Recent content by mynamevincenttt

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    Computer crashed during bios update

    Never mind, I figurer it out. The bios update files from Acer include both a flasher from windows and a flasher you can use in DOS. I created a win98 boot able USB and ran the flash.bat from Acer
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    Computer crashed during bios update

    Hey guys I have a bit of a problem. I have an Acer aspire 5560g that I was doing a bios and video card update on. During the restart portion of the update, my computer shut off and now I'm stuck in a boot loop with "your computer has encountered a problem..." I've tried different hard drives as...
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    Newly built PC freezing while trying to boot from usb

    Found the problem guys, it was bad ram. Move along folks.
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    Newly built PC freezing while trying to boot from usb

    Alright guys I'm out of options. I replaced the mobo but its the same. Any ideas?
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    Newly built PC freezing while trying to boot from usb

    I've reset the CMOS and it got me to a screen showing all my hardware, saying all settings have been reset to default. F1 to enter bios f2 to continue. For some reason it showed my usb on port 0 and 1, idk if it matters. As for setting the boot order, I've gotten to the boot menu and have...
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    Newly built PC freezing while trying to boot from usb

    Hey guys, I've come across a pretty weird problem here. I just put together this PC and when trying to install an OS, it freezes and the screen gets fuzzy. I'm pretty sure I have everything in correctly and I've tried every configuration of ram reseating possible. When booting, I get to the...
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    Move laptop motherboard into desktop chassis

    Hey guys, So I know through extensive research that this is for some reason looked down upon, and I understand all the drawbacks. That being said, I have an old overheating inspiron 1720 that I have tried completely cleaning and replacing the thermal paste. I have decided that the next best...