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[techiedude71]

If such a thing exists, does anyone know the motherboard equivalent of Memtest86?

Alternatively, does anyone know of a program to diagnose BSOD via the event viewer?

TIA.

There are motherboards that come with a built in memory testers, typically gaming boards. All the Asus boards I ever bought in the age of overclocking came with a built in memory tester but it’s only if the board supports it. There will be a dipswitch with jumpers on the board.

There are ways to troubleshoot BSODs that are memory based if the crash appears in event viewer but there is no program that I’m aware of that would help. If the crashes aren’t creating a dump file, you’d have to use WMI and the Sysinternals tool called procdump to create an event or trigger some kind of event but that might not do exactly what you’re looking for.

 

[islandman]

There are motherboards that come with a built in memory testers, typically gaming boards. All the Asus boards I ever bought in the age of overclocking came with a built in memory tester but it’s only if the board supports it. There will be a dipswitch with jumpers on the board.

There are ways to troubleshoot BSODs that are memory based if the crash appears in event viewer but there is no program that I’m aware of that would help. If the crashes aren’t creating a dump file, you’d have to use WMI and the Sysinternals tool called procdump to create an event or trigger some kind of event but that might not do exactly what you’re looking for.

Thank you for your response.

I've been given a 1st gen Ryzen system that the prior owner says is subject to periodic BSODs. Any resources online that you could point me to how to interpret a dump file and use it to debug the issue would be appreciated.

I don't know what event triggers a BSOD. As you can probably infer from my posts, I'm a n00b at this. My first step was to run Memtest86 on each of the two sticks of RAM that the system comes with. Both passed. My next step is to try to determine if the motherboard is at fault, followed by the PSU. Alternatively, I could do a clean install, but am wondering if that would just port the issue to a fresh copy of W10.

Thanks.

 

[islandman]

When did MicroCenter go full 'Reserve Now' ordering process online?

 

[JohnnySavage]

I have cable internet. A device I think is a modem/router where the cable hooks to. That device has a cable that hooks it to a white device that says eero on it, that I assume is the wireless thing.

I can't stream Nationals baseball nor Capitols hockey because they are blocked out for me (so are baltimore and pittsburgh sports).

If I went to nordVPN and paid them the monthly fee would I be able to stream blocked out games? If so, it setting up such a thing within the skill set of a middle-aged luddite?

 

[LukSkyFokker]

I have cable internet. A device I think is a modem/router where the cable hooks to. That device has a cable that hooks it to a white device that says eero on it, that I assume is the wireless thing.

I can't stream Nationals baseball nor Capitols hockey because they are blocked out for me (so are baltimore and pittsburgh sports).

If I went to nordVPN and paid them the monthly fee would I be able to stream blocked out games? If so, it setting up such a thing within the skill set of a middle-aged luddite?

Yes, even you can do it. I have used Trust.Zone for a decade now and it works fantastically.

 

[JohnnySavage]

Uggg... I looked at that and don't understand. I'll have to find a local nerd to explain it to me in person.

 

[HarryHill]

I need a new graphics card w/a hdmi jack in it for my antique computer before streaming to the tv. any suggestions?

 

[Sean]

I need a new graphics card w/a hdmi jack in it for my antique computer before streaming to the tv. any suggestions?

Just about any gfx card from the last ten years has at least one hdmi port. Problem is they're insanely expensive atm. I paid £260 for mine, they can't be had for less than a grand right now.

 

[HarryHill]

Just saw an alternative to adding a jack today, VGA to hdmi adapter. Is the monitor cable vga?

 

[HarryHill]

Just saw an alternative to adding a jack today, VGA to hdmi adapter. Is the monitor cable vga?

Worked out just fine for 15 bucks.

 

[LukSkyFokker]

Linux Mint / Ubuntu

I'm in a dork mood so I decided to download both since I have a few extra 'puters laying around. I keep reading that Ubuntu did some shady stuff previously but it's the most user-friendly. There weren't any specifics on what was shady so who knows. The Cinnamon Edition of Linux looks fun.

Anybody got experiences to share with a n00b?

 

[Sean]

Linux Mint / Ubuntu

I'm in a dork mood so I decided to download both since I have a few extra 'puters laying around. I keep reading that Ubuntu did some shady stuff previously but it's the most user-friendly. There weren't any specifics on what was shady so who knows. The Cinnamon Edition of Linux looks fun.

Anybody got experiences to share with a n00b?

I've had Ubuntu as a dual boot on all my desktops forever. And I've never heard anything shady about it.

 

[LukSkyFokker]

I've had Ubuntu as a dual boot on all my desktops forever. And I've never heard anything shady about it.

I installed Mint and really like it so far. Haven't got into getting drives mapped with Windows 11 (is that possible?)

 

[Sean]

iDrive are doing 10 TB of cloud storage for $4 for a year right now.

https://www.idrive.com/idrive/signup/el/techradar95?subtag=trdpro-gb-4244454393981564000