Recent content by scirto

Selected the best answer (well, only answer) because it was correct. When I went back to straighten the pins back out as really my last option, I reseated the CPU and got a series of rapid beeps. Progress. Looked up the beep pattern and it was either a power error or memory error. I had no...

A little update to my own thread... I removed my CPU from my Gigabyte mobo and went to inspect the contacts. Saw some gunk on them (corrosion? Thermal? Burnt?) Very carefully attempted to clean the contacts with success, so the processor seems to be intact. I took a look at the socket on the...

I've done a lot of reading on here and elsewhere on the good old Internets, because I'm a big proponent of searching for the answer before asking for the answer. Here's the issue I've got so far and the steps I've taken in an attempt to resolve it. Past couple of weeks, my PC would randomly...

I just recently replaced my laptop with an HP ENVY m6. I believe the model is an "HP m6-n010dx," to be specific. It's the m6 model with an A10-5750M APU and AMD Radeon HD 8650G graphics. I am typically an Intel guy, so some of AMD's features are foreign to me. I haven't been able to find a...