Mr. Tact wrote on Feb 20, 2017, 09:37:
Haha, looked up "Pennsyltucky" on wiki -- that is a large area...
Ant wrote on Feb 19, 2017, 22:41:
I used to live in PA with lots of rural places. Where in PA? I noticed my old nest has Verizon FIOS now! Argh.
jdreyer wrote on Feb 14, 2017, 03:33:No worries, thanks for the warning. All the good info, I doubt it will be an issue now.Acleacius wrote on Feb 13, 2017, 16:25:
Anyone ever deal with Win 7 and upgrading hardware? Apparently it's some kind of drm nonsense. I need to change my motherboard and RAM, so I'm a bit concerned.
I did it years ago. It took trying a few things, but I got it to recognize all the new parts without having to reinstall. Sorry, but I can't recall exactly what I did, I just remember that at first I had to boot to safe mode all the time because it wouldn't recognize anything, but then I got it all sorted and it worked fine for years.
Acleacius wrote on Feb 13, 2017, 16:25:
Anyone ever deal with Win 7 and upgrading hardware? Apparently it's some kind of drm nonsense. I need to change my motherboard and RAM, so I'm a bit concerned.
Acleacius wrote on Feb 13, 2017, 16:25:
Anyone ever deal with Win 7 and upgrading hardware? Apparently it's some kind of drm nonsense. I need to change my motherboard and RAM, so I'm a bit concerned.
RedEye9 wrote on Feb 13, 2017, 20:51:Mr. Tact wrote on Feb 13, 2017, 20:40:This is what I would do. Turn the computer off, remove existing video card, boot to the bios and check the integrated GPU/video settings (or just restore the bios defaults) and see if the system boots.
I did a RAM and hard drive upgrade a couple of months ago, it was easy and went as smooth as glass -- no issues. However, I am having an issue with upgrading the video card -- not sure if the issue is Win7 or the card. My machine hung on the manufacturer's flash screenshot when I just tried inserting the card... Going to try disabling the on-board video and see if that helps... *shrug*
If so you probably should run a driver cleaner like DDU http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/display_driver_uninstaller.html
After clean Restart the computer.
Then shutdown the computer, insert the new GPU, boot to the bios and change settings if necessary, continue booting, windows should install the basic vga drivers.
Restart the computer, install the drivers you want to use, bon appetit
Let us know what you did to make it work. good luck because sometimes luck is what there is.
I just spent the whole day with a cisco meraki wifi point and a motorola canopy wireless radio. So I know luck combined with magic, and tomorrow i get to help troubleshoot vendors who have issues connecting to it. happy happy joy joy
Acleacius wrote on Feb 13, 2017, 16:25:I did a RAM and hard drive upgrade a couple of months ago, it was easy and went as smooth as glass -- no issues. However, I am having an issue with upgrading the video card -- not sure if the issue is Win7 or the card. My machine hung on the manufacturer's flash screenshot when I just tried inserting the card... Going to try disabling the on-board video and see if that helps... *shrug*
Anyone ever deal with Win 7 and upgrading hardware? Apparently it's some kind of drm nonsense. I need to change my motherboard and RAM, so I'm a bit concerned.
Acleacius wrote on Feb 13, 2017, 16:25:I have installed used Windows 7 and OEM Dell copies on multiple systems. The following method works.
Anyone ever deal with Win 7 and upgrading hardware? Apparently it's some kind of drm nonsense. I need to change my motherboard and RAM, so I'm a bit concerned.