I finally used my motherboard's BIOS flashback button, and it saved a dead build
…AM4 was nearing the end of its lifecycle anyway, so I assumed I'd need a new board whenever newer CPUs came out. But earlier last year, my 5900X started acting up…
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You should buy the Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo if: You love OLED and want two screens on your laptop You want to play games on the go You also want the RTX 5090 for number crunching You should NOT buy the Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo if: You want a thin laptop You only play light games You value a good keyboard on your laptop Most gaming laptops are designed to hurt your wallet and your back. They're desktop replacements that just happen to be portable (barely in some cases). The ROG Zephyrus Duo only does one of those things, while giving you a second screen for productivity or checkin
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Nvidia's RTX Spark is already here under a different name, and I ran Cyberpunk at 1440p on it
…However, the RTX Spark isn't new silicon. In fact, it's the same GB10/N1 hardware that's already been shipping inside the DGX Spark and OEM systems like my Lenovo…
BIOS chip capacities are changing, and its going to affect how long your PC lasts
…What is a BIOS chip? And what does it do? The BIOS chip, commonly referred to as the SPI ROM in hardware circles, is a flash memory chip responsible for initializing your…
Microsoft Phone Link completely dropped the ball, but here's what I use instead
…Moreover, features like Phone Screen, which allows full device control from your PC, are hardware-restricted to select Samsung and Asus ROG devices on the Microsoft tool, but I can use AirDroid…
My motherboard's debug LED saved me hours of troubleshooting once I learned how to use it
…You may encounter them right after assembling a brand-new rig, following a botched software update , or completely out of the blue when your monitor simply refuses to display any video output…
You can build a Steam Machine right now, but Valve's optimization is the part worth waiting for
…What exactly is the Steam Machine? And why it's so important If you haven't been keeping tabs on Valve's new hardware efforts, you'll likely have missed the Steam…
The year of the Linux desktop already happened, just not on desktops
…the United States and Europe — took notice and started building their own hardware. Asus was first with the original ROG Ally , and it was quickly followed by the likes of the Lenovo…
Linux on the desktop isn't winning, but Linux on my handheld already has
…The narrative changes every few months with the release of a new kernel, architectural improvements or integrations, but the conclusion remains quite the same: "It's promising, but not quite there." Sometimes…
Unified memory is quietly killing SO-DIMM, and mini PCs prove it's already happening
…Because of the big performance benefits of this architecture, many mini PCs — and even gaming handhelds or tablets like the Asus ROG Flow Z13 — have used this hardware with no upgradeable memory…