MrsRepairTech

One common problem of USB-A expansion cards is the very tight (sometimes too tight) clearance on the vertically-oriented USB slots.

I've encountered this problem on a variety of cards and cases... and solutions can range. Some cards are close enough you can put USB devices in the slots to align the card while you're installing it. I've also seen people angle the card and only using some of the ports. And I've also seen some dramatic butchering of PC cases.

Today, I had a case with a slot just a little too narrow, and no amount of angling could get the three left ports to be useable. Even when plugging in the USB device /with feeling/.

So I bit the bullet, popped down to Ace, and grabbed t

We've been contemplating whether to charge more for repairs on difficult-to-navigate cases. We're working in a Lian Li O11 Dynamic Evo, and while the case is brilliantly designed, it has been a nightmare to come after the first builder and re-do their installation, especially the wiring. This is definitely not the first time we've spent a terrible amount of time re-doing the cable management in a Lian Li or other "high-end" case.

I can tell it wouldn't be that bad if it was done right the first time, but it does take a lot more planning to run cables in a case that only has one channel for cables across the entire back. Whereas with simpler cases, it's a lot faster to yank out all the wi

I work at a small computer repair shop, and we've seen our fair share of Intel 13th/14th Gen i7's & i9's come through with degradation that's beyond saving with BIOS updates or voltage limitation.

That being said, we had a ~6-month old Alienware come in with a 14th-Gen i9 with crazy instability. I was under the impression that the mobile Intel chips weren't affected by the same degradation issues as the desktop CPUs; however, after working with this laptop over several days, it was acting exactly like the other toast CPUs we've seen.

So I tried the classic NVIDIA driver install on a fresh installation of Windows, and it failed with the same decompression error that all the other chips hav

Hi there,

I work at a small computer repair shop, and we've seen our fair share of Intel 13th/14th Gen i7's & i9's come through with degradation that's beyond saving with BIOS updates or voltage limitation.

That being said, we had a ~6-month old Alienware come in with a 14th-Gen i9 with crazy instability. I was under the impression that the mobile Intel chips weren't affected by the same degradation issues as the desktop CPUs; however, after working with this laptop over several days, it was acting exactly like the other toast CPUs we've seen.

So I tried the classic NVIDIA driver install on a fresh installation of Windows, and it failed with the same decompression error that all

I apologize if something like this has already been posted!

I had originally tried Halo Kiwi back when it launched, and noticed it did make my skin more hydrated and balanced; however, I couldn't justify the "all right" results with the price, so I stopped. Last year, I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's hypo thyroiditis, and no matter what I've tried topically, keeping my skin hydrated is an absolute chore. I was especially aggrieved by an unsightly dark, dry patch on my cheek that is common with hypothyroidism.

So I set about recreating Halo Kiwi using the clinically significant doses of the ingredients. I actually prefer it this way, as I've developed a sulfonamide allergy and can leave out

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\"I just want to double check the front I/O pinout is standard!\"

As [the person OCD enough to sort the screws], I hope I can post this without offending anyone, and bring only chuckles. ^_^

https://preview.redd.it/k0cufc6pohl81.jpg?width=480&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f9effe9b28d627d70952d37c2982fe75b7ec5b82

Edit for anti-misogynistic clarity: Since most of our screw box is color-coded, there is a special "Pretty Screws" box for the green patinaed screws. That was what I was hoping to highlight in the above picture. :P "Any Function?" is mostly for broken pieces of plastic and metal that I'm 99% sure are just garbage that ended up in the bulk screw box. By now, it's moved over by our "Mystery Screws" (mostly full of wood and drywall screws

Tl;dr: AMD GPU had to be installed in the 2nd PCIe slot to work with ASUS MOBO because of an unknown GPU BIOS and a MOBO-level driver compatibility check.

We recently had a kiddo (like, 11 y/o, this kid was bright AF) bring in his first computer build because it wasn't giving video output. It was a typical ASUS motherboard with an AMD APU sans onboard graphics, and a "Red Devil" AMD graphics card. Over more hours than I want to admit, we eventually identified the problem.

Windows was disabling the AMD GPU as soon as it booted up. We ruled out any actual GPU issues by stress testing it in another machine--it worked beautifully. So, the first place we started was with the graphics driver bec

I put together a new build this week and noticed it was taking its sweet time to boot (Gigabyte B560M DS3H with 10th Gen i5 and SATA SSD) whether from restart or shutdown. Sometimes 30 seconds, other times upwards of 5 minutes it would sit with a while line at the top left corner. Generally felt clunky and not new pre-Windows-loading (worked just fine once Windows was up). 100% fixed with BIOS update from Gigabyte. We don't usually update the BIOS unless there's a specific issue going on... I had ruled out connection issues with the SSD and since the delay was occurring before the Windows wheel, and the splash screen took seconds to appear (vs. milliseconds), I presumed it was something on t