Recent content by tisbury

Hello all. My current PC contains the following: B350M XFX RX580 4gb Bronze 450 32gb gSkill Trident 3200 Not sure about CPU The other day I was playing Fortnite with my son and my computer just shut off. I was pretty much done for the day so I just went downstairs and started lunch. The next...

Hello all! Wondering if I could get some ideas for my first build(s). Kids are 10 & 12, both have mediocre laptops that they are currently gaming on. They are pretty bad rigs for gaming so I'm going to build them some desktops for Christmas. These will certainly not need to be extravagant...

That was probably the most amazing answer I could have ever expected. Thank you Solandri.

Hello all, hopefully a quick question. I have two Nighthawk routers, an R7000 and an R8000. The R7000 was great, and I loved the Disney Circle functionality for my kids. We recently moved into a new, much larger home and the R7000 wasn't cutting it so I snagged the R8000 tri-band that seems...

Well, as amazing as it sounds, I'm pretty sure a quick and easy clean has officially bricked my laptop. Can't find the operating system, but it was able to load the repair functions so I am resetting the laptop and hopefully keeping my personal files.

Yes, exactly like it was. Only 9 or 10 screws popped off. And I took off the three screws to take the fan out. Didn't access the keyboard at all. Found this video online after words looking for a solution. Taking it apart now, but my keyboard is different than his when he pops it off with the...

Hello all. Thought I would do something helpful this morning and teach my kids how to clean the inside of a laptop. I have a Lenovo Y510p and it was pretty simple to take apart. About 10 screws on the back and the entire back panel came off. The only thing that I did was unscrew the three screws...

I have a new Prebuilt CyberPower that is still unopened. I will be adding a 250gb Samsung Evo SSD and was wondering if it would be best to install the SSD before I even boot up for the first time, or if I should wait until the computer is up and running. I will obviously be moving Windows...

Hello all, first time posting so please be gentle. I recently picked this up from someone who got it for Black Friday. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/cyberpowerpc-gamer-ultra-desktop-amd-ryzen-5-1400-8gb-memory-amd-radeon-rx-580-1tb-hard-drive-black/5833100.p?skuId=5833100. It's a CyberPower...