LucShep

Indeed. Cherry picking someone's quote and throw it out of context, to fit a broken narrative, is a classic sign of trolling. *added again to the block list*

As I said, "the world is already divided into several OSs, and for good advantage". Which contradicts what you previously implied. PC gaming is a only a part of the mainstream desktop/laptop market, itself a very delayed reflection of the global market, including Server and Web. If the global tendencies already have shifted those (towards Linux), and with the mainstream OS in use (Windows) going worse - and it is - then the laptop/desktop market/segment may gradually go same way at any point (partially or globally). As they say, numbers don't lie: source: https://www.fortunebusinessinsights.com/server-operating-system-market-106601 source: https://w3techs.com/technologies/comparison/os-linux,os-windows

You need to get out of that repetitive loop that you clinge so hard to (repeatedly posting same silly "VHS vs Betamax" analogy) and look at other examples showing otherwise. If you need to know why you should not hold on to that idea, then just look at the mobile phone arena just fifteen years ago. There were a plethora of OSs being used on smartphones of that era. Yet, even with Apple dominating, it was only a matter of time where its restrictiveness played in favour of the next best OS competitor - Android. Surely you know what is Android, right? You're probably even using a smartphone running its Operating System. This is an open-source OS, designed primarily for touchscreen-based mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers. And pretty much all smartphone manufacturers use it today (other than Apple that is). Funny enough, it's based on a modified version of the Linux kernel. History of both hardware and software is full of stories like these. All that is needed is something to disrupt, either negatively or positively, to drastically change the tides, market tendencies and all business involved to adapt somewhat easily. The world is already divided into several OSs, and for good advantage. Corporations, in many business/services today, already use Linux server solutions, and for a long time now. Now, I don't think Linux will "overthrow" Windows in the mainstream laptop/desktop (if ever) but what I'm very sure of is that, the worse that Windows gets, the more users will look to Linux and give it a chance, migrate, realize the advantages, then stay there. And more widespreaded it becomes, word of mouth, hive mind and all that. It will grow immensely, everything points to it. The next months/years will be interesting, because Linux is already showing potential enough to give PC users an OS (in its various iterations, known as "distros") that is supposed to have what is needed and none of what is unneeded. Which is what everyone used to think about Windows all the way back, ironically.

IIRC, the 55 error code is memory related(?). Could be wrong profile of RAM or it not being loaded. Now, I'm not sure if you've changed anything in the BIOS after updating it. Regardless, on that motherboard, if you've updated to the correct latest BIOS, then I'd enter the BIOS and do these simple steps: 1) Load Optimized Defaults (press F5), then save and reboot (press F10). Enter the BIOS once again after that. 2) Upon entering BIOS again, go to "Advanced Mode" (press F7) and on the top of screen go to "Extreme Tweaker". You'll see this screen: (click image to enlarge it) Check what setting is in the "AI Overclock Tuner". If it's on "Auto" change it to either "XMP II" or "XMP I" (see which one of the two works best for you). If confused on "what is the difference between the two?" - "XMP II" is the default profile (most commonly used) provided by the memory vendor for your specific RAM kit. - "XMP I" is an alternative validated board profile by the memory vendor and ASUS (the manufacturer of your motherboard) for your specific RAM kit. After changing that, press "F10" to save changes and exit (it'll reboot), see if it's now booting correctly. If it's still not booting correctly, make sure the memory sticks (RAM) are physically placed in correct slot in the motherboard (shutdown the computer and cut the power in the PSU before that!), as image below: (click image to enlarge it) Or it could be something as simple as incorrect boot device priority, for the Operating System. This can be changed easily in "EZ Mode" of BIOS (see image below), which is the main panel once you enter the BIOS (or press F7 if in "Advanced Mode"). You'll see "Boot Priority" on the right of the screen, just change it to the drive where you have Windows installed. Press "F10" to save any changes and exit. (click image to enlarge it)

Have you even tried it? Being lazy or stubborn means right about ZERO when it comes to opiniate on such tools and shortcomings of Windows. A Windows PC is not a gaming console. It's not "ready and done", not perfect out of the box (very far from it). It's a platform that you can/should adjust to a variety of use cases. Windows needs to catter to laptops and desktops, office, home/casual users and also to gaming. But, by trying to be good on all of those use cases, it's not perfect when it comes to more intensive stuff, like gaming in its more advanced aspects. Core Parking can be detrimental to your gaming, and that stuff is not snake oil. Read about the subject. It's really old news. Experiment, come to your own conclusions. And, notice, Core Parking is only just one aspect, there are a gazilion more "tweaks and tools things" you can/should do to improve Windows for your PC gaming. Just because you think it's not needed doesn't mean that there aren't benefits and performance left on the table.

I'm still not sure if 1) you've got some guilty pleasure of trolling in the forums or 2) if you're just oblivious to the obvious. You're comment taken "as is" means that you miss the point of tools like these ("Park Control" in this case). It is not "required", at all. But using it does have benefits. It's up to you to use it or not. However, be sure that any Windows PC "by default" has the power plan and the CPU Core-Parking + Frequency Scaling unoptimized for gaming (not even debatable - it isn't). Once you're on the bleeding edge with ultra demanding games and their control (more so if with VR), you'll appreciate this kind of "tweaks and tools". You may also do what "Park Control" does manually on registry (it's been done for eons) but it makes this simpler, faster - why it's so popular - and it works. You'll appreciate how that very small but noticeable difference in performance and latency, that Windows is "stealing" by default (to favour lower power consumption and temps) can be used in your favor, for less stuttering for example.

Absolutely. Core Parking is a feature that dynamically sets your CPU Cores to stay idle and not run any threads based on the current power policy and their recent utilization. This feature is designed to decrease energy consumption and therefore reduce heat and power usage. But parked Cores don't have a place when gaming, much less if running an intensive game/sim like DCS. In this use case, you want ALL your CPU Cores to be fully "awake", ready and imediately available at any moment. Therefore, any Core Parking should be disabled to avoid any (otherwise unavoidable) performance / latency deficit. This is why Park Control, to unpark all Cores, is nearly indispensable for PC gaming. Setting the highest power plan (most performant) while gaming is also very beneficial (not the case for mundane tasks), which can also be done with this tool. After it's installed, run it. Make sure it's set to start at Windows login (settings are in the app's icon, at bottom right of desktop). After this, and just as an example... You can then change the "Active Power Profile" manually before running the game, to "Bitsum Highest Performance". More than just a high power profile, this also unparks any and all CPU Cores, and also sets the CPU Frequency Scaling to 100% (most performant). Once finished with your gaming session, go back and change to the "Balanced" power plan. This returns it to the regular (default) Windows power plan and CPU Core Parking / Frequency Scaling settings. Or, if prefered, you can edit each of the different power plan profiles, for both CPU Core Parking and Frequency Scaling, to your preference.

Doing a fresh installation of Windows is an old outdated procedure, too drastic and no longer needed if upgrading Windows 10 to 11. Instead, you can do what is called an "in-place repair upgrade", to repair/reinstall all components and system files to the current version of Windows that you have on your device, while preserving all of your apps, games, documents, settings, etc (so, nothing is lost). Windows 11 has a built in feature for doing this. It's found in Settings > System > Recovery , and is called "Fix problems using Windows Update": https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/fix-issues-by-reinstalling-the-current-version-of-windows-497ac6da-7cac-4641-82a5-f50398d879a0 Just make sure to keep your PC connected to the internet during this procedure, and also to a power source if it's a laptop (do not do this solely on battery!). And be patient... (takes a moment while reinstalling files) Then it'll have similar effect of a fresh OS installation, but without the horrible cost of losing everything. Please note that this particular feature exhists only on Windows 11 24H2, or 22H2 and 23H2 with the optional February 2024 update (KB5034848 apparently). This is not present in Windows 10 (can also be done but it's a little more involved there). This can also be useful if reusing a working Windows installation on completely different system hardware, such as when upgrading your system to a brand new CPU+Motherboard+GPU+RAM combo (though does not excuse installing respective drivers, and readjusting software that had been set to different hardware).

Listen, I could try to educate you or point to info, but I won't - it's all in hundreds (thousands?) of internet articles and videos explaining (in depth, or losely, there's all kinds) why Windows has been going on a downward spiral and will only get much worse from here on, and why Linux is going on an upwards one - perhaps people should be aware. It's not my job trying to convert users (I hate that sh!t). It's up to you to be informed, understand, and maybe decide what to do (or not to do) - if that interests you, that is. What I know is simple and is this: I want the OS on my own PC to be an OS, because that's all it should ever be. I don't want it to be bloated; I don't want it to spy on me; I don't want to have ads on it; I don't want my PC to be an AI PC; I don't want it to do needless updates if (and especially when!) I don't want it too, or having updates breaking my stuff out of nowhere; I don't it want it to decide that a plethora of capable hardware out there is no longer supported, and then left out hanging (forcing to buy new stuff when it's not needed!); I also don't want to spend hours investigating and tweaking it all over again, everytime a major update or version comes out, just to block all of this moronic stuff - I'm tired of it. Windows used to be great up to Win7 (plus Service Packs), when long standing issues could be ignored in favour of its other qualities. No more, it's gone too far. If whatever OS (seems to be Linux) can provide what I want/need on a daily basis, then once it also provides most of what I want/need for gaming, that's it: "bu-bye Windows". But hey, that's just me and some few other guys (according to you), so... ..."you do you".

I'm sorry, but you're talking in circles... what are you speculating, really? And where does that fit in this thread?

Oh really? You have stats on how many Nvidia users are dual-booting Linux/Windows today? That's a good one... pulling numbers from your arse does not equal reality. What do you mean? I can use everything I need on Linux for my daily PC usage, inclusively for work (so, outside of gaming), as good or better than on Windows, with none of its downsides.

Maybe that's where you should have started and questioned, instead of repeatedly concluding nonsense based on zero experience. Pretty much anyone that has used Nvidia GPUs on Linux knows what a huge deal this is - probably the biggest thing for gaming on Linux in many years (if not the biggest ever). There are plenty reasons why Windows will become less and less prefered (and lose numbers to alternatives): the immense bloat (no matter what optimizations), the privacy concerns and the annoying ads (spying and telemetry occurs - even when you think you've disabled it all, it hasn't), forced updates that turn to be a lottery everytime (may or may not break something), TPM being a requirement for Win11 (leaving out many countless users with perfectly capable systems), and now the "AI companion" thing that -is speculated- may become mandatory to the OS (non-disableable). And then, consider that most PC gamers are using Nvidia (dominates the GPU market at +90%). This is not trivial, really, if you think about all these things. You already have countless numbers of Nvidia GPU users just waiting for it to happen - people who, for many years, still dual-boot just to game on Windows and, when done with that, get back again to Linux for their non-gaming daily PC usage. If gaming gets the boost on Linux, both in user numbers and developments, it's just a matter of time until you see solutions for the "problems" (or complaints, for lack of support) that people encounter on Linux when migrating from Windows. Two very simple and basic examples of such common problems/complaints to ilustrate: - "There is MSI Afterburner on Windows, to overclock/undervolt the GPU and make custom fan profiles" ...well, now there is an alternative on Linux (GWE). - "There is RivaTuner on Windows, for in-game monitoring (FPS, Frametimes, % usage, temps, power, etc)" ...well, now there is an alternative on Linux (Mangohud). And the list goes on, and on, and will keep increasing/improving. With more and more people giving Linux a chance at some point, for whatever reasons, the chance that they'll enjoy it (and stick with it) also means more and more small developers helping it to evolve - as the saying goes: "Rome wasn't built in a day". The constant progress of Linux and its distros already make it a viable (and free) solution today, with many already prefering it over Windows on a daily basis (no spying, no bloat, no ads, no TPM, no forced updates breaking your stuff). With all these issues in Windows, it'll just push more people towards Linux, as the alternative. At some point, if it can overcome all those problems of Windows, make it a viable (and free) alternative where you can finally use equivalent stuff (if not the exact same stuff) for your gaming, peripherals and VR (etc), then why wouldn't you migrate to it?

what... is... this??? No way they're back?

At this point, either you're trolling or living under a rock. Did you even read the title of this thread, and the OT? You didn't, did you?

It doesn't matter what a few of us think about Linux, or disbelieve/contradict. Things have changed and are evolving fast, whether it takes six months or six years it'll surely get much further than it has already. Win10 EOL yesterday, with TPM2.0 implementation by Microsoft, means basically locking out of Win11 (and upcoming Win12) a huge number of people with perfectly capable systems, who now won't be migrating to the newer OS, and will be looking to an alternative - right now that's a Linux distro. The privacy concerns, all the bloating, the forced updates (which can and will break something at some point), all of these have been very real on Windows and, by the way things are going, my guess is when Win12 gets out it might tank - more people then will look for alternatives. I just wonder, how many of you replying to this thread have tried one of these latest Linux distros, like Bazzite, Nobara, Pop!_OS, Mint, Zorin, among others? If you didn't, then you might be in for a shock - most of them work out of the box for any regular desktop or laptop use (and for free), with an Office direct alternative included, and a bunch of free software/apps easily downloadable/installed through a "store" equivalent. No drivers hunting or installation - that's done through the distro's installation options. Just as easy/fast (if not more) to install in any system as Windows. More people going to alternatives like Linux, either by choice or because no other better alternatives exhist, means more people messing with stuff and indirectly boosting its development, either by sheer motivation or necessity. Gaming and related subjects/accessories gets in the mix with that as well, and that's why things have been evolving fast there in last years. While not there yet for people into niche stuff like sims (such as DCS) plus respective gadgets, it'll eventually get enough conditions too. Let's wait and see how it'll go. One thing I'm certain, after messing with it for other users/systems, I'm definitely not "upgrading" to Win11 - worst case scenario I'll stay with the "outdated" Win10.