Recent content by Tommywx

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    GTX 750 Not working on MSI 970 Motherboard, but works on my old one

    Hello everyone, I'll get straight to the issue. My GPU does not work (No display detected) on my MSI 970 motherboard. The lights come on all the fans spin up. It worked before but I came home from a holiday and now it's not working at all. It works on my old motherboard ( a mini gtx ) but for...
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    How much power does a cpu use?

    Do processors use a lot of psu power? I'm getting the amd 6300X 6 core but in using the power supply that came with my prebuilt PC which is 500. Some people have told me that the 500 is an overestimation and the power it outputs can be 450 ish. The only accessory in my PC is a gtx 750ti, along...
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    New hard drive, not working hours later

    Could my old hard drive problem have been with fragmenting? I don't know what tripped the hard drove but in the 4 years I've had my hard drive, I have not reformatted it or defragmentated it once.
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    New hard drive, not working hours later

    I just installed myY supposedly broken hard drive and I installed the new wi does 7 disk I had on it around now I can boot into my pc. It now I fear the blue screen of death like earlier. I don't really know what happened or what will happen next
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    New hard drive, not working hours later

    I recently got a new refurbished hard drive because my old one was causing errors and wouldn't let me boot into my PC, it was just a black screen. And now, after installing a new OS (windows 7 professional upgraded from home premium) First it blue screened and blueberries again and now I can't...
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    Bought a new hard drive, pc stuck on select proper boot device

    I installed a new hard drive and now my PC is stuck on select a boot device. My windows 7 activation key doesn't work because my PC was pre-built and came with windows installed already. Will I need to buy a new operating system? I've been very frustrated with this whole problem. Please help.
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    Harddrive failing, cant get onto desktop

    I'm so lost atm. I don't mind losing my data on my old PC I can download them again it's nothing special on there. I just want my PC to boot but I don't K of what to do. Will I need to buy a new hard drive? If I do, will it work at all or will I need to Dow load drivers off another PC or...
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    Harddrive failing, cant get onto desktop

    Sadly I don't have another PC to plug anything into. The o KY PC I have is up my dads and it's a decade old but never used. If I just bought a brand new hdd would it just work with my PC?
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    Harddrive failing, cant get onto desktop

    I've been told my new hdd won't start because of driver issues but I can't install new drivers because I don't have any reformat disk and I can't access the desktop
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    Harddrive failing, cant get onto desktop

    Hello Recently my computer forced a chkdsk on startup because of a forced shutdown. When I finally got onto the desktop It was running painfully slow. The internet told me its my hard drive giving up the ghost. I heard clicking noises inside my pc, it sounded like pressing a button and it was...
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    Can I run my GTX 750 off the motherboard power?

    I open up the PC and it says on the PSU " ATX SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY MODEL : ATX 500B. It also says it's 230 voltage. Sorry I can't be more helpful. I also do not see any litle cables with 6 pins in them. There's one with 4 pins, but thatt's plugged in right near the CPU fan. I'm completely new...
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    Can I run my GTX 750 off the motherboard power?

    The gpu is ASUS GTX750TI-OC-2GD5 - NVIDIA GTX 750Ti OC 1150MHz 5400MHz 2GB 128-bit that's what I copy and pasted. It has 6 little slots and I've been told those are where the pins go from the PSU into the gpu to give it the power it needs. only thing is my PSU doesn't have anything to connect...
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    Can I run my GTX 750 off the motherboard power?

    Can I run my GTX 750 TI off the motherboard power using one of them sata cable 6 pin thingies? Amazon says the wattage of the GPU is 150. Incase it's relevant, the motherboard is brand new MSI 970 gaming motherboard My psu came with my pc and is only 500 watts. I don't mind if the GPU doesn't...