Maybe try borrowing a power supply from someone—a buddy or a neighbor—or just pop your own GPU into another rig to see how it behaves? Honestly, though, I’m not even sure the PSU is the culprit here...
Grab this little utility—it’s got pretty much every version of Windows you could need, and even Microsoft Office too. If you end up needing a product key, just shoot me a private message.
If you're using Windows, just plug that portable hard drive into a USB port and head over to Disk Management. From there, you can wipe out all those existing partitions—once they're gone, you'll be able to create one single, clean "factory" partition of about 500GB. It’s pretty straightforward. Here's a video tutorial that walks you through it:
I'd suggest using this tool to wipe out your old drivers first—it’s possible some leftover files from your previous graphics card are still hanging around in the registry and causing all this trouble? This program basically scrubs everything clean, including those pesky remnants... Once you're done, just give your PC a quick restart and then go ahead with a fresh driver installation.
Just click on the Start button, type System Configuration into the Run box, and then head over to the Boot tab—from there, you can set Windows 10 as your default OS.
Regarding the audio, just make sure the program doesn't go over 80 minutes—that's about the limit for a standard CD. So, let's say we're looking at roughly 15 songs? It really all depends on the track lengths; some might be two minutes while others stretch to five, so I just put in a ballpark estimate for how many tracks will fit on one disc.
Honestly, even radio CDs aren't really the big thing anymore—they aren't even expensive, but why bother when you can just get a USB-enabled radio? You can grab an 8GB thumb drive, load it up with a thousand songs, and call it a day. No more messing around with carrying discs; you just do a quick copy and paste on your computer and move everything over to the USB.
Look, if you're dealing with a basic car CD player—like, one that doesn't specifically say it supports MP3s—you're basically stuck burning standard audio CDs. That means you'll only get about 80 minutes of music per disc. You might want to grab a program for your computer similar to this one...
It might just be that your onboard audio is disabled right in the BIOS—you should probably double-check those settings and see if you can enable it if it’s currently set to disable.
Your best bet is to head straight to the manufacturer's website—just pop your motherboard model into Google to find them—and look under the downloads section for the BIOS. Grab the latest version, toss it onto a USB drive, and plug that right into your machine. When you boot up, jump into the BIOS settings and run the update from there. Just one thing, though—once that update starts, don't touch a single thing. Seriously, just sit tight and let it do its thing until it's finished...
Go ahead and download CrystalDiskInfo to check the S.M.A.R.T. status of your Hard Disk Drive. If you want, feel free to post a screenshot here—that way we can take a look and figure out what's actually going on...
Honestly, the best way to handle this is to just grab a clean version of Windows with all the updates already baked in up to today's date—you can always find one online, and as long as you have your product key ready, you can activate it easily. It’s much better than trying to download every single live update one by one and wasting five hours of your life just sitting there waiting...
That's true, but if you happened to cut the power during a BIOS update... well, I don't think a service center visit is going to save you this time. It really just comes down to which motherboard model you're running—if it’s an older board, is it even worth trying to fix? Honestly, at that point, it might just be easier to grab a new one instead.