pc build

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Hi to all i just built a new pc everyting went real good for.my first build except for this key board issue im having when i press the lettet (a) it inputs [ . And when i press (u) it inputs e dont know why i went to region and its all correct us/en it a older keyboard ps2 the driver points...

Well... I am thinking of buying a graphics card for a new build. I am thinking along the lines of a HD 7770. I know this card is a solid overclocker and packs lots of new technologys such as ZeroCore. But it sometimes gets beaten by the HD 6850. I am still leaning towards the 7770 because of the...

hey guys since last week or so ive been getting random bsod. ive had this pc for almost three years now without any issues. the things i have tried so far are cleaning inside the case and reseating the cpu cooler and installing windows. but the issue still persists. my specs are, Intel i7-930...

Its a new PC. It seems to be a graphics card issue. It restarts on it own while i'm playing games. I've done a lot of different things to try to fix it. Bought new memory and a processor but still crashes. I've install old versions of the Nvidia drivers but won't help. I open it to check that...

Built a PC this past summer and have been plagued with BSODs since the start. I was able to fix most of them but not this one. The BAD_POOL_HEADER that has popped up recently. I am able to reproduce it whenever I play Crisis, BF3, or GW2 after about 10 minutes of play. I was extremely careful...

FYI Tip: When buying a (new) Motherboard, make sure/check that its BIOS is up to date, even though it may be fresh off the shelf. Just cus a M/B is brand new out of the box doesn't mean its BIOS does not need to be flashed. It's a good practice to check before installing an OS. Cheers, Drew...

i just built this PC and win8 is taking an extremely long time to boot up. it gets stuck at the windows splash screen (see pic) for slightly over 2 minutes each time (i timed it). i've fully updated windows (see pic) along with drivers for all hardware. right before the windows start page...