computer hardware

I recently installed a Sabrent 4-Port USB 3.0 Hub (HB-UM43) which I assume should show up in device manager as a bus powered hub since it has no external power supply. It is listed as having a 900 mA draw and is currently powering a pair of 500 mA USB 3.0 flash drives and is recognized as a self...

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Last Christmas my dad had the idea of custom making me a PC and ever since the first day I turned it on its had the BSOD. The main error that pops up is "Page Fault In NonPaged Area" but I also get "Memory Management" a fair amount too. We took the PC into a computer shop to get it checked out...

Win 7 prof, 24 gig ram, Asus motherboard and several hard drives, regular WDs and 2 SSD. Everything has been fine for months. Tonight I closed out of all programs, went away and when I came back there was a strange notification that said my Plextor SSD (which is my drive C) is failing and I...

I've tried for the past two days issuing everything I know to get a copy of Windows running on my computer. Things to know: -I'm planning on dual-booting with Linux. -It is a desktop. -I have access to a Linux machine that is currently running. -I have the Digital River copy of Home Premium x64...

Hi, I have a lot of 10 computers HP Prodesk 600. I installed Windows 7 on the first one, I created an Acronis image, but when I tried to restored, for some reasons doesn't work. Trying to identify the problem, I used the same HDD already installed, to boot on the second computer. The Windows...

So today I went ahead and installed some windows updates, and while they were installing I went downstairs to eat dinner and came back to my computer not being able to start up at all. http://imgur.com/a/iJM0r The computer starts up but flashes a blue screen and just restarts, I went ahead...

I used CPU-Z to check my CPU's stats and it says that its clock was 2500Mhz [200x12.5] Why is this weird? Because according to its BIOS it should have a base clock of 200Mhz and a mulitplier of 17 what equals 3.4Ghz. This is what the control panel of Windows 7 says as well. So, how do I...

Hi I need a little help installing 8.1 on a ssd.... In short, yesterday I purchased a new HP ENVY 700-230eq desktop that runs on a quad core 4th gen. I7 processor 16gb of ram it also runs on a 2gb. Grafics card and a 2 tb. hhd. And last but not least it works all this great hard ware on the...

Hello, I keep getting a memory dump. Attached is all the files requested in the memory dump section. Let me know if i need to attach more information. -Seren AMD FX 8320 mobo: 990fxa-ud3 Corsair (7F7F9E0000000000) 2X4GB EVGA gtx 770 Seagate 1tb hybrid drive Problem signature: Problem Event...

Hello all, I am running an HP Desktop Pavillion, about 3-4 yrs old, and Windows 7, the 64 bit version. My problem relates to trying to get my Keyspan/Triplite USA-19HS USB To Serial Adapter working again. I haven't used it for about a year, and am now trying to get it going again. Have...

So for the longest time i've been having issues with my comp randomly shutting down on me. Event id 41 kernal power.. Everything in it is show 0 even the time stamp. i have attached 4 minidump files that have shown up. Not sure if its the random restart that caused them or something else. 3...

Hi All: I have a Customer with a newly repaired OEM desktop (by ZT Systems) with an inability to update any Adobe web updates and can use some advice. Specs are as follows: MANUFACTURER: ZT Systems AGE OF SYSTEM: 4.5 Yrs. MOTHERBOARD: Micro-Star International Z1-7596 (64bit) BIOS: AMI...

Hi WindowsForum members, · Windows 7 Service Pack 1 · x86 · My OS is retail version. · Some of my hardware is already 3 years old, some of it is 2 years old. · Age of OS installation - have you re-installed the OS? · My OS is 1 year old, before this problem occur, I already has other problem...

Hello all my respected senior and junior members i have a problem my os is window xp sp3 INTEL (R) Pentium (R) Dual CPU E2140 @ 1.60 GHz 1.60 GHz, 2.00 GB of RAM HDD is 500 GB SATA lenovo mother board and i want to install a new hdd of 2TB or 1TB which will support so please suggest me...

I'm thinking of getting a couple of these cards for the two computers I have that only have USB 2.0 capabilities, but in shopping around, one small question has arisen...some of the cards have an interior 4 pin molex connector, which apparently is for providing power to higher powered...

I need to flash the BIOS on my Lenovo M52 ThinkCenter, so I downloaded what is listed as the current version from Lenovo. The problem is in confirming that I actually got the right one, because the version 2EKT46a listed, downloads as 2EJT46a instead, regardless of the format chosen. The...

Hi, so I've been enjoying windows 7 on a computer I built about half a year ago. However, recently I decided to invest in a new HDD (this one is ssd) as well as a new gpu. I tested and installed the 64bit home premium os at my friends house on his computer which seemed to boot perfectly. When I...

I just got around to installing Speedfan on my IBM ThinkCentre M52 and was surprised at how hot it is running (see screenshot)Both the processor and internal hard drives are much higher than I'm accustomed to. I know that the hard drive is too hot, but with the design of the case, I can't think...

Link Removed When you have your computer reinstalled, chances are you could have many problems such as audio is not working, display quality becomes primitively poor, internet connection drops occasionally, and even worse- your keyboard and mouse simply don’t follow your instructions! When it...