Recent content by manners8

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    Dd3 ram boot problem with Gigabyte motherboard

    ok cheers, may have to check if windows boots from my ssd or HDD
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    Dd3 ram boot problem with Gigabyte motherboard

    are there any problems that can arise by resetting this
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    Dd3 ram boot problem with Gigabyte motherboard

    just tagging along on this post, when you refer to resetting the CMOS, do you just mean by removing the battery for a few minutes then reinserting it.
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    PC keeps trying to boot up when new ram installed

    The system Doesn't like the 32gb, but seems to be fine with 24gb, anyone have any answer for that? system is running at 1333mhz as shown on CPU-Z
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    PC keeps trying to boot up when new ram installed

    K i've tried altering the memory speed and voltage, didn't solve anything so the bios reverted back to original setting, currently i've seated the 16gb (8x2) along side the 8gb (2x4) and here we are. mind you this did (now 24gb didn't work before) my pc is recognising 24gb Will come back and...
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    PC keeps trying to boot up when new ram installed

    i have tried it with 1 stick in each of the slots but no joy, but i'll see if i can change the ram speed then report back
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    PC keeps trying to boot up when new ram installed

    Thanks, when i checked the motherboard specs, it says it would support up to 2166mhz ram, but i thought it would be a safe bet to get 1866, Also as kingston ran the rule over my system they said the ram was ok for the system. As the system doesn't essentially boot up how could i get into the...
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    PC keeps trying to boot up when new ram installed

    my pc is currently running on 8gb (2x4gb) of ram, I recently brought 16gb (2x8gb) of hyperx Fury DDR3 1866, When i replace the current memory sticks with the new the pc fails to boot up, it goes into a continuous cycle of trying for 1-2 seconds but then goes quiet then tries again. I spoke to...
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    mSata or SSD for a desktop computer?

    full sized SSD is always better in terms of performance, but it can depend on your budget, I managed to pick mine up for £20 for a 24gb msata drive so just installed it, currently only using it as a page file drive, boosts my load time from hibernate alot, seems to made some things nippier.
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    Installation problems ctrl alt, del error loading

    I i'm only getting to about 60% with win 7 and then it fails with error 0x8007050570, gets to expanding files then fails. now its 56% I then tried the xp route but am having no joy with this either. the HDD was brought from ebuyer on friday so hasn't been used as such. tried the entering of...
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    Installation problems ctrl alt, del error loading

    Hi there, my old HDD failed, so i've brought i new 1TB Western Digital blue. this week. ultimately i will install windows 7 64bit which i brought last year. but this is an upgrade version and therefore i'm trying to install windows xp first to over come this issue. Each time i attempt the...