I Just had to replace my motherboard and power supply due to my old PSU dying (and you know that it is rare that the PSU dying doesn't kill the MOBO or something else). Now it is just randomly shutting down (without a BSOD sadly). Sometimes it is just random, just sometimes it is either during...
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I have windows 7 home premium 64 bit
it has been working fine but this morning i went to turn on my computer and it worked for a few minutes then just stopped working. it is fine if i am on chrome or another program for about a minute and a half and then the program just freezes. I try to open...
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windows 7
Hi guys. I am totally new to Windows 7 so please guide me here. I recently got a new laptop, and I tried installing Steam and its games(Half Life 2, CS: Source) and Spore. Steam is fine, but the games all show me a black screen or hangs after the Valve head logo. I have read several threads on...
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windows 7
Hi guys. I am totally new to Windows 7 so I need some guidance. I've recently gotten a new laptop, and I tried installing Steam and its games(Half Life 2, CS: Source etc.) and Spore. Steam is fine, but all the games show me a black screen or hangs after the Valve head logo. So I have to hard...
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I am aware that people have been having problems similar to this, but I have had a good mooch around other threads and so far nothing has worked, so any help would be greatly appreciated.
I recently did a clean install of windows 7 on my samsung Q310 laptop (still at factory spec.), only to...
Hey everyone - I am not sure if this is the correct place to post this, but I'll give it a go. I tried searching btw to see if there were anyone having similar problems, and didn't find anything that relevant. Anyways...
I have been testing windows 7 for a month or so now, and have...
Windows 7 x64 RC
Ati (latest catalysts drivers)
Asus P5Q Pro board
I am having problems getting Half Life 2 Episode 1 to run in W7 x64. Steam starts fine and the game launches (I see the Valve logo etc) but when it tries to go any further it crashes back to desktop. Aero Peek is showing the...
Right now I've been trying to play Half Life 2, Team Fortress 2, Call of Juarez and STALKER SoC. All these games I should be able to play at high if not highest settings yet all of them have extremely low fps. The stutter is horrible games freeze often and I can't do anything for most of the...
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Hey all,
Just curious if anyone that is using the Windows 7 Build 6801 has tried any of the following games on it, or knows someone that has and if they are working fine or if it's useless to try them for now.
The games in question are:
Half Life 2
Counterstrike 1 and Source
Unreal...
I own the 64-bit edition of Vista Ultimate and my Games Explorer is a mess which really bugs me because I'm a big gamer and I liked the idea of having a neat central location for my games.
First of all, some of my games don't appear in the Explorer at all. This is strange because two of the...
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