Posts by Kate Johnson76

Matthew Roberts3 said:I pulled the hard drive and tried booting—still nothing.
I even tried pulling the RAM and rebooting, but I'm still getting the same result.
Tried hooking it up to an external monitor too... absolutely nothing.

If it isn't the hard drive, you should probably check the graphics card.
Anything could be causing this!

Matthew Roberts3 said:I've got an ASUS K550—not sure if it's the K550JK specifically.
It’s been over two years old now, and everything was running perfectly until yesterday when, boom—the laptop just dies and won't turn back on.

When I try to power it up, the indicator lights show it's on; the battery light cycles between green and orange, and the Caps Lock stays solid green.

When I hit the power button, the machine stays quiet for about 15 seconds, then I hear the fans kick in, but after a minute, it shuts itself off again—and the screen stays completely black.

If anyone has any clue what might be causing this, I'd really appreciate the help.

Could be the hard drive? It's possible yours just kicked the bucket.

Is it actually worth sinking money into upgrading this thing with new parts, and more importantly, is it even doable?

Here’s the motherboard info:

General Information :
Manufacturer : Dell

Product : Latitude

Version : base board Ver
Serial Number : NBC19110
Support MP : Yes, 1 CPU(
Version MPS : 1.4

So, I just picked up a new laptop. Now the big question is: can I actually run some newer games on this thing?
I'm thinking things like FIFA 18, Call of Duty, and—of course—GTA 5,
even if I have to crank the settings down to low.

Here’s the breakdown of what I'm working with:
AMD A8-4500M Apa with Radeon(tm)HD Graphics 1.90 GHz
12 GB of RAM
AMD Radeon hd 7640 g + 7670 m dual Graphics Windows 7 64
Windows 7 64-bit

What’s the verdict? Is this actually a decent gaming rig, or am I dreaming?
And seriously, will it handle modern titles?
🤔🤔🤔

I’m trying to figure out if my current motherboard is actually worth keeping for an upgrade.
I want to beef up the specs a bit—since this board is pretty ancient—so
I was wondering if I could realistically drop in an i3 processor, 8 GB of RAM, and so on.
Also, will my power supply be able to handle the extra load? If not, please let me know why.
THANKS!

MOTHERBOARD MODEL:
MCP61S DDR2: AGF6110-M Series
EPoX COMPUTER INC.

Every time I try to launch Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, my screen just goes black and the whole computer restarts. It’s impossible to even get into the game—I have no clue what's going on here. Any advice? Everything else runs perfectly fine on my rig.

MY SPECS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

Windows 7 Ultimate
64-bit
AMD dual core processor @ 2.61 GHz
5 GB RAM
ATI Radeon HD 4650

I just picked up an NVIDIA GeForce GT 710.
Is there actually any real performance gain over an NVIDIA GeForce GT 430
or what's the main difference between them?

shadowlynx102 said:Where on earth did you find 5 GB of RAM? And honestly, I'm more curious about which game you're actually trying to run, since you mentioned everything else except that part.

Out of all my installed games, only the Full Ride Scholarship is acting up.
Is this a driver issue or something else entirely? Honestly, I have no clue. If anyone knows what's going on, please help me out!🤔🤔🤔🤔

I finally got my graphics drivers installed, so I can actually launch the game now—which is a win! But there's a catch: the textures are loading incredibly slowly. Like, I'll walk into a room and just have to sit there for a few seconds waiting for the walls, the bed, or the floor to actually show up.
If anyone has any ideas, please help a person out.
Here is what I'm running:

Intel Pentium(tm)64 x2 Dual Core Processor 5000+ 2.61 GHz
5.00 GB RAM
64-bit OS, macOS
And an NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 graphics card
I've got plenty of free space on my hard drive.

Every time I launch a game, it loads for a second and then my whole computer just restarts.
Here’s the error report I'm getting:
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: Kernel Panic
OS Version: macOS version
Locale ID: 0409

Additional information about the problem:
BCCode: Kernel Panic
BCP1: FFFFFA80064C2B60
BCP2: 0000000000000000
BCP3: 0000000000000000
BCP4: 0000000000000000
OS Version: 6_1_7600
Service Pack: 0_0
Product: 256_1

Files that help describe the problem:
C:\macOS\Minidump\022916-13156-01.dmp
C:\Users\Roby\AppData\Local\Temp\WER-23875-0.sysdata.xml

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If the online privacy statement is not available, please read our privacy statement offline:
C:\macOS\system32\en-US\erofflps.txt

I can't tell if this is a hardware issue or a software glitch—does anyone know what's going on? Please help.🙂🙂🙂

So, I’m thinking about picking up a martial art again—Karate is calling my name. I actually did Taekwondo for about three years back in the day and made it up to a high green belt level. Lately, I’ve been watching these clips of people using nunchucks, and now I'm hooked. I'm curious, though—which specific martial arts actually incorporate them, and at what stage of training do you typically start using them?

Also, while I have your attention, let me throw another question out there related to my previous one.
I was wondering which martial art specifically uses the sai weapon? And more importantly, can you actually buy one somewhere? Assuming, of course, that it's even legal to own one just for the sake of having it.
If anyone here happens to be an expert on this, I’d really appreciate an answer. Thanks!