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ok, so i have a Z87M MSI board with 16gb of gddr 3 ram with a 4690k cpu. i also have tested with different cpu, ram and gpu with exact same results. Anytime i hit restart via the windows menu, it never restarts. it goes black and just sits there. the onboard troubleshot number says 00 and there...

Users can disable "Fast" Boot" in BIOS. But is there a way to check from a running Windows 10 if "Fast Boot" is currently enabled or not? Assume the local Windows 10 Pro was previously installed WITH enabled "Fast Boot" in UEFI-BIOS. Later (after installation) I disabled "Fast Boot". Will this...

HI! I tried to install Windows XP 2005 (from an original recovery disc) on an old Laptop (Medion MD 41300, 32 BIT) but it failed due to the fact that it didn't copy a few files (messages while installing). Now I am stuck in between (endless loop). XP tries to boot, but is messaging in between...

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After the windows splash screen during boot up, all the USB devices turn off... there is a roughly 60 second delay, they come back on, and it boots into Windows fine. Ideas? I dual booted into Ubuntu and USB stays on the entire time and there is no delay. I also tried booting from a live...

So I after upgrading to windows 11 I realized that secure boot was off, so I wanted to turn it on, only problem is that according to the bios It was already on, so I exited the bios and I checked in system information if it was on or off; but it said that it was off. I tried to fix it and...

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Hello everyone, my name is Clint and I just wasted no time when it came to screwing up my lovely new laptop. I've owned my computers and laptops for the last 30 years and have never posted in a forum for help. So, if anyone here can help me fix this I will forever be in your debt. Let me tell...

I have a Sandisk SSD that has Ubuntu loaded on it. I built a pc and loaded Windows 7 and both hard drives work. The SSD drive shows up in device manager and bios setup. Clicking on my computer the SSD drive does not show up. I look at the ssd using device manager and it gives me the option to...

Product Model: ASUS Vivobook 15 – K515EA BIOS/FW Version/Build Number: X513EAN.201 Windows 11 Pro Insider Preview Build 22533 Custom – Did fresh Windows 11 install from ISO Installed ASUS System Control Interface Driver v3.0.22.0 and ATK tools 1.0.0061 Unable to see on screen display icon...

After I turn on my laptop and log in the screen starts flickering and after some seconds it turns black with some green lines etc... After restarting my laptop everything is back to normal. I've tried uninstalling the graphics driver and reinstalling, updating every other driver via 3rd party...

Hi, Lenovo Thinkpad E550 (ThinkPad) 20DF0030US is stuck at ThinkPad welcome screen. If I am right, this is POST screen. Windows 10 is installed in the ThinkPad. After this issue, I turned it off and turned back on multiple times but Windows 10 Troubleshoot Menu is not coming. I pressed and...

I got 3 new batteries recently for 3 different model laptops (Windows 10). One is working as expected. The other two batteries work well and charge and discharge normally. They are usually kept plugged in most of the time. we get a lot of power interruptions so then the batteries discharge a...

Hi, So my BIOS was updated through windows update and since after that the fans speed is very low when I'm using the laptop. However the temperature of the cpu stays under 70 Celsius even when performing burnin test at 100% cpu. My laptop is 5 mounths old and the fans are clean, no dust or...

Hi Will booting my windows 10 computer in BIOS mode work with my TV that is connected to the HDMI or RGB port? Or does BIOS mode only work with the VGA port? Also, does it have to be a small monitor (instead of a HDTV) for boot mode? Thanks for any info

Hi, everyone, In search of a problem that was causing Win 10 to lock up on my XPS13 9343, I enabled driver verifier. Predictably, this is now generating BSODs. This is the expected diagnostic behavior, I gather. The problem is, I have not been able to to get into Windows in any mode that will...

Hello, I have 2 hard drives each with a Windows installation and always had the option of booting from either drive upon switching the PC on. I recently reinstalled windows on the second drive using Windows Reset function. Since then, windows will only boot from this drive whilst my other drive...

I have a big problem with my desktop pc. This is an assembled mid-range gaming pc. It always did great until Windows released the 20H1 update. Since then, if I try to update the PC during operations it crashes giving a blue screen, restoring everything to the previous restore point. I don't care...

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