Recent content by jobo789

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    Question (Tech support request) Weird system freezes when doing anything.

    My bad! Power supply is a Corsair HX750W.... From 2015. Motherboard is Asus Prime X570-P and the BIOS is the latest available from their support website. Various Drives: C: Samsung 850 Evo 500GB SATA SSD D: Seagate Barracuda 1TB HDD E: Samsung 860 EVO 500GB SATA SSD F:Seagate Barracuda 2TB...
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    Question (Tech support request) Weird system freezes when doing anything.

    Within the last few weeks i've been having strange behaviour on my PC. Atleast a couple of times i've been just watching YT, browsing basic websites or playing undemanding games and then go to do something else only to discover all GUI is unresponsive, or the game application will freeze and all...
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    [SOLVED] Missing 79GB of space from my SSD?

    So I know the numbers don't always match up, but i'm pretty sure 79GB of space from my SSD is gone. It is my boot drive with Windows 10 installed on it, but surely that can't be the explanation? Screenshot of WinDirStat and Samsung Magician Any insight on this would be helpful. PC: i7 4790K...
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    Corrupt Windows, Corrupt HDD or Corrupt RAM? Help me find out!

    Alright, here goes. Pc works fine, had Windows 10 since day 1 and never had a problem with it. One day, roughly 9 or 10 days ago, I cleaned the inside of my PC and re-routed the wires better like i'd been telling myself to do for about 7 years, didn't touch RAM or CPU/cooling tower during...
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    Windows files corrupt, SFC Scannow and Dism could not complete correctly.

    I have been having issues with a few programs since i have installed Windows 10 (Hearthstone crashing at random, Guild Wars 2 crashing on loading new areas, to give a couple of examples) so i decided to run SFC ScanNow which found corrupted files but could not fix them. I then ran Dism.exe...
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    Black Screen on Boot Up - NO BIOS

    Ok, so I opened it up, unplugged the GPU, put everything back and ita working fine now...weird.
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    Black Screen on Boot Up - NO BIOS

    Okay so I have my pc and xbox hooked up to my TV but they share a HDMI cable. I swap from my pc, to the xbox, use it an hour and then go to swap back. My pc boots, but the display is entirely black. No bios info or anything. I tried unplugging the HDMI and replugging, I tried using my VGA...
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    Paged fault in nonpaged area

    That will be quite difficult as I can only do anything in safemode. Will formatting the HDD be effective/easier?
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    Paged fault in nonpaged area

    I've been getting this error after I rebooted my pc due to the wireless being a bit screwy. When the desktop loads, it slowly starts to load the drivers and startup programs, but never manages it before it BSODs with the error "paged fault in nonpaged area" I have tried windows memory...
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    Upgrade from M5A87?

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    Upgrade from M5A87?

    Hey guys, i'm coming to "Upgrade on a budget" time. I've got a M5A87 with a FX8350 currently sat at 4.3Ghz (Cpu Freq. 210mhz ratio 20.5x CPU Voltage 1.35) and it's idling at 50C, which seems very high to me. I was looking at upgrading to a M5A97 R2.0 because i've heard that the 900 chipsets get...