Recent content by MeatballSeed

The short version: I couldn't fix the computer so I had a friend build me a new one. Detailed version: I wanted to thank you all again for all of the suggestions to help get my computer working. Unfortunately, I never could figure out the problem and had a friend help me build a new computer...

thank you for this! i could run that memory test but having to rotate memory modules seems out of my abilities.

i think one of the initial scans i did checks all of the system files and repairs them if needed, but i could be wrong. my power supply is 1000W. i'm planning a new build and it seems like smaller than 1000W power supply units are still pretty common. or is the volts/amps a separate thing that...

Still no luck getting it to boot into anything but safe mode. I replaced the CMOS battery but it froze at that exact same spot during boot. I had high hopes that one would work too! I used Task Manager to turn off all apps that were starting up. No luck. I already had "Automatically restart"...

Thank you very much for the help and reply! I really appreciate it. I'm going to look into some of your suggestions to learn how to do them, but I'm first going to try replacing the cmos battery because I did have a symptom or two that would indicate that could be it (such as it booted up one...

The short version: My 11 year old computer running Windows 10 crashed for the first time, and now it freezes when booting into Windows but I can boot into Safe Mode. I don't have any restore points. Specs: CPU: Intel Core i7-4820K Ivy Bridge-E 3.7GHz (Turbo 3.9GHz) LGA 2011 130W Quad-Core...

i love the 502 but my scroll wheel is stuck. anyone know how to fix it? i assume it's just finger gunk slowing it up because it's not completely locked solid, but it's very difficult to spin the wheel. i tried getting in there and scraping it with a small pocket knife. i also put some WD-40...