motherboard

So recently I had to get new hardware for my rig. My old motherboard sadly died so new processor, new motherboard. Switched from a AMD Phenom II X6 1055T to a Intel Core i5 4460 and only had an issue due to my motherboard using AHCI and my setup was for IDE but no blue screens after I changed my...

hey all,have a desktop asus m2a-vm motherboard / 4gb ddr2 ram / amd athlon 64x2 5200+ brisbane / 82gb hdd / ati radeon x1300 xge 512mb pci-e. ok i install windows 7 32 bit oem with system pack 1 and all installs perfect until 192 updates are needed and then after the installed updates are done i...

Hello guys. In two words, i boght new computer with and integrated video card. Plan was to make graphics more powerlful therefore ordered new graphic card. Inserted graphics card, installed driver, refreshed WEI (windows experience index), it shows 1.0 in the graphics field + downloaded my...

With windows 10's latest build, version 10130, it has completely disabled audio, i had an issue back when i first started, but that had some sounds, this has none at all. i have tried a number of different things. Is there some stupidly easy fix, or would i have to downgrade? and if i have to...

I had a really nasty virus named Obfuscator.xz which forced me to do a total reset of my Windows. After the reset I started getting these BSOD and they seem to appear at random. Additional info, may be unrelated: After my last reinstall it took at least 1 minute to shut down my computer...

I have a VisionTek 9250 Dual Monitor Graphics Card on a MS-7210 Motherboard in a Refurbished Samsung Magic Station running Windows 7 with 4gb of ram, and 1TB of HD space. I know this card is ANCIENT but only one of the ports works (VGA.) It was tested working on a different system. Right...

I have had several times in the last while where my system 2/3's freezes up. Can't get back to the desktop just after minutes, but still able to reboot. Wondering if it is this B75M-D3H Gigabyte board..?

Hello everyone, I just got a new 3TB hard disk and I can't install Windows 7 64 bit on it. I have added the disk to another computer and I converted it to GPT (GUID). Now it has two partitions: 400 GB and 2,400 GB. (when I try to install Windows it also says it has a 128MB partition of type MSR...

Hey guys! I'm a long time Linux user and after using a work computer for the last 6 months that has windows 8.1 on it I decided I'm going to make the switch. I have my own custom rig and I would like to completely remove Ubuntu and install a copy of windows 8. I already purchased a license from...

I'm trying to flash my BIOS to fix some random restart problems I've been having lately. I have a BIOSTAR Group A880GZ motherboard from American Megatrends Inc. When I try to run afuwin.exe and update my BIOS through the Flash Utility that they have available on their site, I get an error...

Dear everyone, I've tried to explain my problem as good as I could, please do not be afraid of asking for more informations :) I hope you guys can somehow help me out. TLDR My external harddrive randomly removes files after installing new motherboard + processor. Some of the files can be...

I purchased a Windows XP desktop because my old XP desktop motherboard died. I wanted to be able to put my old hard drive (SATA100 7200RPM 160GB) in it and keep on using it. The new desktop has a smaller (looks like 80GB) hard drive that I would like to make a slave out of. I think it is an...

Hi there, I've had a custom PC for about 2-2 1/2 years now and ever since about 2 years ago I've been getting BSOD's. They usually occur after restarting my computer. It happens about 2 or 3 times then my computer I guess warms up and doesn't do it anymore. It sometimes occurs when I try to...

Hello everyone, I'm seeing the same BSOD 6 out of the 7 times it's happened over past week, I'm not to sure what the problem is I haven't overclocked or nothing all bulk standard and would like someone's help on solving this problem i'll attach the 2 Crash minidump files that has happened...

My processor died on my desktop LGA775 motherboard. I have a Intel SLAPL E8400 core 2 Duo processor from a old Laptop. Can anyone tell me if I can put it in the Desktop LGA775 motherboard and use it without damaging the processor? Thanks

I've been enjoying my new computer for a while now, but windows keeps asking me to revert the colour scheme to improve performance Your computer's hardware and video card must meet hardware requirements to able to display Aero graphics. Check that your computer meets the minimum hardware...

I have a problem that ASUS techs don't have the answer to. When I turn on the computer I get 3 bangs from my Sony 2.1 speakers. Then they are ok. The worst problem is that the monitor screen flashes off and on. It can happen on any program. Examples would be an Office program or Quicken. The...

First problem is not always apparent as it randomly happens whenever it decides to happen & its always my mouse. When I turn my system on from cold boot, my mouse isn't working & from the looks of it because its a wired mouse no power. Only fix is to unplug & connect it back in again for it to...

only bsod when gaming at 4k on new titles (bf4 crysis 3) and even old titles (mass effect 3) running 780ti sli water cooled. i5 4690k, nothing is overclocked I did just swap my old mobo for a new one and didnt do a clean install of windows. (clean install is what is coming next) i will include...

Hello, I need some help please. I've just bought and assembled a brand new computer (i.e. every part is new), all the drivers are up to date (I think) and I've only used it for a few days (see attached file for détails on the configuration). My computer keeps either freezing or crashing. It has...