Posts by fadedorca66

It's possible something's busted, maybe the hard drive—since it's failing to find a boot device on the next startup, which would be the hard drive.

Everyone went on a massive hardware buying spree because they were stuck at home during the pandemic, and now production is totally maxed out (think PS5, Xbox), plus there's this whole crypto mining craze picking up again since prices are climbing. It’s all hitting at once. There's even a shortage of TVs because of a lack of Bluetooth and Wi-Fi chips—from what I've heard, even Huawei is getting blamed because they stockpiled chips ahead of those Trump trade restrictions.

It’s kind of fascinating how helpless we are as a species. You think there's plenty of everything and we just consume, then a few stupid coincidences happen and suddenly you can't even pick up a graphics card. And I'm not even talking about some bottom-tier model; I'm talking about actually wanting to drop decent money on something good, but even that seems impossible right now. 😁

Maybe try a different scanning app, like https://www.naps2.com

Man, you should've spent more time updating us on the mining situation instead of blowing up your ex's phone. Or maybe just trying to text a landline.

Maybe try one of these tricks to get into the backup BIOS:

https://superuser.com/questions/1141...orting-pins-on

There’s probably nothing worth checking on the motherboard since all those capacitors are solid-state anyway...

Nah, that won't work. You need the front right speaker with connectors you can actually plug into your PC. Plus, that's just a subwoofer meant for bass, so even if you hooked it up, you wouldn't really get much out of it.

Look, I'm not saying checking the PSU is a bad idea—it won't hurt anything—but you really should run some tests first. It’s kind of pointless to just say "it's the power supply," have them go out and buy a new one, and then find out it wasn't even the issue.

Regarding the GTX 1060, it really depends on which specific model you're looking at since there are so many different brands. It's definitely wrong to assume they're all built the same. Some have decent heatsinks while others are pretty cheap, and some fans last way longer than others.

And yeah, plugging into the DVI port on the motherboard isn't going to work here—the CPU doesn't have integrated graphics.

I wouldn't just jump to conclusions about the power supply, especially since you're using a decent unit that probably isn't even that old (relative to the rest of your build).

It feels like your motherboard might be acting up. Try popping just one stick of RAM into slot one (check your manual, I think it's actually slot two), clear the CMOS, and then just keep restarting it a few times. Maybe that’ll force it to boot from the backup BIOS if the main one is being stubborn—most boards have a secondary one for when things go south. What BIOS version are you running on that board? If it's an older version and you can actually get it to post, maybe try flashing a newer one.

I actually have the same motherboard and mine glitched out right after a BIOS update. I had to clear the CMOS and just keep rebooting until it finally decided to behave.

So, what kind of power supply (brand and model) are we talking about, and what else is in the build?

Maybe just right-click the game and look for that option to run with external graphics? That should force it to use the Radeon instead of the integrated one.

I mean, if this thing is pulling 380-400W at full load, there's really no point in overthinking it—you just gotta swap out the power supply...

Drew Sanchez82 said:Honestly, you might as well just stick with Chrome. It’ll use HTML5 by default anyway, which is basically the successor to Flash.

But there isn't really a replacement for Flash unless someone actually goes through the trouble of rewriting everything in HTML5.😁

Yeah, they should be fine, I guess.

You can still install the latest version (or even an older one) of Flash. You’ll probably still be able to play games and open everything you used to, though your browser might nag you about it being outdated, or you might have to find some workaround to get it running in the browser.

But honestly, pretty much nobody (except maybe a few optimists) is going to be making Flash content anymore. There won't be any more updates, neither functional ones nor security patches. To put it simply: some hacker could figure out a way to break into your computer through malicious Flash content, and Adobe isn't ever going to patch that "hole in the system."

It's kind of like using Windows XP—I guess you can still install it and use it, but there's zero support. No patching holes, no upgrades, nothing...

As for whether certain games will move to a different player—well, someone actually has to convert them, which basically means rebuilding them from scratch using a different technology. So, yeah—it's a long shot.

Those are just crypto miners 😁
Yeah, they use all sorts of weird adapters and setups, so one PSU might trip while another stays fine and stuff like that.
But yeah, 2x molex should handle that load without any issues, I guess.

Just grab two Molex to one PCIe adapters and you should be fine, I guess.

https://www.silverstonetek.com/produ...id=930&area=en

The site says it only comes with one SATA cable. Kind of a joke, I guess.

Not a chance. Pin layouts on modular power supplies aren't standardized, so you might end up with the plus and minus swapped, which would probably just fry your components.

Yeah, looks like it'll fit that socket