Hi guys, I'm in a bit of a tight situation. The harddrive of my brand new laptop (only 2 months old) just died out of nowhere. It's still under warranty so I could have just sent it in to sony BUT I happen to be out of Canada, where i originally bought it, until March. So as a temporary fix until I get back to Canada I was planning to buy an inexpensive new harddrive and reintalling windows 7 myself.

My question is this: Can I use a non-official(burned) disc to reinstall windows 7 but still use the official product key that is on the back of my laptop?

Gl3ny

Burned disc?

I can't disable USB legacy support. If I do the keyboard doesn't work when booting so I am unable to press any key to get it to boot from the dvd.HeyDoYaThang

Which could be the problem. Do you have a PS/2 keyboard?

[QUOTE="eastsideboy"]

so doing that once will set me straight for a while?because repairing my connection when it goes out was never a problem i was jsut getting annoyed over it happening all the time.

eastsideboy

Try it and see. Why don't you have a router?

It releases your current ip address and renews it. Your modem may not be giving out addresses properly when they expire.

Type cmd in the start menu then type ipconfig /release then type ipconfig /renew pressing enter after each one.

Graphics card, get a 6870.

You want 64-bit. Go int your BIOS and disable USB legacy storage detect. Also, what is your chipset and HDD controller? You might need drivers for it. The HDD may also have bad sectors.

I'd worry about the PSU which is most likely rubbish. As for the system, the obsolete dual-core CPU is also a bottleneck, I'd build something better.

If you play games from 2004, sure. Otherwise build a real computer.

[QUOTE="desertpython"]

Stick with the 6870, its faster than the 460, and get 4GB of Kingston Value RAM DDR3 1333MHz for $71 off newegg. For the case get an Antec Two Hundred if you don't want to spend too much and add a TriCool fan to the front. I would also get the VX-650.

Lach0121

The VX-550 is a 650w psu actually, just in a 550w casing, Corsair stated it gives more headroom. (so the psu is fine actually, and we will not go multi-gpu in her rig) I know she is very particular on how she wants her case to look, you know :roll:She doesn't like any of the antec lol.

She has narrowed her cases down to the two she has links for. (so far, and she has looked at a lot of cases lol)

But that Ram you mention is a possibility for sure... gonna have to look into that for her.

Then I'd get the NZXT case. As for the RAM I've bought 2 kits and and if you will be getting a new heatsink (which I'd also recommend) the ram will have no problems with clearance.