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Not sure if it's that, that exploit is pretty old (article goes back to 2018). I would make a hunch that Asus patched it since then.
Lots of exploits will survive a reboot, so..yeah factory resetting for patching with updated (fixed) firmware is a good idea if malware/exploits are suspect.

Seems ...

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https://www.tomsguide.com/news/asus-cyc ... orm-botnet

This says Russian hackers are to blame…I don’t believe AX55 was on the list of routers in the article but did seem to be affected.

Main question I have is do I really need a factory reset before installing the new firmware?

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Seems to be a corrupted threat protection definition....here's a looooong thread from a bunch of Asus using gamers that all had the same problem across various Asus models starting yesterday...
https://rog-forum.asus.com/t5/gaming-routers/rt-ax89x-going-out-of-memory-every-10-minutes-asd-process ...

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My own router Asus (AC68U) and another family member (with ASUS AX55) started to have internet issues yesterday. Funny thing is we have different ISPs (different areas of the city) so I was able to track it down to the fact we both had ASUS routers. As soon as I started Google search I started to ...

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You'd likely have to install another OS, either a virtual machine Windows XP, or better yet some Linux distro.

I figured Knoppix would be an easy way to do that (Linux based right?). Bootable from DVD or USB drive so I won't spend a bunch of time figuring out how to install something permanent ...

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I’m curious if I try to read data off of a quantum fireball ex 3.5 series hard drive using an IDE to USB converter if I’ll have success. I believe the age of this drive is mid/late 1990s. Fairly sure I had windows 95 on it, was pulled from a 486 (100mhz I think).

From what I’ve read windows 10 won ...

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Thanks Philip. I agree for myself I'm certainly holding out for 6E (and at an affordable price) if my router holds up for that long.

I'll have a look at the RT-AX55, RT-AX56U and RT-AX58U...I've read a few reviews (of course many of them contradict each other a bit). If anyone has last minute ...

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I bought the Asus RT-AC68U Wireless AC1900 router at least 7 years ago and I notice when looking for a new router that it's still being sold and with decent reviews. Is the router actually that good by today's standards or is there something that I should look for instead? https://www.amazon.ca/dp ...

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Another link to help you find a driver....

https://driverscollection.com/?H=GeForce%20GTX%20260&By=NVidia&SS=Windows%2010%2064-bit

Good to see you purecomedy :)

Good to see you too! I still like this forum, it been around a long time, I remember I used to use a few more in the past too. I don ...

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I think I’ll make getting that 1650 the target. As you say with crypto has made these cards a little hard to find. I do like Amazon return policy, a local shop here often has better prices but a really weak return policy.

I’ll try the driver angle a little more if I can find a little spare time ...

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I did check your model and you do not have onboard video connection from the mobo. Have you tried removing and reseating the vidoo card (just for the fun of it). Also, I would try using the Nvidia utility to delete all traces of the card and driver and then start again with the card and drives as ...

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Most Intel machines have built-in video, it is easy to see by looking at the motherboard panel in the back of the machine - just see if there is some type of VGA/DVI/HDMI port.
You should also try to find a working driver for that video card, did you try the link above?

GTX 1030 would work for ...

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I get this funny error indicating it doesn't think that driver is for Win10 64 bit.

I'm doing a bit of work to really be sure all old NVIDIA files are gone off of this computer. I'm not so sure that error message is going to change though.

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I don’t believe there’s an onboard video card but I could be wrong.

I’m just trying to understand why a new video card solves the problem. Is something like a simple gtx 1030 enough to solve the problem Or does the video card need to be newer than that?

It’s hard to justify throwing significant ...

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I ran into an issue on an old computer with a sandy bridge processor after a windows 10 update about a year ago...the video became unstable. The fix was to uninstall Nvidia drivers and use the windows driver. Graphics card is gtx 260.

I believe the latest win 10 updates have broken the video again ...

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Curious if anyone has opinions on buying an HP OMEN versus Dell XPS mid-level gaming machines. These 2 machines are roughly the same price $1800 CAD ($1250 USD). What I don't like about some Dell PCs in the past is they have limitations as far as upgrades (extremely basic & stupid BIOS creates most ...

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It's PC8500 with a CL of 7. The newer DDR3 RAM on the market I'm seeing seems to have higher latency than that.

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I've got a Dell 435T/9000 that came with 4 sticks of 2 Gb RAM sticks. I want more RAM as I seem to be able to max out 8 Gb fairly often.

I believe this system runs in triple-channel mode if I fill 6 slots, am I correct to assume that I can't add 2 4 Gb sticks of RAM to this setup as I need to have ...

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A few times a year I defrag one of my large multi-gig disk drives where I mostly store movie/music files. As movie files have become larger over the years I find even with minimal fragmentation the defragmenter will want to run 12+ hours.

Is it safe (take time off the life of it?) for your hard ...

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Any refresh for end of 2019, start of 2020 what's the best anti-virus software these days?

Every few years I try a different one (usually due to frustration with how bloated most scanners become and filled with nags to get you to pay a subscription). I always find when I do an initial scan with new ...

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Based on the Mobo diagram/chipset it has PCIe version 2 slots:
https://www.dell.com/community/Desktops-General-Read-Only/XPS-8300-PCIe-question/td-p/4040381

By the way, you must have some advanced level of access on Dell as when I created a standard login to try and view that picture I was ...

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Interesting thanks for the info!

I’ve got another Dell XPS 435T/9000 I wonder if I could upgrade it with the same card as well.

I figure this one seems explicit for trying to maximize compatibility.
ZOTAC Gaming GeForce GTX 1650 OC 4GB GDDR5 128-Bit Gaming Graphics Card, Super Compact, ZT-T16500F ...

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I've got a friend trying to do some moderate gaming on a Dell XPS 8300 and the base video card won't really do anything now. I think the CPU is good enough. I've google searched with some conflicting results whether I could get something like a GTX 1050 Ti video card working in this rig easily (I ...

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It seems like the latest NVIDIA drivers were 342.01 and the hotfix appears to be 430.97 which are much more recent than this video card (GeForce 260 GTX!!!) can take.

Uninstalling the drivers and using some kind of Windows 10 driver at least has me operating at a normal resolution now.

I haven't ...

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Ok I’ll give those a shot. My parting thought before calling it a night was that it was a windows update issue.

I have to admit though I did a number of unusual things such as having to boot into safe mode to use a cleanup tool to uninstall Avast antivirus.

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When I boot into Windows 10 I suddenly have very low resolution and a regular pattern of dots/lines on the screen. Also, only my left monitor works, not the 2nd monitor.

Device Manager Properties for video card says "Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems. (Code 43)"

I ...

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You definitely called it right, the hard drive speed is painful. SSDs have come down in price a lot, it's a worthwhile upgrade.

I've been looking at GPUs now and then and it just appears after some deals around Christmas that there aren't great deals currently. From what I saw benchmark wise, it ...

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If I have an internet connection that's 25 mbps but have a wireless AC network (currently can get over 100 mbps) do I run the TCP/IP optimizer on my internet speed or network speed?

I'm most interesting in maximizing my video streaming speed in my network.

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I'm looking at bumping up the GPU on ~2011 vintage Dell PC (XPS 8300) with a Core i7-2600 (2nd Generation Core i7) CPU on it.

The goal would be to play a few more 2015 vintage PC games on it at and enjoy reasonable gameplay...no expectation of maximizing graphics settings but I don't want really ...

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I wouldn't rule out a software issue with Windows/drivers, etc. until you wipe it clean and reinstall Windows. There are hard-drive tests and S.M.A.R.T. information you can look at to determine the actual drive health.

The fitness was showing as blank and Performance as full in Speedfan. That's ...

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Incidentally, the hard drive was being very flakey while in the PC, but as I remove it and put it in a USB adapater and copy files to my other computer it's been working fine.

Sort of wonder if this is all the evidence I need to say the drive itself is not the blame. Given the computer didn't pull ...

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I hear what you're saying, but I guess what confuses me is how can a computer be slow/unresponsive when your CPU utilization is like 5%, hard drive activity not that significant and memory 80% unused. What exactly is the bottleneck?

Incidentally, when I google search Dell XPS 8300 there's a bunch ...

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It ended up that I was able to boot the computer, albeit fairly slowly. I moved a lot of files onto USB backup drives, the computer did reboot itself or something partway through but was able to continue on.

I have one of those little kids that lets you put a hard drive into a case that makes it a ...

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Hi there,

Just wondering if anyone has a good suggestion for a quick way like a DVD or USB drive with some bootable system or recovery tool that can be used to get onto a computer and quickly diagnose if a hard drive is accessible etc. I remember years ago playing with something called Knoppix ...

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Thanks for responding Phillip. Yeah from other research it appears that the receiver is HDMI pass-through (switching) rather than repeating. This is some thing that I wish was more obvious years ago when I bought the unit as it is not explicitly stated (marketing BS, why actively market a bad ...

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I have a 5.1 Sony Receiver, bought around 2010 (will post exact model later)...

I will pass an HDMI cable to the HDMI IN slot one each for blu-ray, cable box and laptop. I have an HDMI cable running to my TV (or projector).

What I want/expect is: 1. the HDMI cable will pass in both video and audio ...

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Alright I decided on the Asus Transformer Book Flip....is on for $600 at the Microsoft Store of all places. http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/ASUS-Transformer-Book-Flip-TP300LA-Signature-Edition-Laptop/productID.308008300 note that is a link for the US microsoft store, to find it ...

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http://shop.lenovo.com/ca/en/laptops/lenovo/z-series/z40/ This Lenovo Z40 is probably the thing I've found to best address the specs I'm looking for.

It addresses 1080 resolution, has slightly better graphics processing.

The main con seems to be that reviews think the machine is a bit more ...

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Philip: I'll look into the resolution issue. I assumed the physical screen was the limitation not the video card but it could be the video card so glad you brought it up. Also, I agree with a USB hub I would need a 2nd source of power in most cases, question is would the computer see all connected ...

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