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  1. G

    Solved Trouble changing XP to Win 10 pro

    I have tried to get my XP machine to boot from a CD drive or USB so I can remove XP and install windows 10 pro. I have changed the Bios setting to allow this to happen but for some reason XP keeps firing up from the internal Hard drive come what may. It is like a secure boot and I do not know...
  2. Robert van der Leeuw

    GPU might be broken?

    I got an old 9 270X from a friend that he thought broke due to liquid damage, but he didn't try to power it afterwards anymore. I cleaned it with some 96% alcohol, applied new thermal paste and tried it in my PC a few months ago, and it worked fine for a few minutes, but whilst installing the...
  3. H

    Infinite bios loop

    Hi everyone, I have a problem with my pc, everytime I turn it on it is stuck on the bios settings, after I exit it's stuck again - windows never loads. I can't do anything except go into bios.. I am sure it is not the boot load order, my hardrive is on the list correctly. I've reseted bios...
  4. D

    Computer freezes then gets more stable over time

    I purchased a huawei matebook D 14 AMD and when I first bought it it would start freezing, it did this for a while and slowly got more stable overtime until it was basically completely stable. Now when huawei pushed a bios update, the computer has begun to freeze up randomly again just like it...
    • Deleted member 2294
    • Thread
    • bios firmware freezing help
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Software Support
  5. D

    Solved PC wont boot from SSD (but will when its in a laptop)

    Hey, so the problem im facing is that, my OS wont boot from my PC. The thing is I have tried alot of fixes and nothing is working. I still get the "reboot and select boot device" message. Also the SSD that has the OS on works fine when I put it into my laptop. Which means ive done the update...
  6. Brunsos

    HDD and SSD not being recognized

    I recently built my own pc with all new parts and i got it to boot to the BIOS, when i was there i realised that all my SATA information was showing N/A. I installed a 2TB HDD and a 128GB M.2 SSD into my ASUS PRIME B450-plus motherboard and made sure the cords were connected securely. I put in...
  7. C

    Bios help.

    Hi I own a HP Pavilion p6-2143w desktop when I try and upgrade the bios on windows 10 it reverts back to the old bios all other dirvers work just fine on windows 10 is there any way to get around this because alot of games use SSID and I cant play them if you could help me I would greatly...
  8. S

    Stuck on blue Hp logo screen

    Hello everyone who can help. Yesterday I saw a video on how to overclock RAM. In order to do so I had to go into the BIOS. Upon turning my PC on I proceeded with pressing F2 to bring up my BIOS settings. But unfortunately I now am stuck on the blue “press esc to access startup menu” screen...
  9. J

    Windows 10 does not boot

    Dear Forum users, firstly, i want to apologize, if i wrote this topic in the wrong section. Today, i was installing an update to Fortnite (popular PC game). After 2 hours of installation, i decided to turn on Google Chrome. When I did so, whole computer freezed and i had to turn it off manually...
    • jIMc
    • Thread
    • bios boot boot loop crash dead hdd error hdd hdderror stuck at loading windows10
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Windows 10
  10. Arixxon

    Complex - Drives and Memory randomly disappears, freezes, unable to install windows

    Hello, I have a huge and complex problem. My lame assumption is its caused by Motherboard. But I'm not a pro so I ask you: First, history of the problem: I bought this PC in 2014, after 5 months my software equalizer stopped working so I checked why, and in hardware list my soundcard was listed...
    • Arixxon
    • Thread
    • bios boot motherboard uefi
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Windows 10
  11. B

    Solved Cannot locate my SSD in BIOS to reboot Windows10

    Long story short: I had long running problems with my Style Note laptop (W10), which was experiencing several BSODs a day and giving a pretty wide variety of errors messages for each BSOD. I sent it back to manufacturer who blamed the whole thing on a dust build up Just got it back this evening...
  12. Captain

    Solved Start-up Black Screen Issues With Blinking Underscore (Desktop)

    Hello, I've had PC start-up issues for maybe two months now (I've had the desktop for close to 6 months now possibly) and I figured I should ask for solutions because it clearly won't go away by itself. When I start my PC up sometimes it pops up with a black screen with a blinking underscore...
    • Captain
    • Thread
    • bios black screen computer desktop help laptop pc help question start-up
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Laptop Support
  13. PeterT

    Solved Can`t enter bios settings menu

    Hi, I have a Nas PC, (MSI H61M-P20(G3) motherboard, an Intel i3-3220, 6GB DDR3 RAM, Two 1TB WD HDD and a 16GB Pendrive for the OS, and using the integrated gpu) which had OpenMediaVault installed to it. Yesterday i purchased a TP-Link TG-3468 gigabit PCIE card. I shut down the pc, put in the...
  14. O

    Msi b350 not recognizing r5 1500x

    Hello I bought a msi b350 pc mate and r5 1500x from amazon a while ago. I built the pc and the mobo didnt recognise the cpu, I thought the cpu was faulty and sent it back. I got the new cpu and had the same problem, so I the mobo socket must be faulty so i sent it back and got a msi b350 arctic...
  15. N

    Cannot Reformat HP Stream 11 Laptop

    Description of problem Cannot Reformat stream 11 PC. The laptop was purchased from a school with it being locked. F11 cannot be used. Cause/Steps to recreate the issue So I created an ISO Imaged thumb drive (To act as DVD) this allowed me to try and reformat the laptop to Win 10, Issue is i...
    • Ngand
    • Thread
    • bios laptop pc help pc laptop reformating
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Laptop Support
  16. passwurd

    Solved Does Overclocking require a Overclocking program or BIOs settings to run?

    I'm asking this because I'm getting a 1050Ti Overclocked, and I don't know if it goes to Overclocking automatically or with manual input. So, if I get this out of the box and set it up, can I expect it to run normally with no overclocking?
  17. D

    Solved No Bootable Device

    I may have dug myself in too deep with this one. I've been having a long saga of problems dealing with my 3 year old Acer Aspire V5-552PG. I just repaired the monitor cable which had gotten pinched and frayed somehow. It was causing the monitor to flash on and off, and then come back and say...
  18. R

    Mouse/Keyboard Unresponsive at Desktop, works in BIOS

    I have been unable to use my mouse and keyboard at the desktop. This problem began when my computer began to slow down about 10 minutes after I booted it up. When I tried to open different windows such as My Computer or access the Task Manager, they would all freeze. Even when I clicked them...
  19. Nocturn

    Please help (No display)

    So I have tried to fix my computer and gone through several steps to try to fix it to no avail. My latest step was to get a motherboard diagnostic card which ended up showing that the last two things it tried to do in post were "The keyboard controller command byte is written. Next, issue the...
    • Nocturn
    • Thread
    • bios help noboot nodisplay
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: Windows 7
  20. R

    Solved Error 0xc0000225 when trying to install Windows 7

    Hey y'all, I don't know if this is the right forum to put this in, but I am currently building a PC using a Supermicro X7DVL-3 motherboard and when I try booting to the Windows 7 disc it starts to load but then the error "0xc0000225" comes up saying: "Windows failed to load because the firmware...
    • ralphmanlap
    • Thread
    • 0xc0000225 bios error motherboard supermicro windows 7 x7dvl-3
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Windows 7
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