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  1. Windows 10 Windows 10 activation

    I just upgraded my motherboard/cpu/ram and installed windows 10 home successfuly. However, I am unable to activate my windows 10 because I don't know how to sign into my mircrosoft account that my digital license is tied to active it. I get an error code: 0x803F7001 and there is no place to add...
  2. Windows 10 Windows 10 boot

    I need to reinstall OS after an upgrade of motherboard/cpu and I have no physical copy to do so. However, my friend has a Windows 10 usb for windows 10 pro, but I own windows 10 home. Can I use his usb to boot off of or do I need to burn my own iso?
  3. Upgrading RAM for a M5A99FX PRO R2.0 MoBo

    Hi, I've been using 2 Patriot Viper Xtreme 8GB PC3-12800 1600MHZ sticks and am in the need to upgrade as I do more video editing and Gaming than before. Any suggestions that will give me the most bang for my buck and supports my M5A99FX PRO R2.0? Specs| M5A99FX PRO R2.0, AMD Radeon r9 270, 2...
  4. Windows 10 Windows 10 not installing! please help.

    Hi, i had windows ten installed, the 64 bit version. I replaced my motherboard and CPU. booted into windows and it worked. I decided to reinstall windows because i did not feel comfortable with the new hardware change. So i put in my windows 10 usb flash drive, went into my BIOS and booted from...
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    Windows 7 BSOD + Possible hardware damage

    Hello everyone. I was using my PC when suddenly something snapped, messing up the screen with lines, dots and swirlies and it restarted the PC, showing a BOSD every time I attempt to start it again. I don't think it's my graphics card or power supply, since I swapped them with my backup PS &...
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    Windows 7 Will a Windows 7 hard drive work in a Windows 10 formatted pc?

    I bought a refurbished Windows 10 desktop and I want to install my windows 7 h/d in it. Will it work? The motherboard is bad on my old system. Thanks
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    Windows 7 How hot is too hot for CPU? Sudden reboots?

    During the last two weeks I observed sudden reboots of my Win 7 system. In various, different situations the system crashed suddenly and starts afterwards automatically a reboot. I verified possible software configurations and tracked it down to some hardware issues. The only reason I can think...
  8. Windows 7 Sony VAIO PCG-71511L

    I am attempting to run a reinstall of Windows 7 for a friend. The system boots and gets into the Windows install, though when it gets to Expanding Files ... 75%, the system acts like it is rebooting and then shuts off. I have thought about that it could be bad RAM or HDD. Though the times that...
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    Windows 10 Help Needed: BSOD BAD_POOL_HEADER Crashes Despite Hardware Changes

    Hi. So I have been having issues with my computer crashing and displaying the BSOD BAD_POOL_HEADER for a few weeks now. Have tried a few solutions I found online but non of them worked. I've tried other memory and also changed motherboard & cpu. I've run tests on the ssd and hhd as well. I've...
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    Very slow internal hard drive transfer speeds

    Hi I'm getting very slow hard drive transfer speeds. Both drives are SATA: Seagate Barracude Green 2TB 6Gb/s 5900RPM ST2000DL003 HGST 4TB 6Gb/s 7200RPM HDN724040ALE640 There is plenty of space on each drive. I'm transferring from the Seagate to the HGST. I'm copying over some video...
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    Windows 10 Unexpected_Store_Exception, can no longer boot

    Not 100% sure this is the right place, since I am unable to get a dump file, but it is bsod related. I've got a windows machine that periodically (currently, every week or two) has been getting to a state where it won't boot. Each time is preceeded by an unexpected_store_exception, or...
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    Windows 8 Serious issue

    I haven't had any problems since I installed windows on a new hd back in 2012. Until now. Yesterday I was on the internet and I see something like static on the screen. After a short while my computer froze. I restored and that seemed to work, but today Windows will not boot. I can boot in Safe...
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    Windows 10 Computer Freezing

    Hi, My computer specs are: Intel CPU Intel Core i7 6700 Quad Core LGA 1151 3.4GHz CPU Processor Corsair 16GB (2x8GB) CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 DDR4 2133MHz Vengeance LPX DIMM Black Crucial BX200 480G 2.5inch SSD Corsair RM550x 550W Power Supply Fully Modular 80 Plus Gold Corsair Hydro Series H55...
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    Windows 10 Windows 10 BSOD on Boot

    Yesterday I opened a ticket with Microsoft help on this problem and after elevation to level 2 at Manila PI I was told that my mother board does not support Windows 10. I am not sure about that since I had been using Windows 10 for more than 6 months without problems or I should say minor...
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    Windows 10 BSOD - win10pro64 - The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck.

    Hey guys! Im new to the forum. Seen a lot of great help on here and wondering if you guys may be able to assist me. Dell recently replaced my old system with a new one because of a motherboard warranty problem. The new computer was operating just fine up until recently when I started getting a...
  16. VIDEO Computer randomly freezes and making loud noises

    I have a custom build desktop and on and off for over a year this has been happening: Computer will completely randomly freeze, normally when playing a video (youtube right monitor) before i start yelling, you can slightly here just hissing and ****ed up noises. Sometimes louder or different...
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    Silicon Image 3114 SATA RAID

    So, Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe with Silicon Image 3114 SATA Raid on motherboard... Got everything up and running on Windows 10 x32 (x64 won't load, I think it does see enough RAM) thanks to Neemobeer. In order to boot into Windows I must configure something on the SI RAID controller. If I don't...
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    Windows 10 No device drivers found help??

    Hey guys I just built my PC today everything is working fine but when I was installing Windows 10 it said "No device drivers found" and I have no idea what the problem is. In the BIOS it said that I do have my HDD and my SSD, the only thing I can think that might have caused the problem is the...
  19. Windows 7 windows 7 problems..

    Hello.. i want to install windows 7 but i have problems when install them... i want some programs but i cant install them.. for example, on adobe flash player stacks on 5% and says internet connection error.. and on some other programs like vlc says nsis error.. i have try to run sfc /scannow...
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    Windows 10 Stereo Mix issue? Trying to use SPDIF and Analog Audio together!

    So I've been goin' nuts with this for about a week. So I recently purchased a 1000W Sony Home Theater System (BDVN-5200W) which is my main outgoing audio system. What I had before this was a Razer Leviathan. My main audio for the Sony is connected via Optical / SPDIF and the main reason I'm...