Recent content by Mr Davo

In my experience when working with three or more operating systems in a multi-boot arrangement it is (almost) always best to perform all partitioning before putting the first OS in place. Also the order of installation was really important, starting with the oldest OS on the first partition, and...

Hi BFG-900, Thanks for your response; you were right on the money. The correct key combination was Shift + F10, this allowed me to turn off the PXE option on the add-in cards option ROM! Kind Regards, Davo

Hi All, I have a Dell Dimension C521, and plugged into it I have a Realtek (generic) 1Gbps PCIe Ethernet Adapter Card. My current challenge is that the computer tries to PXE boot off the add-on card despite the fact that I have turned this feature off in the system BIOS. I have dabbled with...

Hi All, I have an HP All-In-One TouchScreen Computer (M/N: 610-1020a) which is showing garbage characters on screen when I enter the BIOS and perform other pre-Windows tasks (such as pressing ESC to select a Boot Device). Below is a screen capture of the BIOS screen, which clearly shows dots...

Hi, It may not be the BIOS; could quite possibly be a faulty graphics card, due to 'artifacting' on screen. However I don't want to purchase a graphics card unless I have ruled out other possibilities, such as the BIOS! Thanks for you help. I think that your on the money regarding not being...

Hi All, I have an HP Touchsmart 610 all-in-one touch screen computer. It normally runs Windows 7, however it has experienced an issue with corruption in the BIOS (at least a corrupt BIOS seems likely; otherwise it could possibly be a graphics card issue). I now need to work out how I can...

Hi Guys, Thanks for your interest in my post; choosing A or B was the answer here, as neither is used by Windows anymore (at least not automatically!) since the demise of the floppy drive! Kind Regards, Davo

Hi All, I am wondering if it possible to permanently assign a drive letter to a USB connected hard drive or storage medium (flash drive, etc.)? I believe that each drive has it's own unique hardware identifier and using this information I would like to assign a drive letter under Windows (7, 8...

Are both of your main MB power supplies plugged in? There is the biggest one that is typically located to where you screw the hard drives in, and a second one that is typically quite close to the CPU. Does the new PSU work with the old graphics card? If so then it seems reasonable that your new...

Water cooling is good! :)

Almost certainly a BIOS issue. This is something to watch for in particular from high end boards. In my experience the more expensive the motherboard the more likely it is to have a BIOS issue; my reasoning being that shops can usually only afford one, and the one that they buy often stays on...

Hi All, Is there any way to overcome the issue highlighted (in yellow) below? Any help here will be greatly appreciated. Kind Regards, Davo

Hi All, Thanks for your answers; I have now located the 'CLR_CMOS' jumper. However after following the instructions the BIOS has not reset. Furthermore I have removed the battery multiple times with no effect. I have now pulled the battery again and will leave it over the weekend. Ultimately I...

Hi All, I am currently trying to reset the BIOS / CMOS on a HP Pro 3300 SFF Computer (P/N: A2P27PA). Documentation explaining how to perform the reset is not conforming with the connector labeling which I am seeing on the motherboard itself. Below is a link to the HP instructions for this...

Hi All, I have an ASUS X99-A Motherboard, and am looking at upgrading the RAM. I have inspected the QVL list, and determined that I would like to install 64 Gigs of Corsair CMK64GX4M8A2800C16 RAM. My local supplier can only ship this RAM in a slightly different variation.  CMD32GX4M4A2800C16...