Recent content by vikyy17

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    i5 7200U with SSD or i5 8250U with HDD?

    i'm from india looking to buy a laptop around 50000 rupees ($750-$800). problem is most upper mid range laptops being sold in US are either extremely overpriced or not available in India. i finally narrowed my search down to two laptops. 1) Lenovo ideapad 320s Intel i5 8250U...
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    getting blue screen error "UNEXPECTED_KERNEL_MODE_TRAP"

    when i run media creation tool software (to download official version of windows 10) it immediately follows with the blue screen error like i mentioned above. this happens only when i run that program by Microsoft. what's causing this?
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    Need help picking out a cpu

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    how to solve the RED X problem in volume icon in the task bar?

    my audio drivers were corrupt so i uninstalled it from the device manager. now even after reinstalling the correct audio drivers (Realtek HD audio driver) my volume icon still has the red x notification. restarting the computer also does not solve the problem. what do i do?
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    Need help picking out a cpu

    Ryzen 1700 if your budget permits. you can overclock that with a decent AIO water cooler to achieve the same performance as that of Ryzen 1800x. otherwise grab the 1600 which you can push it to 3.9ghz with the bundled cooler. right now there no competition between amd and intel. Ryzen...
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    does B250 chipset motherboard come with memory overclocking function?

    i was recently looking for a motherboard to pair with my i3 7100. the Gigabyte B250M-DS3H motherboard spec says: *Support for DDR4 2400* / 2133 MHz memory modules. To support 2400 MHz or XMP memory, you must install a 7th generation processor* so its says that the motherboard supports XMP...
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    no wifi driver after fresh windows 10 install

    i got a new hp laptop today that came with DOS. i downloaded windows 10 image file from Microsoft official website using media creation tool and then burnt it on a DVD. using the disc i successfully installed windows 10 but then i discovered the wifi driver (recognized by five vertical lines...
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    how do i test if my hard drive is damaged directly from boot?

    a few days back the windows 8 OS in my laptop got crashed without me or anyone messing with any windows files. so i ran windows setup from a bootable USB. it was going good for a few minutes and eventually ended with an error. tried different versions of windows still it didn't work. it was then...
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    how to bring my laptop to previous state if my windows crashes?

    my laptop came with windows 8.1 pre installed and just yesterday my cousin messed up with the windows files in the c drive and it crashed. now my laptop isn't even booting the OS. i cannot even acesss "advanced settings" option for me to get to the system restore option, i have not created any...
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    how do theater screens play movies at 2k resolution so sharp?

    a 47inch FULLHD tv is sharper than a 55inch tv. both have same pixel number but the only difference is the pixels per inch which is more in 47inch tv than a 55inch. now in a theater the screen is so huge and wide that play movies usually at 2k resolution. dont you think for a screen that big the...
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    should i buy a 1366 x 768 or FUll HD monitor?

    i have selected all my PC components except only the monitor. here's my spec: Processor: intel pentium g4400 Mobo: gigabyte GA H110M S2 (DDR4 Memory support version) memory: hyperxfury DDR4 2133mhz 8GB GPU: Geforce GTX 950 HDD: toshiba 1TB SSD: samsung 750evo 120GB not to forget my budget for...
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    is there a way to change cpu cabinet's front USB ports from 2.0to 3.0?

    i have an old CPU case that has two traditional front USB 2.0 ports. my new h110 motherboard supports one USB 3.0 header (can be connected to two ports) so i was wondering if i could use the same old case without sacrificing the advantage of loosing easily accessible front USB 3.0 connectivity...