Recent content by Javier

Ghostman 1 thanks for replying. I was lucky enough to have the guy that sold me this bundle over. He only needed to see the motherboard info loading. He noticed something about the "quad-core being unlocked", I think. Now everything is fine. Windows did some fixing prior to load it completely...

Wicked Mystic thanks for replying. Now it's a tad too late. I guess I'll have to reformat the hard disk. Longest thing will be to reinstall from Vista all the way to 8.1 :-{

I changed my AM2 motherboard for a AM3, my Phenom 9550 CPU for a Phenom 2, and the ram too. I got the 3 used items bundle from a local. I believe I got everything well connected/assembled. If I run the pc it says "Preparing Automatic Repair" w/the Windows 8 logo above. I waited about 20...

I just learnt the hard way why one shouldn't place heavy things on top of a flat scanner's lid Now, it makes a noise as that sliding part is moving, and it stops. Is there any hope? Thanks guys, JDL