Recent content by Wolf9999

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    new build - problems when attaching hard drives to the mobo

    Well, thank you but I think it has to do with some UEFI setting. Today I tried to switch cables, switch sata ports, I also connected a hard disk of my old PC... The system begins to boot but then I have machine_check_exception. I disconnected all drives but the new SSD (one SSD is M.2 boot...
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    new build - problems when attaching hard drives to the mobo

    Hi guys, I just built a new PC: MSI x99a sli plus 5820K DDR4 32GB Nvidia Quadro K2200 Samsung SM951 256 GB M.2 I installed Windows 10 PRO, and played with it for some hours with no problems. Now I want to connect my old hard drives but I have this problem: after a few minutes into...
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    Font issue in Google Chrome

    Thank you! That improved things a lot. When I now open, for example https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.gm the small text now is much better, though the big text words (Description, Reviews, What's New, Additional Information) are still not perfect as in...
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    Font issue in Google Chrome

    Hi guys, I've noticed that, for some web sites, Chrome uses a light grey text for many sections of the site while Firefox uses a black font by default. I'm on version 41 but the problem goes back a few months. For example the Android Play Store...
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    New PC build freezes after a few moments in Windows 8.1

    I installed the drivers from the DVD, then I upgraded from the net. Now it works!!!! Thank you!!!!!!!:awe:
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    New PC build freezes after a few moments in Windows 8.1

    The problem happens also without the Geforce installed... :(
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    New PC build freezes after a few moments in Windows 8.1

    Well, I didn't install anything from the DVD... I tried to install the updates from the Asus site but the pc kept freezing... I'll try to use the drivers from the DVD first and I'll let you know!
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    New PC build freezes after a few moments in Windows 8.1

    I forgot to mention, I have a Cooler Master Nepton 240M, so at idle the cpu is at about 27° C and in Prime95 at about 65° C.
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    New PC build freezes after a few moments in Windows 8.1

    Hi guys, I just built this PC: CPU: i7 4790K Motherboard: Asus Z97 Pro (wifi-ac) GPU: Asus Strix GeForce GTX 970 4GB SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 500 GB HDD: Toshiba 1TB DT01ACA100 RAM: 2x8GB DDR3 Kingston Hyperx 2400Mhz PSU: Corsair CX600 OS: Windows 8.1 64 bits This is the strange...
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    Winrar... right click for power user

    Hi to everyone. Of course, I could open the archive and select the files I want to extract. What I would like to achieve is create one or more right-click options (like you can when creating a profile to create an archive) so that I can extract the file types I want in a breeze. I contacted...
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    How to convert StarOffice macros to MS Office...

    Hi guys. The firm I work for, moving from Win XP to Win 7, decided to use MS Office instead of StarOffice 8. I've dozens of StarOffice Calc files with macros and "save as" MS Office Excel files just doesn't convert the macros!!!! Any idea would be highly appreciated!!!! Thank you!!!!
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    Winrar... right click for power user

    Hi guys, I need help with Winrar. I have several zip files, containing pdf files and other files. I would like to find a way, so that when I right click on these zip files, Winrar would show an option to just extract the pdf files. I don't know if this could be achieved via a profile, or a...
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    Asus P6T SE X58 - can I mix DDR3 modules?

    Hi guys, I have an Asus P6T SE (X58) mobo with 3 DDR3 modules of 2 GB each (Corsair Dominator CM3X2G1600C8D). The Asus site says the mobo supports 6 x DIMM, Max. 24 GB, DDR3 2000(O.C.)*/1866(O.C.)*/1800(O.C.)*/1600(O.C.)/1333/1066 Non-ECC,Un-buffered Memory. Because I now use virtual...
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    Radeon HD 4550: Win 7 driver or AMD's?

    Thanks to all guys! Very appreciated, I guess I will use latest AMD's drivers.
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    Radeon HD 4550: Win 7 driver or AMD's?

    Hi guys, I've built a PC and installed Win 7 64 Ultimate (Core i7 920, 6 GB RAM, m4 SSD 128 GB) With the first updates Windows suggests me to install the HD 4550's video driver. I want my system to be as "clean" and best performing as possible so I'm not sure... Should I install the driver thru...