Recent content by Saberus

Have a higher resolution image? Kinda hard to see at that small. EDIT: Also, do you have the part number of the board? A quick image search shows a few different boards.

Try one of the other programs mentioned or recommended by these forums. Be sure to run an update on your anti-malware first.

SEO is Search Engine Optimization. A good part of SEO is choosing the right keywords so that your target audience can find you. It won't prioritize your site over others, just make it more likely that people looking for what you talk about will find you nearer the top. Once they find you and...

My ISP just recently tripled our download speed for free to 300Mbps. Turns out my laptop only has a Fast Ethernet NIC. I am considering a USB 3.0 Gigabit adapter as I do have 3.0 on my laptop (Which makes me wonder why I only have a Fast E NIC) My question is for those how have used or tested...

It's out of warranty, they don't have to do a thing. If they made exceptions for everyone then there would be no point to making a warranty for any length of time less than lifetime. Your complaining and screaming is about the same as calling Toyota a heap of junk because your Camry had an...

Have you booted to safe mode and tried the malware cleaners? Sometimes it takes that to make sure the virus isn't loaded to memory to keep replacing itself.

Not so much tarnish as the oils stick on as a non-conductive film, and it looks tarnished.

Also try not to touch the gold contacts on parts, skin oils will tarnish the contacts and result in poor connections. If they get discolored, you can use an alcohol swab to clean them, and let it dry. You could also use a soft pencil eraser, but do it away from the computer so the crumbs...

Counter-hacking is still hacking. You aren't going to get help here, at least not from me.

You might be able to get a refurb mobo cheap, just do the research and make sure it's the revised board that isn't prone to issues. IMO, to repair or upgrade really depends on what you can afford and what you use it for.

Parts can fail at any time, it's not like they have a timer. Three to five years is considered an average life-cycle.

They had a really bad run with the mobos on that series, almost everyone I knew that had a dv6 had to get their mobo replaced or replaced it just to avoid the risk. It could have failed at any time while it was still running, and only kept going because it was on. I've seen it happen with...

Run Malwarebytes, you're infected.

Run Malwarebytes, then your antivirus, and stop clicking on suspicious links. Pay attention to install requests and don't allow what you don't know, and be sure when you do install stuff that you de-select the junkware they try to include.

If she's so tech savvy, then SHOW her how her laptop can't run the programs you need. And if she's calling it hers, it's hers.