Recent content by andres_lupo

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    Question Is it possible for top PCIe x16 slot to cease functioning?

    My PC only displays thru its CPU graphics. Unplugged and plugged my GPU but had no success. Then I tried putting it up on the second PCIe slot and I have display with my GPU now. Is it possible for my top PCIe slot to cease functioning while the second slot still works? Specs are as follows...
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    Recently installed m.2 PCIE SSD as boot drive conflicts with OSs from other SATA drives

    Hi! Good day to all! I just recently installed a m.2 PCIe SSD (Intel 600p 256GB) to my system to serve as my boot drive (Win 10). I also have 2 SATA HDDs (500GB Toshiba - Windows 7 and 2TB Seagate - Windows 10) which has served as boot drives for me in the past (didn't have the time to...
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    Can not open "Open" and "Save as" dialog boxes; Keyboard shortcuts CTRL-X, -V, -Z not working; "F2" rename function not workin

    Hello all! When using MS Office applications e.g. Word and Excel, the "Open" and "Save as" dialog boxes of my Work-PC does not work. These dialog boxes do not show whenever I try to open or save a file (File->Open (or Save)) or even when using CTRL-O and CTRL-S shortcuts. The same is true...
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    PC won't turn on (looking at PSU, mobo and CPU)

    Hi, good day all. I was watching a TV series when all of a sudden my PC just turned off. I tried turning it on again but it won't. As soon as I plug it in and push the power button, there's this click-click noise I hear from the PSU. But power up fails. PSU goes click-click again after a few...
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    Running Win10 Memory Diagnostic Tool on 2x4GB RAM, results say pass when tested individually, fails when tested simultaneously

    I ran using differently colored slots and still errors were found. But I think I got it. I read the motherboard manual and found out that recommended slots for the DIMMs should be slots 2 and 4. Tried those slots now and ran an Extended Test (an exhaustive test I suppose since it took almost...
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    Running Win10 Memory Diagnostic Tool on 2x4GB RAM, results say pass when tested individually, fails when tested simultaneously

    Hello all, I'm new here so please bear with me. I have been experiencing BSODs frequently after my upgrade from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10. I have the latest drivers. Based on the dump files, the driver/s responsible sometimes varies but always involves ntoskrnl.exe. So I checked for...