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    USB 3.1 Driver Fails to Install - Windows 7

    Isn't that limited by the speeds of your external drive you are transferring to?
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    USB 3.1 Driver Fails to Install - Windows 7

    How do I run a speed test? Just transfer files onto a USB drive?
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    USB 3.1 Driver Fails to Install - Windows 7

    Because it said the installation failed when I attempted to install it; as well as the fact when I right click it in Add/Remove Programs it has a "Repair" option whereas others don't.
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    USB 3.1 Driver Fails to Install - Windows 7

    When I got to device manager it states it is working properly, so I dunno ha I have my CD - I installed everything off that before applying the updates from the web.
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    USB 3.1 Driver Fails to Install - Windows 7

    Not sure about the BIOS, will have to check. Yep, it's x64. Yep, I already downloaded and installed the latest chipset drivers when I did the Windows install.
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    USB 3.1 Driver Fails to Install - Windows 7

    Ok, tried that - same problem. :(
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    USB 3.1 Driver Fails to Install - Windows 7

    It was a fresh install of Windows - new drive. I also tried as you suggested by removing it first and then doing the install but no dice. Not sure how to check I am running command prompt as admin - I just hold shift + right click and select "Open command prompt here".
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    USB 3.1 Driver Fails to Install - Windows 7

    I recently upgraded to Windows 7 and just noticed the USB 3.1 driver I downloaded for my Gigabyte mobo wasn't installed properly. It seems the one I got with the board was still installed (or a failed install as it needed repair) so I uninstalled that and downloaded the latest one from the...
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    Questions on 144hz Monitors

    Excellent - thanks for the great insight! :) Good to get an opinion from someone that has both.
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    Questions on 144hz Monitors

    Great - thanks!
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    Questions on 144hz Monitors

    I'm new monitor shopping and at the moment I am using a 75hz monitor (drivers allow change from 60 to 75) and I always try and stay above the standard 60hz; my brothers PC is sitting @ 60hz and I get a headache if I use it for too long; however it may be his brightness settings causing more...
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    Sound cards worth buying?

    Well I do need an optical out, that's one thing. I mainly just use them for general use, music and sometimes movies with 5.1, not a lot of gaming.
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    Sound cards worth buying?

    I'm building a new PC and was wondering if sound cards are worth buying these days or is the on-board sound generally good enough? FWIW I am planning on getting a Gigabyte GA-H170-D3HP Mobo and was looking at getting the Asus Xonar DGX 5.1 PCIe Sound Card.
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    Which of these PSU's?

    Thanks guys. After I posted this I did a bunch more research and decided to go with the SeaSonic one :)
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    Which of these PSU's?

    Hi guys...... I am looking to get a PSU for a new build and I know for sure that the video card I will be using needs at least a 600W PSU, so I have narrowed it down to the below: Prices are in my local currency (AUD). CoolerMaster Thunder 700W - $109 700W CoolerMaster B700 V2 - $129 Corsair...
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    Installing Windows on new HD - is old one ignored?

    Excellent info - thanks! Oh & I'm still on XP.
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    Installing Windows on new HD - is old one ignored?

    I bought a new HD and I want to install windows on this new HD as the old one is screwed pretty bad; but I want to keep the old one in there at the same time so I can move over all the files to the new one... but I'm wondering, if I install windows to the new one, how does the PC know which OS...
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    Help with WD External HD drivers

    That link didn't seem to say anything about the backup software!? Thanks!
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    Help with WD External HD drivers

    Haha yeah I figured that out after a little while; but was wondering if I needed any of that other stuff anyway!? I did download the update to the "SmartWare"; but not the 465MB one.
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    Help with WD External HD drivers

    Ok, I just got a new WD My Passport 500GB drive & hopped onto the net to download the newer drivers & stuff. Windows set up the hardware as per normal & then I went into the WD site & found this page: http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?groupid=218&lang=en I then followed the...
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    Computer overheating or something else?

    I checked that, however other than the "system idle process" there was nothing longer than 2 minutes. However, I had only had the PC on for about 2 hours when I checked as I rebooted. Great information - thank you! I thought about upgrading the drivers in-case it was a video card problem...
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    Computer overheating or something else?

    It just uses the stock cooler. Was built by myself & is heavily due for an upgrade haha I will check the fan & clean out the dust & apply some more paste as you suggested. :)
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    Computer overheating or something else?

    Just over the last week or so I have noticed my PC acting a bit strange where at time when I do random actions on the PC, such as right click in the browser or go to a file menu the screen display would go all whacky; sometimes even displaying portions of the screen as a solid black color & the...
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    Is my Core 2 Duo 6750 64-bit?

    Great - thank you very much!
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    Is my Core 2 Duo 6750 64-bit?

    I've had my Core 2 Duo 6750 for awhile now and I have always thought it was 32-bit. But now looking at upgrading to Win7 I have found out that my Core 2 Duo 6750 is perhaps 64-bit capable. How do I find out for sure if it is or not? Thanks!
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    How do you find out what your PC is "doing"?

    Thanks for the links. Running XP at the moment and yeah, using MSE. :)
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    How do you find out what your PC is "doing"?

    A lot of the times my PC has major HD activity when I am not doing much at all and it's hard to know what the hell it is actually doing; my best guess most of the time is possibly installing some automatic software updates, but it would be good to know if that was true!? I've tried looking in...
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    PCI-E 3.0 Motherboards

    As opposed to not being able to without the "Gen 3" board? ...even with the BIOS update on the non-gen 3 board?
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    PCI-E 3.0 Motherboards

    Ok let me see if I got this straight.. I can buy one of those CPU's above and pair it with the non-gen 3 board and everything will run fine, I just won't have PCI-E 3 support. I can buy one of those CPU's above and pair it with the gen 3 board and everything will run fine including the video...
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    PCI-E 3.0 Motherboards

    Hey guys..... updating the CPU and mobo on the PC and was looking at these motherboards: Asus P8Z68-V Pro Asus P8Z68-V LE Asus P8Z68-V Pro Gen 3 I was reading around about what the "Gen 3" was all about and apparently it just supports PCI-E 3.0. One of my questions is will getting...
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    Hook external HD up to TV?

    Alright - thanks very much for the information! :)
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    Hook external HD up to TV?

    Oh ok cool. I'll have a look into them :)
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    Hook external HD up to TV?

    I burn a lot of stuff to DVD's so I can go watch them on my TV, but I was thinking lately is there any way to be able to watch stuff off of a external HD and watch it right on the TV!? Are there any devices or something that you can plug the HD into which in turn plugs into the TV so you can...
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    's' key on laptop stopped working

    Thanks for all the suggestions guys! :)
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    's' key on laptop stopped working

    Haha good idea.... thanks! :)
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    's' key on laptop stopped working

    Well she just told me about it tonight so I haven't had a chance to have a look at it yet; however I don't believe we have an air jet type thing. Is it hard to remove the key?
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    's' key on laptop stopped working

    Hey guys..... the 's' key on my sisters laptop stopped working and seeing as I don't know a huge amount about laptops I'm wondering what to do about it? Would replacing the keyboard be the best option? If so, is this easy enough to do? Any other ideas? I know you can buy new keys but since...
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    ASUS P5G41C-M LX mobo - Where do I plug the CD-IN?

    Ahhh ok..... thanks very much for that! :)