Recent content by Sigma2012

using a toshiba 500gb external to backup 20 gigs off a laptop with the built in NTI Backup Now EZ software... it's been going for like 4 hours and it's only around 32%, moving EXTREMELY slowly. IS something wrong and should I just stop now to try a different backup method?

Hello, I Just picked up a MSI Twin Frozr GTX 660 to replace my aging GTX 280's in SLI. I'm using a M3N-HT Deluxe Mobo and it seems this card is locking up my system at the boot screen. Searches online have come up with other people having this issue, but no solutions that I can see. Anyone...

Also, I've run linux on this mobo and it looks fine graphically. Does this say anything about the onboard graphics? It seems to be fine up until after the windows load bar where I just get a black screen. I enabled VGA mode and its the same. I've read that safe mode stalling at mup.sys could be...

I thought that might be it, but I can't get safe mode to boot, how can I install the driverr

Hello, I installed a fresh copy of windows xp and on its first boot the display was at low res with 8 bit color and zero options to change it. The monitor was not in the monitor list. The system can run linux and all the graphics are fine until after the windows loading bar, then I just get a...

Hello, I had to install an old mobo in a system and format a drive because it de-authenticated the previous version of windows XP After the install, the resolution was forced to low with 8 bit graphics and had no options to change it. The monitor was not detected, and after a restart the...

Hello, I had to install an old mobo in a system and format a drive because it de-authenticated the previous version of windows XP After the install, the resolution was forced to low with 8 bit graphics and had no options to change it. The monitor was not detected, and after a restart the...

Hello, I had to install an old mobo in a system and format a drive because it de-authenticated the previous version of windows XP After the install, the resolution was forced to low with 8 bit graphics and had no options to change it. The monitor was not detected, and after a restart the...

I'm having some trouble trying to find a power button for my custom PC Case.. I'm talking about the actual button that would be on the front panel of the case, not the cable from the motherboard. Would like to have a cool looking button but just can't seem to locate anything online. Anyone have...

Hello, I'm using 2 GTX 280's in SLI I just recently found out by using GPU Shark that despite my Overclocking using the EVGA Precision tool, these cards were running in Performance State 8, which utilises under half the power i set clocks to. Using the PowerMizer tool for Nvidia, I was able...

Happy to say that (so far, knock on wood) the pc seems to have ceased freezing, though Sentinel now has it's health rated at 60% after 13 spin up retries. It seems to have been in the power bar. I had dual monitors and some speakers powered off this bar, as well as the 1000w PSU. From what I can...

The Disk check gave the drive 89% health. The only issue is the Spin Up Retries, which I think might be some insight to the reason my computer is freezing. What steps can I take to ensure the integrity of the hard drive? I've run HD Sentinel and all tests are OK, aside from the spin up retry...

I hear a click from my computer, then the system freezes. It sometimes freezes at the post boot screen as well. I think this might be an issue with a hard drive not getting enough power, but I have a 1000w PSU. I ran a scan on the drives and they come back OK, with one warning that has 5 spin...

Hello, I've received a private sale computer with windows 7. It appears the task manager and regedit have been disabled by the administrator. I have administrator status of the machine. Am currently running several anti virus / anti spyware programs, but would be very grateful for any help with...