Recent content by elliotpage

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    I'm looking to upgrade my Mobo, will I need to buy windows new as well?

    Installed my new motherboard last night, booted the pc and windows just loaded as normal, didn't have to activate or anything! Looks like it was down to me linking it with my Microsoft account first but thanks for the help everyone x
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    XPS 8300 Case, aftermarket motherboard?

    Hey Bhamaboy, just reading this thread now 5 years later lol But basically I decided to do the same as you and replace my motherboard with an afterrmarket one. Im having an issue with the front panel connector though where my new mobo doesn't have the same pin layout as the pins on the XPS...
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    Need help with front panel connector on new MoBo

    Surely I don't have to do that I just need the power button to work to be honest and maybe the power button LED
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    Need help with front panel connector on new MoBo

    So I just installed a new gigabyte motherboard in my Dell XPS 8300 pc case and have connected everything fine apart from the old front panel connector to the new front panel pins, the layout is completely different. As a result I cant use the power button to turn my pc on. Any ideas ? Pics...
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    I'm looking to upgrade my Mobo, will I need to buy windows new as well?

    Ok so I've managed to link windows 10 with my Microsoft account as recommended above and have ordered a new mobile. Will let you know how it pans out
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    I'm looking to upgrade my Mobo, will I need to buy windows new as well?

    initailly it was windows 7 OEM with the Dell system, but was then upgraded to windows 10 when it was released and rolled out for free to windows owners. Does this mean my windows 10 is non OEM??
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    I'm looking to upgrade my Mobo, will I need to buy windows new as well?

    So basically I currently have a Dell XPS 8300 PC with various upgrades inside however I am now looking to upgrade my Motherboard as this new GPU that I want apparently isn't compatible with my current motherboard. Will I also need to buy a new version of windows if I am to upgrade my...
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    [SOLVED] When I download a file, why do I get lower DL speeds than what I'm told on various broadband speed checkers?

    Basically when I download files off the internet, my DL speed always hovers around 500kb/s (very slow) whilst in speedtest.net apparently my broadband DL speed is at least 2.78 Mb/s. Is this normal?
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    Is my VRAM dying??

    So I just rolled back my GPU driver, just picked one at random and it's fixed my problem !! Thank you so much, thought my hardware was dying :) :)
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    Is my VRAM dying??

    This happens only with battlefront 2 and just seems to happen when there is a big graphics change in the game i.e when I change map or change the graphics settings. I've also tried searching online and have found no examples of anyone with the same issue. I have the most recent driver for my...