Recent content by Joey M

Thanks for the reply, You're right, I should have said what I thought was correct. I determined them with a multimeter, but there could be many points of error.

I wanted to see if I could get a Tobii board taken from an Alienware laptop to work with my desktop. I soldered the correct wires to the USB cable, and plugged it in, but all I got was a spark and a bit of smoke. After redoing the solder points I tried again. This time my system picked up...

Sometime recently I've been having trouble with my memory usage. Here are some screenshots: This is out of 8gb, and it doesn't seem to add up: To verify I go to users to see how much in total these processes are using (Only ~1200MB): Here is to show how much is being cached, etc.: I don't...

Unfortunately my Mobo doesn't have a power button. And yes the entire Mobo is noticeably bent.

I've had trouble starting my PC for a while and figured it was the motherboard because I swapped every other part. I ordered a a Z97 pc mate. It came in the mail today and I transferred all of my components to it. My system wouldn't turn on or show any signs of life. I further inspected the...

I have a GA-B250M-DS3H motherboard and recently bought an i3-8100. Replacing the old CPU caused a rebooting loop without any errors or screen output. I went through the checklist and tried everything I could think of but to no avail. Lights/fan turn on for 3-4 seconds, absolutely nothing...

Hey so I spent the past few hours making a pc build online. My budget was 600$ but it turned out to be 680$ including rebates. I really would an opinion on my build and if there are areas to shed some of the money and if its worth it to get a better part then what I listed. I really want to be...

So I have a laptop with a CPU that I know is soldered on. Do you know if I could take it somewhere for someone to replace the CPU with a compatible CPU I gave them? I have some soldering equipment and have some experience soldering circuit boards but I have never done anything with a laptop...

I had this laptop for probably a couple years and every day I seem to get more frustrated in it with its gaming performance. It used to run Skyrim halfway decent and then it started to give this horrible intermittent lag (or maybe it was always there and it eventually drove me nuts). Then it was...