Recent content by Robo Reptile

EDIT: signature updated to reflect my current CPU.

System specs in my signature. My computer was experiencing symptoms that seemed consistent with CPU overheating - sudden crashes to black screens while running graphics-intensive games, along with all my system fans suddenly running at max capacity - the system unwilling to respond to anything...

Er...how do I mark this as solved?

I'm marking this as "solved" because a PC repair service got the PC working with Windows 10. There were apparantly some hardware issues too, but I flat out could not understand what the guy was saying, so I don't know what they were.

That...is good to know. So those things are essentially a gamble. Also good to know.

Well, I know that I was able to get as far as the BIOS and a quasi-boot on my new setup. At this rate, it's looking like it will be the least amount of hassle to simply buy a new Windows licence...though potentially expensive. That program looks interesting, but I'm still in a catch-22 - I need...

Like I said, the screen simply remains black. I've tried connecting the HDMI cable directly to the motherboard and to the attached GPU, with the same results: fan and lights come on, screen stays black, fan and lights periodically shut off for a moment then start again.

Ah, great. So I really do have to either get my old system working or buy Windows all over again. And my old system is not working. I guess this is yet another "system not booting up properly" thread now. Particularly irritating since it worked fine for years. I just unplugged and replugged my...

Looking through my old threads, I found something I had forgotten about: At one point my old SSD with Windows on it failed, and I downloaded a Windows media creation tool to reinstall it. AFAIK there was no need to re-buy Windows. I don't have the licence key, but it looks like I didn't need...

It was a fresh purchase of Windows 10. Anyway, I'm still running into problem after problem. I put together my old setup...but now it won't boot up. The CPU and GPU fans spin and the fancy GPU lights....light up...but the screen remains dark, and every minute or so it all stops spinning and...

Oh, yes. It would be a bit inconvenient, but I still have the old stuff lying around, as well as the tools to reassemble it.

That would have been nice to hear when I was asking people about the process before I bought the parts. : / Still, thank you. It does not appear to have been linked to my MS account. There is something called DESKTOP-T4AILQG but it looks like my old windows tablet. Where does this leave me?

I wish I could tell you. It's been years since I installed Windows 10 onto the SSD. What I know is that right now, the computer is asking for a password for me to log into my administrator account so I can reset the computer...but I didn't use a password. I used a four digit PIN. :??:

I think I'll just have to download the Windows media tool and perform a clean reinstallation. I really really hope the DRM stuff doesn't stop me cold - my copy of Windows is legitimate, but if it asks for a password or something I doubt I will remember it after these years.

I just tried to reset the PC...but I got taken to the same be screen. This time the error message was ntft_sys, if I remember correctly. EDIT: To clarify, I mean I used the "reset computer" option in the advanced repair options, which purports to reinstall Windows. EDIT 2: Now the system...