Good morning FranGood morning, Atty and dale.
Looks like we’re going to have sunshine today.
Looks like we’re going to have sunshine today.
Sounds good.
So does brisket, Dale.
I'm still deciding what I'll eat.
Goodnight snails, sleep well all
Good night AttySounds good.
So does brisket, Dale.
I'm still deciding what I'll eat.
Goodnight snails, sleep well all
Hello, people. Have a great night.
p.s. Atty, I can't believe it but I got my system up and running with the new ssd hard drive.
Once I learned where it was, then I had to order the right one. I accidently ordered a M.2 NVMe SSD when I needed a M.2 Sata SSD. I changed the hard drive out and put everything back together and started my system up. It gave me 3 choices: 1) bios set-up (or something like that). 2) factory reset. 3) last set-up that was good (or something like that). I tried all three but nothing was there. LOL
I thought--well, there's no operating system on the hard drive, so how can the system do anything. Yesterday, I downloaded a copy of windows to a usb flash drive thinking I may need it. I also located my product key for windows on my system using a cmd prompt--I ended up not needing it.
Anyway, I started the system up again with the flash drive inserted. Viola!!! It was all over except setting it up with answering some questions. And because I have a MSN email account that I pay for, a lot of my stuff was saved like passwords. A lot of my pics and documents were already saved on One Drive in the cloud. Almost everything was set up for me once I entered my passwords for my MSN account.
LOL. I couldn't tell anyone how to do this on their particular system. Most of it is intuitive with a little research on the web. Now I have to buy a new monitor--thank god that's all i need right now (I'm poor
). Any suggestions? I have a budget of $400. Not that I want to spend that much, but I've been looking and it appears I'll need at least $300 to get anything worth buying.
I'm considering these 3 right now:
p.s. Atty, I can't believe it but I got my system up and running with the new ssd hard drive.
Once I learned where it was, then I had to order the right one. I accidently ordered a M.2 NVMe SSD when I needed a M.2 Sata SSD. I changed the hard drive out and put everything back together and started my system up. It gave me 3 choices: 1) bios set-up (or something like that). 2) factory reset. 3) last set-up that was good (or something like that). I tried all three but nothing was there. LOL
I thought--well, there's no operating system on the hard drive, so how can the system do anything. Yesterday, I downloaded a copy of windows to a usb flash drive thinking I may need it. I also located my product key for windows on my system using a cmd prompt--I ended up not needing it.
Anyway, I started the system up again with the flash drive inserted. Viola!!! It was all over except setting it up with answering some questions. And because I have a MSN email account that I pay for, a lot of my stuff was saved like passwords. A lot of my pics and documents were already saved on One Drive in the cloud. Almost everything was set up for me once I entered my passwords for my MSN account.
LOL. I couldn't tell anyone how to do this on their particular system. Most of it is intuitive with a little research on the web. Now I have to buy a new monitor--thank god that's all i need right now (I'm poor
). Any suggestions? I have a budget of $400. Not that I want to spend that much, but I've been looking and it appears I'll need at least $300 to get anything worth buying.I'm considering these 3 right now:
SAMSUNG 34" Odyssey G5 Ultra-Wide Gaming Monitor with 1000R Curved Screen, 165Hz, 1ms, FreeSync Premium, WQHD, LC34G55TWWNXZA, 2020, Black
Dell Curved Gaming, 34 Inch Curved Monitor with 144Hz Refresh Rate, WQHD (3440 x 1440) Display, Black - S3422DWG
Sceptre 34-Inch Curved Ultrawide WQHD Monitor 3440 x 1440 R1500 up to 165Hz DisplayPort x2 99% sRGB 1ms Picture by Picture, Machine Black 2023 (C345B-QUT168)
Glad you got it working Pepper!
Totally your personal preference and budget on the monitor. I mean, there's so many variables...flat vs curved, resolution, response time, type of emitters....I cannot begin to be up to date on it all. I'd do as you're already doing...check reviews from trusted long-term sources. I'd want at least HDR support if I could afford it. Setting it up in Windows is another matter
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Totally your personal preference and budget on the monitor. I mean, there's so many variables...flat vs curved, resolution, response time, type of emitters....I cannot begin to be up to date on it all. I'd do as you're already doing...check reviews from trusted long-term sources. I'd want at least HDR support if I could afford it. Setting it up in Windows is another matter
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I'm already under way on the research, but I've got to make a decision soon. This monitor is getting worse. thanks.Glad you got it working Pepper!
Totally your personal preference and budget on the monitor. I mean, there's so many variables...flat vs curved, resolution, response time, type of emitters....I cannot begin to be up to date on it all. I'd do as you're already doing...check reviews from trusted long-term sources. I'd want at least HDR support if I could afford it. Setting it up in Windows is another matter
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Atty, I think I have found the one. It's regularly $800 and on sale for $449 with 0% financing for 1 or 2 years at Samsung.com If u have time, look at the video and tell me what u think. I'm probably going to get it. I'm just looking for some positive reinforcement telling me I'm doing the right thing before i pull the trigger.
It has speakers which I could care less about as I have my own. I also didn't want a monitor with a camera built in--can't have people spying on The Pepper™.
It's regularly $800 and on sale for $449 with 0% financing for 1 or 2 years at Samsung.com If u have time, look at the video and tell me what u think. I'm probably going to get it. I'm just looking for some positive reinforcement telling me I'm doing the right thing before i pull the trigger. It has speakers which I could care less about as I have my own. I also didn't want a monitor with a camera built in--can't have people spying on The Pepper™.
