Recent content by Dan The IT Man

Ok thank you, I reset my BOIS to default settings but it overclocks with ASUS AI charger, had to disable that. Hasnt crashed since but I'll post it if it does again. Thanks you

Hi there, recently I've had my system BlueScreen 3 times within a few days and I just installed BlueScreenView it says that the cause is "Caused by Driver - hal.dll" and "ntoskrnl.exe" Screenshot is here: http://imgur.com/yIJ2OqJ Any suggestions? Thank you.

I do agree with a new GPU at a later date, but if you're a gamer that hates load times and are just impatient! I would never buy another PC without an SSD.

Hi, You don't really need to upgrade this system too much, it should handle just about everything. If I was to recommend anything I would recommend either a Samsung or Intel SSD (Samsung 840 EVO 500GB) is cheap at the moment with the release of the 850. And *if* you really wanted to you could...

The Samsung 840 EVO 500GB SSD is cheap also since the 850 has released.

Hi there, This could just be an issue regarding the bearings in the fan, for instance they may be slightly faulty which may cause them to rub or rattle at a certain speed or when starting up since in most cases fan speed is a lot lower when your system is booting up. It won't be the cold...

About 75% into a Long Generic scan on the 2TB drive and it froze and I got my first Blue Screen. the 2TB may be the cause? Other HDD's passed. Problem signature: Problem Event Name: BlueScreen OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3 Locale ID: 2057 Additional information about the problem...

I ran a full Diagnostic with Intel's SSD Toolbox and my SSD came up with nothing. I'll do the same with my others by trying Seagate's tool. My temps are fine, my CPU never goes above 52 on max load and my GPU is about the same with it being 50-52 on max load. According to HWmonitor, I always...

Thank you for the reply, I am looking at AIDA64 under the Storage tab and SMART, I see my 3 drives, what exactly am I looking for? All of the Status says OK: Always passes OK: Value is normal Do I need to initiate some sort of scan?

2 beeps can mean that there is a problem with the circuit. Check that the motherboard is set properly and that nothing is touching the back panel of the case, also make sure everything is plugged in correctly (front cable feeds to the front of the case to motherboard).

Hi there, I have recently experienced my system locking up and crashing, no warnings are given. It does not blue screen or beep in any way it just freezes whatever I'm doing, most of the time when gaming but it has done it while browsing the web. It first started locking up after a few power...

Fractal Design Midi's are nice, I have one myself, the stock fans are good too. Not too harsh on the price. Plenty of space for airflow and expansion HDD packs + room for a nice heatsink.

Yes if you have it going into Sata2 and SSD in Sata1 on the motherboard, just have the SSD as Boot Option 1. That's what I did with mine, then I just format it once it was in by going to Disk Management.

If you have Origin/Steam which I imagine you do, I'd throw in an internal HDD like a 500GB-1TB as the secondary for games that aren't as demanding for load times.

If you can get an SSD, and installed your OS on it. 100% won't regret it. Also install games such as BF4 etc on it, loads at the speed of light. DVI-DVI and DVI-HDMI are just about the same. I have 2 monitors one with DVI-HDMI and one with DVI-DVI, can't tell the difference. Good luck