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I have finished putting together a computer today and all I needed to do was install windows 7, however it keeps freezing at the "starting windows" screen before the microsoft logo appears. I have literally tried everything to fix it but nothing works so I've come here in hope of some help.

Hello. I am new here. Hope this is the right forum to post this. Anyway, I just built a pc with the Biostar MB Hi-Fi H61S3 and windows 7 home premium. Everything seemed to go great, until i started intermittently getting an error stating that there is an unknown usb device. i went to system...

Need help choosing Graphics Card Time for another PC build. I have the following components (listed below) ordered from Newegg for my new build. I need advice on getting the best graphics card for my needs. I am NOT a gamer. I currently have (3) monitors on my main PC, and this new build...

I'v been building & upgrading computers for 23 years now I just built my latest P.C. Anyway when I bought this motherboard (Asus P9X79 Pro) I thought that UEFI meant just some kind of different interface for the bios, after researching I see its a whole new ballgame. I installed win7 64bit on...

Hey guys! I was wondering if you could help me out with this glitch my tree makes in explorer. Usually I'm able to search for a solution but I need names on the different assets in Explorer to do that. And since I dunno what the "tree" is really called I can't do a proper search. Anyways, I...

Hi Everyone, I know you probably get a billion of these types of topics on here, but I would like to build a new system and I thought I'd come to the Win7 experts this time :) I'll start with the current system I have, which I built about seven years ago... OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit...

My self built computer recently had a change of motherboard, I now have a Asrock N68C-GS FX. The front cases' and computers back audio jack are not working, I have tried numerous headphones and speakers. However my USB headset works perfectly. My drivers are all up to date, I'm struggling...

Hello Everyone, I am new to the forums and say hello to all!! I programmed with Visual Basic 5, ASP and HTML4 back in the early 2000's. I build all my computers also. My question is, I am getting back into it and need to know if the programmers of today would use my set up...

BSOD error message 0x0000007f (ox0000000000000008, 0x0000000080031, ox00000000000006f8, oxfffff800028dabd0) Just curious what the stuff in the parenthesis means? i believe ox7f is hardware/driver issue, but i'm not a doctor. i don't know. This has been happening it seems almost randomly. I...

I had an all-in-one liquid cpu cooler leak coolant all over my PC last week, luckily it shut down from overheating when there was no coolant left in the loop. I disassembled my PC, cleaned everything with alcohol and let it dry. Then i bought an air cooler and installed it. After installing the...

So I've recently built myself a pc, and since have been having issues with a BSOD while in game in MW3 from anywhere between 10 minutes and a couple of hours of game play, and once in MW2 after a little bit (forgot the time period). I originally had my OS on my 2tb HDD, and since have put in...

I don't know what's wrong with my baby but he's doing something crazy. The SSD that someone bought me is screwed. Meaning, it's slower than both of the HDD's that I have. I've since reformatted the SSD and I'm in the process of removing it from my computer. However, the 500GB isn't doing too...

Hello, I recently posted in the BSOD section of this forum and after several testing, the people over there suggested me to get a new and better CPU Cooler. Link Removed This is how my com looks like: Inside my PC - Imgur This is the CPU-Z thing that I did. Link Removed I will try to get...

So, after reviewing countless forum posts over the past year plus, I finally decided to post my own problem here with hopes someone smarter than I can determine why my Win7 box has been crashing randomly for some time. Saga below... Built the box in Dec 2010. Worked like a champ for some...

I recently built a new computer (specs below) and have no problems with it except that whenever the computer goes to sleep and I wake it up, either with the power button or keyboard, the monitor does not wake up. I can fix the problem easily enough by cycling the power on my monitor. After the...

Hi everyone, Am trying to do a clean install of windows 7 on a desktop. and it will not get pass the expanding process. these are the specs for the PC. Bios Version ...EV91510A.86A.0482 Processor type Intel (R) Pentium (4) Hyper - Threading Technology [Enable] Processor Speed 3GHZ System...

Hey Guys, I have an issue with my rig completely powering off suddenly within the first 15secs of graphics/cpu/RAM intensive games. The 2 games tested is BF3 and L4D2. UT99 works without issue. This issue started a few days ago, here is my set up: 8 GB G-Skill 1600 RAM 256 GB Kingston SSD 1...

Hello, I am having random BSOD's it happens at all times doesn't matter what i am doing or if i am doing anything i usually get atleast 1 a day. All my hardware is in my profile nothing is overclocked since its pointless if the system is not stable yet. I did purchase all parts and built it...

Hello, I just built a new computer and it gives me Blue Screens randomly. I searched all over the internet but non of the solutions resolved my issue. All drivers installed are up to date and I have no missing drivers from the system. Can anybody help me? It really is frustrating bearing in...

I'm sorry this has been posted numerous times before, but I've read through everything, but haven't yet found a fix. The problem is I get the "Unidentified network" message when I try to connect to the internet via LAN. I just built a new PC, and started getting this error. I've never used LAN...