Recent content by HFC

Thank you, Brian. Per your advice I didn't play with UEFI settings, then resigned myself to a complete wipe and got a bootable USB involved. This actually facilitated rolling back to Win 7 via Repair Feature Update. Now the machine is tentatively running Windows 10, although I told the user...

I'm upgrading from Windows 10 from Windows 7 and now the computer won't boot. tl;dr: After second upgrade attempt, computer won't boot, giving first MEMORY MANAGEMENT (mfewfpk.sys) and then CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED. Seems physically fine. Can I get it into any Windows without wiping everything...

Ah! Thank you! I never paid them much attention, didn't notice differences from laptop to laptop, but it makes sense.

What is it called and where can I get one? I'm adding an SSD to an Asus G73SW, which has two slots for a storage drive. The current HDD has a metal plate on top of it that screws into the hard drive and the notebook case. Basically, it's an HDD cage for laptops. It's also standard: I've seen...

The erratic nature does make this more puzzling. Bottom line: Yes, I'd suspect replacing the motherboard would likely fix things. But the shop couldn't test that for you? But onto the troubleshooting: You say it works with another graphics card. Can you use that one? (From your post it...

This is fantastic stuff, thank you! I'm having to ask Google what some of the things you're talking about are, which is why I didn't reply earlier. I have tried everything on a bona fide gaming machine (not mine), with no better results. (Actually worse for Doom II, b/c that computer runs...

Ditto. You can also confirm with a number of online tools that will let you enter your components and tell you the minimum necessary power supply. Just google "power supply calculator."

I run into this "turns on, no signal to monitor" a lot. One time simply reseating the RAM fixed it. Pop the sticks out, press them back in, and try again. Do you have a speaker on your motherboard? If so, is it beeping at all? Beep codes can be very helpful. When you turn the computer on...

The goal: A computer that can run video games that require pathfinding under pressure. I'm getting a bunch of old video games mostly of the FPS variety. Best example: Doom (any version). Sure, I can make modifications to a 64-bit Windows 8 computer, but I have a storage unit of cruft, so why...

I woke up to the following: iPad is disabled connect to iTunesA cursor that looks like what you get when clicking the scroll button on a mouse. Like this: I can't swipe sideways to anything, and connecting to a computer it requires authorization from the iPad, which I can't give. How can I...

Install the SSD and Windows disc. Boot from the disc, and instruct Windows to install on the SSD. Under Custom Install it will give you options; you can usually differentiate by size. Install it on the SSD the same as you would on any computer. In BIOS (F2), go to Boot Order and choose to...

OK, listen to them. I speak from only my own T&E experience, which apparently got lucky in some regards, though regretfully not certain others!

You get a few complications if you don't want your old hard drive to be your primary drive. You'd have to install an OS on a new drive, install all your programs on the new drive, and direct any programs to the appropriate AppData or Program Data folders. No, it doesn't have to be the same...

You can build a PC that's new except for the HDD. Just put the old one into an otherwise-new PC, and it should work just like before, but better. No new OS install, same personal settings, all data intact.