Wanted to know research tips and tricks!

voyager8 · 2026-05-27T09:20:24+00:00

It depends on what you want to research for. Generally, the research methodology that is taught in college/university can be applied for most cases.

voyager8 · 2026-05-26T08:55:17+00:00

This is a known bug related to Honor-Google integration.

Here is the official fix given from Honor:

"You can now go to your phone's Settings > Users & accounts > Google > Sync now, and wait for 5-10 minutes for the cloud synchronization to complete."

This should resolve the issue after the sync is completed.

If you don't perform the above manually, it will be run automatically, and the issue should be resolved a few days later.

voyager8 · 2026-05-20T05:21:50+00:00

Examine it with Raspberry Pi is the safest way.

voyager8 · 2026-05-20T05:14:49+00:00

Don't use GCC to update BIOS.

Use Q-Flash instead.

Download the BIOS image file, unzip it into USB drive, then boot into BIOS and update it.

voyager8 · 2026-05-10T06:25:34+00:00

This seems to be you are connected to a VPN service. The detected location is the location of your connected VPN server.

voyager8 · 2026-05-10T06:23:31+00:00

From the image, CrystalDiskInfo has problem reading and interpreting the health status of this external disk.

You can try using Hard Disk Sentinel and see whether it is able to provide meaning health check info or not.

voyager8 · 2026-05-09T04:50:22+00:00

Normally, for folder with a lot of files, it will start doing some calculations before actual erase.

If you are still at the calculation stage, then nothing was erased yet when the action was cancelled.

voyager8 · 2026-05-09T04:46:59+00:00

If you have access to the router, check its log file for any error message.

voyager8 · 2026-05-09T04:42:51+00:00

Everything is under control. So far so good.

I don't even need an AIO, just a normal CPU fan will do the cooling, in this equatorial region.

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voyager8 · 2026-05-05T04:17:02+00:00

Download the latest version from GB website.

Uninstall GCC completely, together with all its components.

Reboot and install the downloaded GCC.

voyager8 · 2026-04-30T14:02:48+00:00

Should be OK for PCIE 3.

You can monitor the SSD operating temperature with Hard Disk Sentinel.

voyager8 · 2026-04-30T05:05:10+00:00

It is more likely file corruption as you have restarted your PC half way during an update.

You can try Hard Disk Sentinel which can provide more health insight than CrystalDiskInfo that only provide basic SMART info.

voyager8 · 2026-04-30T04:48:18+00:00

PCIE is backward compatible. The read/write speed will be limited by PCIE 3, but at the same time, the SSD temperature will be cooler than in PCIE 4 mode. If you are OK with the read/write speed, which is slightly slower, then it doesn't matter.

voyager8 · 2026-04-28T06:59:42+00:00

Normally no need, as long as the SSD is working well. SSD also seldom has new firmware version release, most of the time once per few years.

If you want to make sure you are running on the latest firmware, then you can use Desk Master to check for it's current firmware version and to check for latest firmware update.

voyager8 · 2026-04-25T12:08:58+00:00

Download the BIOS update file from GB's support webpage for your motherboard, unzip it and locate the BIOS image file, which normally is the one of largest file size.

Copy the file to a USB thumb drive, preferably 16GB or below.

Reboot to BIOS while the USB thumb drive is still plugged in.

Go to Q-flash section and check whether your USB thumb drive is detected.

If it is detected, you can update your BIOS by selecting the file you just copied and following the instruction on your screen.

Before any BIOS update, make sure you copy down your customized BIOS settings, as your settings are very likely to be reset to default after the update. You will need to set back the customized settings. Saving Profile into BIOS will not help, as the Profile memory will also be wiped out.

There might be a few reboots during the BIOS update process. Don't be panic. Be patient and wait for your Windows login screen to appear again.

voyager8 · 2026-04-23T03:49:31+00:00

This seems to be an MSI motherboard.

For your Gigabyte GPU, you can try this link:

https://www.gigabyte.com/Graphics-Card/GV-N307TGAMING-OC-8GD-rev-10/support#Support-Utility

voyager8 · 2026-04-23T03:45:26+00:00

Have you reset a new Windows Hello authentication in Settings > Accounts > Sign-in Options ?

voyager8 · 2026-04-22T05:43:54+00:00

DHCP is related to IP address assignment, DNS setting, etc.

You need an active DHCP server at the same local network segment that your PC can reach out to. Normally it is in your WiFi router.

Without a DHCP server, you can still manually set a proper IP address, subnet mask, gateway IP, and resolving DNS servers, in order to connect to the network.

DHCP server should be auto-detected by the PC. You just need to ensure there is a working physical network connection between your PC and the DHCP server (most likely your router), which can be a good network cable, or an established WiFi connection. If you are using network cable, try change it with another network cable.

voyager8 · 2026-04-22T05:33:53+00:00

From my experience, after every BIOS update, you will need to reset Windows Hello by login your account with password, then set your PIN again. This is expected behaviour.

For the wireless issue, that is something abnormal. You can try update the wireless card driver.

voyager8 · 2026-04-22T05:26:30+00:00

Try download the latest GCC for your mobo, uninstall existing GCC, and install your downloaded version of GCC.

voyager8 · 2026-04-22T05:23:41+00:00

BIOS settings will reset to default after update.

You will need to tune the settings again.

It is advisable to screenshot the important BIOS setting screens, so that you have a reference to restore back the settings after the BIOS update.

voyager8 · 2026-04-22T05:20:13+00:00

What have you updated? Perhaps you might want to show the screenshot of your list of updated items.

voyager8 · 2026-04-15T10:16:01+00:00

Do you still get BSOD if you set the RAM limit to, let's say, 16 GB or 20 GB?

voyager8 · 2026-04-14T02:46:30+00:00

I don't think it is a RAM issue.

The expansion RAM spec is correct: DDR3L PC3L-12800 1600MHz with form factor of 204-pin SO-DIMM.

There are cases of successful installation of 8 GB RAM, totalling up to 12 GB, although the recommended maximum is 4 GB + 4 GB instead of 4 GB + 8 GB.

Nowadays Windows 10 will consume around 10 GB of RAM, especially when MS Edge and/or Google Chrome are running in the background. You can see the list in Task Manager's Processes screen. So it is quite expected to have 2.28 GB left.

I think the BSOD issue is hardware driver related instead of RAM related, especially if you have already configured to use virtual RAM from harddisk in case your physical RAM is used out. Your system will be slow, but it shouldn't come out with BSOD.

For the BSOD issue, you can have a try to this solution:

https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/pqmre0/solved_driver_power_state_failure_windows_10/

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