Recent content by TVeblen

Not much to solder inside a SATA SSD! _

And then there was the old baking trick that I would never recommend even on a HDD. The idea here was that if some component had come loose on the soldered pins that baking it at 500 degrees in an oven would soften the solder and reconnect the pin(s). I don't think that is hot enough to melt...

You could try the "power cycle" method first. A long shot. Turn your PC off. Then connect her drive using only the power connector. Don't connect the data cable. Turn your PC on and run it for 30 minutes or so. Then turn your PC off, connect the data cable to that drive, and boot up. See if it...

This is a brand new (4 months old) 3.5 inch SATA desktop SSD, correct? If a disk drive goes brick - just blinks out entirely - it is typical that it happens after a large read/write process. Applies to spinners or SSDs. Unfortunately also typical that if a drive goes bad it happens in the...

You can check on the status of the certificate update by going into the Registry and navigating to: HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecureBoot\Servicing Look for the UEFICA2023Status key The data value will be either "Not Started". "In Process", or "Updated". You can also go to Event...

The reason I think it might be plausible is that when the desktop comes up, the icons in the Taskbar for Speakers and Network take a second to change. The Network icon shows no connection - until it connects - then shows the normal wired network icon. The speakers icon starts with 3 "sound...

Yes, it was the default sound. No, haven't checked that. I just assumed it must, since the default sound plays - sometimes.

I would suggest leaving the case ventilation alone - leave it exhausting out the back as designed - and work on moving hot air out of the cabinet and into the room. It's hard to tell what would work/look best without seeing the actual setup, but something like two 140mm fans mounted high in the...

I'm liking antspants' idea that Windows is starting up faster than the audio driver can load. I wonder if there is a way to test that idea?

Well changing the startup sound will be fun, but first I've got to get it to work on this PC. After that one time on restart it now is not playing. It's very random. My other PC it plays on both cold start and restart every time.

HoHo! :cool: That is Fantastic. You are an animal!

Yeah! I'm going to steal that idea! Much better than Picard saying "Engage". I promise I will try switching the file at some point. Will let you know.

OK. So this is interesting. If I start the PC from dead OFF - no startup sound. But if I restart the PC - I get a startup sound. (That's probably where I heard it before).

Negative. No messing around with system files.

So I wonder if I have a corrupted imageres.dll?