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I was checking a compatible laptop charger for a customer in a shop. The charger gave me a shock when I touched the connector with my hand. On checking with an electric tester, I can see that the connector is live (the neon bulb in the tester is glowing). The voltage from the charger is Ok...

Use Crystaldiskinfo to check its condition - it may be on the verge of failure

You need to go into the BIOS settings of your motherboard at boot up and change the setting so that your PC boots up from the HDD

The AMD Athlon II X4 630 needs a AM3 socket - so you will not be able to use with your AM2+ socket based motherboard https://www.cnet.com/products/amd-athlon-ii-x4-630-2-8-ghz-processor-series/specs/

Please download CrystaldiskInfo from this site and check the condition of your SSD and hard disk. https://crystalmark.info/download/index-e.html. It looks like one of them is on the verge of failure

This is a HP laptop with a 5th gen Core i5 laptop owned by a relative. I loaded Windows 8.1 on it and the CPU usage is constant at 30% (with only Windows running) and the cursor flickers constantly I've checked the laptop for viruses using Kasperky's tool and its virus free. I've also tried...

Never ever ever ever use a cheap mouse. You will use the mouse more than the keyboard and a cheap mouse will hurt your hand. Buy Logitech always

http:// Its a 4 pin connector on the motherboard. Download the manual from the above link and it will show you where the connector on the motherboard is.

It will not if the buzzer is not connected to the motherboard. Normally the buzzer comes in a small plastic packet along with screws in the case you selected. Shop guys are always in a hurry to complete the assembly so it may have been left out when your PC was assembled.

Yes, you've got it right. To1 Windows the SSD is just another drive. You could load Windows and frequently used programs on the SSD and the big games, rarely used stuff and data on your hard disk

Thanks & sorry for the delayed reply. Sapphire too confirmed that both fans should be rotating at all times. So Ive advised the customer to get a new graphics card.

Ive got a gaming PC with a Sapphire R9 270X graphics card for service from a customer. I fitted the graphics card into a 2nd PC with a new motherboard and the PC boots up properly with it. The graphics card has two cooling fans of which only the rear fan works at low temperature. The second...

Use Crystaldiskinfo to see the total number of hours that it has been used for till date.

HDD docks with Asmedia chipsets generally have the best performance.