Not really sure, man. I haven't messed around with this kind of stuff on Windows 10 before, so I can't exactly give you a hand. But from what I've heard, a clean reinstall of Windows usually fixes most of these headaches... if you're up for it, maybe just try that.
Every time you swap out or pop in some Microsoft memory, you really ought to—strictly recommended, actually—do a CMOS reset. It’s the only way to make sure this kind of nonsense doesn't happen. Just because some readout somewhere claimed they were there doesn't mean all 6GB were actually usable...
Both issues boil down to specific drivers. For Windows 7, it’s likely the graphics driver. Check exactly which card you're running, hit up the manufacturer's site, and grab the right driver for your version of Windows (Windows 7 x86 or x64). Then just manually install it through Device Manager... or run the setup exe if they provide one.
As for Windows XP, you might be looking at a bigger headache. XP is ancient history now. Nobody's writing drivers for it anymore, and honestly, they might not even exist. You need the driver for whatever network adapter or card you've got installed. Finding that can be a real pain...
Start by plugging the cable directly into your laptop. If that works, you'll need to jump into the Control Panel under networking to make sure the LAN (ethernet) connection is actually enabled.
Grab an Ethernet cable—it should've come in the box with your router. Plug one end into the LAN port on the back of your PC (usually near the USB slots) and the other into one of the four LAN ports on the router. Just check if you've actually got all those ports available...
Zachary Bishop11 said:Fair point, I'll try to fix it.
What kind of clock speeds are we talking about for a moderate OC? 3500, 3700, maybe 4000?
You can definitely hit 4000, probably even more. Just look at the Intel Core i7 models—they're basically factory-overclocked versions of older chips anyway. You can easily squeeze out a bit more juice. So yeah, 4000 is a safe bet...
Probably some junk left over in the registry or somewhere... run CCleaner to wipe the registry, or you can just hunt it down manually. Find the exact name of that GPU driver file, nuking it from the drive first, then hit Disk Cleanup to clear everything out before you finally install those fresh drivers.
I don't think anything like that exists in the desktop version. As far as I know, the only public algorithm of that kind out there is Google Search. It can't just scan through your files... at most, you could probably filter to show everything with a specific extension, like '*.docx'.
Timothy Kim60 said:those DVI-to-VGA adapters that used to come in the box with graphics cards
As far as I know, that only works if you have a DVI-I port. Otherwise, you’re gonna need a converter. Dealing with the exact same headache on my R9 290...🤷