Recent content by jamok99

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    cloning and image restoration Q's using Acronis

    i7baby - Thanks for replying - couple things not clear to me - the link to newegg goes to an Azsrock mobo- not what you intended yes? Once I'm sure I've wrung out what I can from the old disk, I will run chkdsk - but I did that before initiating the copy/image/clone stuff -and it did come back...
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    cloning and image restoration Q's using Acronis

    Bear with me, as I have a couple Q's that can be a bit complex. Easy part: I have a laptop WD drive that is starting to show signs of failure (Smart parameters warning, on some SMART versions, the 'Current Sector Pending Count' shows a red circle with a bar across it. The number of sectors...
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    How to connect legacy wire speakers to receiver

    I have a good number of legacy speakers with wire output and want to connect them to a receiver(s), as the speakers (wire output only) are still great. Actually, it brings up a number of questions, as I have 2 receivers in mind: 1. If some of the inputs on an older receiver have rca cable...
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    Does anyone know of any 4k tv that can support 1440p @ 120hz (or higher than 60)?

    I am not terribly experienced in this area, but something you might want to check out - perhaps by googling: 1 Some TV manufacturers are advertising cheesy refresh rates: i.e., they may list a TV as 240, but in fact it''s a lower number - they were extrapolating that from something like a...