Recent content by salmonfish_123

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    Motherboard broken, or PSU?

    I just built a PC, and it won't turn on (although the green power LED on the motherboard is lit up). All the cables are plugged in, and my Athlon X4 860k is compatible with my Asus A88xm-a motherboard. I swapped the CPU with an A4 5300, but it didn't work. I then swapped the ram - still no boot...
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    PC won't turn on - motherboard faulty?

    Hi, I just built a PC and it won't turn on. I've tested the power supply with the paperclip test, and the PSU fan came on. The green LED on the motherboard came on. I checked my CPU (AMD Athlon X4 860k) is supported and it is. I then bought another CPU (AMD A4 5300) and tried that, but it didn't...
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    Do I need to update my bios to make my PC work?

    When I tried to boot my newly built PC into the BIOS for the first time, nothing happened. The green power LED on the motherboard was on, so that lead me to believe that my Corsair CX430 power supply was not the problem. All the cables were plugged in and nothing was loose. I then unplugged the...
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    Windows 10 upgrade permanent?

    Hey, If I buy a retail copy of Windows 8.1, install it on my system, and then get the free upgrade to Windows 10 in that first year, will that Windows 10 be registered to my old retail Windows 8.1 license, so I can then install Windows 10 on my PCs even after the first free year has finished...