPN, or whatever.
I'm not sure which version of Windows you're running, but you should be able to find Run in your Start menu—on XP it’s a specific button, whereas on Windows 7 you’d just type it into the search bar next to the Start button. Once you open Run, type CMD to pull up the command prompt, and then enter these commands:
ping www.facebook.com ping www.youtube.com
If one of those goes through via HTTPS, it probably means some domains are being blocked over port 80.
If that doesn't work—maybe try pinging YouTube and Facebook through the command prompt. If the packets aren't going through, then I guess those sites are just blocked by their IT department
There's always a chance the issue with the DisplayPort on the dedicated graphics card is actually hardware-related—like, maybe there's just something physically wrong with the port itself. Either way, I guess someone really needs to take a look at it in person.
Is the computer connected to the Verizon router via a wired or wireless connection? What kind of network card are we talking about here—which slot does it plug into?
If it’s a wired setup, and if you deal with frequent power surges—like from lightning or whatever—you might want to look into getting a surge protector like these:
No software is going to automate that for you. Printing multiple pages onto one sheet isn't the hard part—it’s getting the logic to work in reverse that's the real headache.
And this is where the real headaches start. I've actually run into something similar—on my own rig, the DisplayPort to TV connection just won't work through the dedicated GPU, even though the integrated graphics handle it just fine.
I won't go through everything I've tried, since you already listed most of it.
The catch with using the integrated graphics is that they're pretty weak compared to your dedicated card, so you won't get much gaming performance out of them.
I wish I could be more helpful with the DisplayPort to TV issue on the discrete card, but honestly, all I can really say is: 🙂
edit: here's a thread I started, maybe you'll find something I missed.
I haven't worked with your specific motherboard model before, so I'm not sure whose BIOS/UEFI is listed up there—maybe try checking one of these links instead
http://science.opposingviews.com/ena...sus-11643.html http://www.techspot.com/community/to...n-bios.153619/ (you just need to enable it)
I just wanted to rule out whether the issue lies with the graphics card or something else entirely—because if everything works fine using the onboard graphics (like through the TV or monitor), then we'll know exactly where to start looking.
edit: found it http://dlcdnet.dell.com/pub/DELL/mb/...5A78L-USB3.pdf It's in the manual for the board, page 54: Advanced -> Chipset -> Internal graphics
Your motherboard has VGA, DVI, and DisplayPort. To actually get them working, you’ll probably need to jump into the BIOS and tell it to prioritize the integrated graphics over whatever card is sitting in the PCI-E slot. That should kick the onboard VGA port back to life.
Once you’ve enabled that integrated graphics setting, maybe try seeing if you can get an image to show up on your TV using the DisplayPort on the motherboard.
The connector on my GPU looks pretty badly warped You can't really mess this up if you have an extra floppy power connector lying around—just swap them out and see how it performs
If you're feeling unsure about the current connectors, maybe just grab a splitter like the one I linked earlier. It turns one Molex into two floppy connectors
What kind of usage are you talking about? Like CPU load while you're actually using the computer? How high is it, percentage-wise? Which specific processes are eating up most of your CPU cycles?
If all your processes are hitting 100% usage, it might be worth running a scan for viruses or Trojans—just to be safe.
http://www.sapphiretech.com/presenta...x?pid=82&lid=1 or maybe http://us.hardware.info/productinfo/...3650-agp-512mb or perhaps http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814131097 and so on—there are probably other models out there too.
From what I can see, the extra power comes from either a standard 4-pin Molex connector or a 4-pin floppy connector. Molex male Molex female Floppy power connector
Depending on your PSU, you should ideally have one of those connectors free—so you wouldn't need to buy any extra cables. But, if you're out of available plugs, you’d probably need something like this: Molex splitter Molex to dual floppy
Then again, there might be a third possibility—maybe the connector on the GPU itself has been desoldered or cracked, which would cause it to lose power. It might be worth doing a quick visual check on the connections; since it's just a connector and not some tiny microchip, it could probably be resoldered.