Recent content by layzeegrimm

Yes, it did not come with thermal glue. That was the one thing I was very confused about. However, according to a friend of mine who built computers in the past, he said there are models where glue is already applied if there is an indention below the heat sink (?). Also, I was following the...

Thanks for your responses! I do not have access to the computer parts at the moment so I will test them out later tonight. However, I want to say that I don't think it is a heating issue because I've gone through 2 reformats without ever shutting the computer off and it's had the same behavior...

Thanks for your reply. I did exactly as you have said, except I don't have another power supply. I also switched the location of the RAM to another slot in case that might be an issue. The same issue happened; constant stalling. In fact, this time around, windows explorer was not responding and...

Hello everyone, Indeed this has been the first computer I've built, and certainly have tons of headaches because I cannot figure out the problem. Upon installing Windows 7 Professional, the computer runs smoothly. Then after installing a few updates, drivers, and programs, suddenly everything...

So... for a computer newbie like me, is that easy to fix by simply opening it up?

My computer has been doing this for some time now... probably a couple of weeks. More than 75% of the screen is covered with darkness or random colors. I have always been fixing it by moving the screen back and forth without closing it and it often fixed it. Lately it has gotten worse and it...