goldenpilot6 said:Go into your BIOS and check if the Wi-Fi option is even enabled.
Man, where the hell is that setting even located? Seriously, can someone just look it up and tell me? It’s possible this happened because I ran some BIOS update driver earlier and who knows, maybe that mess totally screwed everything up...
Bryan Rivera83 I can't believe I even have to say this, but apparently, we're still stuck listening to this nonsense like it's actually worth something. Look, just go into Device Manager and hunt down the driver using the vendor and device ID, especially when your damn base isn't even working. 🙂
Can you actually explain what a vendor ID and a device ID even are?
Man, I picked up this HP Pavilion G7, and it came with Windows 7 64-bit pre-installed, but obviously, I had to wipe it and reinstall Windows because I like doing things my own way. I’ve done this a million times before without any issues, but for the first time ever, I’m staring at a screen where I can't see the Wi-Fi adapter anywhere. Everything else is running perfectly fine, but no driver in the world seems to fix it—I even tried the official one from the HP site and nothing. It was working totally fine right before I reinstalled everything, so I'm stuck. Can someone please help me out here... what the hell could be going on?
Robert Taylor4 said:Alright, I'll give that a shot later. I forgot to mention that before I even tried wiping the system, I found a ton of viruses and had to scrub them out with Norton, and ever since then, everything has just been glitching out like crazy. Plus, when I was trying to install Windows, the installer kept acting up and wouldn't even show my partitions during the drive deletion step. You really think that BIOS tweak you mentioned is gonna fix all that too?
And where the hell am I supposed to find that setting in the BIOS?
Alright, here’s another one for you guys because I was thinking maybe my CD-RW drive is just acting up since it takes forever to load, so I wanted to swap in an old CD-RW drive, but this new level of CD-RW has these weird new ports and that wide cable from the old one won't plug into the motherboard, whereas the old one only had that single output. Can I just plug it into the board using that cable without blowing anything up, especially since there's an identical slot on the board that looks like it fits?
Noah Miller6 said:Boot into your BIOS, locate the SATA Mode settings, and switch them from AHCI to either IDE or Compatibility mode. That should clear up those errors right away.
Alright, I'll give that a shot later. I forgot to mention that before I even tried wiping the system, I found a ton of viruses and had to scrub them out with Norton, and ever since then, everything has just been glitching out like crazy. Plus, when I was trying to install Windows, the installer kept acting up and wouldn't even show my partitions during the drive deletion step. You really think that BIOS tweak you mentioned is gonna fix all that too?
Man, I picked up a bunch of malware downloading some random crap and now my PC is running like absolute garbage, so I figured I’d just wipe everything and reinstall Windows. I’ve done this a million times for myself and my buddies, but I have never seen an error like this one in my life. Basically, the installer hangs on the initial loading screen for like thirty minutes, and then when I finally get to deleting the C drive and creating a new partition to hit "next," it throws this error saying the boot isn't compatible with the hardware and tells me to go mess with my BIOS settings. So now I’m stuck with a completely wiped system and zero way to actually install the new OS. I already set the first boot device to the disc drive just like I always do, but the damn thing won't cooperate—does anyone have any clue what the hell is going on?
George Sanders37 said:The damage could be pretty catastrophic, IF there was an electrical surge caused by a faulty power supply connection. At the very least, the motherboard would be fried—and honestly, it’s highly likely any connected parts like the CPU, RAM, or graphics cards went with it too.
Again, that's only IF a surge actually happened. Have you double-checked the connector orientation and the power switch?
So I just got back from the repair shop and man, thank God everything is fine. Turns out that damn connector has 20 pins plus 4 extra ones that can be positioned on either the front or the back of the plug. I shoved it in exactly how it came, but those 4 extra pins were supposed to be flipped to the other end... Thank God I didn't wreck the whole rig... PC is running smooth now... Thanks for the help...
Yeah, whatever, you're right. I honestly have no clue, maybe I didn't even leave the burner on. And besides, what could I possibly have burned if I put everything in backwards, and is it even going to be some massive disaster?
Yo, my PSU fried so I grabbed a used one from a buddy with the same wattage, but since I was swapping it out myself, I noticed the 24-pin connector feels weirdly reversible; one way it seats perfectly, but the other way it feels awkward and only goes in halfway, even though there’s this little plastic notch on the motherboard side and the plug side seems to be flipped. Anyway, I went with the "natural" way it fits and now the PC won't even boot, so I'm assuming this second PSU is probably junk too, but I'm lowkey freaking out wondering if I actually caused more damage by forcing that connector in backwards. Any ideas?
I’ve refilled these damn things twice already, and then some guy goes and fills them a third time today, and now I get home and the whole thing is acting up again. And check this out—tonight I grabbed some cartridges from my buddy who bought his printer about four years ago; he just stopped using it once the ink ran out, so these things have been sitting there for three years straight and they're completely dried up. Is there any actual chance I can soak these in some cleaning solution and get them working again, considering they haven't even been refilled before?
So I’ve got this HP PSC 1410 printer that was working perfectly fine until I refilled the cartridges yesterday, and once I popped them back in and ran a "clean cartridge" command, the whole thing just started spitting out this weird reddish tint instead of actual colors, yet the machine isn't even throwing an error code or anything. There is absolutely no way the heads are clogged because the damn thing was printing flawlessly just ten minutes before I messed with the ink, so I'm not buying that excuse. Does anyone actually know what the hell is going on here?
Does it actually matter which file format I use when saving an image, like if the print quality is going to change if I go with a JPG versus something like a Word doc? Does it depend on whether I want the finish to be glossy or matte? This specific image is glossy and saved as a JPG, but I'm trying to get it printed with a matte finish.
Got it, thanks for the help. Turns out there’s this "fit" setting in the software that I just needed to uncheck. Quick question though, is there any way to make the black text pop more because everything looks a little washed out on my end, or am I just looking at a dying ink cartridge here?
Maybe I'm missing like half an inch at the bottom or something, but I scanned another photo using the exact same A4 settings and it came out at 2467x3488, which printed perfectly fine—actually gave me a little extra breathing room at the bottom. When I hold them side-by-side right now, the physical sizes are identical, so I have zero clue what the deal is here.
I’ve got this HP printer, and I’m losing my mind because I can’t get one specific photo to print at the exact size I scanned it in. It’s just a standard sheet of letter-sized paper, and when I scan it, the dimensions come out as 1554x2275. But the second I hit print, the software starts nagging me about paper sizes, and even when I set it to letter, it shows a margin warning saying the bottom edge is going to get cut off. And sure enough, once it prints, the bottom is gone. This is a huge deal for me because I need the whole thing visible from top to bottom. No matter what settings I mess with, I can't get the full image to fit within the frame perfectly. Is there some kind of trick to this? I already tried running it through Adobe, but it’s the exact same damn problem.
I actually tried poking one with a needle just to drain it, but then the whole thing just vanished 🙂 I know, totally gross, but whatever... 😁 So yeah, it’s probably exactly what you guys were saying. Thanks everyone