Posts by William Richardson12

Ever tried using Google?
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Just ditch that McAfee SDK driver or whatever the hell it’s called. You don't need it. It crashed on me, and from what I can tell, it's prone to causing issues...

That PSU won't even break a sweat under full load. You're good... there's plenty of headroom left if you decide to toss in another component later.👍

If you were running a dedicated GPU, then we'd have a conversation, but right now? 250-300W is your max draw, if that...

Just dump the whole WhoCrashed report here... we'll figure out what's going on then.

I'm with the guys on this one. Grabbing an R5 1600(x) is a solid move... it'll hold up for years and just get better as things evolve.

Your GPU is fine for now. Just hang tight and see what they drop next. Skip a generation of chips; you don't need to rush it.

And that ASUS monitor is killer. 2k, IPS, G-sync... plus that 165Hz mode option. Pretty sweet...

Usually just a bad driver or some registry junk. Sometimes it's a memory issue... Grab WhoCrashed and see if it digs up anything useful.

Sure, just set the address range to 4 and you're good...

Still total garbage... better look somewhere else, maybe Germany, France, or the UK... just stay away from Canada.

Not happening. You'll need a beefier plan from Comcast. ☕

Four VMs? And running SQL Server at the same time? Don't even think about going under 12GB of RAM, or you're gonna kill it... It's a gaming-grade mobile processor, so you're fine there. Everything else looks alright, but seriously, bump that RAM up to 12GB if you want to handle that kind of load.

Grab BlueScreenView and paste whatever it spits out here.

swiftridge40 said:http://www.lostwindowspassword.com/r...-password.html
it's an absolute joke

honestly, it's just mind-blowing how some kid actually managed to figure out the password.

If the account settings were messed up, you can swap the password without even knowing the old one. ☕

Grab Malwarebytes and run a scan with it. I've only seen issues like this when dealing with actual viruses or people who go messing around in the registry or Windows system folders...

Let me know what it finds.

ironcyclist58 said:Yeah, I don't get it either...
The system has 2/3 of its RAM Usage sitting idle, yet it’s still struggling to pull down a few dozen MBs. I have no idea what it's actually trying to accomplish here. 🤷

Probably just used to Windows XP and lightweight browsers back when you could actually get by on 2GB...

Since I can't see your total RAM Usage or what kind of CPU you're running, I can't really tell you if this is normal or not... Just curious, how long after booting up Windows does the CPU/RAM spike hit? And what are you actually doing when it happens?

mistyhound94 said:Yeah, this is gonna be her gaming rig. I'll get the occasional green light to play a few rounds myself, and once I save up enough cash, I'll be back here to build my own decent gaming setup. 😁

At least she knows what she wants, 🙂 which isn't exactly common...

Don't make us feel neglected now 😬

Honestly, there's a slim chance the GPU is actually dying. You could nail that down pretty easily with a stress test... maybe try running 3DMark or something similar if you can...

So you mean across a bunch of different legit Steam games?

Alright, we figured some stuff out, but now we need someone with more brains and actual experience to take a look at what we've got. The New Guy might be our best bet here. Try reaching out to him and see what he thinks...

Smells like a faulty PSU to me. It’d be smart to stress test it with some heavy hitters like the new Watch Dogs or The Witcher 3... just to see if you're looking at a software glitch or actual hardware failure.

The symptoms you mentioned suggest things are cutting out under heavy load. Since you've got all those new parts, my money is on the power supply. Maybe try borrowing a modern PSU from someone and see if it still crashes, even on max settings.