forteh Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 Set the drive letter to something obscure like X or Z and see if that helps. I get that a lot at work, we use 8 mapped network drives and I believe that a flash drive assigns its letter based on the last machine it was plugged into. Having manually set it to a not commonly used drive letter it should keep that whichever machine you plug it into ( assuming the drive letter isn't already existing) and will auto play as expected Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitbat Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 Set the drive letter to something obscure like X or Z and see if that helps. I get that a lot at work, we use 8 mapped network drives and I believe that a flash drive assigns its letter based on the last machine it was plugged into. Having manually set it to a not commonly used drive letter it should keep that whichever machine you plug it into ( assuming the drive letter isn't already existing) and will auto play as expected Tried that, no change, it'll do it regardless of what I got plugged in, it's as it won't auto play when plug them in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 That's odd, that always worked for me in the past, possibly try always setting it to the same drive letter every time you plug it into a new machine so it isn't trying to change it to something that clashes with your home machine. What happens if you set the drive letter and replug the usb, will it auto play then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob. Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/190919478131?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649 any good guys? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HippY Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 no. nooooo. no. clearly not. really no £330 for that machine is too much, I reckon you could build the same or more powerful for £200 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted January 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 Nope, garbage. If you want a gaming PC you need to learn to build it yourself. If you want to buy something that just works, buy an Xbox. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HippY Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 Nope, garbage. If you want a gaming PC you need to learn to build it yourself. If you want to buy something that just works, buy an Xbox. or an alienware or something, they have good spec, although they are pricey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob. Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 Can any of you guys help me out with this? have a budget of £300 for the desktop and some more for monitors ect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted January 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 (edited) or an alienware or something, they have good spec, although they are pricey Pricey is an understatement... They're massively overpriced and often badly designed. I don't know a single person who is happy about buying one.Rob, £300 budget isn't enough if you want a gaming PC IMO. What do you need it for? Edited January 10, 2014 by Muel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob. Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 Pricey is an understatement... They're massively overpriced and often badly designed. I don't know a single person who is happy about buying one. Rob, £300 budget isn't enough if you want a gaming PC IMO. What do you need it for? nothing big and banging like battle field, but something enough for me to get started, games like minecraft sim city and so on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HippY Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 (edited) http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2z79H 1 TB HDD ( very large) 2x 2 GB 1600 RAM ( fast enough) A10-6800k very good APU, it has a good CPU and graphics card together, probably more powerful than in the £300 ebay version a case ( nothing extra, but hey, its cheap and good quality) A good PSU ( silent, 300W is enough) no DVD driver ( I dont have one, personally never need it, but if required its around £10) No OS ( if you want windows, its around£60.. ) It is a really good PC for £300 Edited January 11, 2014 by UKHippY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azarathal Posted January 11, 2014 Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 If your budget allows get 8gb 1866/2100mhz ram as both speed and memory are shared between the cpu and onboard gpu and will give the gpu a nice boost. I'd say get faster ram over a cooler now and use the stock until you've saved about £30-50 or so for a good heatsink and overclock both cpu+gpu. It means you won't have to try sell your old ram if you go for the 4gb posted above and gives you time to read up on overclocking. Sorry about the wall of text. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HippY Posted January 11, 2014 Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 This build is for Rob and he is looking for a £300 pc, that is really low, so 2x2 GB 1600MHz ram can go only, as everything else would be over £300 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam T Posted January 18, 2014 Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 Can anyone help with my iMac? When i first got it, it used to make the Apple start up noise when booting it. Now it doesn't? Hasn't done for a while and im confused as to why it would stop! The volume settings are not muted. Any other suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted January 18, 2014 Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 I'm intrigued, why is that an issue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HippY Posted January 18, 2014 Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 If it works and play sounds rather the startup then I would not try to fix it. maybe it was a hotfix that disabled the sound Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted January 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 This is not a thread for white goods... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HippY Posted January 18, 2014 Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 This is not a thread for white goods... Dude thats racist But yeah I understand you, although they are part of the computer culture as well and they have PC parts inside... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam T Posted January 18, 2014 Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 I'm intrigued, why is that an issue? I'm sure ive read somewhere that it runs a self diagnostic test and the noise is confirmation that everything is okay. Not sure how true this is. Im just confused as to why it now doesn't make the start up noise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob. Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 increased my budget to £400-£500 for a decent-ish gaming computer? any help you nerds?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HippY Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 do you want to put the parts together by yourself or you are looking for a pre build bundle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob. Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 I am not really fussed I am up for learning to build but would buy a pre build, i would do both Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HippY Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 okay, I will do a custom system then first, what would you like it to use? what is the budget then? Do you need a windows? anything else like speaker keyboard monitor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob. Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 okay, I will do a custom system then first, what would you like it to use? what is the budget then? Do you need a windows? anything else like speaker keyboard monitor? Games and media more than anything and college work, would like windows and yeah keyboards and mouse and speakers ect basicly everything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HippY Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2DNKM add several quid (around £20 for keyboard mouse and sme more for speaker) and it will be good or add several quid for A10-7850K ( it will come out soon and it will be a goo CPU with a good graphics card in a processor) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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