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    [SOLVED] Recovering photos from old HDD

    I have an old Sata HDD from around 2007 that I used until 2013, when the old pc finally died The HDD has quite a few gigs of photos that I would like to recover, but the problem with the HDD is that it's severely infected with Sality (and possibly other viruses)...It had Win XP installed What...
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    Question Replaced CPU, but it acts up

    I reinstalled windows and I get the same issues, which means the cpu is faulty, right ?
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    Question Replaced CPU, but it acts up

    It restarts on windows screen, but it did boot succesfully once, then later froze and restarted itself and didn't even give any output
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    Question Replaced CPU, but it acts up

    Do I just download the newest BIOS version for my mobo ? The latest version is just an exe that I run EDIT: I upgraded BIOS, but it does the same thing, now I get lucky and it boots randomly..I suppose reinstalling Windows is my only option ?
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    Question Replaced CPU, but it acts up

    Nothing wrong with the old one And no, I didn't
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    Question Replaced CPU, but it acts up

    So, I played in bios, chose default uefi settings and now I get a bsod after passing the asrock screen on boot, what do I do now?
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    Question Replaced CPU, but it acts up

    I reinstalled audio drivers and speakers work perfectly, but when i restart the pc it doesn't boot, no signal, no lights
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    Question Replaced CPU, but it acts up

    Asrock FM2A68M-DG3+ Nitro+ Rx 470 4GB 16 gigs 1600mhz Ram X4 860k 1TB 7.2K HDD Thermaltake Smart 630W X4 860k and my old A8 6600K have the same power consumption, and my PSU has had absolutely no issues in the two years I used it
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    Question Replaced CPU, but it acts up

    I just replaced my CPU from an A8 6600K to an X4 860K..After replacing, I didn't fully push the cpu in and it didnt give any input, then i fully fixed it in place and it worked, booted and installed all drivers, but failed on Audio (maybe because I had the speakers off ?)..I restarted because...
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    [SOLVED] Smell of burning cardboard coming from the pc

    It's been a couple years since it started, but I never really bothered to check what causes it, I checked the PSU and it's fine (bought it brand new), no undervoltage or overclocking going on, everything on stock speeds..Just need to ask, is it something that I should worry about?
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    Can I replace my Radeon R7 240 with a RX 480?

    I`ll take a look inside the computer later,if it doesn`t have the 6 pin connector I might aswell replace the whole PSU,thank you very much!
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    Can I replace my Radeon R7 240 with a RX 480?

    I want to know if there are any physical changes between these two boards that would make it impossible for me to switch to a RX 480 My CPU and PSU are good enough (450W PSU and an AMD A8 6600K -I know it`l bottleneck,but the budget is tight),so I want to know if there is any kind of...