Recent content by Mikewazowski

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    [SOLVED] PC Locked in Sleep, can't force shutdown

    I have a cyber power pc that is stuck in a weird state of limbo after coming back from the restroom. The fans the gpu light and everything looks like it's working from the outside, but the computer doesn't respond to anythjng. Whenever I press a button on the keyboard to wake it from sleep, the...
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    NVS Quadro 290 GPU Based Streaming?

    My friend got a cheap workstation PC and enjoys streaming, but can end up with poor framerates due to things like xSplit using the CPU to stream. He can't use Raptr because only newer AMD GPUs and Intel HD Graphics support it, and his card doesn't support shadow-play. Despite that, I am sure...
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    Hard Drive Failure?

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    Hard Drive Failure?

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    Hard Drive Failure?

    My mom booted up her laptop and this came up. (some of the stuff is black for privacy purposes) This drive problem is happening, from what I know, my dad throwing around my mother's laptop onto the couch. Since the drive is mechanical,I assume that this caused the drive to fail. There are two...
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    $750 dollar build

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    $750 dollar build

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    $750 dollar build

    I'm building a 750 dollar PC for light video editing and gaming. I don't play really demanding games in most cases. I tend to stick to things Like Team Fortress 2, other Valve games, some causal stuff like Tabletop Simulator, and Civilization (which I really don't care about frames for)...
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    4 gb gtx 960 sli vs 970/980

    Wait, would I be better off just buying one 290 with that price?
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    4 gb gtx 960 sli vs 970/980

    I'm building a PC and I'm on a budget, so I need a few suggestions based on what GPU I should get. -Get a 4 GB VRAM GTX 960 and save money to do sli on it later. IMO SLI on a normal GTX 960 wouldn't have much use from only 2 gigs of VRAM. -Save money for a 970 and not do sli on the 960. -How...
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    Upgrading to SSD, only 1 drive bay

    I am going to upgrade my hard drive to an SSD and understand the cloning process, but only have one problem: my laptop only has one drive port. Would this be the cloning solution? 1. Get an external hard drive. 2. Clone hard drive data to external drive. 3. Switch out hard drive with SSD. 4...
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    Doing an SSD Upgrade for my Laptop

    Before I begin, here is the laptop I have: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-flip-2-in-1-15-6-touch-screen-laptop-intel-core-i5-8gb-memory-1tb-hard-drive-black/2995123.p?id=1219567194763&skuId=2995123 I want to upgrade my laptop to an SSD, and I need a few answers to these questions: -What size...
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    Building Mini ITX PC

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    Building Mini ITX PC