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    Windows 7 GA-MA785GMT Best Bios Settings

    Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H Rev 1.3 BIOS Ver. : F10B Not going into the overclocking/Voltages/freq Etc section. To access all features do CTRL+F1 to go to "Advanced Mode" This Article gives the best information explaining this options. Link Removed Internal graphic mode...
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    Windows 7 Can't find all CPU Cores working

    I bought a used Dell E6500 with an Intel dual core processor (supposedly) but Win 7 Task Manager only finds one core. I've got other computers running dual core and quad core processors, and Performance > CPU history > One Graph per CPU will read as many processors as the processor title says it...
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    Windows 7 Hi, I don't know where to go next

    Very briefly :- I got my new PC up &^ running and installed extra SDD's & HDD's. In the process of setting up the computer I wasn't sure if I wanted to run 64 bit or 32bit Win7. In the event the guy installed win&64 but when I got the computer I fitted another SDD with Win7 32 bit. I booted the...
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    Windows 7 Just bought computer (2nd hand) - several problems. (1st post)

    Hi All - This is my 1st post on this Forum. Apologies if I get things wrong. I just bought this computer from a friend who has emigrated. My previous one suffered 'electrical strike' to the MB. So I am getting used to a load of new stuff. (Windows 7, 64 bit) These problems are giving me a lot...
  6. Windows 8 SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION nvlddmkm.sys

    Hello, I have this problem: every time I start the computer, after it has been shut down for at least a few minutes, I get a BSOD. Most of the times it's really blurry, and the message says SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION and mentions the file nvlddmkm.sys but that is not the only BSOD message I get...
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    Windows 7 Please help! Windows 7 starts to load logo and then reboots and goes to startup repair

    I apoligize in advance as I am new to this forum if this is not the correct location to post my issue. I am currently working on my fathers desktop which is a Dell XPS 400. He had a recent power surge which killed his power supply. We ordered a new power supply installed it and now once we boot...
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    Windows 8 PC only powers on from sleep

    I was running Windows 7 for a long time with no problem. It would sleep and wake up just fine. One day, it would not go to sleep any more. I never got to fix it before upgrading to Windows 8. After upgrading, the system still would not go to sleep. I did some research and basically found...
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    Windows 7 External Hard Drive won't display

    I recently bought an SSD and reinstalled windows with my SATA set to AHCI instead of IDE, but ever since then I can't get my External HDD to show up anywhere, not even in disk management. It makes a noise when I plug it in, but that's it. I tried it on another computer running Windows 7 and it...
  10. Windows 8 Secure Boot seems to be working...

    I have been playing around with the Secure Boot feature to see if I could tell what properties it might show. Currently, to enable the full Secure Boot feature, I have to use the on board graphics, since my Graphics card does not have a UEFI Op Rom. So far, I know Windows 7 will not boot on...
  11. Windows 7 How to make the system partition both boot and system (Windows 7 x64)

    Well,first of all I d like to congratulate the people who startd this forum. It trully is a wealthy source of information on many many subjects! :) My situation is as follows. Windows 7 Ultimate x64 installed on a new drive I bought recently.Run setup from scratch.Re installed OS ( C: )...
  12. Windows 7 BSOD on ASUS PC

    I've had my pc for over a year and it's now crashing and won't start at all. It's and ASUS PC running windows 7. It crashed and now when I run it in start up repair, it give me the following error: IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL Technical information: *** STOP: 0x0000000A (0xFFFFFA8303D8B378...
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    Windows 7 Could This Be Anything Other Than Bad Ram

    I built a new system two months ago and did all the stress test and memtest etc. however, over the past 48 hours my system has started to lock up, the mouse would still move and I can interact with open windows for a few seconds before they also start to freeze up. After 1-2 minutes all open...
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    Windows 7 PC is not shutting down normally!

    Hi there, It's all about my friend's PC and it has the following configuration: MB: Asus P5B-E CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 RAM: 2X Kingmax 512MB DDR2 667MHz => 1GB VGA: Nvidia GeForce 7300le OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x86 The first thing i want to do is to buy a new single RAM...
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    Windows 7 BSOD - System Service Exception tdx.sys - please advise

    Hello, First, my config: Processor: AMD Phenom II x4 945 AM3 Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-790FXTA-UD5 AM3, BIOS F2 RAM: DDR3 Mushkin 996776 4x4 GB (16GB) graphics: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7950 GV-R795WF3-3GD Disks: - SSD Crucial m4 128GB - WD Caviar Black 1TB WD1002FAEX - Samsung F3 HD103SJ 1TB -...
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    Windows 7 SSD Install Problem

    My HP laptop HD crashed, am trying to replace it with a Kingston HyperX 120GB SSD. I do not have Windows installation disks, only have Windows Recovery Disks. All installation instructions I have found for SSD's is for cloning, which I cannot do since the HD is dead. I have installed the SSD...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 Installation No Device Drivers.

    I bought a new Dell Inspiron with Windows 7 pre-installed two years ago. Recently, my computer has acquired a computer virus which slows down my computer, redirects select google entries and on my C Drive there are folders with names like "df4f0569299e83f51098af913b749bc2" I have decided to...
  18. Windows 7 Windows on External Harddrive

    I am getting into an area that I haven't tried until now. I would like to put windows 8 consumer preview on an USB external harddrive. I am told that I can't do it because my computer is not set up for it or something like that. I have changed my bios First Boot: CD, Second Boot: USB-harddrive...
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    Windows 7 Win 7 Fail Install with Fast System Spealker Beeps

    RESOLVED - Bad MEDIA/DRIVE. USB Install got me running. On a new PC (Asus P8Z68-vLX, Intel I5 2400, Corsair 4GB one stick Vengeance Ram) I can not install Windows 7 64 Bit. I get a black screen, with a cursor, and after brief (10 secs)time, I get fast system speaker beeps. It hangs there. I...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 not working on my DELL XPS

    Hii, I recently installed windows XP on my dell XPS which has a windows 7 preinstalled on it. To proceed with windows XP installation i changed the BIOS setting of SATA from AHCI mode to ATA. Windows XP has been installed properly. Now when i try to reboot the system its taking me to windows XP...