Recent content by idamaster

Hello all, I am looking into upgrading from a 4790K to a 8700K for some short term future-proofing. Will I be able to swap my motherboard, CPU, and ram in my system as is or will I have issues doing that? I've read that the upgrade to Windows 10 helped with driver issues? If not, I will just...

Unfortunately, troubleshooting via Windows 8.1 disk was not successful. Any version of repair option it had didnt accept any of the Vista IOS copies or repair drives I tried. I cant even get the serial from the disk from another computer using both Produkey and Magic Jelly Bean KF. Wanted to do...

Hello all, Ive been working on an old machine of mine for a few hours, trying to find a way to repair the HDD or Windows Vista itself. I cannot seem to boot from a USB drive. I've tried using multiple tools and an ISO file of vista to fix the issue, but that causes the system to freeze at the...

Hello all, Ive currently got a Gateway KB-0817 which has served me well. I've had it for a few years and need to replace it. I wanted to get just a cheap entry level gaming keyboard. I don't need anything special and tried out mechanical keyboards for a little, but I couldn't justify spending...

You should look into the 970. If money isn't an issue, the 980 is a good choice. The 970 has a good price point

My question was if the i7-26xx was a compatible upgrade? It seems like it is, to me. I just wanted to make sure.

Been contemplating this for a while. I currently have a Dell N5050 with an i3-2350M This is on a 01HXXJ Dell board, 35W. These are tried and tested cpus for this laptop: http://blog.parts-people.com/2014/12/10/dell-inspiron-n5050-compatible-cpu-processor-upgrades/ After doing a little...

Supposedly Seagate DOS fixed the issue, ill replace the drive if the issue returns. Thank you for your help.

Sorry for all of the questions, just dont want to have any issues. I may just create a windows install .iso on the drive from Microsoft and use the ky from Magical Jelly Bean. That seems to be a popular option

Update: I bought a 16 gig USB drive and used the "Backup and restore (windows 7)" page in the windows 10 system to back up my data onto the drive. The "create a system image" and "create a system repair disk" will not allow the data to be put on the drive and both require disks. Will the...

Thank you, Ill look into it soon.

I wanted to replace the HDD and install windows on the new disk.