Posts by Larry Ortiz5

It’s probably better this way... Honestly, just save up your cash and you can grab a whole new motherboard, an Intel Core i9, and some RAM all at once.

I’m actually all for crimsonstag84's idea... I mean, you can't deny there's something special about something being brand new 😉

So, should you go for a quad-core or just skip the upgrade entirely? Honestly, you might just end up throwing money down the drain—if there's even a noticeable difference to begin with...

On top of that, if I were you, I’d suggest selling the PC part by part—it’ll honestly be much easier to move. Most people on Craigslist, or just generally online, prefer picking out the specific components they actually need rather than lugging a whole pre-built system home... Sure, it might take a bit longer to get everything sold off one by one, but since you aren't really using it anymore, why not give it a shot?

If your hard drive was formatted without a backup being made beforehand—you know, things like burning them to a disc or moving them over to a USB drive—then those files are pretty much gone. Honestly, your best bet would be to reach out to the person who actually performed the formatting and see if they can help you out.

Honestly, I wouldn't recommend going down that route if I were you—mainly because your processor is just too weak. It’ll almost certainly act as a massive bottleneck, meaning you won't actually be able to push that graphics card to its full potential during gaming. And, don't take this the wrong way, but I'm honestly not sure which "modern" games that CPU can even handle 😁 (assuming you're looking to play some actual games on this rig)
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It might be better to save up for a whole new setup instead. For roughly $1000, you could put together a system with an integrated GPU that would already outperform the ATI Radeon HD 5450. You'd get a new motherboard, 4GB of RAM, a fresh power supply, a hard drive, and a case. Honestly? Doing this current upgrade feels like throwing money straight into the wind..

Honestly, I think you’ve really only got two ways to play this...

1: You could head over to a local tech shop—maybe a Best Buy or something similar—and grab a can of compressed air along with some decent thermal paste. It shouldn't set you back more than maybe $15 or $20. With the air, you can blow out all the dust until the whole rig is spotless—I mean everything, from the individual components to the heatsinks and fans. Then, just pop off the CPU cooler, use some isopropyl alcohol to wipe away the old, crusty paste from both the processor and the heatsink, and apply a tiny amount—just a little pea-sized drop right in the center. Put the cooler back on, and you're good to go...

2: Now, if the idea of opening up your machine makes you a bit nervous, you could always just take it to a local PC repair shop. It’s probably a fifteen-minute job for those guys to get it sorted, and they shouldn't charge you much more than what you'd spend on the supplies yourself. So, yeah... it's really up to you how you want to handle it.

So, did you just install a fresh version of Windows along with some extra software? 😬 It looks like the problem is that the QtNetwork4.dll file is missing—you’ll probably need to grab that specific file individually and drop it right into the Daemon directory...

http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dl...tml?qtnetwork4

Just click on the link to download the zip files.

Hey, why don't you just grab a screenshot and upload the image? Or, if that's too much trouble, just type out exactly what the error message says...

Honestly, I’d rather just save up my cash and buy a processor, a motherboard, and some RAM all at once... specifically an (1150) socket setup

Another thing that comes to mind—and this depends on whether your disc actually has protection layers—is finding software specifically designed to rip protected CDs or DVDs. There’s bound to be some utility out there that can handle it; if you can successfully burn a clean copy to a blank disc, your laptop should have no trouble reading it. 🙂 Honestly, the worst-case scenario here is just losing a blank CD or DVD. 😁

I totally agree—if she’s acting like such an expert when it comes to building PCs, why didn't she give you any advice on putting your rig together in the first place? 😛

That’s just a Microsoft program... You should probably just reinstall it. Just head over to Google and search for "Microsoft .NET Framework download" and you'll find it.

Have you tried popping in a different CD or DVD just to see if it loads normally? It seems like there might be some issues with the optical drive on this laptop... 🤷

I mean, hats off to you—but why on earth would you drop that kind of cash on an old graphics card? 👍

It was a solid machine—I had mine for three years and could run just about any game on max settings without breaking a sweat. Honestly, you could probably sell this rig, and if you've got the cash, toss in another 2000-$1000 and you'd be looking at a total rocket ship configuration. Then you're all set. That’s basically how it goes every single time, right? 🙂

Walmart

I’d honestly drop $200 just to get my hands on your entire setup..

What about the power supply? Is it just integrated graphics? And what kind of case are we looking at here?

Same here... By the way, did you finally get everything ordered? 😬 I mean, imagine if you were trying to buy a car right now—that would be a disaster! 🙂

crimsonstag84 is sending it through HP—I’ll give you a hundred bucks for it.😍