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Have a brand new Lenovo Y50-70 running Windows 8.1. Wanted a Ubuntu partition so that I can run Kerbal Space Program in 64-bit. download 64 bit image of Ubuntu 14.10 and pendrivelinux's Universal USB Installer to burn it into a bootable USB. Go into BIOS and set it from UEFI to Legacy and to...

Hi guys. I have a problem. My parents have a pc. These are the stats: Windows XP - 32 bit Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz 3.00 GHz 1,00 GB RAM 48,8 GB HD [22,1 GB free] (if you need more, drop me a line) Their Skype hasn't been working for ages, and I tried to install Windows XP's service...

Hello, I am facing a very strange issue. I recently upgraded my Desktop PC with a Gigabyte H97M-D3H motherboard and an Intel Core i5-4590 Processor and a Kingsdom 120 gb SSd. Then I installed Windows 8.1 x64 Pro at my SSD Drive (IDE mode) and after the successful installation when I turn on the...

I've been having trouble with bluescreening recently. I can't isolate it to any cause, and have very little knowledge of how to fix computers without just resetting them. I have uploaded 4 .dmp files associated with the bluescreens. I don't know how to open or read them, much less how to...

Symptom: I cannot toggle the sleep mode from either my keyboard shortcut or in the menu of windows 8. Both options, shutdown and restart, work perfectly fine but sleep won't work. Here is what happens when I toggle sleep: My screen shuts down but the fans still are blowing. Whenever I move my...

I have a Sony Vaio Fit laptop. It is my main working (and only btw :p) laptop. So I thought I'd just dual boot Windows 10 with 8.1. So, I created a 40GB partition on my hard drive. I downloaded the x64 version of Windows 10 and burned it to a USB drive with Windows 7 DVD USB tool installer. I...

As you know Intel core i* CPUs contains a full graphic GPU which allows driving a monitor without additional graphic card hardware. But what if I explicitely want to use an additional graphic card (e.g. because it is faster or can handle higher resolutions like 4K). Does core i* CPU resp. the...

Hi I have installed a brand new Gigabyte GA-870A-USB3L motherboard for my dad and it has been working for the last few weeks until today, he tells me that a Bad CheckSum error appeared on the BIOS when he rebooted his computer. I have completely powered down the computer and powered it back up...

Hello. I have a big problem and I would like very much if you can, to have patience to read the entire post. I'd like to give me the solution of this problem only if you are really sure and you had such problems. PC configuration: OS: Windows 8.1 x64 CPU: Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5200@2.5...

My laptop Sony Vaio y series was not passing the Sony logo screen so I thought of reinstalling Windows but that was not happening from a bootable usb nor a disk. So I removed the hd and completely formatted it and also made it a bootable hd with windows 8 but my laptop does not go to bios...

I want my Win7-Pro box to auto start (BIOS Power mgmt Time Set) and launch automated scheduled application. I had to disable UAC so it can start and run like my old XP. This works with one account and no password. I wanted full admin permissions so I created 2nd acct, super-admin with...

I have Linux Mint 16 Mate installed on a separate HDD. When booting up (using the F12 method to select HDD) into Linux I see the correct time. When I'm done in Linux and go back into windows my time is off by 5 hours, ahead by 5 hours. It's off in the BIOS as well in the OS. Go into the BIOS...

Machine: Dell laptop -Latitude E7240 Ultrabook External Drive: 3 TB MyBook -- P/N WDBFJK0030HBK-04 when drive is plugged into port replicator-or laptop directly-- the machine will not boot to windows. if the drive is unplugged, the machine will then boot-afterwhich, the drive can be plugged in...

HP tells me I have to buy new win os to make ssd my boot drive. They claim current hdd is keyed to win 8.1 from factory. Something doesn't see right as other are managing to add ssd after the fact and getting the ssd to act as primary drive for booting. Appreciate any help as win 8 as all...

Hi I have just downloaded the windows 8.1 preview version and burned to DVD to install on a newly built PC. The PC specs are: Intel I5 3570k ivy bridge Gigabyte h61m-s2pv rev 2.0 Gskill ripjaw 8gb 1333mhz I am using the integrated hd4000 graphics. Since I completed the build I have been running...

Well, I've been working on this for a couple of days now, and I've researched this issue like crazy, but nothing I've found covers my situation, so I'm looking for some advanced help, please. I'm trying to perform a clean (custom) install of Windows 7 Pro 64-bit from the original retail DVD...

Hello All, Windows 8.1 having a little issue in that the system boots up to splash screen then abrupty reboots again and all is fine. I had the same thing happen with the install of win 8 originally, went into bios and changed the quick boot option and it fixed the problem. Now with win8.1 the...

I have a HP Pavilion dv6-6121se Link Removed i recently upgraded to windows 8 pro and my games got slower and in game options i could only select directx 9 until later i got battlefield 4 and it says gpu cant buffer frame and it said gpu was intel hd 3000 i checked system info and saw it...

I inherited a computer running Windows 7, System Manufacturer HP-Pavilion System Model KZ854AV-ABA m9300t While it runs fine the startup/bootup is messed up. I turn the computer on and it goes the the HP logo and options screen as if I had hit the key to select boot/startup options. While...

Flashed the bios to something relevant. I have two ssds to test, a vertex plus r2 and agility 3, both in ICY DOCK mounts. The front panel HDD lights flash a bit (though that probably doesn't mean much). http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817994083 Getting in the BIOS is a...