EPTAnyone know of a different operating system that I can download and stick on this thing to see if I still have problems? Preferably free.
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SCC-Faust
United States3736 Posts
Anyone know of a different operating system that I can download and stick on this thing to see if I still have problems? Preferably free. | ||
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meeple
Canada10211 Posts
Most operating systems are free if obtained by questionably legal methods... Ubuntu Linux would be a good shot to throw on there, its fairly user friendly. If you're not really comfortable with Linux, just download a copy of pirated Windows XP to try out. Since its a new computer, I assume you have the recovery cd? The troubleshooting method that I would do is: 1) Reinstall a fresh copy of Windows 7 to see if its a software issue 2) If that doesn't work, install Windows XP, but make sure you have all the drivers beforehand, so you can get online and running right away. If that still doesn't work, then its most likely a hardware issue, and you'll have to swap out things, or take it in to a computer repair shop if you don't have the expertise. Edit: I'll try to follow the thread, but if you want more help feel free to PM me. | ||
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SCC-Faust
United States3736 Posts
I thought it was a driver issue but I went to the websites of all my hardware manufacturers and downloaded each current file for my operating system (Windows 7). The only one that I don't have up-to-date is my motherboard/processor one (Fuck if I remember which, it came with a CD and when I put it in it says only WinXP then freezes). But I am noticing more and more that the more activity I do on my computer the more likely it is to freeze. However, I have more than enough ram and the computer isn't even close to overheating so I dunno. On the plus side I found a cool website though: http://www.boys-island.net/ | ||
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meeple
Canada10211 Posts
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meeple
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Chromyne
Canada561 Posts
On November 19 2009 21:04 meeple wrote: And when I said it could be a driver problem, I meant more that Windows 7 is relatively new, and how it reacts with all drivers isn't exactly tried and true, it might not be that its not the latest version, but just the fact that you have the driver there thats causing the problem. To check this you would need to go to the Hardware wizard in the control panel and exhaustively disable all the drivers to test. I was going to say this. New drivers don't always mean compatible/working drivers. In safe mode you can stop a lot of processes (I believe you can control this in msconfig) so if there is a change in your computer performance then it's easier to identify problems. It's also better to run virus scans in safe mode. | ||
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Eben
United States769 Posts
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Jonoman92
United States9107 Posts
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SCC-Faust
United States3736 Posts
On November 19 2009 23:43 Eben wrote: Do you a wireless connection? Yes and yes I built it myself. | ||
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meeple
Canada10211 Posts
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SCC-Faust
United States3736 Posts
My topic; can someone tell me where the hell I find a driver update for BIOS.sys? | ||
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SCC-Faust
United States3736 Posts
Installed 4gb of ram, it reads it but says it isn't usable. Halp? ![[image loading]](http://i48.tinypic.com/64nrzo.png) | ||
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Amarxist
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HowitZer
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