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Archives for March 2022

gen4 SSD stuck at gen3 speeds
I recently bought an Asus B550M-A Prime motherboard and an Inland gen4 SSD. I've updated the mobo to the most recent BIOS, however, I only get gen3 speeds when running benchmarks. Also, I do not see gen4 as a link speed for pcie or m.2 settings. I only see 'automatic' & gen1-3. Any ideas as to how to unlock gen4?
Wifi help
So I have an asus Z170-ar motherboard which has no wifi or bluetooth. If I wanted to install wifi and bluetooth it, what would you guys recommend? I believe microcenter sells wifi cards but i'm not 100% sure, if not is there another way i can install wifi onto the motherboard so i dont have to run it through an ethernet…
NEED DIRECTION ON THIS
Hello: I am looking to install a video monitor in my living room to display some short video clips off of you tube and instagram on a loop when turned on and need someone knowledgeable on setting it up for me. It was suggested to me that it would involve purchasing both a monitor with thumb drive input capacity and a media…

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