hardware compatibility

I bought a new gaming computer 2 months ago...when I plugged it in no video...replaced cable to TV...pulled out video card and memory....unplugged a bunch of wires...plugged everything back in carefully....video works....when pressing alt key on keyboard I loose video...got new...

At a time when the PC is playing a more central role in our lives, Windows 11 is designed to bring you closer to what you love. Windows has always existed to be a stage for the world’s innovation. It’s been the backbone of global businesses and where scrappy startups became household names. The...

Windows 10 has trouble with small boards, even recent ones. The latest update bundle tries to install video drivers that makes the whole update roll back on restarting. When you tell it not to, and update your drivers before the update, it goes in after two more tries. Oh boy.

Hi My HP 280 G2 MT does not recognise my SSD since a BIOS update a year ago. The BIOS version was A O.27. It won't even boot with the SSD attached. Now even with the latest A 0.48 BIOS things are same. The OS is in the HDD now . The SSD is a Samsung evo 850. The SSD works fine in another Dell...

Hi I have installed Windows server 2016 essentials on a system using Silicon Sil3114 Raid5 with 3 4TB Drives the install went find as normal but the system will not boot. When the system is starting up I hit <F11> and the Raid5 system is there as an option to boot on, but when I select it, it...

One of my computers did the creators update and now refuses to print. It is a Dell Optiplex 3040 and the printer is an HP Color Laserjet CP2045. I worked great until the update. I have removed the printer and reinstalled it several times but I get no response from the printer at all.

Hello everyone, I'm trying to install the latest version of Zorin on a Toshiba Tecra A9 s9015x laptop it currently has windows vista. I'm getting this error EDD: Error 2000 reading sector 750555 No default or UI configuration directive found. I've attempted this twice with to diffrerent DVD...

Hello there, I have an HP Pavilion DV6-6C35DX. I did a clean install of Windows 7 (64-bit), then tried downloaded the drivers from HP's site. All the drivers worked except for the WiFi driver. I tried upgrading to Windows 10 to see if it would auto update but WiFi still wasn't working. I was...

Hello I bought a second-hand Asus EeePC 1001PXD which sports an Atom N455 processor and 2GB RAM. While Linux had multiple issues, XP worked right away. However, as XP is no longer supported, I was wondering how Windows 7 would run on that hardware, either Home or Ultimate. Thank you.

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I did the upgrade from Windows 7 Ultimate to Windows 10 Pro. Privacy concerns aside, I like Windows 10. I haven't had any problems with software and hardware compatibility. I use 27 different email accounts within WLM 2012, for a variety of reasons. Many of these email accounts have additional...

As a Newbie here I am not sure if I posted this on the wrong section so please forgive the duplication. I purchased from Amazon Win10 Pro on a USB Datastick. My current set-up is as follows. Toshiba Satellite S50T A117 Laptop running Windows 8.1 which works properly. ùP is i7 2.4Ghz Ram...

When I try to connect a new device (Alcatel OneTouch Y580) to my computer I get Error message 651. I know the device is OK as it connects to my tablet. Can anyone adviose please. Mike

Hi, I decided to try out what I am hearing as an awesome OS to come! But I am trying to install it on my older windows 7 home prem HP G71, I meet all the qualifying specs, and a little more. First I downloaded the ISO from my windows 8.1 (the main laptop I have) and burned it to dvd.. On the...

Recently I had to take out my Vista drive and pit it into a holder where now it is like an external drive. I want to boot that drive but when I attach it to my new computer (64 bit Windows 8.1) it doesn't boot. I really want to run that drive again and while I can see all the data on that...

Unpicking the past is a messy business for Microsoft Review Microsoft does not have long to fix Windows 10. The company plans to release it this year, and if that implies hardware on the shelves, the operating system will need to be completed in the summer – and most features will need to be...

currently running windows 8.1, I built my own computer so I know all internal parts work together so that's not an issue but when ever I am playing a game, I listen to music or watch a tv show as well to not get bored on my computer. sometimes the bsod occurs and sometimes I don't get it for...

When I power up my machine, after BIOS the computer beeps with the 'no operating system found, press any key to continue.'. I press a key, and the machine boots no problem. This happens even with only the boot drive in the machine.. I've tried it with the drive in several different SATA plugs...

I recently upgraded to windows 8.1 from 7. Whenever I connect my D-Link dongle, windows thinks that it is a read only storage drive. I uninstalled and re-installed the D-Link software but it doesnt work. When I start the "D-Link Connection Manager" it shows the loading screen and then...

I have a Windows 7 Pro X 64 computer. Several years ago I bought a Ceton Infinity 4 pci card. When I ran the Digital Cable Advisor it told me I needed to upgrade my video card to support digital cable, and I bought a AMD Radeon HD 6770 card which I have used successfully for years. Last week I...