Recent content by crashjesse

Hello, I am using Windows 7 Pro and I've had it for a year and my computer is starting to run slow. I would like to reformat the HD and do a new install so it's will run fast again. Can I reformat the HD and reinstall Windows 7 using the same activation key? Or would I have to buy a new key?

Hello, Fry's exchanged my memory 1 month out of warranty. Everything is working perfectly. I should have listened to you sooner. Bad memory must be common Thanks for your help

This might be progress. BSOD first thing today with one mem stick in. I switched it with the other one and I'm good so far. Is there a MOBO checking utility I could use to verify if it's my MOBO that's causing me problems?

I ran memtest86 individually for 2 passes last night and no errors. I bought this computer to be fast and I'll never be satisfied with only 2GB of memory, but I'll give it a try.

Good Question, It has BSOD once in safe mode. The thing that gets me especially confused is that the BSOD's all happen from a cold start, meaning 12 hours after the computer has been shut down. After a BSOd or 2, I can restart it and it works fine. But I'm constantly worried it could crash at...

still crashing Hello, I'm still crashing like crazy. I ran the seagate utility from their site(Seatools) and it said both drives were OK. I did the short drive, long drive, short generic, and long generic test I ran the memtest with both memory sticks and it passed. I'll have time this week to...

The type of the file system is NTFS. WARNING! F parameter not specified. Running CHKDSK in read-only mode. CHKDSK is verifying files (stage 1 of 3)... 87040 file records processed. File verification completed. 50 large file records processed. 0 bad file records processed. 2 EA records...

Bios has "onchip sata type" is set to Native IDE-the options are(Native IDE, Raid, AHCI) I bring this up because I have no IDE drives, only 2-Sata drives system voltage is set to auto, when I change it to manual I can change the voltage to 1.65 voltage control options system voltage control -...

no, I have no cisco programs installed My only programs are Office 2007 visual studio 2008 sql server 2005 nero 7 windows security essentials

Hello, My computer has had 2 BSOD, since I installed the new video card There is a quick splash screen that appears immediately after the first screen when you turn it on(this screen has flashed since I built it, it's not new because of the new video card), it says "gigabyte technology corp...

I ran the memtest individually and received no errors. I bought a a MSI R4550-MD1GH video card to replace the nVidea evga gt210 512 I kept the receipt and if it stops crashing I'll know it was the old video card.(which was new also, but I read some stuff about their drivers being bad) If it...

I forgot to mention I installed Windows security essentials last night After it BSOD today, it turned off security essentials and will not let me turn security essentials on again. I don't think that security essentials is the culprit, because It crashed with a similar code when I had AVG...

Other notes: I bought a new Windows 7 compatible mouse and keyboard There are no yield signs on the devices and printers control panel I ran that command prompt thing and here are the results Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600] Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved...

it crashed again Hello, I reformatted and installed a fresh copy of Windows 7 last night I installed all the motherboard drivers I installed MS Office 2007, SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio I installed all the Windows updates Yesterday it worked fine Today, I started it up and BSOD first thing...

you've convinced me Hello, I'm gonna reformat, and give it a fresh install Can you give me any advice about installing the marvell preinstall driver from the gigabyte driver page? Do I do it similar to the bios update? press f8 and upload it from a usb drive?