Recent content by paugie

Was I ? Seems there have been quite a few since my past v8sit.

have not seen that, but I saw Black Panther (awesome) yesterday, and the last Maze Runner installment (so-so)

Coco is good

I liked Wonder Woman a lot. Sorry for asking but, your mention of Merc makes me really wonder. a search for his posts .....

In the City I am registered here in my country, one can watch 2 movies a week (on a Monday or a Tuesday) for free. Senior citizen (>60 YO) privilege. I watched "Wonder" and "Coco" yesterday and thoroughly enjoyed both of them.

for camera stuff, I read "theonlinephotographer.com" blog. just last week, he had an article saying Sony and/or Fuji still have the old pentax body which is useless above iso800 for now, the camera I use (not regularly) is an entry-level Panasonic Lumix which falls under this thread's topic

I remember SR. Wasn't logging in very often and lost it when most of you left. Don't remember how, but was glad to find SF after a while. Learned a lot about PCs from this forum. It was a long time Am not too wiggly on my PC hardware now. Last processor upgrade was 4 years (I think) ago...

I was looking for the "like" button

As chapter 2 of my friend's computer woes... Since I was away, I asked his daughter to DL Win10 so I could upgrade his Win7 She SMSs me. How does she recover her files. Seems the download wiped her files from the external drive she downloaded it to. I hope someone has encountered this and made...

Wow, these are ideas, I should have checked right away. 1. Processor heatsinking 2. Yes, if the VRM is iffy, that could explain the different reactions to the assorted PSUs.

Thanks, SD. I've convinced the owner to buy a new PC. It looks like too much trouble to pinpoint the source. He might still shell out for a 2nd hand G31 mobo since these are still available in our market. Then it will be our luck to find out the processor is the cause. Glad to be back on the...

With the old PSU, the machine boots repeatedly (4X at least) before being able to enter OS, whether Windows or the Ubuntu CD With my old Seasonic PSU, the machine boots perfectly and enters OS effortlessly, but after a while, video blanking occurs. With the new Seasonic PSU, the machine boots...

Found a Ubuntu disk and am doing long term (hopefully dig up more symptoms) testing using 3 diff PSUs.

ah, thanks. 63 year old newbie here. =)

how would playing around with the linux live CD bring out the hardware problems?