Recent content by ODST120

So I am servicing two laptops with Identical screens (different brands though, one HP and a Toshiba) One of the screens was broken and the owner tried to swap screens before bringing the laptops to me. Both of the screens have good backlights (verified bu plugging both into the Toshiba), but...

Not that I am aware of. I have some old monitors from like 2003 from a super high use environment (a local school) and they all work just fine. Eventually (like 10-15 years from now) You may experience backlight issues, but by then you will probably want to upgrade anyway.

Rule #1 of pc repair and building. Never cheap out on a power supply. Ever. The DX 4300 will accept any PS2 compatble power supply, this list (http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html) Will tell you what brand is the best. According to NVIDIA, the GTX 950 only requires a...

The H81m has a UEFI BIOS. You Here is an image of the BIOS for that board. Note the path on the upper portion of the image. http://i.imgur.com/dwuMdRn.png

On most ASUS boards (including the Z87), you can replace the chip itself. You will not be able to boot to the BIOS or desktop until either a) A supported CPU is installed, or b) The bios chip is replaced with a chip that has been flashed to the latest BIOS version.

A can of compressed air ought to do the trick.

The board is probably running an older BIOS. According to ASUS, the 4790k isn't supported until BIOS revision 2003. There should be a sticker somewhere indicating the BIOS version. If the BIOS is outdated, you can either order a new BIOS chip on ebay (15ish) or get a cheap celeron to boot and...

Try going into BIOS and changing the graphics from integrated to PCIe.

Thanks for the help McHenry!

Guys! Check this out! https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man8/nvram.8.html I successfully reset my NVRAM using the command line nvram -c. This could help anyone else having difficulty with their keyboard/key combos!

Not disk issues. I managed to get a copy of OSX 10.5.8 installed, but I am running into issues when trying to install OSx 10.7.2 It say "there was a problem installing Mac OSx. Please try reinstalling." All the other times I can find this problem on the internet, they fixed it by resetting the...

Could you upload your system specs?