Recent content by davidticknor

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    Computer powered off, electric smell was present

    Found the issue. Looks like I just needed to look closer. This image is in the top left of the board next to the VRAM i believe. Hope someone out there read this and got a good chuckle out of my computer failing! :P http://imgur.com/a/qp0N0
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    Computer powered off, electric smell was present

    Hello, I built my desktop back in November of 2013. It has been a very solid machine, other than my RAM dying about a year ago. Anyways, today I was playing GTA5, and the computer shuts down. I look down into my case and my GPUs LEDs are still on, but the computer is off and will not turn back...
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    Laptop internet issues

    I usually get 10mb/s Download from my internet. However, I am only getting 2mb/s on my laptop. I even tried to wired connection that was going to my desktop and it didn't change. What is going on here?
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    Failing hard drive.

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    Failing hard drive.

    My Seagate Barracuda HDD is starting to make an audible click noise every now and again. I believe that the drive is dying because of how many crashes I get while in games. My plugins on my browser even crash, making video watching and streaming very annoying. It's weird though because the hard...
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    Lenovo Y 50 Help

    Hello, I was looking at buying a Lenovo Y50 laptop, it is the version with an i5 and 860m. It is currently on sale for around 870 dollars. I am wondering what anyone has to say about the Lenovo, if it is a good deal, if there is something better for the same price, etc. Any general feedback is...
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    Sennheiser HD 598 Headphones help

    Hello, I'm looking into purchasing the Sennheiser HD 598 Headphones. They are listed at 181$ from amazon. I'm wondering that if for the same price,(180-200$) if there would be a better choice? I like that the reviews state that the headphones are comfy with high fidelity. I hate headphones with...
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    Need help fixing brothers computer!!

    My brother has this nearly 6ish year old asus desktop that he bought from the store. (http://www.asus.com/Desktops/Essentio_CG1330/specifications/) <- specs of the computer from the store. I replaced the gpu however with a gtx 650 as a Christmas gift a while back. It worked perfectly until this...
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    Best AC unity computer for 800 dollars?

    Hello! My friend is interested in building a computer for 800 bucks, this needs to include and OS, I would like to have an intel CPU and a Nividia GPU. He wants this mainly to play unity with me when it comes out. I have a system selected but its over his budget, so I'm looking for help on where...