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    Question Very slow internet on one PC, but all other devices are fine

    Also, I've swapped out ethernet cables as well. Nothing.
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    Question Very slow internet on one PC, but all other devices are fine

    Context: I went to go eat dinner for about 30 minutes. My PC was doing nothing in the meantime. Just the regular Chrome browsers open. When I come back, my internet is very slow. Download speeds barely break 3Mbps, when I usually average 40-50Mbps. My ping is consistently ~150. However, all...
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    Question BIOS is unreadable after HP-recommended BIOS update + Other cascading issues

    How would I tell the BIOS to reload from default? I can't navigate through my BIOS currently from the pics.
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    Question BIOS is unreadable after HP-recommended BIOS update + Other cascading issues

    I recently received a HP Notice to update my BIOS. I did so, but that's caused a whole cascade of problems. My laptop started to not being able to detect my external monitor. After doing some research I suspect that the BIOS update reverted some changes in regards to not being able to use the...
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    I have to refresh anything "Google" related in order to get the web page to load

    As the title says, whenever I do a Google Search, browse YouTube, use anything with "Google" I have to refresh the webpage in order to get it to load the content. I can browse everything else. Things I've tried: - Clearing cache - I was previously using Google's DNS (8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4), so I...
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    My FPS is capped for my games. I've tried multiple solutions.

    As the title says, my FPS is being capped for the games that I play (League of Legends ~60FPS, OW~90FPS). I know that these numbers are more than sufficient, but these are well below what I normally get. Here are my specs: OS: Windows 10 - 64 bit CPU: i5-6600K ~3.5GHz RAM: 16GB GPU: NVIDIA...
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    PC shut down. Was unable to turn it on for 15 minutes, but turned on after one hour. What's the problem?

    My R9 wasn't factory OC'ed. I'm using a Corsair Carbide Spec-02. Ventilation should be okay. I'm using system fan that came from my old mid-tower as well as the stock system fan attached to the spec-02 case. I removed quite a bit of dust from the CPU fans after not having cleaned it in a month...
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    PC shut down. Was unable to turn it on for 15 minutes, but turned on after one hour. What's the problem?

    Sorry my bad. I have a CS550M Gold Edition Corsair PSU. My PC isn't overclocked. I have a AMD FX-8350. GFX is AMD R9 270X. 8GB RAM. GA-970A-DS3P Gigabyte Motherboard Rev 2 I think.
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    PC shut down. Was unable to turn it on for 15 minutes, but turned on after one hour. What's the problem?

    Hey there, While playing Destiny 2, my PC shut down and wouldn't turn back on the first 15 minutes. I opened my PC, cleared everything of dust. I also tested my PSU to see if that was the problem, but PSU passed the pin test. After 30-45 minutes of doing research and buying the paper clips I...
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    Clicking on one program screen (non-link) brings me to background program screen.

    Here is the issue represented in a gif: https://gyazo.com/e244d81f1309da0fb8f02451c75634bd Sorry if I'm moving my mouse quickly, but basically when I click on any part of the program window it instantly switches focus to the program window behind it. In this example, it's happening from Steam...
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    PC is freezing when I'm playing games and watching stream on side (dual monitor). Never happened in the past 5 years.

    Update: Just ran a memtest86 for 6 hours. I had no errors and passed all 4 tests.
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    PC is freezing when I'm playing games and watching stream on side (dual monitor). Never happened in the past 5 years.

    Hey there. In the past 3 days, I've been running into an issue where both of my monitors' screens freeze. Nothing can be done besides pressing the reset button on my PC. This happens when I'm playing games and watching a stream on the side. I've never run into this issue in all my years of...
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    Is there something wrong with my AMD Radeon Settings?

    Ever since I reinstalled my graphics drivers to my new SSD, I always get a driver description with a bunch of letters and numbers (see pics). Is this okay? I haven't received an update since 4/23/17 since this incident. How would I go about fixing this problem? I'm using guru3d to wipe my...