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I am adding a wireless adapter to my existing motherboard (Asus Z87M-PLUS Motherboard (1150 Socket, Micro ATX, Intel Z87, PCI-E). My NVIDIA graphics card takes up a lot of space (NVIDIA GTX 660...basically it covers up one of the PCIex1 slots). The available slots I have are a second PCIex1 and...

This is solved. It was an incompatible wireless LAN card. Windows 8 compatible. NOT Windows 8.1 compatible. Thanks for all the help!

This is solved. It was an incompatible wireless LAN card. Windows 8 compatible. NOT Windows 8.1 compatible.

Hello, I previously posted this on another forum, but I received no solutions. I hope someone might be familiar with my problem. New build: Windows 8.1 Pro installing on Plextor SSD So far: Windows copys and goes up to 100% on installing. Then after automatic restart I get error saying that...

so far no solutions have worked. Sadly.

I noticed another interesting thing when I went back into BIOS. The DVD shows up twice now. once as it's actual name and once with a UEFI label on it. So the boot order now shows as DVd -> HDD -> DVD with UEFI label.

USAFRet: Thank you. I shut down the computer and booted from the install disk. It just opened up to the same error message, and did not start over with the install (picked up where it left off, it seems). Freakboi_pa: Thanks, I did that and my temps are around 93 F. However, I never formated...

Hi. I sure hope you can help me. I built a PC with an ASUS z87 motherboard. First step of going in to BIOS worked fine. Boot drive priority set to CD, then primary drive. Next step of installing Windows 8.1 64-bit did not go so well. Started fine with copying the files and then suddenly when...

Thanks for all the help!

@DarkSable: I just looked at the case you recommended - wow, I like it a lot! But it doesn't have any 2.5" bays. Case: Aerocool DS-Cube MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($108.59 @ NCIX US) By the way, your profile says home brew! I home brew as well...what do you like to brew?

also, thanks for the cpu suggestion - like that!!