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My dad has had the dreaded email from Microsoft to say he needs help, which he's opened and it's locked out his laptop, deep joy! Last time this happened it looks like I saved a system image, about 30Gb of SWI, DSI files etc which I saved on my Synology. Question is - how do I turn this 30Gb...

The monitors are extended. Have tried swapping primary and secondary, same isssue. It's driving me bonkers. My cables are 2m long as have on a long desk, but this wasnt an issue on my old rig with the same set-up, just on this new one.

Anyone got any ideas on this one please, it's driving me bonkers.

I have some strange behaviour with my dual monitors. Monitor 1 – Phillips 40” 4K – connected with DP cable. Monitor 2 – Dell 27” – connected with HDM cable. GFX is a GeForce RTX 2070 super with latest Gforce drivers. 5 time out of 10 when I turn the PC on the light on the Phillips monitor...

Many thanks - just wanted to sound out the logic. Off to buy another disk :-)

Is this possible please: To have two SSDs installed in a computer at the same time, both with a Win 10 Pro OS on them? Want to have both disks installed with one at the top of the Bios as my main boot disk. The other in the Bios in the second (or disabled) boot order. Then using Acronis clone...

Hi yes the monitor has multiple inputs. Is it possible to switch using some sort of hot keys on the laptop instead of the monitor controlls? Will give that a spin.

Need a bit of advice please. I have a desktop that is hooked up to dual monitors. I have a laptop that I want to use on one of the monitors which I can switch to when needed. So normally - desktop using both monitors. Sometimes - desktop using one monitor and laptop using the other. Can this...

I currently have a desktop with dual monitors, wireless KB and mouse. I need to start using a laptop for work but want to share the dual monitors and wireless KB\Mouse between the desktop and laptop, switching between the two when needed. What's on the go these days in the way of...

Hi - mine didn't come with a DP cable. Will any 4k 1.2 DP cable work, or is the monitor picky in that respect? Would appreciate it is someone could recommend a cable brand\part no that will work with this monitor. Many thanks.

Hi - I've just bought one of these monitors and have found the joystick at the back a real pain. How do you set up these shortcuts, is it possible to drive the menu settings without having to use the joystick on the back - many thanks.

Fantastic - thanks for the info and confirmation - much appreciated.

Time for a new monitor. I don't play games but want big estate and sharpness for web development. Will this monitor be able to run at 60 Hz and 3840x2160 with a GTX 660 please? Just need to check my GFX will handle it. Many thanks.

I've hunted the web for help on this with no joy, so thought I'd try posting in old faithful to see if anyone can help. I have set up a new closed Facebook group of which I am an admin. I've created some photo galleries and cand ass photos edit etc no phoblems. But when one of the members adds...

I am after some advice please. I want to take some video footage of a football match that the coaches can use during training sessions. This is all amateur league stuff, so no worries re filming rights etc. I am able to get a good vantage point of the entire park from one end of it. I want to...

I have a SSD and 2 x 1TB HDDs. Want my OS on the SSD and hardware Raid 1 for data on the other 2 HDDs. I left the 2 HDD unplugged and set my BIOS to AHCI. Installed Win 7 on the SSD and loaded all drivers etc. Plugged in the 2 x HDDs. Went into BIOS and changed to RAID. Created Raid 1 on...

If I am setting up raid 1 on two disks using a hardware raid in the bios, do I still need to install the latest RST drivers? Just wasn't sure if they were only needed if it was a software raid that was being set up. If the RST drivers are needed, what version are folks finding the best these...

Just waiting on a ASRock Z87M Extreme4 coming home for a new build. I am going to put a Samsung 840 Evo 256GB in as a boot disk with Win 7, and 2 x 1TB Seagate Barracudas in as Raid 1 for the data. It's been over 5 years since I did my last build so I am totally out of touch with this new...

I am struggling to find 2 x 8gb sticks of DDR3 1600 on the OC shop that's low profile and on the supported list of modules on the Gigabyte list: http://download.gigabyte.eu/FileList/Memory/mb_memory_ga-z87x-oc.pdf Can anyone recommend a couple of 8gb sticks that's getting good stable results on...

What's folks experience of these baby's been, are the quick, cold and quiet? Planning couple for Raid 1 for keeping some data on.