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The CPU is an i5-12450H. 3840 X 2160@ 60Hz should be no problem. The LG 27UP650K is also nominal at 3840 X 2160 @ 60Hz. The Beelink EQi12 mini's HDMI ports are spec'd at 4k/60Hz. (Should be HDMI 2.0, but I didn't spot that.) I don't know why the monitor is running as if it was connected to an...

HDMI 2.1 offers a higher data rate (48Gbps) than DP 1.4 (32.4 Gbps), but either would need to use DSC (lossy compression) at high resolutions/refresh rates. Whether the difference between HDMI 2.1 and DP 1.4 would be noticeable, I don't know. I doubt it.

"DSNeed" claims to have already tried a repair install. (Post 20.)

Not all external drives are SATA ones in an external enclosure. I don't know whether the 1V9APB-500 is SATA or with a proprietary interface. Please let us know how it comes out.

The latest 8GB cards seem to sell for about $300 new. I haven't noticed their prices dropping over the past few months, even though gamers have been reported as strongly preferring the 16GB models. The RTX 4060 and 5060 are both PCI-E X8 cards. Your MB is PCI-E 3.0. (The 4060, PCI-E 4.0. 5060...

It's listed in the News section as an Insider build in the Release Preview channel. Which means it won't be appearing to those who aren't in the Insider program. What's true?

Could you provide a screenshot? I hope it's not some sort of malware. From time to time, I get fake virus alerts in a web browser. Some of them have claimed to be from McAfee. (I'm disappointed that I get those popups without visiting any dodgy web sites. Apparently, some legitimate web sites...

One way: the freeware Hwinfo.

There might be some browser functions that could use GPU acceleration. If you can live without them, you may be happy with an old GPU like the 7770. I can't speak from personal experience, as I'm not running hardware that's older than 10 years.

Reasonable. But as I could do the whole test in about an hour (image, clean install, restore from image), I think that my suggestion still has merit. The main downside to it is lots of writes to my SSD boot drive. I presume that the OP has spent a lot more than an hour chasing the issue.

Thanks. for the PC listing. It'd be a good idea to put the specs in "My Computer" as well. I see that it's capable of 4k @ 60Hz. (4k @ 30Hz would have been HDMI 1.4.) Do you have the capability of imaging C:? If it was my system, I'd do that, and then perform a clean install of Windows. That'd...

You may get better help if you fill in the PC's specs. I assume that you're using an integrated Intel GPU, but I don't know for sure. Copilot suggests trying using a command to bypass the GUI. Windows+R to open a command line, then ms-settings:display to open the display settings. I suggest...

Are you aware that the loss of space was due to the creation of a windows.old folder, which is what is needed to undo the upgrade? It can be tens of gigabytes in size. (The Disk Cleanup utility can delete it, but you'd be stuck with 11.) Were you able to exit the Beta Insider program?

I'm not up for that sort of thing, either. A possible alternative: get the updater from the Microsoft Update Catalog. Microsoft Update Catalog Th download for A64 is the one you want. You shouldn't need the KB5043080 one. The bad news is that the download is larger than 2GB.

Yeah. But those 40" CRTs weighed hundreds of pounds. My 55" OLED sometimes feels small. ;-)