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I use jv16 PowerTools for like 20 years by now. It has changed it's name a few times over those years but has always done a good job in cleaning windows out. Well worth the expense, I have a Lifetime license, actually 2, and it paid off many times over fixing slow computers and my own as well. I run it every month or so, keeps them clean. www.macecraft.com

Just took a Multiplayer flight from the Falklands across the Atlantic all to the West. The entire time my RAM was at 47GB in use. Mind you, meanwhile my settings are rather medium, so I restarted the flight, now with really high settings, and my RAM in use was instantly 54GB ! I mean, hey, this was Aerobatics Online with 10 players around midnight....ehhh...my next test will be Liberation on SA with an overkill setting, bet it blows my RAM against the Wall and cries for MUCH more. The trend is there, 64GB won't be good enough for too long. edit* in a F16

Gotta row back on this one ! LOL I accidently bought the map on my server account...no wonder it never showed up. ED kindly moves the lic to the correct account, took literally only minutes to straighten this out ! TOP SUPPORT ! Thanks guys

Oh boy, seems like they are storming the shop 10min and still not license in my profile.. P A T I E N C E.....O_O

I don't think you will see a difference between 5900X and 5800X, maybe the 5800X3D with the right GPU will yield more performance, apropos GPU, I would pick a bigger GPU, rather a 5800X + 6800XT than 5900X and a 6750XT. 64GB is correct.

I doubt that DCS is the reason why an adequate cooled modern CPU gets hot. Ryzen 5000 is somewhere 12-14watt per core under full load, give or take 2-3 watt depending on 6 core or 16 core CPU. i would check cooling if DCS melts your CPU

Don't have this issue with all Win11 updates as of now installed. I recommend to delete the USB entries and connect it again.

There is no hard coded stop sign for a gaming laptop but there is TDP for CPU and GPU, a FPS/Watt relation and a cooling solution, those corner stones define your experience. It has a reason why Desktop parts burn hundreds of Watts and therefor have monster coolers, 600-1000w PSU's etc.. A Laptop can only do as much as it's cooling allows, I really hope you don't get disappointed. Once it is heat loaded, it literally cooks the PCB.. I have had many laptops over the last 20 years and 1 thing I will not do with them anymore is gaming. my 2 cents

Sometimes it's a firmware thing. Does he run a recent Bios and matching Chipset driver ? I would check that is the case. 50° on Desktop, maybe a bit too high for idle, mine is below 40° usually, right now 37°C while typing on a mildly warm day, my GPU idles at 26°C ( same loop ). Playing games is anywhere 50-60°C. The hottest it gets is brutal AVX priming which puts it into high 80's ( PBO2 + a few settings tuned )

I would NOT use a not Sine-Wave based device on your PC, hands down. My pal, he's a full-blooded electronics guy where I take PCB's that need repair. He explained it to me with lots of technical terms that I cannot reproduce, but bottom line was, the 90° ON-OFF-ON-OFF will cause ( parts ) of your VRM to be stressed beyond good&bad because ( I try to get this right ) the parts in question have to buffer the current when the 90° is at 0 but the Sine Wave wouldn't be. There is more to it, but I am the wrong guy to explain. I trust my guy, if he says "DON'T do that if you have expensive devices, 3080!! etc.... If you have a 350€ 2nd Hand PC in a place where there are outages 5x a day, heck, yes, it's a bigger issue. But for a high end & pricey, rig, dont use Saw-Tooth current.

I tried to find that video again but couldn't. Afair he fixed someone elses PC.... went through 1 month worth of history in YT and can't seem to find it. A search in Google will explain the problem and provide a link to the Nvidia tool to flash the firmware. DP in general has it's things you need to know or you can have serious issues down to fried motherboards and GPU's by using the wrong cable ( Pin20 issue ). quick google search, 1st hit in english: https://www.cablechick.com.au/blog/the-displayport-pin-20-issue-explained/ In addition, if you have such a cable, it may cause EXACTLY what you described. If your Monitor works if you switch it on "AFTER!!!" the Bios/UEFI loaded it is 99% a cable issue and you betetr get the right one before it wrecks havoc on your GPU. It destroyed a customers mobo through the iGPU DP outlet ( Dell Optiplex that was)

Realtek, Promise, VIA and a few others belong to things I usually try or tried to avoid in the past. Realtek LAN adapters, ehhh, NO..had my fair share of issues with those in Linux routers and crappy stability back in the days when Gbit emerged. But tbh, Intel also has NIC's with serious issues, like the famous i225 Adapter in various versions. I am really happy my own 225 doesnt make any trouble "yet". The thing is, with Realtek Audio, you hardly ever have any options. The board I am using had serious issues with Sound output steering in Linux, god that drove me nuts, with Ubuntu 22.04's kernel it seems to be fixed. One would think Audio is a long solved thing, well....it ain't from time to time.

There are issues with DP and 3xxx cards iirc, saw a YT video a week ago relating to this and..let me dig in my brain...I think it was Jay's 2 Cents, who ran into the same error as you describe if I get this right. What he needed was a Firmware Update for the GPU-PCB, Nvidia has the tools on their website. But please, before you flash ANYTHING, make sure you suffer this error.

Top job ! Now work yourself up the ladder to see up to which RLT driver you can upgrade before the error presents itself. Used to suffer from a similar bug with Intel IRST drivers, took them 2 years to fix and thus I was using an outdated driver for that time. The "other" workaround was a 3rd party Soundcard.

I would not buy any card without testing how much headroom, IF AT ALL, your 4770 CPU has. If your CPU is already fully loaded on that 1 core it does make little sense to get a bigger GPU for "MORE FPS", it would be much easier if you said," I want a higher resolution and some more detail ( those that don't tax the CPU too much ). Do you get the idea behind this ? Install MSI Afterburner and set up it's OSD to show EACH CPU Core and GPU, as well as RAM and maybe more if you like. Look for the one Core that is under heavy load, if that core is 90+% most of the time, there are no more serious FPS to gain with any better GPU. With DCS, it heavily depends what mission you fly, consider this. Check your metrics and report back,

Sorry to say, but that bug is interesting, so to speak. Have you tried a clean boot-reboot with only KB plugged in, nothing else, not even HDMI or DP. Boot it up and then hit the power button once to tell the MB to shut down the OS properly. Mind you, some Bios like my Gigabyte have the PW-Button on "Instant-OFF" as default, you better check that if you have a Gigabyte board. Curios to see if it can be circumvented with minimalistic setup. Even HDD's can cause this if their firmware is not really up-2-date. If you can, disable everything but the OS drive and KB. If the firmware of any device causes this, it is likely any other OS suffers the same. Have you tried a Linux ( 2nd drive, Bootstick, DVD etc.. ). Somehow you got to corner that thing in to know which device causes this.

Totally forgot about that issue. When you dismount the cooler, maybe you can lift it straight up and thus check the mating. If the mating is really bad you need to find a solution.

I just had some business with my electronics Guru today, a UPS at a customer place went dead. He said, when I asked him about Sine Wave vs. 90° saw-tooth current...."unless you want to risc every VRM and exchange PSU every now and then..." Whatever you buy, get a sine-wave device, at APC those are called "Smart-UPS" Errata: sure, the VA is not the same as Wattage with UPS, Skatezilla's number are more realistic.

What Bossco82 said, you have to standardize your test to draw conclusions.

I am deeply saddened to hear this. we used to write PM‘s from time to time but I got no answer to my last attempts. Fare well my friend Lars

Excellent idea ! For a 650w PSU you should get a 650VA UPS. 1VA = 1Watt. If you have decent hardware and a pricey GPU I advice you to look for a "Sinus-Wave" based device. The cheap ones have a 90° rectangle wave form and that may be good enough for your waterpump or driller or any e-motor to run but it will stress your PC components a LOT over time. Your whole VRM gets hotter and less efficient, will fail sooner etc.. .A SInus Wave based device is the best choice for sensitive equipment, the downside is less efficiency of the UPS itself and it costs more. APC is my 1st choice, never used or solkd another one tbh, I would get a Smart-UPS with 650-1000VA. You may find one refurbished with warranty and new batteries, that can save you quite some money. Where I buy mine, battery-direct.de, they offer used and new ones. Expect to replace the batts every 3-5 years. What kills them mostly is HEAT.

You should always have a little more RAM than you will ever need. It's been like that since forever

Don't get me wrong sew333, but tbh, in this case I always recommend DELL 4or5-Year NBD Premium Plus Support. They cover all of those things that may drive a noob nuts and don't know whom to ask and trust, I come across this from time to time among my customers. Manifest a relation of trust with one of the Top Dogs selling computers for a premium but also deliver premium service. They will investigate and repair if needed. I am aware that is 500-1000€ on top of it all, but that is how valuable such expertise is and if you don't trust our words, those guys at Dell or HP are professionals and do anything else but HelpDesk and fix Alienware computers, Falcon NW, etc any of the top names. Going around in circles in Forums is definitely not the way for someone who is uncertain or incapable of investigating issues sufficiently with Google and common sense and a little understanding of the matter. Consider an OEM that has Premium Support via Phone and Remote Management capabilities or buy at a Boutique around your corner where you can physically take your PC and say "I have a problem with this PC, Sir". The thing is, you gotta trust someone at the end of the day.

AMD here, no issues. Installed that update on 20+ PC's and likely also servers and no issues. do a "sfc /scannow" and if that reports errors use DISM to repair them "dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth" --to see if there are issues "dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth" --checks if those issues can be fixed "dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth" --this finally repairs issues with your dataset. After that I would do a "sfc /scannow" again and see if it says "All good". had that last week after a powerloss, ehhhh 4 reboots with errors and the above fixed it. ***You must launch Command Prompt as Administrator*** to fix it.

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