Recent content by Alex Zero

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    I accidentally shut my PC off during a bios update, and now it won't load windows.

    I fixed it! I just downloaded the bios from the Gaming 7 downloads page and then flashed it on BIOS A. Thanks foe the help.
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    I accidentally shut my PC off during a bios update, and now it won't load windows.

    Today I was updating the bios on my MSI Gaming 7 motherboard using their live update software, as I had just done a clean install of Windows 8. After the drivers and bios files and whatnot were downloaded by the program, it started installing them and told me to not turn the computer off. A...
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    How can I get my back panel USB 3.0 ports working?

    For a while now, the blue USB 3.0 ports on my motherboard have been non functional. The only working USB ports are the four USB 2.0 ports. The board is an MSI Z97 Gaming 7. I'm not sure whether it's a problem with the drivers, or something else, as I'm not very knowledgeable in that area. Do you...
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    I need some help getting the inline mic on a pair of headphones to work while playing audio

    I bought a pair of headphones (V-Moda M100s) a while back, and they have been great, except for the fact that I could never get the mic on them to work while playing audio. The thing is, I have both a headphone and mic jack on the front panel of my PC case, and plug the headphones into the...
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    My monitor is not playing sound through HDMI

    My Asus vg248qe monitor has been working fine in the 3 months since I got it, and I haven't noticed any problems with it's built in speakers until now. I disconnected the hdmi cable from my PC to use the monitor with my PS3, and when I plugged it back into my PC later on, there was no sound...
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    Did I ruin my HDD?

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    Did I ruin my HDD?

    I built a PC yesterday with a 250gb ssd and a 2tb hdd. Everything went well with the build, and I turned on the pc and installed windows 8.1 onto the ssd while the hdd was not plugged in. After windows was up and running I installed a bunch of programs that were on my old computer, but stupidly...
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    I have a couple questions about the use of dual hard drives

    Hey guys! Lately I've been thinking if building a gaming pc for myself, and I have made myself knowledgeable about almost everything except hard drives, which I still do not grasp fully. What I want to do is to have an ssd containing Windows and possibly other files that I need to boot quickly...