Category Archives: Computers

Mulling over getting a new i7 tower to replace the Balcony PC which is a Scorptec E5200/G31M-SL2/4GB/GT210 about 8 years old. Meanwhile…we could jazz up the current one so ordered a Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 2.8 GHz 3 MB … Continue reading →

This is a Scorptec box about 7 years old with a E5200 and G31M-S2L motherboard. Purchased a E7400 off eBay for $8.90 free post from NSW – happy with that.

Mulling over getting a new i7 tower to replace the Balcony PC which is a Scorptec E5200/G31M-SL2/4GB/GT210 about 8 years old. Meanwhile…we could jazz up the current one so ordered a Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 2.8 GHz 3 MB … Continue reading →

Meanwhile in the workshop we are reviving a couple of Dell towers. One of them is a beautiful (but aging) Precision 670 workstation with dual Xeon processors but only 1GB RAM. Browsing eBay I can get typically get 4GB of … Continue reading →

Can I Upgrade To Windows 10 64-bit From Windows 7/8.1 32-bit

Computer playtime morning – waiting for the USB 3.0 card to arrive (ETA today) so decided to clean up the corner where Balcony PC sits on a cardboard box to the left of the desk – so pulled everything out … Continue reading →

After upgrading two of my Win 7 Pro desktops about 2 weeks ago found this email in my junk folder. No end to it, this is a new one !

Checking today’s weather and screen went blank, then spinning circle followed by pop-up that GPU driver failed to start. Win10 is using generic – check for updates. Ran the Nvidia updater which offered to install the latest driver which is … Continue reading →