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Doesn't look like a bios problem, more like a windows problem. . . reset the bios with cmos battery, still get the error. Loaded defaults with bios, still get the error. Played around with the advance PCI settings, don't see the setting you are talking about in this MSI interface, did see an...

I assume you mean load optimized defaults, when I do that in the bios and choose save changes and reboot I still get the error. attempted a reset within bios as well. kind of worried about the bios, as I save the change and ask it to reboot it shuts the computer down, leaving me to question...

Recently upgraded to Windows 8.1, also decided to upgrade from my wireless netgear USB card to using a Rosewill Wireless Dual Band PCIE card. Every time I physically install the Rosewill card I get blue screen upon boot "IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL". Attempted installing drivers prior to installing...

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Sadly dealing with a Vista OS to begin with. I resolved most of its issues but still have 3 ?'s in it's device manager that I'll ignore. All seem related to the motherboard's chipset. SMBus, Network Controller, VGA (even though display apater is now recognized). Annoying as I hate to leave a...

I've read several posts on here talking about the downgrade process to XP & used their suggestions without success on this puppy. It's an Acer Aspire 5517 which came with Windows Vista. Downloading the Vista drivers off of Acer's website does not work. The ATI card gives me messages that the...

You hit the nail on the head. It's available to change the ownership regularly rather than needing to go into safe mode. Thank you. . . I'll snag the files & wipe this puppy to use as a backup storage device. It's too loud currently (whines like a stuck pig) to keep running all the time, but...

Hi, I recently bought a usb IDE HD adapter in an attempt to get data from it. The original motherboard died after 8 years of hard use & I would like to recover the pictures, music & documents on the old HD. Using my current laptop (with Vista for OS) I get the message that access is denied...