Recent content by SirLordChris

Oh I completely forgot about Win 10! I didn't know about the trial either, so that really helps. I'll download that as soon as I can, as I'm PC-less for 4-days straight now. Thanks for the great idea dude!

Yep, thought as much now :l Thanks a bunch everyone for your time and support though! I gave the solution to @theyeti87 since he was almost first and laid out the problem the best. Probably should have kept the money for a W7 key, but hey extra storage space is ok too!

@bignastyid Haha yeah I didn't realize how the Windows on the HDD might be system specific :P Thankfully it was really cheap, and I was looking for more storage space for a couple of months, so it's not all bad! As for a key, I lost mine a couple of years ago when I first got this PC, and the...

Wow,thank you so much for the quick replies! Yeah I thought that might be the case, but I hoped someone might know a way to get it working without having to wipe it and get Windows reinstalled. I didn't know about the win7.iso thing though, I'll go check it out now.

After accidentaly wiping completly clean my 1TB HDD with Windows 7 on it, I bought an used one, that came with Windows 7 on it. Problem is, I get past the BIOS screen, then to the "Starting Windows" one, and the little Windows 7 lights appear for a second, then freeze, and it takes me back in...

But maybe I picked some of the static up, since I didn't wear one of those grounding bracelets.

Yeah I have 2 small ones , but they're at least 1 meter away from the PC.

Yeah it seems so, though it really sucks and I'm not sure why. Did I brick my motherboard (or at least the RAM slots) just by swapping some RAM without preparing? It sucks but I think I'm gonna have to get a new one, maybe swap to AMD while I'm at it :/

Yep, even the old stick.

I belive I don't have one unfortunately :( Also testing results are in and mostly it's just more black screens and fan spins, although a couple of times the PC kept restarting in a loop (~10 seconds of in between)

I don't have a motherboard speaker, just 2 normal ones. I'mma try testing the RAM more thoroughly now. And I think I checked most connections. Any important ones I might have missed? Thank you for first answer btw!

So today I decided to upgrade my old RAM stick (4GB DDR3 1333MHz) with a Corsair Vengeance Dual Kit (8GB DDR3 1866MHz), and me being excited and all, I forgot to check if I needed to do something before switching the ram, like a BIOS update. So after 3 hours of excruciating web surfing random...

As title says, I'm looking to replace an old Pentium G2020,from an old rig, with an i5 3470S. Mobo PSU Questions: 1) Will my mobo need a bios upgrde? 2) I have a stock cooler, would I need a replacement? 3) An easy mehod to replace the pentium? (video helps) 4) I also upgraded to an...

The R9 has a double custom fan, Burger. And now with Ron's reply I'm torn between the 690 and the 290x, the 690 being a bit older , so it might impact newer games' framerates, but better technically, and the 290x being semi-recent and solid, with AMD drivers to help it out with newer games...