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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Coloured Spot in Selected Windows - Memory Failure?

    Hi, advice sought. The last couple of days I've noticed an interesting and worrying phenomenon on my 2021 PC Specialist Desktop. I'm using Lightroom (the 2016 legacy permanent license type). So, I'm looking at pictures. I've noticed is a red spot vaguely near the upper left 1/3 1/3 junction...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Motherboard USB ports staying live when PC shutdown - configurable?

    Hi Folks, I'm after some advice... My PC is driving two monitors, 24" decent ones, but not new, 2014 or so. One on HDMI, one on DP. And, I have a mains-powered sound system. I got fed up with powering all these devices up and down, or rather, forgetting to. One of the monitors especially, goes...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Swapping Boot SSD

    Hi, here I sit with my new delivery from PCS (spec posted below). The spec was very helpfully evolved on this forum, and included a fast, bigger SSD for boot, and a smaller, slower one for a video edit scratch drive. No HDD (I have one already), and no OS (I have a license to transfer as its...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Specifying for minimal quiescent power while using W10 Task Scheduler

    Hi, hoping for advice. I'm trying to spec myself a new PC for general use, photo editing, and I think my better half plans video editing. No games. Fairly tight on funds. But this thread is just about one aspect. Present PC is a recycled old mongrel, at least a decade old HP, though W10. After...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Be nice to add own comments to saved quotes

    Such as "Is Xxxx enough for me", etc.
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