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Hi! I have a trouble with self built PC. It just randomly reboots every few days with seemingly no visible clue to what causes it. All minidumps show the same error: BugCheckCode 0x3B, probably caused by win32k.sys and something to do with xxxWindowEvent+327. I have tried more conservative...

I recently upgraded my proc, mobo, and added memory. I reinstalled WinXP and subsequently attempted upgrading to Win7. For some reason my boot sector now gives me 2 choices, 1. former operating system 2. Windows Rollback. I upgraded my Laptop and this did not happen. Upon booting the Desktop...

I dont remember doing anything wrong on my computer then browsing youtube, the web, messenger, watching videos and doing my homework on word. My acer has 500 GB HDD and 4 GB memory. All of the sudden while I was working, my computer starts being slow and not responding to my actions quickly...

Everything was fine this morning until I formatted a brand new bare bones hard drive (MBR)I had hooked up via sata to usb adapter cable. My mistake I think was made when I left it hooked up and later restarted the pc with the cable still in place. The machine starts, I can hear the fan running...

Hi, I have a very similar problem - random bluescreens with the title MEMORY_MANAGEMENT. No single application seems to be associated with the errors - they occur unexpectedly, sometimes even when I'm not doing anything on the PC. I have Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit, an Asus motherboard and...

2 external Maxtor usb drives plugged in when booting I get this message "a disk error has occurred hit ctrl alt del" and the machine a dell xps9100 win 7 64bit will not boot. if I unplug the drives it boots no problem. if I plu either one in I get this message. I tried plugging the drives into...

Hi I am getting the "no speakers or headphones are plugged in" error and the red x over the audio icon. When I check the volume control options I only get ati hdmi output as an option and not the mobo's on board sound card. I have checked this on the Internet and tried updating my drivers...

I have an asus G50V refurb that was working fine fine for about a month, then the dvd drive started to mess up on me. The dvd drive only works about 1/3 of the time after rebooting now. The green light on the cd tray blinks during startup, but doesn't always actually open or read cds/dvds for...

Hey guys, I've got Sapphire AM2RS790G MBO (BIOS - Phoenix Tech. 6.00, date 1/9/2009), Windows 7 Ultimate and Phenom II X4 955. Right after the install of Windows, My Computer reported Phenom II X4 955 - 800 MHz. :o I've tried the CPU-Z tool, here's the result; Link Removed...

Hello, looking for some help with a couple of boot issues i'm having with my Windows 7 computer. I had better start from the beginning: This computer has 4 HDDs, 2x 1TB HDDs for storage, 2 for my seperate windows installations. Story: The first operating system was Windows XP and is...

My issue, no matter what source, or what ram I use, Windows 7 will freeze during install at random points (Mostly during expanding windows files, however, also occurred before even selecting a partition to install on). When I say freeze, i mean the mouse is not able to be moved, and waiting...

Apologies if this has been posted before - I have been a longtime Linux user (switching after running into many frustrating issues with Windows XP), but recently bought a decent PC with Windows 7 so I could get back into gaming. I've only had it for a little over a month and have already ran...

Hi, I have AMD Athlon 64 3200 socket 939 on ASUS A8N-VM board. I have tried installing the Win7 ultimate 64 bit on disk D. The installation have started, but after the first restart the comuter stuck and I can see only black window. I tried to switch to the DVI - no help. I tried to disconnect...

Problem description: I've just built myself a new computer. It was my first time ever building a computer from scratch, although I have played around with the innards of my old one and replaced most things aside from the motherboard and cpu so I had a pretty good idea of what I was doing. I got...

Hello, I've recently switched from Windows Vista to Windows 7 x64. I use the word switched instead of upgraded because I formatted my old drive instead of installing over Vista. I have been using two screens for forever now, both LG Flatron L1750HQ, both are digital and have served me well. My...

I bought my windows 7 on physical DVDs. The ultimate x64 OEM Dvds fresh out of the box. I deleted my hard drive partition and formatted my hard drive to wipe it clean. Now when I try to install Windows 7 onto my computer, the DVD boots and the installation begins. The installation will complete...

Hello again , I was just wondering about a drive not showing in Drive Manager. I have three HDD and they show up just fine in the BIOS . The drive that is not showing in my Device Manager are the 400 Gig and 1500 Gig. But I am running my OS on my 320 Gig , which in neither in Device...

Hey guys, first off here are my specs Motherboard - Gigabyte S-series GA-X48-DS4, Ultra Durable 2 RAM - 4 x Corsair 1024mb RAM Processor - Intel Core 2 Guad Processor Q9400 Video Card - Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX HDD - Western Digital 500gig Power Supply - 700 watts ,Model 700SEL, Fan Controlled...

I have searched the web for more information on how to fix the above mentioned event ids however, noone seems to have the perfect solution. My problem is that I ONLY get these even its within the first 30 minutes of starting my computer - not the rest of the day no matter what I use it for. I...

Good day. The Acer monitor here on my home-built computer enters power save mode (the power light turns amber) exactly 20 minutes after I last touch the keyboard or mouse. When I am watching movies on my computer, it gets frustrating that I have to move the mouse every so often just so that I...