Recent content by GiSWiG

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    How Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Plays on Different Graphics Cards

    This video is pointless without adding AMD cards. RX 580 is more powerful than a 1060, RX 570 is more powerful than a 1050. My RX 580 (which you can get highend models ~$130 used on ebay) will play this game smoothly on my freesync monitor, It might even work great on ultrawide 2560x1080 which...
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    BIOS Recovery Flash won't save, keeps saying Bad Checksum, ASUS K8V Deluxe

    I consulted a service that can sell me a compatible BIOS chip but they did say that maybe there issue with a component. Which one that could be, I don't know.
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    PLEASE HELP! No signal to Monitor, Keyboard, and Mouse but PC and fan turns on!

    I had this happen to me once. I fixed it, can't remember exactly how though...big help right? Google is your friend, I know the answer is out there so don't panic much. Here are the troubleshooting steps to go through. This is a lengthy process, but through. It is a good chance it is the power...
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    BIOS Recovery Flash won't save, keeps saying Bad Checksum, ASUS K8V Deluxe

    I have an ASUS K8V Deluxe. After booting up, it keeps stating that the BIOS has a bad checksum and to insert a floppy or CD with a K8V.ROM file. I've tried several versions of the correct BIOS file on both floppy and CDs and it does find the file and programs the BIOS with it (so it is correct)...
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    Having trouble with Windows 10 booting after overclocking or setting proper RAM settings

    Its Windows 10. Set my memory for 6-6-6-18-1T @ 1333 and ran Windows 7 install. Ran through all the updates. No problems. Now I'll see if I can go higher on the overclock. If all this works and Windows 10 still won't run, guess I'll stick with 7 until it runs its course.
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    Having trouble with Windows 10 booting after overclocking or setting proper RAM settings

    ASUS Croshair IV Formula Phenom II X6 1100t 8GB Muskin Enhanced Blackline 996657 I just got this mobo and CPU. Before that I had a Phenom II X4 965BE on a Crosshair III Formula with the same RAM, overclocked, no problems. So now that I got the new setup and under Windows 10, I'm starting to...
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    Help with Gateway NE71B, cannot update BIOS, some BIOS settings don't save after changed

    more detail: When running the BIOS flashing application in Windows, it correctly identifies the BIOS installed as EG70 ver 2.04 and identifies the updated BIOS file to be EG70 ver. 2.13. I click OK to have the system reboot and flash the updated BIOS. After the system reboots, this error...
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    Help with Gateway NE71B, cannot update BIOS, some BIOS settings don't save after changed

    I have a Gateway NE71B a friend gave me and it has Windows 8 installed. I had to do some repair to it after a drink was spilled into it but I cleaned it out and its been fine, sorta... Resuming from sleep doesn't work. I'm forced to use hibernate where you would normally use sleep. It appears...
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    ASUS Crosshair III Formula

    Let me reword that... I would not upgrade what I have anytime soon because what I have (CIIIF + Phenom II X4 965 BE) IS NOT slow.
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    ASUS Crosshair III Formula

    I have that exact setup and yes, it is a good setup. I have 8GB RAM (1333mhz @ 6-6-6-18) in it, 2 750GB drives AMD Radeon 6670 and Windows 7 on it. Been on the same Win7 install for 3+ years now and I can't remember any blue screen. Boot speed doesn't keep me waiting and when coming on from...