Recent content by jnewegger23

Better late than never. Glad you got it working!

Good to hear. What resolved it?

If you are that concerned then download the current bios version as well and have that available on a separate computer so that you can flash it if you do have problems. Most likely this will resolve your problems vs causing more.

Temps are fine. Drivers and bios are separate. Did you update the BIOS?

Make sure bios and drivers are up to date. The latest drivers may require newer bios; thus, failing to update bios even with current drivers may cause issues.

Compare each component, so first the cpu: Intel i5 3230M: http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i5-3230M+%40+2.60GHz&id=1849 AMD Turion ii p540: http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+Turion+II+P540+Dual-Core&id=479 gpu: Intel HD 4000 GPU...

Perhaps. You never know. It's a good bet but no guarantees

The most budget friendly thing she can do is have a desktop with a strong gpu and cpu for rendering. On a laptop everything gets exponentially more expensive.

What you need is to find a laptop with a strong gpu (graphics processing unit) like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834317539 It has an NVIDIA 860M which is pretty good but not the best. The best is the 880m but the cheapest one of those is $2k. I know the one...

I use the Sony Pulse Elite which I originally bought for my PS3. I love it! Here's a link for some details/reviews etc.: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA24G0P58951 Check out the section that talks about a Bioshock Mode! Talk about dedication to gaming; I didn't even know...

I had this issue on my Toshiba which was only a week old and I went to my computer and right clicked to select Manage, clicked on devices, selected the battery drivers, uninstalled drivers, AND uninstalled the battery for 2min while connected to power adapter and kept laptop on, reinstalled...

Congrats! Half the battle is keeping the mental flow of the audio and video straight. Hope the visuals helped! Have fun!

You definitely can get it working; I'm just not sure if I understand what you mean so I have some visuals of my setup and what you can do. Just right click on the sound icon in the lower right corner next to the time and you can select which audio output you want - in this case I have my Bravia...

I'm no audiophile but I have my gaming rig connected to 3 monitors plus my home theater 46" Sony Bravia via my Sony AMP. I simply bought a 50 ft hdmi cable and connected it to my gpu and AMP. Sounds pretty good to me. I'm sure some serious audiophiles have more detailed solutions but this...

try connecting with vga instead so you can "see". After that, try updating the driver and after everything is complete then try hdmi again and see if it works. If not, go back to vga again so you can "see" again, also update your bios. After that try reconnecting the hdmi again. Hopefully this...