Recent content by Mohsin Naqvi

OK, so after taking everything out and I mean EVERYTHING, I removed the cpu from the socket and cleaned it with alcohol to ensure none of the thermal compound made it's way inside, after cleaning it I placed it back inside then i removed the CMOS battery and JBAT1 to clear CMOS and BIOS and...

no i can't nothing apears on the screen and it doesn't stay turned on long enough for me to even try anything it turns on and shuts off with few seconds and just keeps looping through those numbers on the onboard 2 digit LED

Hey guys first time here, so few days ago i left my pc running overnight and in the morning i was welcomed with a blank screen not thinking much of it i reboot the pc. I was unable to boot up it kept looping. i figured i damaged my mother board since it was an openboxed i bought about a year...

the system doesn't boot if there is memory stick inserted into the slot 3 or 4 and I get the code 2b or 26 (i dont know if it is b or a 6).

thank you for your quick responses, however the page doesn't list the code i mentioned above. also I have done a memtest and it found no errors. I do want to mention this though, which i was looking at my system config under AIDA64. It shows that both of my sticks are running under...

Hello everyone I have lurked in the shadows at Tom's Hardware for years and finally I have emerged to ask a question which I can't seem to find the answer to. I have recently upgraded to a MSI motherboard and everything seems to working fine. when I place the ram in DIMM slots 2 and 4 which are...

okay just tried it on my buddy's computer it works wonderfully, didn't have to do anything to it, I don't know what should be my next step any ideas? Don't... Bump posts http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/283384-33-read-first

Just upgraded my graphics card to a GTX 680 from a GT 620, I also upgraded my PSU from a stock 350 Watts Psu to a Cooler Master Silent pro 80 Plus Gold 800 Watts, The problem is when I rebooted the computer after installing my card, it booted up into low graphics 1280x1024 resolution, I know my...