goldenbison36 said:I can tell you right now I definitely have viruses; I've only managed to clear out about a third of them so far. As for the other part of your theory, I'm not entirely sure—my first installation wasn't a trial, but the others could go either way.
Should I finish scrubbing the viruses before I attempt the install again?
Well, give it a shot... I don't think your antivirus software is just going to delete itself. Run an anti-malware scan too. Once you've cleared out all that junk, try the install again and you'll see how it goes.
I’ve noticed the exact same thing happening to me about once a month, usually while I'm settling in to watch a movie.. I went ahead and installed the latest drivers, and so far, everything seems to be running smoothly without any issues..
Thanks, I'll give that a shot... although I really should just use the driver from the disc that came with my graphics card. I'll try downloading it online and see how it goes.
Just a quick question here... I've had my PC for about 9 months now, and during that time, I've had this issue three times where the screen goes black for maybe 3 to 4 seconds. A yellow triangle pops up saying "warning: display adapter stopped working and recovered successfully"... Everything goes back to normal right after that. It happened again last night, which was the most recent instance. It isn't happening constantly; let's say once every three months or so.
In the Event Viewer, it says😁display driver amdkmdap stopped responding and has successfully recovered.
I checked my graphics card drivers, and everything seems fine—no conflicts or anything like that. Why would this happen just occasionally? It actually happened yesterday right in the middle of me watching a movie... after a few seconds, the movie just kept playing normally.🙂
Zachary Barrett4 said:Hey everyone. I’ve got a bit of a situation brewing with my Dell Inspiron.
So, over the last few months, I’ve been running into this issue where macOS just completely freezes up on me, leaving the laptop totally unresponsive unless I force a shutdown using the power button. It usually starts with whatever audio or video I'm watching starting to stutter and glitch out, and then—boom—everything just grinds to a halt.
I’ve already tried running 32-bit versions of Windows 7, though I'm currently on the 64-bit version of Windows 7. I’ve run scans with various antivirus programs and malware scanners, too. I even went as far as repartitioning the drive and testing out several different sets of drivers for all the hardware, but when I check the Event Viewer, nothing stands out as suspicious. I actually took the whole thing apart to blow out the dust, cleaning the fan and the heatsinks, though the temperature readings didn't seem to indicate any overheating issues at all. I also gave the RAM a once-over—as much as you can really do visually—cleaning the contacts and clearing out any dust. The weird thing is, the problem persists whether I'm running on battery or plugged in, and it happens even with a clean install of Windows without any extra apps running.
I’m honestly running out of things to try, unless I reach out to a buddy of mine who has the exact same model and swap our RAM sticks just to rule that out once and for all. I have a nagging suspicion it might be a hardware defect, but I really don't want to drop a fortune on professional diagnostics for something I feel like I should be able to figure out myself, so I was hoping some of you experts with more experience might have a clue.
Thanks in advance for any thoughts or suggestions you might have! 🙂
I had a similar issue with my laptop... it would just freeze out of nowhere after being in Windows for a while. Turns out the motherboard chipset was failing and there wasn't much that could be done; at least that's what the repair shop told me. Just wanted to share in case that's what happened to mine.
After that, you’ll need to learn how to rank modern cards. Hardly anyone here has the resources to bench every single card on the market, so we mostly rely on other people's testing.
You have plenty of options; AnandTech, TechPowerUp, Tom's Hardware, and similar sites are the most popular.
I actually really like a specific thread on Tom's Hardware because it doesn't overwhelm you with info you can easily find yourself; it just lays out exactly what offers the best value on the market.
That thread gets updated monthly. They usually focus on newer cards that offer the best price-to-performance ratio within a certain dollar range, ranking them so you can see which ones are actually worth buying.
Since they focus on the latest hardware, if you're looking at used gear, you'll still need to hunt down reviews manually.
Don't make the mistake of getting too sucked into synthetic benchmarks. As an average gamer and enthusiast, you should care about real-world benchmarking—basically, the FPS in actual games.
So, don't stress over sites that give you millions of virtual benchmarks. Instead, pick the ones that test a wide range of games across various resolutions.
I have a quick question.. I've been getting pretty interested in computer components ever since I picked up my new PC.. so here is a bit of a beginner question... how can you tell which graphics card is actually good for gaming? Or more generally, how do you distinguish between junk and something worth buying... for example, I could have bought ..a Palit Nvidia GeForce GT 630, 1GB DDR3, PCIe/PCIe x16, DVI, HDMI, but people told me it was total garbage compared to this one being better: an AMD Radeon HD 7750 1GB DDR5, which is what I ended up buying. What does it actually matter if they both have 1GB? What specifically makes one better than the other....