BIOS is the low level firmware that runs when the computer turns on, and having it up to date is often vital to the operation of many aspects of the computer. exe, which means you should just be able to run it. Now, we MIGHT not need the BIOS configuration utility, as the actual BIOS firmware seems to come as an. Run the installers from the location you copied them to, not directly from the USB stick or CD/DVD. Insert the USB or disk with the drivers, and copy them all to your you hard disk - your desktop, if you like. In the System Protection dialog box, type a description, and then click Create. Click the System Protection tab, and then click Create. In the left pane, click System protection. Open System by clicking the Start button, right-clicking Computer, and then clicking Properties. I REPEAT - REMOVE THE NETWORK CABLE, AND DO NOT CONNECT WI-FI!įirst thing to do is create a System Restore point that we can revert back to if anything goes wrong. When Windows boots for the first time, DON'T connect to the internet - we don't want any wrongly identified hardware, and therefore incorrect drivers, so no ethernet, and no Wi-Fi (if you have it). At the drive options screen during installation, delete all partitions, and just click next - Windows will do the rest. Reinstall Windows afresh, and leave out your network cable (if you use one).
Save any personal files you want to keep, as the drive will be wiped. Store the downloaded files on a USB stick or CD. Omit any I haven't mentioned - you won't need them (unless you use the dial up modem). Often, driver setup files aren't clearly named after what they actually are. Software - System management>BIOS Configuration Utilityĭownload each driver to its own folder, and name the folder. BIOS (ROM Firmware for blah blah (International) In the order they appear on the site, download My only suggestion at this point would be to reinstall Windows afresh, all over again, this time installing drivers first, and in the correct order. Don't bother changing anything to do with this - it's a symptom, not a cause. The fact that the RAM is becoming full upon startup is worrying, because it shouldn't! Windows will automatically manage the page file size, although you can manually set it. This happens when the RAM becomes full, but the information it holds will be needed again. To clear something up, you say you were 'deleting' avast? do you mean you were uninstalling it, from Control Panel>Programs and Features? I hope so!Īs for why you were unable to uninstall it a second time, I have no idea, but that's worrying.Ĭached physical memory is data from RAM that has been stored in the swap file (or page file), which is a reserved area on the hard drive. Another answer (sorry - too long for the comment box):
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