hardware compatibility

I have a Dell Latitude D630 and Windows 8. The generic Windows sound driver made the sound for the laptop run, but not with the docking station. I installed the Sigmatel drivers for Windows Vista 32bit. They also worked for me on Windows 7. First, they didn't wanna install, but then I made a...

I have a laptop (Asus K55D) with two OS, Windows 8 and 7, operating through a KVM switch (trendnet tk-409). It is also connected to a Linux machine. Linux machine works fine. When booting the laptop, the Bios and the boot selection work fine too, and so does Windows 8 when booted. But when...

I recently installed windows 7 onto my computer. My computer's Mobo was built for windows xp but i had added onto it with a new gpu and 2 gigs of ram. I bought windows 7 home premium 32bit and installed it perfectly. But whenever i try to play a game or watch videos i get the following error/s...

I have been getting a BSOD every couple days. The error is a system_service_exception with stop code 3b. (STOP: 0x0000003b (0x00000000C0000005, 0xFFFFF9600010D010, 0XFFFFF88E011B40, 0x000000000000) To explain further, I have had this exact same error on TWO different computers, one of them...

I try to add a second internal SATA 6 hard drive to my computer. On restart, Windows 8 gives a message "Preparing for Repair" and after few seconds it restarts computer and again the same message and continues to restart. This SATA was already working smoothly with Windows 7 and Windows 8 RP...

Hello! Just joined the community and I thank everyone in advance for any help with this matter. First let me give a little background of where I am today that might help diagnose this issue. Brand new computer, upon installing Windows 7 could not boot into windows due to missing file errors...

So, I have an issue I'm trying to figure right now. I just recently bought a USB Headset for clearer recording of my voice when talking to others. However, I'm often using two computers: my main Desktop with Windows 7, and my Laptop with Windows Vista. Often, I'll play a game on my Windows 7...

Hi there, It's all about my friend's PC and it has the following configuration: MB: Asus P5B-E CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 RAM: 2X Kingmax 512MB DDR2 667MHz => 1GB VGA: Nvidia GeForce 7300le OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x86 The first thing i want to do is to buy a new single RAM...

Hello this is CrazyKilla About 1 day ago i wanted to install windows 8 beta, after a couple restarts, everything working fine, windows 8 begins installing, i wait a while and it finally reaches 100%, and then the computer restarts, this time its different, it first starts at: PNY Geforce GTS 450...

I have a gigabyte p4m900-m4 motherboard in my custom built computer. I have recently been trying to use the output on the built in sound card to supply my subwoofer. I used to be able to do this a few years ago without a problem. But now that I am running windows 7 I do not seem to be able to...

I've been having an ongoing (about 2 months) problem with my laptop getting the BSOD after returning from sleep mode, specifically when unplugging it. When returning from sleep mode, the screen will take longer than normal to turn back on and show the log in screen. After that, it seems like it...

Hi! I am having trouble installing windows 7 (home premium) on my new raid array (2x intel 330 120GB SSD in RAID0) Basically, windows CAN see the raid volume. it recognies that there is a single 223 GB volume available. I select "Load Driver" for the volume, and plug in my trusty USB with...

Consider the following scenario: You have a Windows 7 tablet with a docking station. You undock the tablet and then in quick succession re-dock it again. In this scenario, integrated devices in the docking station may fail to start. In addition, Device... Link Removed

I have just installed the driver for a Wacom board I have from school on my Acer Aspire 7741Z, purchased almost one year ago, 64 bit. Upon installation (incidentally, the Wacom board is an Intuos 4, and I have another Wacom board of the Bamboo variety), Photoshop 7.0 and other programs including...

Fixes an issue in which an application that uses the IPMI subsystem cannot obtain power information from a computer that has the BMC interrupt enabled. This issue occurs on a computer that is running Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, or... Link Removed

Just for information. It appears Windows 8 does not seem to like sleeping and maintaining a Network Adapter. Every time the system has been put to sleep, after awakening, the network adapter is disabled, and I cannot enable it without a reboot. I am also not sure what a "Microsoft Kernel...

Dear friends, I have a new comp with the following specs: CPU: AMD Phenom II x6 1100T Black Edition Motherboard: Asus M4A89TD PRO/USB3 GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD 6850 1gb 256bit RAM: Kingston HyperX 12gb 1600MHz DDR3 HDD: Western Digital Caviar Black 1tb OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 I can...

Recently I need to "disable drivers signature enforcement" otherwise the network adapter, sound adapter and USB adapters do not work. I would like them to work normally. I have installed the latest drivers from Biostar for the G41-M7 mobo. No change. I have tried to go to to a previous...

Hi All, Recently i brought one 5.1 Home theater and m trying it to connect with my Compaq laptop . Problem :- My problem is i am unable to get 5.1 output from my laptop. My laptop model is:- CQ40 425TU. I am using windows7 OS and my sound card is IDT - High Definition Audio . I have tried...

Hi On random occasions (not that often), I get a BSOD - 'Interrupt Not Handled'. Initially I thought it only happened when I was using my Marvell Controller as opposed to Intel but the dump check seems to suggest otherwise, any thoughts to the cause of this? Link Removed System: Rampage III...