Recent content by decrescendo

In the next few weeks, I'll be purchasing an Lenovo X1 Carbon laptop that includes only a mini-DisplayPort connection. I'll be using this computer as my primary machine and would like to buy a new widescreen monitor to connect to it. However, I'm not sure which type of connection I'll need on...

I've never attempted to overclock this system and I see the case fan and the CPU fan spinning up for the 1-2 seconds that the build appears to have power.

I definitely am not noticing that on the board anywhere. Do the capacitors immediately hold some charge that keeps the board running 1-2 seconds into boot? Could this be related to grounding?

I've never noticed anything odd on the board but what does a "leaking capacitor" look like? Like a leaking battery?

TL;DR: Any thoughts on what is causing the power to my machine to cut out approximately 1 to 2 seconds after I release the power button? The fans all spin up before that time but shortly after releasing the power button they all stop. Back story: I have been trying to revive my Windows XP...

Ugh, where the hell is defrag in Windows 7? I haven't used the default Windows one in years (XP). I've only used Defraggler as of late.

So far, after Windows 7 installed I: 1. used the included driver disc to install all of the drivers on there (I'm sure there are more recent versions, how do I best find them? Manufacturer's website?) 2. installed Firefox 3. installed CCleaner 4. installed Microsoft Security Essentials I'll...

L&G chipset drivers? Also, how do I "kill all System Restore points" and image the drive? What program do you use to image?

what do you mean exactly by "optimize the drive"?

Which anti-virus do you all prefer? AVG? Avast? I've only ever used AVG in the past.

So I just got Windows 7 installed on my new hardware. My next step is installing drivers for my hardware. After that, what's the next thing I should do before I migrate my data over? Should I benchmark? How do I best go about that? How do I make sure everything is working correctly? I...

Can I update/install those drivers after Windows 7 is installed? I just re-burned my image disc and Windows 7 is now installing. It must have been a disc issue. I don't think it was created properly.

I'm not sure about the latest BIOS. How do I update it? I set the BIOS to AHCI. Was that the right thing to do?

Can I somehow get this driver onto a USB stick? Will I be able to somehow read it even without Win7 installed? EDIT: Downloaded a driver from this website, put on a USB stick, plugged it into my machine, but it still wouldn't find the driver. Ugh.

So I just bought a ton of new hardware for a new machine. I'm trying to run the Windows 7 install disc I have with this Blu-Ray drive and I'm getting the following error: "A required CD/DVD drive device driver is missing. If you have a driver CD please insert it now" I appear to be needing a...