Recent content by SCHawks73

I'm sorry, but you might as well be speaking Greek :p I know how to get into the bios, in that I know to mash the button when the initial load up splash screen pops up, but I haven't done anything in there besides selecting what drive to boot from (which I don't think is in the bios), though I...

I apologize for not mentioning this in the OP, as I thought I did but must have forgot. I tried installed the 2x 8GB sticks in the MOBO and it would randomly shut off on me. Sometimes it would blue screen with the majority of the time it's similar to just holding down the power button until it...

My build is as follows: CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor Graphics Card: XFX Radeon HD 5850 Power Supply: CORSAIR HX Series HX750 750W Mother Board: ASUS M4A87TD EVO AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD CPU Cooler: XIGMATEK HDT-S963...

Thank you Corrosive, that is basically what I did and everything worked out. I guess I downloaded a driver that was not compatible with my GPU (not sure how) but after removing the new one, the old one stepped back in and took over, everything is fine now. Here are the steps I used (only did...

I logged on to Lord of the Rings Online last night after the expansion dropped about 7:30 and started gaming with a buddy. About 10m into playing, I tried to mine a ore node and crashed, about 30m later I went to roll on lootz from a mob and crashed, 20m later I went to click on a dead mob to...

Well, I found out what was going on, the NVIDIA card is shot, and it happened to so many people with these models, that their is a class action lawsuit against NVIDIA and they are recalling many of the models and replacing the computers with brand new ones... My problem is that the affected...

I got this laptop back in December 2007. It has never had a problem up until about 6 months ago when lightning hit it and the Ethernet port and the 2 USB ports on the right side of the computer stopped working, but everything else seemed fine. I have since built a new desktop (thanks to this...

Alright... will do. Thanks Trotter!

I ran a diagnositics on my grandma's computer (which is about 5+ years old with DDR RAM, 80GB HDD, etc, etc.) and it said she had 1/2 GB of RAM. I told her I could upgrade it for about $50. I ordered 2x 1GB sticks from Newegg.com in the DDR 3200 format (the original stick was DDR 2700) and...

My build (thanks to the forums) consists of: Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar Black WD7501AALS 750GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive -Bare Drive Newegg.com - ASUS M4A87TD EVO AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard Newegg.com - XIGMATEK HDT-S963 92mm Rifle CPU...

I just built a computer with the following HDD: Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar Black WD7501AALS 750GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive -Bare Drive It is a WD Black edition with 750GB and 7200rpm. When I look at my Microsoft rating (1-7.9 max) everything is 7.5+ while my...

Well the mobo finally came in on Thursday so I was able to put everything together last night and when I hit the button, IT TURNED ON!!!! I had a little trouble hooking it up to the monitor because the monitor was setup for VGA input and one of the buttons on the front changed from VGA to HDMI...

This game is definitely worth a look-see. I have been playing at least a couple days a week since March 2009 and it seems to never get old and something else exciting to explore/conquer around every corner! I even got my GF hooked and bought a new computer (thanks to members on this site) in...

What about installing a 64bit Vista or 64bit XP and not register it, then upgrade to the 64bit Windows Ultimate?

My buddy has a Windows 7 HP 32bit full version but I want the 64 bit. My school is selling the W7 Ultimate 64bit upgrade for cheap so I was wondering if I was able to install his 32bit and NOT register it (meaning it will only have the 30-day trial) then buy the W7 Ultimate upgrade and update...