aww hell

[Flyingswords]

A few days ago my PC's ram slots decide to screw off and show half of my 8 GB of RAM (actually a bit less than half). I check with both CPU Z and Speccy, both show 8GB, but as single channel not dual (had 2 4GB sticks). So I go to Frys in Austin to pick up a cheap temporary motherboard. I installed said new board and and now I find out my OS SSD got corrupted. That really pissed me off. So I had to format it and reinstalled Win 7 Pro 64bit. So far, everything is working fine

 

[hacker]

Good job.

 

[Vec]

nerd... lol

 

[Southpaw]

From someone who doesn't know all that much about computers.....How did the SSD drive get corrupted?

 

[Flyingswords]

From someone who doesn't know all that much about computers.....How did the SSD drive get corrupted?

it would show the blue screen screen of death right after the black windows screen popped up. that and whenever I would try to reflash the BIOS it would freeze. Clearing the CMOS didnt help either

 

[duckknot]

Excuse me sir but this forum requires you to speak in English.....don't let it happen again!

 

[Glockster69]

^^^

 

[Mreed911]

it would show the blue screen screen of death right after the black windows screen popped up. that and whenever I would try to reflash the BIOS it would freeze. Clearing the CMOS didnt help either

New motherboard, wrong HAL. EFI?

 

[Flyingswords]

New motherboard, wrong HAL. EFI?

The system wouldnt boot up after the new motherboard was installed. So I figured it was the OS which was on an SSD. Reformatted it and installed windows and now everything is working fine.......so far. The only part I hated was reinstalling my CPU cooler (Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO) back on. that hold down bracket is a pain getting the mounting screws to catch

 

[vmax]

I am personally beginning to develop a deep hatered for all things PC related
Ive spent so much time and money on hard drives, fans and software

 

[Mreed911]

The system wouldnt boot up after the new motherboard was installed. So I figured it was the OS which was on an SSD. Reformatted it and installed windows and now everything is working fine.......so far.

Yep. The reinstall swapped in the right HAL. Your motherboard had a different chipset/BIOS and Windows only installs the one it needs to use.

 

[Blind Sniper]

Jesus, and I thought I had bad luck with computers... Shit like this is why I do two things. First, don't mess with shit I don't understand. Second, buy a Geek Squad ADH ("accidental damage from handling) plan for all the new stuff. $260 for two years coverage, but the plan covers literally everything, from hardware/software failures to a drunk with a shotgun using your fancy-ass Macbook for target practice (yes it happened, not to me or anyone I know. Heard the story from a local GS guy when I asked for specifics about what is or isn't covered).

 

[Younggun]

New motherboard, wrong HAL. EFI?

What are you doing, Dave?
(In HAL 9000 voice)


Sent from my HAL 9000

 

[Davetex]

What are you doing, Dave?
(In HAL 9000 voice)

I didn't touch anything.

 

[Charlie]

I think all acronyms should be banned!

 

[Davetex]

I think all acronyms should be banned!

WTH?

 

[Southpaw]

I think all acronyms should be banned!

LOL!!

 

[Charlie]

 

[Mreed911]

I think all acronyms should be banned!

I couldn't live without my TLA's (three letter acronyms).

 

[RACER X]

Must be that hard core porn

We just replaced the desktop because it was older then my youngest child, 6yo, and MS would no longer update things, running vista

We bought an open box Dell for $350, i5, 8g, 1tb hard drive. Windows10

sent from the batcloset in the batcave on the batphone