Recent content by tomvtx1300c

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    after motherboard change I cant get good sound

    i like my music to sound as good as I can afford
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    after motherboard change I cant get good sound

    fixed it. im not sure what did the trick but things I remember doing was.. trying to stop windows from loading its own drivers. i did chat with creative support but didnt do anything new with them.. im just glad I have my music back. this is a great sound card and im very happy its still...
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    after motherboard change I cant get good sound

    thank you. i will try disabling the onboard audio but on my last motherboard(also asus) i didnt have to. last time I change the motherboard i remember I had the same kind of sound but have i installed the drivers it sounded fantastic at very loud volumes. onces its fixed i will do a compare...
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    after motherboard change I cant get good sound

    thank you and maybe i will but right now i would like to get this going
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    after motherboard change I cant get good sound

    hello all. i change my motherboard and had terrible sound. i tried uninstalling the drivers a few times and still music sounds terrible. windows 10 sound card = Sound Blaster ZxR Motherboard = USUS ROG Maximus X Formula lga1151 i always have run the output cables to my stereo inputs and use...
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    1TB harddrive not showing in bios or diskmanagement.

    thank you very much. I will try that. surprised that I may not be able to use all the hook ups. I will let you know if it works... thank you again
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    1TB harddrive not showing in bios or diskmanagement.

    I was just reading someone else's and relized that I may have had this drive - In the previous system were maybe set in a raid array (raid set in bios) or mirrored (set in windows storage spaces). I think I had something like that when dell put it together. but this computer I built
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    1TB harddrive not showing in bios or diskmanagement.

    Hello All, new install of windows 8.1 motherboard is asus p8z77-v pro thunderbolt I have 2 SSD cards and another hard drive... so 2 SSD's and 3 hard disks but only 2 of the hard disks are not showing. I tried connecting it to sever spots on mother board but still don't show. the harddrive that...
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    Vantec & P8Z77-V PRO/THUNDERBOLT

    I hope I didn't mark this as answered.
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    Vantec & P8Z77-V PRO/THUNDERBOLT

    running windows 8.1. connected card reader to only available SATA port on motherboard.. the white port. 20 pin usb 3 connector on motherboard is smaller than the 20 pin connector on card reader. HD audio pin on motherboard already taken. My questions does the card reader get its power from the...
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    My Windows 8 is stuck on an infinite loop

    I had the same problem. what worked for me was to follow the instructions carefully for upgrading my video card drivers to windows 8. I downloaded and saved the drivers, uninstalled everything for the video card. reboot computer and installed new drivers. good luck
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    install windows 8 on SSD.

    when I first came here someone sent me some links on how to prepare my computer for an install of windows 8 on a SSD. I was shown 2 links. I believe this was one of the links. http://www.overclock.net/t/1240779/seans-windows-8-install-optimization-guide-for-ssds-hdds does. I checked all my...
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    Default IP Address Changed.

    after rereading the manual it seems that by pressing the reset button only about 7 seconds is a quick reset and what I needed to do was hold the reset button longer for a complete reset. that is my best guess because now it is back to the way it was. one warning I would like to pass along -...