Posts by Larry Ortiz5

Which power supply are we talking about exactly? I'd love to know the manufacturer and the specific model number.

You really can't compare laptop parts to desktop components. For way less money, you could build a full desktop setup—complete with high-quality peripherals—that would absolutely smoke that Dell laptop.

feralranger72 said:So, I've got this issue with my laptop—every time I try to boot up Windows 7, I just get hit with that dreaded Blue Screen of Death. I actually tried installing Windows XP to see if that would work, but even during the XP setup, it kicks me right back to that blue screen. Does anyone have any idea what might be causing this? I've already tried booting into Safe Mode, but honestly, nothing seems to work.

It sounds like you're looking at a hardware issue. To start troubleshooting, maybe grab a MemTest tool from another computer and run a scan on your RAM.

So, I'm looking at a GTX 1080 for my $567 garage setup and PC. But honestly, yeah—the Nvidia RTX 8 series would probably have been much easier on the power bill.

Once the RTX 8 series officially drops, it’ll probably finally make sense to pick up a used RTX 3080—at that point, prices should drop to practically nothing, maybe even lower.

It sounds like the issue might just be coming down to your optical drive. You could try picking up a different one—or honestly, it’s probably easier to just whip up a bootable USB using a tool like Rufus.

Why put them in a zip file? It’s much easier if you just upload the photos directly to somewhere like Imgur.

Maybe try popping the case open—just to see if the graphics card fan is actually spinning? If it’s sitting still, there's your culprit right there.

Maybe try downloading HWMonitor—it’ll give you a much better look at what those temperatures are actually doing inside that machine.

Just to recap—head over to your Control Panel and uninstall the current graphics driver first. Once that's done, just pop over to NVIDIA's site and grab the latest drivers for your specific card. When you run the installer, make sure you hit "Advanced" and check the box for a "clean install"—that usually helps clear out any old junk. After the installation finishes, give your PC a quick restart and then try launching the game again.

First off, you’ll want to uninstall that NVIDIA driver. If you head into your programs list and look under "uninstall," you should be able to find the driver there and wipe it out. Then, just go to THIS PAGE TO DOWNLOAD THE LATEST GRAPHICS CARD DRIVERS. Not sure which specific model you have? You can always check under

Option 2: Automatically find drivers for my NVIDIA products Once those new drivers are installed, give your computer a quick restart—it’s always better to be safe—and then try launching the game again.

Joshua Chavez28 It doesn't really matter if it says a Windows update is running—that can happen even on non-genuine versions of Windows 🙂 At the end of the day, whether your Windows is official or not shouldn't be the issue here; the game just needs to run. And honestly, you aren't going to gain anything by switching over to 32-bit Windows.

So, are you seeing this exact same issue across all ten games? Did you double-check if the cracks are actually working, or are they all legitimate copies? Also—just out of curiosity—when was the last time you gave your PC a good dusting?

I get that people are just trying to be helpful—and I appreciate the sentiment—but it honestly gets on my nerves sometimes when someone claims they can guarantee a component will stay reliable for a specific amount of time. It’s like, do you have a crystal ball or something?

Feel free to grab the x32 version—it’ll run just fine on an x64 system anyway. 🙂 I mean, if Microsoft doesn't have an x64 version of the media player listed on their site, then it basically doesn't exist, right? It's like they didn't even bother making one—you can just take that as your answer.

I honestly don't get why you're being so stubborn—just try overclocking the CPU and bumping up the voltage, or maybe throw three GPUs in SLI. You won't be able to pull that off on an $100 board, though. They didn't exactly design high-end boards for power users like that. A $300-$$133 setup is really meant for people who just want to browse the web and watch movies. If you're a hardcore gamer, that's a whole different story 🙂

Why does a Rolex cost $10,000 while a Casio is only $50? It really comes down to build quality—it’s just built better, plain and simple. You see that same logic applied when you're picking out motherboards, too. If you go out and buy a board for... $100 That doesn't necessarily mean it won't work or that it's just bad—you're still going to get some decent overclocking headroom out of it. Plus, you'll get better capacitors, so you aren't risking everything on cheap components. There's a reason manufacturers bother making both low-end boards and high-end ones, right?

Man, I would love to get my hands on an EVGA r9 290 🙂

When you select "Best performance," you're essentially stripping away the visual flair of Windows—I'm talking about those extra animations and effects. If you're working with an older, sluggish PC, this can actually make things feel much snappier and more fluid. Just a heads-up, though: Windows is going to look a bit "ugly" or plain once you do this. It’s worth a shot, though—if you hate how it looks, you can always just toggle everything back to the way it was. By default, selecting "Best performance" means all those visual effects are turned off 🙂

You don't actually need any drivers for a Microsoft drive. Why not try that link Joshua Garcia3 shared? Basically, just download a Linux Mint live image—well, let's call it a Unix-based distro—burn it to a blank CD, and then boot from that. Once you're up and running in that environment, see if the system recognizes the drive. If it doesn't work there, honestly? You might as well just toss it in the trash.

Man, I swear—I feel like I’ve already been trained to just throw up a 408 error myself. Honestly, if it weren't for him, I’d be completely lost on this forum 😵