Recent content by dreamfellar

Hello, My rather old HP Elitebook 8540w is not starting up. It seems to get in a boot loop and the screen remains blank. Nothing was changed recently which might have caused this. Since it does not contain original HDD, the HP recovery partition is not there either. I tried to create a BIOS...

The default device is already correctly set to "AMD DP Output (AMD High Definition Audio Device)". But there are two monitors connected using DisplayPort outputs. Both of the monitors have inbuilt speakers. The problem is that audio output switches between these two monitors after system...

Hello, I'm using HP laptop with a docking station having two DisplayPort outputs. These are connected to two monitors with inbuilt speakers. I want to fix the monitor to which audio output will be passed on over DisplayPort. But it does not seem to work with Windows 10. Restarting the laptop...

Again sorry for the late reply. The cable is less than 10 meters. I have found the culprit, it was the connectors. The crimping was redone properly and now everything is okay! Thanks for all the replies :)

Apologies for a late reply. I tried a direct connection to the router and it works like a charm! I get full 200 mbps link. It seems to be a connector crimping issue. What do you guys think?

Modem is not very accessible, tucked away in a little cabinet. But I'll give it a try. Any other ideas?

My laptop is HP Elitebook 8540w with 'Intel(R) 82577LM Gigabit Network Adapter'. Since the name says 'Gigabit', I think it should support 1 Gbps. Isn't this so?

Perhaps I should have mentioned this already: I'm getting close to 200 Mbps using 5 GHz WiFi (802.11 ac) on my Android phone. It is the wired connection to my laptop which seems to be somehow capped at 100 Mbps. How can this be fixed?

Hello, My internet connection is 200 mbps, going from cable modem to TP-Link Archer C7 V2 AC1750 over PPPoE. I have CAT 6 cable from the router to my laptop with 'Intel(R) 82577LM Gigabit Network Adapter' and Windows 10. The driver Properties -> Advanced -> Speed & Duplex is set to 'Auto...

You are spot on. This is exactly what I tried and it seems to work! Why does my laptop not like the insertion on the fly?

Unfortunately I don't have another machine with ExpressCard slot to test the adapter. The adapter is ordered brand new recently, so it should in principle work. A few relavant things: The vendor website does not mention Windows 10 as supported, but Windows 7 is mentioned. Can this be a problem...

Hello, I am trying to get an ExpressCard to CardBus Adapter working with HP Elitebook 8540w Windows 10 Home 64 bit. The complete system freezes the moment I insert the adapter in the ExpressCard slot. Can anyone please suggest what might be going wrong? Thanks in advance. Cheers!