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Yeah, just go with the updates and driver for now and see how it goes before you start messing with the card or it's BIOS.
Yeah, just go with the updates and driver for now and see how it goes before you start messing with the card or it's BIOS.
Kind of off topic, but since it was mentioned, so to speak, what's the difference between the Product ID and the Product Key?
Interestingly enough, I can search "00426-OEM-8992662-00006" and get results on Google, my Product ID, not so much.
I'm not the best person to answer that but the ID will denote a certain product or product line and the product key from the COA sticker will be unique to that machine.
There are also SLP keys that the big OEM's use when mass installing on their machines but cannot be used for activation on a reinstall.
The reason you had a bunch of Google hits on that one is because it's on all those companies computers for that version, yours isn't.
And let's let that be the end of this off topic chat here.
So I have it right the Hard drive was in the machine that had the original install and you just swapped it out to another machine. Now I might have missed something here but that original install (?OEM) is tied to the original board - unless you got permission from Microsoft to change it to the new board. Just adding drivers is not going to do anything much except give you grief.
Now the old board I take it was Gateway - so what is the brand of the new board - if you are having to updates or install drivers.
The dump files as everyone says are loaded with NVidia driver problems -my suggestion is to roll back to an older driver and try that - just because the latest is the newest doesn't really mean the graphics are going to work A-1.
If you ant some detailed report on the system use this
Using HW Info
PART A:
You can test the volts on the PSU with HW Info HWiNFO, HWiNFO32/64 - Download < download the right bit version and close the right hand window select Sensors and scroll down to the power section where you will see what the volts are doing see my pic.
The original right hand window shows the machine running and is handy for that but for looking at the components in some detail close it and use the main left hand side panel
FOR OTHER COMPONENTS
PART B:
Open each small square with + in it on the section the components are in and then click on the individual component/s (it will highlight in blue) - in the right hand side will appear all sorts of details including brands speeds and other essential info that particular device. See pic for example.
Part B: is the one you want for that and a shot of the readout in part A: would be good too.
Actually, the original board got bad, so I replaced it with a different one (and reinstalled Chipset drivers using ERD). Anyway, it does not matter anymore, because I wiped that HDD and reinstalled OS and I am still getting the same blue screen at the same point (only on first start).So I have it right the Hard drive was in the machine that had the original install and you just swapped it out to another machine. Now I might have missed something here but that original install (?OEM) is tied to the original board - unless you got permission from Microsoft to change it to the new board. Just adding drivers is not going to do anything much except give you grief.
Now the old board I take it was Gateway - so what is the brand of the new board - if you are having to updates or install drivers.
I have not installed drivers and updates yet. Will do this evening, when will be at home.
Stern your BIOS is out of date according to your dump files.
GIGABYTE - Motherboard - Socket 775 - GA-G31M-ES2L (rev. 2.3)
Also, when downloading drivers, avoid Gigabyte software and download only the drivers.
Gator, my board is revision 1.0. They use different BIOS.
Boozad, I did in post nr. 6. Or you are talking about something else?