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Running Windows 7 in a RAID 0, and periodically I will get a boot failure error with the message No default or UI configuration directive found. This usually happens if I do some kind of heavy maintenance on my system. For example I might remove my graphics card or cpu cooler to blow the dust...

I keep getting BlueScreen errors and the pc is restarting after I switched motherboards from a gigabyte p55-usb3 to a biostar t5xe cfx-sli. I kept all the same components except I added another gtx 470. Thermal paste was freshly applied all around, all the idle and load temps seem normal...

Greetings all -- new on this forum. I'm looking for advice on a crashing problem with the system in my profile. Here's how the crashes act: -Can occur at random times, but certain apps, including Acronis Home Backup, never reach completion without crashing. -May occur as a BSoD, spontaneous...

Help plzzzzzzzzzzzzzz i have done everything in the world to stop my BSOD and i can't figure out how to fix it !!! I'm about to blow up my machine ! i am a complete noob when it comes to all of this stuff so PLZ USE ENGLISH to help me out the September crash is rather old, i have since fixed...

I built a new system two months ago and did all the stress test and memtest etc. however, over the past 48 hours my system has started to lock up, the mouse would still move and I can interact with open windows for a few seconds before they also start to freeze up. After 1-2 minutes all open...

Hey guys! For years, I always had a compressed can of air which I use to clean my PC about once a week. I'm looking to get an electrical air compressor (which would save lots of money) and was wondering if you guys can suggest cheap ones that get the job done. These are 2 I saw for under $100...

Heya, I'll try give the maximum information about my system first, here we go : Proc:Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E8400 (bought the 06/27/2008) - CM:Asus P5Q Pro - Boitier:Cooler Master Centurion 590 - ram:G.Skill Kit Extreme2 2 x 2 Go PC6400 PQ DDR2 800 - Ventirad: Noctua NH-U12P - Alim: Enermax...

Hi So I went on a three day trip. When I got home, I turned on my computer. The cooling unit made an unusual noise, and all of a sudden the monitor turned off, as well as the computer. Now, whenever I turn on the computer, it works perfectly fine (The cooling unit noise is gone also) but the...

Hi, I've been having really weird BSOD's with my system lately. Googled all the error codes and still came up with nothing. Most of the suggested fix was to just strip the system and test 1 peice of hardware at a time, but i know that my system is stable, 5passes with memtest showed 0 errors...

I bought my ASUS N55SF this winter. And already I had my screen changed. But the real issue is that I have been having BSOD and computer freezes! Now, they happen when I am playing games. Not all games. For example Half Life 2 a well known title, makes my PC do one of 2 things: A. BSOD me right...

Hi, I don't get on much these days but at age 79 I am still computing among many other things and I wanted to tell you that | have just updated to Ivybridge. and installed the Corsair H80 liquids cooling. Now I don't mention this to boast but to say how great the Corsair H80 is I am now getting...

I always try to keep my room cold in the summer (i am a winter person). But ive noticed my monitor flicker is worse then and not as bad other times. Is blasting AC the problem? I have a NVIDIA 550 Ti 1GB card with monitors hooked up through VGA to DVI adapters. Asking a YouTube Computer Master...

I've just built a new computer. Im getting Bsod's quite often. I beleive it has something to do with my ram. (I've been working on overclocking them). Prime95 stable for two hours on blend. Yet, Bsod's after 20 minutes of playing skyrim. I've also had it do this twice while moving files from 1...

Hi everyone, my computer is having random freezes, and BSOD. I´d buy a new hdd, cleaned all the coolers, run memtest, boot with only 1 ram and then with the other, and the problem persist. I dont know what else can i do so... Link Removed Im sorry for my bad english, thanks :)

I have a toshiba satellite c650 on idle i get Link Removed when playing minecraft i get Link Removed are these temps fine? thanks!

Link Removed The Max is what it was hitting when i was running the stress test and it idles around mid 40's... and i mean as soon as i started the stress text the cores instantly jumped to 90's :( help please, 2 weeks ago i replaces the thermal paste on my heatsink and it went down from mid 50's...

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alright the first one is when i'm not doing anything on the computer the second one is when i'm playing diablo 3 , and right after i finish playing there usually at 60's i opened my computer case and cleaned out as much as i can i don't have a way to get a can of compressed air today /: is it...

Hi, for some strange reason my PC started to give me these random BSOD after about 1h of run time. It started doing this a day ago and have never stopped since. I have tried inserting the ram one by one, leaving only my OS drive installed, still no luck. Can someone please take a look at my dump...

Windows 7 Ultimate GTX 580 cosair TX850 ASUS p8z68-V/GEN3 (The bios for this Confuses me!!) i7 2600k (Forgot the name of my heatsink and fan) Its by coolmaster (its a good one) HAF32 So plenty of case fans PC hissing/ CPU overheating When playing games then BSOD. This has been happening on...