Re: [H] Dead or Alive?

2020-08-12 Thread didymus7
Did you try swapping out the power supply? On 8/12/2020 9:00 PM, _ Winterlight wrote: My Asus P9 X79WS with I7 has been giving me headaches for months. It runs at default there is no overclock. It uses Crucial DDR3 Ballistic Sport Ram and a EVGA 1070 video card. It runs for a while and the

Re: [H] What interferes with hearing aids and how do you track them down?

2020-05-25 Thread didymus7
quilh...@gmail.com On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 6:22 PM didymus7 wrote: The contractor that lives with us (best way to do things!) has hearing aids that connect via bluetooth. He periodically has problems with them. He showed me once how the volume was going up and down by itself and at times, he h

[H] What interferes with hearing aids and how do you track them down?

2020-05-25 Thread didymus7
The contractor that lives with us (best way to do things!) has hearing aids that connect via bluetooth.  He periodically has problems with them.  He showed me once how the volume was going up and down by itself and at times, he has to reset them.  They work with his apple watch and Ipad.  As fa

Re: [H] Fast Boot Failure

2020-05-09 Thread didymus7
Thanks for the info.  I do have a USB device malfunctioning, well, Win10 is telling me it's not identifying itself.  That will be fun to find.  Eh.  I did flash the BIOS, then noticed I didn't flash the recent one.  So I'm going to go through the flashing one more time.  Then see if I can find

[H] Fast Boot Failure

2020-05-09 Thread didymus7
My present system, based on an Asus ROG Maximus X Hero, had been booting fine with 'fast boot' for almost two years.  Last week, fast boot would boot me directly to the UEFI BIOS and unless I selected 'Save and Reset', it would continue to boot right to BIOS.  Of course, the solution was to swi

Re: [H] what the hell happened to gmail

2019-10-09 Thread didymus7
I usually have Thunderbird pick up my gmail, so I notice very little about the web interface unless I go there.  I checked my other two gmail accounts and noticed nothing different.  I'll just have to keep an eye out. On 10/9/2019 3:03 PM, Winterlight wrote: yeah I have one like that as well ..

Re: [H] what the hell happened to gmail

2019-10-09 Thread didymus7
Just went there and signed in on two of my accounts.  Both had the gear icon and no other problems.  I was using Firefox to access them. On 10/9/2019 2:11 PM, Winterlight wrote: I have never been a big fan of Gmail but with  its recent update it has become unusable. they did an update and now t

Re: [H] List seems dead these days?

2019-08-08 Thread didymus7
When did the list begin?  I've only been here since '95.  Not sure what month. On 8/8/2019 4:53 PM, Scott Sipe wrote: I'm embarrassed to say my last serious build was an i7-4970 and a Geforce970 (and also embarrassed I had to look up in my email to see when that was -- 2014!). I do have an itch

Re: [H] List seems dead these days?

2019-08-07 Thread didymus7
Most seem to be still here.  How about some controversy? What do you think about going AMD for the build?  Yeah, I've been watching Linus on Youtube and they are all over Ryzen 5. On 8/7/2019 5:35 PM, lopaka polena wrote: I'm here too :) lopaka On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 1:55 P

Re: [H] List seems dead these days?

2019-08-07 Thread didymus7
I was wondering myself.  I did post a couple of questions over the past couple of weeks and there was nothing. On 8/7/2019 1:37 PM, Joshua MacCraw wrote: Is there an issue at my end or is the list faded?

Re: [H] Godaddy

2019-05-31 Thread didymus7
I have a free Wordpress site currently, but I'm going to look at Bink Internet.  They are in OZ, but that shouldn't make much of a difference.  The prices are pretty good. On 5/30/2019 3:46 PM, Winterlight wrote: Ever since Godaddy went public they have gone down terribly.Their support is awfu

[H] Recommendation for a Triple Monitor Support

2019-05-18 Thread didymus7
I have a 27" and two 24" monitors that are currently sitting on the desk and an adjacent table and if I can get a good support, I can ditch the extra table and have more desk space.  Amazon has a bunch of them but I'd like to ask the collective if anybody has any experience with any brand, eith

Re: [H] Win 10 won't shut down

2019-02-24 Thread didymus7
Jamie, Didn't notice your email because Gmail stuck it in spam.  But thanks for the response.  It turns out that I had a device attached to the USB that was causing a long delay in shutdown, probably about 10-15 minutes.  I had just bought one of those USB cassette players to transfer songs to

Re: [H] Thunderbird ?

2018-11-26 Thread didymus7
Sorry to say, although I've used Tbird for years, I never dug into that.  Recently when I had to reload Win10, I just set the mailboxes up like I wanted them, after years of just dealing with the order.  Eh. On 11/26/2018 8:03 PM, FORC5 wrote: Have always used Eudora but that is not possible an

Re: [H] Microsoft suspends Windows 10 update, citing data loss reports | TechCrunch

2018-10-08 Thread didymus7
For once, being late has benefits. On 10/6/2018 4:52 PM, Z Vaper wrote: https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/06/microsoft-suspends-windows-10-update-citing-data-loss-reports/ -- Zulfiqar Naushad Sent with Airmail

Re: [H] Moving boot disk to new motherboard

2018-10-08 Thread didymus7
ere a concern for latency issues? Nothing like a fresh install. How big a change between the two MB? Good luck, Al On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 5:10 PM didymus7 wrote: I've heard that most of the time that trying to move Win10 to a new motherboard will result in a blue screen and it has to do wit

[H] Moving boot disk to new motherboard

2018-10-08 Thread didymus7
I've heard that most of the time that trying to move Win10 to a new motherboard will result in a blue screen and it has to do with the disk drivers.  Has anybody been able to do this?  There are way too many audio samples to reload to start from scratch (Native Instruments are idiots when it co

Re: [H] Newegg Screws Its Connecticut Customers

2018-03-04 Thread didymus7
On 3/4/2018 1:05 PM, Paxia wrote: AZ has a line on the State tax form to *volunteer*  to pay tax on anything bought on line :-) I actually know ppl that do that, I ignore it. Maybe I should not have said that, NSA is listening fp On 3/4/2018 9:50 AM, didymus7 wrote: The state of Connecticut is

Re: [H] Newegg Screws Its Connecticut Customers

2018-03-04 Thread didymus7
g when they quietly dumped the rebranded PayPal credit leaving me with paying PayPal 2x since PP wouldn't combine my NE & PP Credit debits. On Mar 4, 2018 9:52 AM, "didymus7" wrote: They enforce it in a variety of ways. If you buy a car out of state, they'll hit you up upon r

Re: [H] Newegg Screws Its Connecticut Customers

2018-03-04 Thread didymus7
unds in WA also but thought it more a nuisance than enforceable, On Mar 4, 2018 8:50 AM, "didymus7" wrote: The state of Connecticut is very innovative in one area: Taxes. Our state legislators (blue state) are adept at screaming about budget deficits, then seeking ways to get more mone

[H] Newegg Screws Its Connecticut Customers

2018-03-04 Thread didymus7
The state of Connecticut is very innovative in one area:  Taxes. Our state legislators (blue state) are adept at screaming about budget deficits, then seeking ways to get more money out of the populace.  CT has had for a few years, what amounts to an unconstitutional tax law, called the Use Tax

[H] USB Compatibility

2018-02-10 Thread didymus7
I just recently attached an Anker USB 3.0 Hub and while it does work, I did see an uh-oh in the manual (single piece of paper). It stated that 'All' hubs had problems with Logitech devices.  Now I've noticed a trend the last few years of USB incompatibilities suddenly springing up.  In my case,