Posts by Larry Ortiz5

So, do you actually have a speaker connected to your motherboard? Maybe try popping the case open just to check...

I'd say just set aside about 60GB for each partition—that should be plenty of breathing room.

Sorry about that—I had my volume cranked up pretty high so I missed the first part, haha. Anyway, maybe try uninstalling the sound card driver and then give the laptop a quick restart? Once that’s done, just head over to the manufacturer's website, look up your specific laptop model, and download the latest audio driver. Install it and see if that fixes the issue...

So, just to make sure I'm following—are you asking why it takes your laptop such an eternity to boot up? Or is there something else on your mind?

I know we’re all feeling the squeeze right now when it comes to money—it’s definitely a stressful time for everyone—and while I realize my take isn't exactly going to solve your problems, my best advice would be to just start putting some cash aside for a new rig...

Just wanted to ask—are these pre-built systems, or what?

I’d suggest grabbing AdwCleaner along with Malwarebytes and TDSSKiller—run a scan with all three and see what they turn up.

http://www.findlaptopdriver.com/moth...io-vga-driver/

Just click on LAN – Windows Vista, Windows XP, 2K, Linux – Download

That ought to clear things up—let me know if it works for you.

Which motherboard are we talking about here? I'll need the manufacturer and the specific model. If you aren't quite sure, maybe just run Speccy—once you've got that open, you can just grab the info under the motherboard section and paste it right here.

Just right-click on your desktop, head over to the display settings, and make sure you've got your resolution set to the highest option available.

Is the image looking a bit zoomed in to you? Everything seems scaled up, right? First off—did you try a quick restart of your computer? If that didn't help, just head over to Google and search for NVIDIA Drivers. Once you hit their official site, follow the steps shown in the screenshot. Just make sure that at the very last step, you select the version of macOS you're running, click "display results," and then hit download. Once the installer runs, you should be all set.

Oh man, you click on change and then—oops—you end up clicking uninstall instead...

The third one down from the top (AMD Catalyst)

No, no—not there. You actually want to head over to the Control Panel, go into "Uninstall a Program," and look through your list of installed software for the ATI graphics driver. Once you find it, go ahead and uninstall it. Just give your computer a quick restart after that, and then let me know how it goes...

From what I can tell, he ran a 37-minute stress test right before this—so it’s pretty much expected that temperatures would spike, especially if he's just running the stock cooler that came with the CPU...

driftingridge21 You might want to try doing a clean reinstall of your Graphics Card drivers—that usually does the trick and should clear up the issue.

Maybe grab HWMonitor and take a quick look at what your temperatures are actually doing inside the case...

Realtek is your audio chipset—so you’ll want to grab those drivers here...

http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...&GetDown=false

Just pick the version that matches your Windows setup, download it, run the installer, and you should be all set.

Before you start putting everything together, do you actually need a 2TB hard drive? Or was that just something you tossed in there without really thinking about it?

If you ask me, this build is pretty poorly put together—you might want to wait until the guys can assemble it properly for you. Why am I saying that? Well, it's because you paired a Z87 motherboard with an i3 processor that doesn't even support overclocking, which—let's be honest—isn't the best combo given the power supply model you chose.