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Just contact Acer support and they should be able to give you an estimate.

Still could be a driver update issue… Just be an AMD driver rather than Nvidia.

Be sure and let us know how it works…

Here are the stock supplies shipping with units in the USA: The supply is not a stock ATX form factor, it's closer to the Flex supplies, and much smaller is physical size. Maybe you should look into a GPU card with slightly lower performance that will run in 300W…

OK, the 24" from 2018. Is yours configured with an 8th gen chipset or the 9th gen? They shipped with both. It likely doesn't matter though. Do you have another system, like a laptop or gaming device, you could connect to the monitor portion using the HDMI-In port? That might help determine if the issue is in the display or…

Which Predator model do you have? Different models have different BIOSes and different features. Your full model number is usually on the same sticker as your serial number, it should look something like POxxx-xxx-xxxx.

No, the screws don't come in the package, you have to purchase them separately if you intend to use the stock backplate.

So you can go ahead and drop an 8TB drive in that second slot, if you ignore the cost. :)

Yes, there are two main types of those, the SFG14-71 and SFG14-71T with many SKUs under each type. The T models add a touch screen to the base configuration.

Acer doesn't ship those models anywhere in the world with Linux installed, that I know of. If they shipped with a Linux flavor they would provide Linux drivers…

What told you that? There typically aren't viruses for Chromebooks, since everything runs in the browser.

Your XC-1785 uses an ATX12VO design, so has a different power supply than used to be the norm. It provides only 12V to the motherboard, and all other voltage are derived from that on the motherboard. They are needed for some of the newer Intel branding and should be less expensive to build. That doesn't mean they are less…

Yep, sounds like you got a bad stick, though it should beep to show the error.

Well, there are four SATA ports in total… :)

Changing from a HDD to a SSD will give you the largest performance increase. Note that the design is old enough that you can't put an NVMe drive in, only SATA. Next is memory, making sure you have enough to run all the apps you typically have active. There were two main versions of the Z3-715, the earlier with a 6th gen…

Yes, in addition to the two M.2 SSD slots on the motherboard, there are four SATA connectors for ODDs, HDDs and SSDs. You use power connections from the PSU to go to the drives and standard SATA data cables to go from the motherboard to the drives. It doesn't matter if the drives are 2.5" or 3.5", they both use the same…

You don't need to mount the new bracket, just pick up four M3x10 screws and mount the cooler using those. That's one of the nice things about the Noctua NH-U9 models.

First step, since you did two things at once, is to undo one of them to see if that was the issue. I'd pull the new SSD out and run it on the old one plus the new cooling. If that fixes the issue then we know we are looking at something to do with the new drive. If the issue is still present then we can look at the…

If you mean on the right side as in the right edge of the screen, running up and down, instead of having it docked to the right side of the bottom of the screen, Microsoft took that option away in Windows 11, they only allow bottom center and bottom left. There is a registry hack that allows you to move it elsewhere, but…

What computer do you have? Your full model number is usually on the same sticker as your serial number, it should look something like xxxxx-xxx-xxxx. Your Device Manager image shows that you have several devices without proper drivers installed. You might have a hardware issue with the AX201, but it might just be an…