Ok, My pc hasn't had many problems in the 2 years I've had it. About 7 months ago, I looked into my ram and it's got 4.2 gb ram reserved by hardware. This perplexed me, but it was essentially explained to me that the system would free the reserved ram when needed, so I didn't need to worry. Fast forward to yesterday. I cleaned out my ram sticks, gpu to clean around them. I was really careful, and upon boot, my pc recognized 10gb in the bios and cpuz, but still gave me the 4.2 reserved nonsense. I said screw it. This morning, I boot and have 1.5 gb ram available, so I reboot and reseat the ram. Now I boot up and it wont take me to the login or anything, and keeps telling me system drivers are missing, and it either goes into a repairing loop or shuts off entirely. I don't have a win 8 install disc, the pc was refurbished and came with none, and I never made a recovery usb or dvd. I have no other pcs that have windows 8 or 8.1. What can I do?
Specs
Specs:
Model
Brand
HP
Series
ENVY
Model
h8-1534 (H2N64AAR#ABA)
Quick Info
Type
Student/Home office
Usage
Consumer
Processor
AMD FX-6200 3.8GHz
Processor Main Features
64 bit 6-Core Processor
Cache Per Processor
6MB L2 Cache
Memory
10GB DDR3 1600
Storage
1.5TB SATA 7200RPM
Optical Drive
SuperMulti DVD Burner drive
Graphics
AMD Radeon HD 7570
Ethernet
Gigabit Ethernet
Power Supply
460W
Operating System
Windows 8 64-Bit
Motherboard
Chipset
AMD 970
CPU
CPU Type
AMD FX-Series
CPU Speed
FX-6200 (3.80GHz)
L2 Cache Per CPU
6MB
L3 Cache Per CPU
8MB
CPU Main Features
64 bit 6-Core Processor
Graphics
GPU/VGA Type
AMD Radeon HD 7570 2GB
Memory
Memory Capacity
10GB DDR3
Memory Speed
DDR3 1600
Form Factor
DIMM 240-pin
Memory Slot (Total)
4
Maximum Memory Supported
32GB
Hard Drive
HDD
1.5TB
HDD Interface
SATA
HDD RPM
7200rpm
Optical Drive
Optical Drive Type
DVD Super Multi
Front Panel Ports
Front USB
2 x USB 3.0
Front Audio Ports
2
Card Reader
15-in-1 multimedia card reader
Back Panel Ports
PS/2
2
Video Ports
1 DVI, 1 HDMI, 1 Display Port
Rear USB
4 x USB 2.0
RJ45
1 port
Rear Audio Ports
6 ports
S/P DIF
1 port
Expansion
PCI Slots (Available/Total)
1 x PCI Express x16 (Gen 2.0)
3 x PCI Express x1 (Gen 2.0)
1 x PCI Express mini card (for half-length add-in cards) with USB connector
The only changes I have made were upgrading my gpu to a geforce gtx 660 3gb FTW edition, and a corsair 600 w power supply.
Specs
Specs:
Model
Brand
HP
Series
ENVY
Model
h8-1534 (H2N64AAR#ABA)
Quick Info
Type
Student/Home office
Usage
Consumer
Processor
AMD FX-6200 3.8GHz
Processor Main Features
64 bit 6-Core Processor
Cache Per Processor
6MB L2 Cache
Memory
10GB DDR3 1600
Storage
1.5TB SATA 7200RPM
Optical Drive
SuperMulti DVD Burner drive
Graphics
AMD Radeon HD 7570
Ethernet
Gigabit Ethernet
Power Supply
460W
Operating System
Windows 8 64-Bit
Motherboard
Chipset
AMD 970
CPU
CPU Type
AMD FX-Series
CPU Speed
FX-6200 (3.80GHz)
L2 Cache Per CPU
6MB
L3 Cache Per CPU
8MB
CPU Main Features
64 bit 6-Core Processor
Graphics
GPU/VGA Type
AMD Radeon HD 7570 2GB
Memory
Memory Capacity
10GB DDR3
Memory Speed
DDR3 1600
Form Factor
DIMM 240-pin
Memory Slot (Total)
4
Maximum Memory Supported
32GB
Hard Drive
HDD
1.5TB
HDD Interface
SATA
HDD RPM
7200rpm
Optical Drive
Optical Drive Type
DVD Super Multi
Front Panel Ports
Front USB
2 x USB 3.0
Front Audio Ports
2
Card Reader
15-in-1 multimedia card reader
Back Panel Ports
PS/2
2
Video Ports
1 DVI, 1 HDMI, 1 Display Port
Rear USB
4 x USB 2.0
RJ45
1 port
Rear Audio Ports
6 ports
S/P DIF
1 port
Expansion
PCI Slots (Available/Total)
1 x PCI Express x16 (Gen 2.0)
3 x PCI Express x1 (Gen 2.0)
1 x PCI Express mini card (for half-length add-in cards) with USB connector
The only changes I have made were upgrading my gpu to a geforce gtx 660 3gb FTW edition, and a corsair 600 w power supply.