external devices

Hi I keep having random crashes and freezing and bsod my pc is used for high end 3D and game design doesn't seem to make it through the night when left to render animations. ( There is no pattern in the crashes etc... they are just random ) I have also run memory test on the ram that was fine...

I had windows 7 installed on my machine and because of a virus infection, I had to format my C: drive and reinstall the operating system. The disc seems to install windows 7 fine, but then when I go to start windows, nothing happens. The 'starting windows screen' appears but then it just...

Hi guys, I have a problem with Windows 7 Ultimate x64 setup and it's quite frustrating. Before I explain what is happening let me give you my system specifications CPU: Intel Core i7 870 Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4 rev 2.0 Ram: Excelram 2x2GB Red Culvert 1600 mhz Disk: Seagate Barracuda...

Hi all, I'm having a problem that seems to be shared by many other users based on the number of forum threads i've come accross related to this topic. I'll describe it in some detail to avoid the usual advice which hasn't worked so far so please bear with me. I am unable to move files onto...

Hello, Earlier this morning I moved my PC to a different location about four feet away from its previous location. I hooked up all my connections - only a monitor and external speakers - and turned my PC back on. I then discovered I was no longer getting any audio output. Running the Win7...

I am able to use my laptop trackpad and keyboard, but my external keyboard and mouse don't work on the welcome screen. Once I login the external devices work without issue. Any help would be appreciated.

Hi Folks. Bought a new motherboard,cpu and a copy of Windows 7 Home 64 bit in November. For the last month or so I haven't been able to use my printer, my external drive, jumpdrive or ipod. What happens is I'll boot my computer up and everything is fine for a few minutes and then my computer...

My system: Sony Vaio VGNZ890 Win7 Professional 64 bit NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS (driver version 187.35) Realtek High Definition Audio Driver 6.0.1.5859 I have the HDMI output option available in the Sound menu and I have set it as the default device. I then connect the HDMI cable to either my...

i have a problem with my firewire, my harddrive and my internal firewire card (pci?) wont be recognized by windows 7 i tried the folowing, but without any result http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itprohardware/thread/65cb7a25-2a84-4875-aa27-b084537e8da1 when i folow it, i can...

Okay i have been using Windows 7 for approximately 10 months and it never gave me any trouble...i have using it all along as the beta versions rolled in to the final 7600 build. None gave me problems. But just a few days ago i rebooted my computer and then my windows 7 got stuck at a black...

I recently upgraded from Vista 32-bit to Windows 7 32-bit and have run into an issue with my USB ports. Basically, if I plug any device (notably a USB pen drive) which requires automatic installation by windows, all of the devices attached to USB ports go dead. In the device manager, all of the...

Has anybody else had startup freezes after running Windows Update? I started having problems after the Oct securtity updates. It isn't always the same I had a fault on my built in card reader in device manager in external devices. I finally got that fixed then there was one from one of my 2...

Hello everyone, I installed win7 yesterday and just finished setting everything up the way I wanted it. I’ve only had to shutdown/restart a few times so far. The first time shutdown took so long I just lost patience with it and held the power button. The second time was last night, I...

Anyone have trouble getting a Magic Jack telephony device working in Win 7? So far when I plug it in, it acts like it will initialize, then fails and says I need to plug it into the USB port. I tried latest chipset drivers, but no go. :rolleyes: Magic Jack website is useless. Sounds similar...

After installing the windows 7 RC, the keyboard, trackpoint, and wireless were not working on my Lenovo X60 tablet (external devices would work, but I could not even turn the wireless device on). This is apparently a problem with many lenovo machines discussed on this forum, and I thought I'd...

When I tried to install Windows 7 Beta, an error screen pop out with this error. It says its some kind of I/O error and one of my external devices may be causing it. However, I'm not sure which, since the only external devices I have are the mouse, keyboard and monitor. >.> Through a bit...