Recent content by Benerang

The charger is brand new, I just bought the laptop and charger from eBay a little while ago. No, I have never replaced the Cmos, and Im not sure where to source a 15mah recharge cmos battery. And the laptop was made in 2007. It’s got 3gb ddr2 and a 1.6ghz Centrino duo in it. In not sure why it’s...

Hello, I have an ancient Sony Vaio laptop (PCG-7Y2L) that refuses to post. It doesn’t have a battery and nor do I intend to spend 115$ on eBay for a new battery. No, 115$ is not a typo. However, I’m afraid the lack of battery might be why it’s not posting. All that happens when I hit the power...

Hello, I recently bought a mid 2012 MacBook Pro with a 650M in it. I upgraded it to Catalina almost as soon as I got it, but I see that could've been a mistake. For some reason (Even though the OS is over 6 months old now) Nvidia drivers for the 650M on Catalina still don't exist? Am I going...

Hahah thanks, I hope it lasts for a while too. I bought from a seller with almost 45,000 good reviews, so I assumed I would be getting what was advertised in the same condition it was listed in. Also, I want to be clear that I used my hot-air station for re-soldering the VRAM chip, not a...

Hello everyone, I am glad to say that I have repaired the card! One of the VRAM modules under the VRAM heat-sink was completely lose. It's shocking that the card even got past the bios or posted at all! The seller of the item (Who advertised the item as working), refused to provide any support...

What use would it be to see what bios is on it since I just flashed it? Also, The seller won't accept a return since I replaced the thermal compound on the card. I messaged the seller about it and they are blaming me for "breaking the card" even though the only thing I did was replace thermal...

In the eBay ad, they said the card was working. I recently tried flashing the bios to no avail. I also tested the card on another computer, on a fresh install of Windows only for it to do the same thing. If anyone knows what could possibly be the source of the problem, I could fix/replace it. As...

Hi, I recently bought a "working" Asus ROG Strix GTX 1070Ti OC Edition to replace my aging GTX 980. However when I received it, and put it in my PC, I turned it on and it started booting and making this terrible sound that almost sounded like coil-whine. When it came to installing the drivers...

Great. There's 80$ down the drain I guess. Specs: Ryzen 5 3600x ASrock B450 Steel Legend 16GB G-skill TridentZ ThermalTake Smart 600w Dead Powercolor RX 580

I have done a full cleaning of the card, meaning I've replaced the thermal pads, and paste. I can also confirm with MSI Afterburner that the GPU is running, also I have tried under and overvolting and the artifacting doesn't get better or worse. I also have an open-air case, so that's not the...

Hello, about a month ago I purchased a Powercolor Red Dragon RX 580 4GB. I've been using it at stock speeds in my PC, but about a day ago, I turned it on and the 580 started articacting badly on the desktop. Naturally, I DDU'd it and re-installed stable drivers to no avail. I decided to give the...

I have an old mobo lga 775 with ddr400 ram somehow... it has a pentium 4 that came and works with it. I need a good, fast dual core or up cpu to run in it. Any recommendations?

I restored a dimension a couple of years back. Suddenly I can't get it to boot up. All I get is a rapidly flashing red and green power light. Anyone know what the problem could be? Would really appreciate it as this dimension is my editing station currently.

I recently restored an old dimension e510 I got for free at the computer store. The hdd was salvaged so I had to install windows Xp 32-bit (Service pack 2) back onto another hdd. I plugged the Ethernet cord in and it won't detect anything. Haven't found anything useful online yet so I am...