But you're the expert here, and for me it seems you know the drill.
Two questions:

1) When I open my Task Manager, and check the Performance Tab, in the Speed of the CPU it shows that the CPU is running at 3,78GHz. Is this normal for a non OC 4690k? (it's brand new) This is why I was asking those questions about my temperature in the other day. (Running at 42C idle, 50C running Heroes of the Storm)

2) I was formatting a friend's PC, and when I tried to install windows (from a USB) it displayed this error:
Windows cannot be installed on this disk. The selected disk has an MBR partition table. On EFI systems, Windows can only installed on GPT disks.
It said this for both of his disks (2year SSD, brand new HDD).
Any option?

Thanks in advance

Cyro

United Kingdom20326 Posts

July 09 2015 01:55 GMT

#10984

1; no, but task manager is not accurate for that stuff. use cpu-z and check that base clock is 100.00mhz or close (~99.6 - 100.4)

it should also be at 800mhz when idle (nothing loading CPU)

don't know the disk stuff very well

GreenHorizons

United States23844 Posts

July 09 2015 02:33 GMT

#10985

On July 09 2015 10:55 Cyro wrote:
1; no, but task manager is not accurate for that stuff. use cpu-z and check that base clock is 100.00mhz or close (~99.6 - 100.4)

it should also be at 800mhz when idle (nothing loading CPU)

don't know the disk stuff very well

What?!? My PC parts God bleeds... :S

OsaX Nymloth

Poland3244 Posts

July 09 2015 17:23 GMT

#10986

On July 09 2015 03:55 HyDrA_solic wrote:
2) I was formatting a friend's PC, and when I tried to install windows (from a USB) it displayed this error:
Windows cannot be installed on this disk. The selected disk has an MBR partition table. On EFI systems, Windows can only installed on GPT disks.
It said this for both of his disks (2year SSD, brand new HDD).
Any option?

I'm not Cyro, but I believe you should just format the drive OR delete the main system partition. Windows Installer should create the right partition table using GPT. Of course, backup the data first.

xM(Z

Romania5299 Posts

July 10 2015 10:59 GMT

#10987

@ HyDrA_solic - 1) motherboard manufacturers these days tend to slightly overclock their boards(e-pen competition on stats with other manufacturers) so check your BIOS settings. your cpu looks to work on turbo mode most/all of the time so check CPU Cx states, power Sx states, CPU turbo settings, fan settings and maybe others.

Sovano

United States1503 Posts

July 10 2015 15:12 GMT

#10988

I'm going to be moving to a new apartment in a month and I'm trying to figure out the best way to transport my desktop safely. Are there any recommendations on how to go about doing this? Should I keep everything assembled or disassemble it? Should I get any antistatic bags if I don't have any?

Cyro

United Kingdom20326 Posts

July 10 2015 17:16 GMT

#10989

How was you going to move it from place A to B?

some of the more dangerous things are CPU cooler (especially if you have a big air cooler, but clc's might not be great for transport either(?)) and GPU (they're not secured that well into the motherboard)

it's best to remove those and make sure there are not random loose parts in the case. I have boxes for both, GPU box is a foam thing to hold it in the box with an antistatic bag and heatsink is less fragile as long as the base doesn't get scratched/damaged

Sovano

United States1503 Posts

July 10 2015 18:39 GMT

#10990

I was going to put my case into the retail box it came from and transport it on my friend's vehicle (placing the motherboard on its flatside). I don't have a CPU cooler, but I'll be sure to remove my GPU. Any other things I should probably know?

Wala.Revolution

7584 Posts

July 10 2015 20:03 GMT

#10991

What is a good internet connection monitoring program? I want to keep in on for a few days to see if I get disconnects at what time for how long. I want to figure out if it's my computer, wireless adaptor, router, cable modem or ISP that keeps disconnecting me every hour for a minute.

Cyro

United Kingdom20326 Posts

July 10 2015 20:45 GMT

#10992

On July 11 2015 05:03 Wala.Revolution wrote:
What is a good internet connection monitoring program? I want to keep in on for a few days to see if I get disconnects at what time for how long. I want to figure out if it's my computer, wireless adaptor, router, cable modem or ISP that keeps disconnecting me every hour for a minute.

I used Pingplotter and it seemed to be pretty awesome

Any other things I should probably know?

Probably not. Maybe. I hope

Craton

United States17281 Posts

July 10 2015 23:27 GMT

#10993

On July 11 2015 00:12 Sovano wrote:
I'm going to be moving to a new apartment in a month and I'm trying to figure out the best way to transport my desktop safely. Are there any recommendations on how to go about doing this? Should I keep everything assembled or disassemble it? Should I get any antistatic bags if I don't have any?

I usually just laid it on the side (as if the mobo/heatsink were sitting on a table). Just wedge it on the seat so the case won't move much.

I even man-moded it once and left it upright with a like 3lb heatsink and it held up like a champ.

Cyanocyst

2222 Posts

July 11 2015 02:50 GMT

#10994

I personally have a lot of trouble accidentally resetting my rally points from my hatches, causing my units to spawn and stay at their hatches. And its quite apm intensive to collect them all.

Is there a way to prevent a hatch from resetting its rally point when right clicking?

I notice on the hot keys that you can use Y to set the rallys for hatches. is there way i to set it so i would Have to hold down while clicking the location to set or reset my rally point? Would be highly convenient if i could rally exactly where i mean to.

Cyro

United Kingdom20326 Posts

July 11 2015 11:26 GMT

#10995

i think no matter what you do, the rally point will reset to not existing when you right click a hatchery while having it selected.

You could set an obscure key to rally or use a program like autohotkey to make shift+Y or some other combination send a key like "]" and then hotkey that to set a new rally point, but it sounds like you're just removing the rally with right clicks on hatcheries and adjusting rally hotkeys wouldn't fix anything

Sovano

United States1503 Posts

July 11 2015 13:44 GMT

#10996

Thanks for the help guys

126Q;A1

Sweden517 Posts

July 12 2015 18:20 GMT

#10997

I'm having an issue where my rear case fan sometimes doesn't spin up when I start the computer. However if I just touch it a little it will spin up and run properly. Does anyone know why this might be happening? It doesn't seem to be a power issue so maybe it's just getting old?

I have it connected to the motherboard, though it also has two IDE connectors for connecting it to the PSU (why would it have two?).

Craton

United States17281 Posts

July 12 2015 18:31 GMT

#10998

Er, I'm assuming by IDE connectors you mean two cables for power (IDE = ATA, which is the really old HDD cable). Probably you have some combination of the small 3-pin or 4-pin connector or a 4-pin molex. Mostly it's to provide compatibility with multiple systems.

The small 3-pin can only control fan speed by means of changing the voltage provided (less voltage = lower RPM). Too low of voltage and the fan won't spin at all (the range of voltage a fan works with is dependent on the model of fan)
The small 4-pin has PWM which allows for more granular/efficient fan speed control
The molex cable basically has no RPM control, so it runs at 100% speed.

In some systems, fans don't necessarily need to be running all the time. If the temperatures are low enough a fan can simply go idle.

Myrmidon

United States9452 Posts

July 12 2015 18:32 GMT

#10999

It probably has two connectors so you can daisy chain.

The fan is probably getting old, maybe unbalanced or with extra friction somewhere that's making the force insufficient to get it to spin on its own sometimes. Cleaning it and oiling the bearings (assuming it's a cheap sleeve bearing model, which it almost assuredly is) may help. If that doesn't, you may want to replace it. Case fans are usually pieces of junk anyway.

That said, if your motherboard is using voltage control for fan speed regulation on that header, the voltage output may just be lower than what the fan needs to start up. This can be as high as 9 or 10 volts in some nominal 12 volts computer fans; for some others, it's close to 3 volts or so. If there is some setting, if you want the thing to spin, you could just set a higher fan speed. Some motherboards will spin up the fans to max at the start to get them running and then ramp down, for what it's worth.

And as noted above, even if the intent is to have it running, there are situations in which you may not necessarily need the fan active. If temps are fine, then who cares?

Cyro

United Kingdom20326 Posts

July 12 2015 20:23 GMT

#11000

It is at all dangerous to take a fan that starts with for example 6v and provide it with 5v power?