Build:
-1TB SATA III 7200 RPM 3.5" Hard Drive
-Patriot Viper III 4GB 1866 MHZ Memory
-Asetek 510LC 120MM Watercooler
-Case Fan 120MM
-Raidmax Viper Gaming Mid-Tower Case w/ Windows (No Power)
-Blue Cathod Light 12
-Black Samsung 24X DVDRW
-12 In One Internal Card Reader
-Asus M5A97 LE AM970A AM3+ USB3 SATA 3 MB
-Corsair CMPSU-600 CX V2 Power Supply
-AMD Radeon 7870 2GB DDR5 PCI-E 3.0
-Linksys WMP600N IEEE 802.11B/G/N Wireless-N with Dual Band PCI
-Windows 8 Lisence
-Windows 8 COA
-Windows 8 64-BIT
-Onboard 7.1 Sound
AMD FX-8120 3.1GHZ Retail
(Straight from the invoice)
-Hey guys. So I unboxed my new desktop today and went to set all the peripherals up before booting up the computer for the first time. Unfortunately, I initially had trouble because upon booting up the computer, it would not read my monitor (using HDMI), Keyboard(Razer Lycosa/AZA USB Keyboard), or mouse(Razer Naga). Everything appeared connected and to not have moved during shipping. I also connected the monitor to my laptop via hdmi cable and it worked perfectly. Later I was able to get the desktop to recognize the keyboard and mouse. However I was forced to use an old VGA cable instead of HDMI for the monitor. When I booted the computer up again, it said that my Windows 8 installation was corrupted. (specifically a system32.exe file). I inserted the recovery disk and noticed that Cyberpower installed 2 of the same Windows 8 OS. Unfortunately neither of them were functional. The recovery disk was ineffective and I am not sure where to go from there. I really would like to see this PC work as I literally just unboxed it today....please help!
-Is there any way to uninstall and reinstall Windows 8 properly?
-How can I make sure I am running only one version of the OS?
-What can I do to make my monitor reads the connection to the desktop via HDMI cable?