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And just to clarify, I do already have a NAS, which I was already using for backups, but after a recent Win 10 reinstall I wanted just to review my setup.
By the way, the NAS is set up in RAID mode...

Are you referring to one of the HDD's in the NAS failing? Or some other hardware failure in the NAS?
HDD failure in NAS you can just swap out for a new one.
In the case of a non-HDD failure, is...

So all their data was lost and irrecoverable?
Think I am going to have to seriously look at a UPS for the NAS based on that!

Hi, thanks for sharing your setups and suggestions, some good ideas there and some things to think about.

Sounds like I am mostly on the right track, and from what you've mentioned I think I'll...

Thanks Matt, I already went ahead over the weekend just gone and have successfully done the reinstall. All is good so far and working well. I actually just did a other post a few seconds before this...

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Well after my recent Win 10 reinstall, I'm taking the opportunity to review how I do my backups.
I have 3 physical drives on my PC
C is SSD, for Operating System and most program...

Yep, that was the problem, I needed to install both the Chipset Management Engine Interface, and the Chipset driver, now those devices are appearing normally in Device Manager. Problem solved :)

Hi,
This weekend I just did a fresh, clean install of Win 10. Everything seems to have gone fine, except for one minor issue.
In device manager, under 'other devices" I have three items with yellow...

That's very helpful, thanks.
So my data drive (seperate HDD) that has all my data on it. It's currently set as the default location for My Documents, music, pics, downloads, etc etc.
If I just...

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Well I am still struggling to solve the issue in my previous post: https://pressf1.pcworld.co.nz/showthread.php?149462-Can-video-card-drivers-affect-non-digital-audio-output

So I have...

Installing a 3rd party codec pack is my last resort, seeing as I don't have unsupported file problems - I'd rather stick with the Windows built-in codecs if possible, especially as there really...

How would I go about testing or fixing this?

I did a uninstall of the graphic driver and a fresh install of the previous version, but unfortunately this problems persists. When I play video, slowly but surely the audio gets out of sync with the...

OK thanks, in that case I am going to uninstall of the graphics driver and do a clean / fresh install of the previous version, and see if that's the culprit.

Maybe I misunderstood what you meant - you mean I should completely uninstall those other ones, not just disable them?
Those other ones have already been disabled for a long time, well before this...

I mentioned in my first post that all other audio devices are disabled already.

Seasons greetings!

So my audio uses external speakers connected to the MB jack outputs - eg non-digital. Other playback devices that show in settings, I have disabled - these are HD Audio devices...

Thanks for the suggestions. She switched to the built-in Win 10 Mail client, and seems happy with it, so I'll just suggest she stays with that.
Interestingly she said her contacts are all visible...

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My Mum (retired) has always used Windows Live Mail on her Win10 laptop. I know it's long since unsupported by MS, but it worked fine for her, she knew how to use it, and doesn't like change so...

So it sounds I might have a motherboard issue. Mine is also an Asus but obviously way out of warranty.
Is this something that is feasible / cost effective to repair or replace, or am I looking at...

No, in fact I'm the opposite, i mainly used it only when I was travelling for work, and otherwise it's turned off and not plugged in. I use my desktop at home.
That's why when this first happened,...

Hi all, a while back I posted about my laptop battery not charging, here:
https://pressf1.pcworld.co.nz/showthread.php?149201-Battery-problem-on-laptop

Since then, based on the suggestions in the...

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I use my personal laptop usually only when traveling for work, which used to be a few times a month. Since COVID, I haven't traveled since March, so I hadn't used my laptop since then either....

Hi, yes all the power options have been set to not sleep /standby for a while, so I'm pretty confident it's not that.
I have today managed to get hold of a second monitor, so I have connected one...

that's not a bad idea either, problem is I am not really confident to switch the graphics card myself, not really sure what I am doing. I had a look at it looks like it's fitted quite tightly in...