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PCIE

Forum discussion tagged with PCIE.
  1. ArmanAsgharpoor

    Solved! GT73EVR Second PCIE

    Hi all, I have a GT73EVR, and I want to add the second nvme SSD, but it seems that the second PCIe connector has not been soldered on the motherboard. As far as I know, GT73 EVR and GT73 VR have the same motherboard, but GT73evr has one PCI-E slot, and GT73VR has two. As you can see, the...
  2. H

    Laptop not booting from SSD

    Randomly, for the first time, on my lenovo 710s Plus(13inch) I got the Blue Screen of Death error DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION and apparently this issue occurs because the iastor.sys driver, is not compatible with Windows 10. So I changed the storage controller from Intel Rapid Storage sata controller...
  3. 5hadowking115

    Can someone help me decide on a laptop? (Have a few in mind)

    I was wondering if anyone could help me pick a laptop for school and general use. I have a few in mind, but I'd like to get some other opinions. Currently, I'm looking at : 1. Lenovo Yoga 920 (8th Gen) 2. HP Spectre x360 (8th Gen, both 13 and 15 inch models) 3. Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 (8th Gen) 4...
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    Intel Optane on Lenovo Yoga 520

    Hello I just bought Lenovo Yoga 520 (Intel Core i5 8th Gen). And now, i'm planning to buy Intel Optane Memory 16/32GB. Is Intel Optane Memory 16/32GB Compatible with my laptop (Lenovo Yoga 520)? Spec: Processor: Intel Core i5 8th-Gen Memory RAM: 4GB DDR4 Storage (SATA): WD 1TB Storage (M.2...
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    MSI GT72VR 7RD-462 question about M2 and NVMe compatibility

    Is the socket M2 of this laptop capable of using an M2 like Kingston KC1000 NVMe PCIe SSD M.2? I mean use it even if not reach the max speed
  6. Nosepicker

    Film Composer's Laptop - Memory and Storage configurations?

    The title says it all, I'm building a portable laptop workstation through Origin, and I'm a bit unsure as to how I should build. I'm working with DAWs such as ProTools and Ableton Live, both 64-bit programs. Now, I usually have up to about 100 channels at least processing Audio and MIDI...
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    Asus ROG G551VW compatibility with Samsung SM951

    Hello! I just bought the following laptop: https://www.asus.com/ROG-Republic-Of-Gamers/ROG-G551VW/specifications/ I don't have much experience with laptops, and I'm curious if it's compatible with the following SSD: Samsung SM951 - 256gb...
  8. YuriDias

    Help with USB SoundCard please. :D

    Hello guys. Recently i've bought a sennheiser hd 598 and they told me that it could sound even more amazing with a good soundcard. Well, i've searching a soundcard for about 2 months and it's hard to decide. At this moment i'm using a desktop, and i'm definitely an audiophile. I like good sound...
  9. Z

    acer aspire one with missing drivers etc.

    ok, so I only recently started trying to learn how to fix computers myself, so I'll try to explain what my problem is as best I can. My roommate gave me his old laptop recently and he had removed windows seven (which it had come preinstalled with) and in so doing I guess he somehow lost the...