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Hello. I've had these BSOD's for weeks, where i would crash after playing games, screen goes black with stuttering sound and then i get Hyper Transport Sync Flood error. WhoCrashed shows BCCode 124, and bluescreen viewer thatntskrnl.exe is the culprit. I'm not overclocking since I'm not into...

Issue: Each time i try to install windows 10 pro 64bit the install crashes and gives me a blue screen giving me two errors. The first being the one that comes up most often IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL and the second Drive Overran Stack Buffer. Also in the Bios when i try to enable windows 8.1/10 whql...

I'm currently in the process of getting parts for a new computer build. So far I have a Asus Maximus VIII Hero mobo and a Samsung 850 EVO 500GB. M/2 ssd for it. I'm also going to be re-using the Seagate Barracuda 3.0TB h.d , Intel 530 Series 400GB ssd (for Games), Lite On DVD-RW, Lite ON Blu-ray...

Okay, I recently replaced the power supply on my desktop machine. This was after, this last Sunday, I went to turn the machine on and the power button wouldn't do anything. It was dead as a Dalek. I replaced the power supply with a Thermaltake TR2 600W ATX PS, and the machine powered on fine...

Hello, ok so I built a pc today and im running a ssd and a hd and its showing them both in the bios. I installed windows 10 on the ssd and i selected custom ant it showed both drives there also. Now that windows is installed and i want to install programs to the other drive it isnt showing...

What is the first of what I'm sure will be many MSI have released the first motherboard to come with Microsoft Windows 10 WHQL certification. More on the Intel based board can be found here: MSI First Motherboard Brand to be Windows 10 Certified

Okay so my birthday is coming this September and well after replacing my motherboard and processor i think its time for a new case as my old one is sadly falling apart, my front face plate barely latches on now with pieces snapped off due to long term wear and tear. My old case is a In Win...

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...

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...

I don't know how to fix it, I've been having this unknown device around for a long time. Specs: i5 4690k OCed to 4.4ghz good temps GTX 970 8gb gskill ram 520w Seasonic PSU Asuz z97-a dump files:

Hi, suddenly the attached popup pops every time I click on the mouse in IE on any site. I formatted C:\ recently & installed win8 pro with my DVD & upgraded to w8.1pro online. Can you help please ............thanx ........nick PS. sorry for 2 fotos, cannot delete one. Home build, Asus P5K...

Hi, I would like to upgrade my system by shifting the hardware components of the slim tower to an ATX tower.The system is a Dell vostro 260s.I have already bought a corsair VS 450 for the power supply and upgraded RAM to 8gb.What is the best graphics card apt for this power supply and please...

I recently built a new PC and now none of my computers can see each other on the Homegroup. We all have the same Workgroup name and are connected to the same network. The new PC was able to create a Homegroup, but the other ones cannot leave the Homegroup that they were a part of and files still...

Hey, last couple days my PC's been shutting down/restarting without warning. (I uh, can't tell. It hasn't shutdown/restarted *properly* since I put it together a few years ago) Figured it might be memory/PSU failure, so I scheduled a mem-test and cleaned out the guts for good measure, (I dunno...

My question is, will Windows 8.1 64bit install directly on to a new PC? Or will it have to have had a previous version to replace?

Hi i just built my first pc and am having a little trouble connecting to the internet. I already downloaded windows 7 and am connected via ethernet to the internet but my computer still tells me i have no connection and need to install a driver which i need internet for.

Hi there. I just recently moved over my RAM, hard drives, and CD-Drive to a new motherboard and CPU combo. My old build was AMD x86_64 architecture, and my new build is an Intel x86_64 architecture. I've worked out almost all of the driver kinks but it seems like now I'm having a hardware or...

Hello, I have a practically brand new PC, I finished building it in August, and everything was fine until today I got the BSOD twice while trying to watch videos that were saved on my hard drive. Norton 360 and windows both found no issues after either crash and I would like to resolve the...

I'm building a new rig and planning to install Windows 8.1 on an SSD as the boot drive. I'd like to move over my HDD with Windows 7 boot from my old machine to the new PC to use as a storage drive. Do I have to format the HDD in my old machine first or can I just install it to my new rig as is...

Hello! I'm on my 3rd Windows install on this PC build and want to keep it as clean as possible. Besides, on shutdown I get the “Waiting for Background Program to Close” for a fraction of a second- with nothing listed between the horizontal lines. I figured I would start by fixing the causes...