Recent content by SwatSkillz

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    GTX 1060 compatibility

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    GTX 1060 compatibility

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    GTX 1060 compatibility

    Hi, I recently acquired an ASUS GTX 1060 dual OC 6GB GPU. I am currently attempting to test it on a machine that isn't my main and it has fairly poor specs. I am having trouble getting the card to work. After the connecting the PCIe cable to the card and PSU, and slotting a HDMI into my GPU...
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    Windows 7 failing to shut down

    Hi everyone, After a little bit of fiddling with software and hardware, it seems I still couldn't find the issue. It was, however, resolved when I took one of the batteries out of the motherboard and put it back in. The system had a mini reset of my personal preferences as well as the time and...
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    Windows 7 failing to shut down

    Greetings everyone I'm not very experienced with computer technology but I have recently completed by 2nd custom build and found a strange issue. Whenever I shut down the PC, it closes everything as normal, the screen goes black and visually, it looks like it's shut down. However, the LEDs...
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    Sleeping State LEDs

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    Compatibility of motherboard and CPU

    Interesting, i5 it is then. Thank you very much, I'll be looking at different i5s for a little while, including the link you included!
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    Compatibility of motherboard and CPU

    Oh God, thanks that completely flew past my attention! In that case, opinions on i3-3220? It's a shame it's not quad-core and all but I heard some pretty good things about it
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    Compatibility of motherboard and CPU

    Hey guys, So I was thinking of upgrading my processor. My current Intel Pentium G2030 isn't serving me well enough so I am aiming straight for Intel Core i-5 4440. Any issues with putting that onto my Gigabyte GA-H61M-USB3V? Kinda researched it and don't see anything wrong, just wanted to check...
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    Sleeping State LEDs

    It's been fixed, the keyboard was bugging out and so a replacement fixed the issue. the other LEDs aren't significant enough to distract me. thank you
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    Sleeping State LEDs

    Is there anything specific I could take a look at with the motherboard? I read some things about this 1-pin 5V port that I could find on the board, apparently it is responsible for the power the computer gets in its sleeping states but I can't seem to find this port on the board or anything...
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    Sleeping State LEDs