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Windows 10 Troubleshooting Computer Freeze After Extended Idle: Windows 10 Sleep Issues
After leaving the computer idle for some time, like overnight, I find the computer apparently awake (sleep light not on), with the hard drive light irregularly but dimly flashing, and no way to access it. Neither mouse clicks nor any key on the keyboard does anything, nor is there any apparent...- MikeAtt
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- bios hard drive idle power issues recovery sleep mode system freeze troubleshooting unresponsive windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Computer Can't Run any Boot Devices
My computer was running Windows 10. Here are my specs: 2 x 16GB G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2400 1 x WD Blue 3D NAND 1TB Internal SSD 1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW GAMING ACX 3.0, 08G-P4-6286-KR, 8GB GDDR5X 1 x Intel Core i7-7700K Kaby Lake Quad-Core 4.2 GHz 1 x ASRock Z270...- emcgrady
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- apple superdrive bios boot issues bootable media bootcamp command line corruption disk utility external drive format drive installation recovery restart ssd stop code tech support troubleshooting windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 10 how to install Windows in a raid 1 config
Hi. I have two 160gb hdd and I wanted to install windows in a raid 1 configuration with those drives. I have windows 10 currently installed in a third 320gb hdd and already transformed the other two into a single raid 1 partition. How do I install windows in the raid 1? Do I have to move the...- eliasvelardezft
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- bios configuration dynamic hdd installation partition raid windows windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Windows 10 Unable to launch windows 10
I’ve decided to upgrade from windows 8.1 to 10 but I’m having a problem. It won’t launch. What I did was from windows 8, I plugged in the flash drive that I bought from Microsoft. A window pop up and there was a .exe file. I double clicked and it said installing updates and then I put in the...- Akotski1337
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- 64-bit asus bios boot issues crash drivers error flash drive formatting gaming hardware installation key recovery software startup system requirements tech support troubleshooting upgrade windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Windows 10 Win 10 ram with variable speed ?
HI 1Questions wonders: that is, the question is why when Windows 10 Task Manager when you look at the RAM memory speeds so far it will appear 1200Mhz even though the memory speed is 2400Mhz. However, in bios, everything is displayed correctly, in terms of volume and speed. Memory is 8Gt DDR4...- Rapaaja
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- bios ddr4 memory performance ram speed task manager update variables windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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ISO images bootable only in Legacy BIOS OR (!) UEFI ? Decision at ISO creation time or at storage on USB flash drive?
As you known there are many sofwtare tools available which offer not only a setup.exe but an ISO to download. This ISO can either be burned on a CD/DVD or put onto an USB Flash drive. I am NOT talking about Win10 ISO images but other software like (examples): - Gparted GParted -- Live...- pstein
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- bios boot manager bootable usb clone compatibility file system flash drive gparted installation iso images legacy bios partition wizard rufus secure boot software storage tools uefi
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 10 New PC Build. New Windows 10. After first reboot
Asus x299 Deluxe II Corsair Ax1000 Be Quiet Dark Base Pro 900 Samsung M.2 870 2tb Corsair H100i Bios seems ok. Things appear proper in there (I think). It sits with out any unexpected rebooting at all. cpu 33deg. I put in the Windows 10 stick and rebooted the machine and start install...- revel
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- asus be quiet bios boot loop boot manager computer issues configuration corrupted files corsair error hardware installation nds driver pc build reinstall restart samsung support troubleshooting windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Guide to Reinstalling BIOS on a Laptop with No Screen Display
How can i reistall bios from a laptop that is not showing anything on the screen- Agent48
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- bios hardware laptop reinstall screen issue troubleshooting
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- Forum: Desktop Customization
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Windows 10 Going to install update
I did a Macrium backup yesterday, ran a Dell Support Assist scan, installed new BIOS, and an Intel Interface Driver. Is there anything else I should do? I am on admin account for this upgrade. Thanks.- Fenway16
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- administrator backup bios dell drivers intel macrium scan support update
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Windows 10 disable secure boot
If someone comes across a way to disable secure boot without clearing keys, or if I do, it would be nice to have it posted here. Not holding breath though. My board is Asus TUF Plus z390 Gaming WIFI but a similar newer board might suffice. I will ask elsewhere although we should not double post...- Peterr
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- asus bios disable forum gaming hardware key secure boot tech support z390
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- Forum: Windows Graphics and Gaming
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Windows 10 Cannot exit BIOS (ASUS zn241IC W10)
ASUS zn241IC Al in One PC runnign windows 10: a Friend texted me this a.m this picture it their BIOS screen on their ASUS all in one. They said the machine was acting really slow, she had clicked an icon to do something and "The little blue circle was spinning really really slow and it wasnt...- Brando
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- all-in-one asus bios boot issues boot sector diagnostics error exit bios hardware keyboard performance issues power down recovery repair restart tech support troubleshooting user help windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Interrupted Update Issue
Thanks in advance for any help you may provide me. I accidentally powered down in the middle of the update process on my Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Asus laptop. Safe mode works. Normal mode does not. After logging in, after the “welcome” screen, I get either a black background or the default white...- Retinal
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- acmon error bios black screen laptop normal mode performance issues recovery safe mode service pack startup repair system repair system restore task manager troubleshooting update user interface windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Digital Display Audio is not plugged in [HELP!!!!]
Hello I have this problem with my computer is my audio is not working and i go to my audio devices and it says my digital display audio is not working and its 5 of them which never showed before it was only one of them but anyway And it says my AMD High definition audio is working and clearly...- Shadowandy123
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- audio issues bios digital audio hardware issues high definition audio motherboard sound devices speaker setup troubleshooting windows audio
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Installing ram memory
I have added 4 Gb RAM but memory to the 4Gb of my Intel 3 64 bits processor desktop. In the Bios I read 8 GB RAM memory but looking to the memory usance in the task manager it seems that only 3 GB is available. But also there the header says that 8 GB is available?? Do I have to change...- piet174
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- 64-bit bios desktop installation intel memory ram settings task manager upgrade
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 10 Cannot boot with 2nd HD plugged in. POST Windows 10 re-install
Hello, Summary of problem: After re-installing Windows 10 on my SSD, I have to have my 2nd HDD unplugged to get it to boot to windows. As a test step, I did configure the HDD SATA port for hot swap mode. This does allow me to boot the computer with only the SSD plugged in and once it boots, I...- zx96r
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- bios boot issues boot manager data integrity disk management hardware hdd hot swap legacy bios motherboard partition management power cycle reinstall seagate ssd storage configuration troubleshooting uefi windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Update for Windows Defender antimalware platform
Microsoft reports relate to a bogus update from Win Defender stopping some machines from starting when secure boot is turned on:- kemical
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- antimalware applocker bios command prompt enterprise file path fix group policy home known issues microsoft platform update pro secure boot service running support update windows 10 windows defender windows server
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Windows 10 windows 10 install on new hard drive
I'm using a windows 10 ISO on a flash drive for install. Do I need to go into BIOS and change boot priority.- z401
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- bios boot priority flash drive hard drive installation iso windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Computer having troubles starting up and shutting down.
My computer has been acting up the past few months and I've fixed a lot of problems already, from constant freezing to not booting. About two weeks ago my computer hasn't been shutting down correctly. When I choose shut down, it shuts down, but a few seconds after being off, it restarts. About...- JeronStevens
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- amd bios boot computer cooling diagnostics freezing gtx hardware issues performance power supply ram restart samsung shutdown startup troubleshooting windows
- Replies: 30
- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 10 Manually Rebuilding a Windows Boot Partition (MBR)
In this tutorial we will be manually creating the system boot partition. This is for a system that is BIOS booting (sometimes referred to as legacy or legacy CSM) which utilizes the MBR. The MBR is the first sector on the hard drive that contains a small first stage boot loader which hands the...- Neemobeer
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- active partition bcdboot bios boot boot manager command prompt diskpart drive letter formatting legacy mbr os installation partition primary partition repair system reserved troubleshooting tutorial usb installation windows
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- Forum: Windows Tutorials
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AHCI Mode in BIOS Missing
SATA Mode only shows RAID option. I did all the update on my Windows 10 and downloaded the necessary Drivers from my Unit's Manufacturer Website, Intel, and Microsoft. And my SSD M.2 2280 cannot be detected. I checked and it should be compatible. M.2 slot might be disabled but I don't know how...- Kristofferson
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- ahci asus bios compatibility configuration detection drivers egpu hardware intel m.2 motherboard performance raid sata settings ssd update windows 10
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Windows Hardware