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Forum discussion tagged with 290.
  1. InSovietRussiaComputerBuildsYOU

    Question R9 290 black screens only when there is no load (e.g. in Windows)

    Hi guys, for the last couple of months I have been black screens when using my Sapphire R9 290 Tri-X OC. It is a very peculiar issue, because it only happens when I am outside of a game e.g. with an open browser (with hardware acceleration turned off), or other 2D applications, I believe it has...
  2. BobMcSmith

    Rom file is incompatible with this BIOS

    Hello! I need a BIOS update for a CPU of a computer I have, and when I try to flash the BIOS, I just get the message, "Rom file is incompatible with this BIOS". The CPU is the i5 650, and the motherboard is the ASUS P7P55-H. I have tried a couple of different BIOS versions, but no luck. Thanks...
  3. wothan

    Unusual drive clicking noise - culprit: drive or laptop?

    Hi there! I've been having this problem for a long time now and I'm a little confused... So the thing goes like this: I bought a laptop, with and SSD and an HDD. I noticed that sometimes, apparently when reading a very specific sector of the HDD, it made a clicking noise, the usual noise of a...
  4. rhym1n

    New Gaming Build

    I don't play many games, but I'm starting to get into PUBG (Player Unknown Battleground). My current build is a few years old, and I have to run the game on low to medium settings to perform okay. I haven't been keeping up with hardware much the past few years, so I'm hoping you guys have some...
  5. A

    SSD for OS, 1TB HDD for everything else.

    Hi guys, I want to buy an SSD just for Windows 10 Home and I want to use basically everything else on the 1TB HDD, would a 60GB SSD be enough for Windows 10? Thanks in advance.
  6. C

    Post beep. 1 long beep and 2 shorts beeps. No display and USB not working

    One day I turned off my PC at night. Next morning when my PC booted it made 3 beeps(1 long followed by 2 short) continuously. It is not the motherboard as I just bought a new one a couple of days ago and I tried my old motherboard but made the same beeps. I5 7500 Gtx1060 Asus prime B250m-A 1x...
  7. P

    Ram impact on gaming

    Hello I was wondering. Ii used to have 16 Gb of Ram on my PC, but after i built a new one ( mostly because my new Gpu was getting overheated in my old case), one of the two Ram's was damaged so now i do only have 8Gb. Can this difference have any impact on the performace while playing a game...
  8. J

    Where do I get a coolant?

    I know nothing about liquid cooling and I want to know, where do I get the coolant? Do I just put water in or does it come with the cooler already in? I can't find anything about it online. I'm looking at this exact cooler...
  9. X

    What type of psu do i have?

    Im upgrading my old oem psu but i don't know what type of psu i have (e.g. atx, sfx etc...), here are the dimensions of my current psu 135mm X 126mm X 63mm
  10. elgiov

    Computer Micro-Freeze/Stutter every few seconds

    Hello everyone. Well, as you can read in the title, I am having problems with my brand new build pc. I bought my new parts no more than two moths ago and I am having this problem that is quite annoying right now. The parts I bought were: Gigabyte Micro ATX DDR4 Motherboards GA-B150M-D3H, Intel...
  11. S

    My Asus laptop/tablet won't power on. I charged it last night and woke up this morning and used it for about 5 minutes and ca

    My Asus laptop/tablet won't power on. I charged it last night woke up today to use it and it wouldn't let me go into what I needed to. I put it down n came back an hour later to it not powering on at all now
  12. georgi5000

    Making mPCIe adapter more portable

    Hello, everyone! I have Asus N551VM-FY204D Intel Core i7-6700HQ (4-core 8-threads, 2.60 -3.50 GHz, 6MB cache) 16GB DDR4 2133MHz 1TB HDD 7200rpm, Samsung 850 Evo 250GB SSD Nvidia GTX 960M (2GB GDDR5) 15.6" FHD IPS monitor As much as I found on the internet, my GPU is around of...
  13. D

    No display on monitor but everything turns on?

    I don't know whats wrong it wont give a beep code (probably because I don't have a speaker) All the fans turn on, just no display. I have called support and they that its a different part and have me calling in a loop from company to company. EVGA said it was the motherboard Gigabyte said it was...
  14. D

    seasonic 620 w psu

    so i bought the seasonic s12ii 620 W psu but there is one tiny problem does the fan blow air or suck air ? like should i place it facing the ground ? ( i have a corsair spec 0-1 ) and is this normal ? https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1689909441270845&set=gm.1631969950454938&type=3
  15. TitanEren

    Any Upgrading suggestions?

    I have some of an idea on what to upgrade, but I want to hear from the community first before I consider anything final. Here's my build: Intel Core i3 3220 G.Skill Rip Jaws 2 x 4GB (DDR3) Asus B75M-A motherboard EVGA Geforce GTX 660 SC edition Samsung EVO 850 500GB SSD Seagate Barracuda 1TB...
  16. K

    Upload Faster Than Download?

    I know most people would be happy to have this problem... It is not really causing an issue, but I am curious to understand why this is happening. I have gigabit fiber service. I am connecting wireless to the gateway. The connection speed listed under network settings is 877mbs (sounds about...
  17. S

    [Mouse] Problems dismounting that microswitch

    Hi, I had ghost clicking problems with the scroll button in my mouse (logitech M90), since a year ago or so, I didn't tried to repair it because I have never done it before. But lately the problem became worse so I tried to fix it. I had seen some videos that explain how to fix it, but my mouse...
  18. A

    does my motherboard supports my GPU and my CPU?

    my motherboard in an ECS H110M-C3D my GPU is the Zotac GTX 950 AMP! 2GB DDR5 128Bit and my CPU is the Intel Core i3-6100 please help, thanks !
  19. M

    3D Animation/Game Design Student Laptop (Dell XPS 15 9550?)

    Hi all, I'm in the process of looking for a laptop and I currently have my sight set on the Dell XPS 15 9550 with i7-6700HQ Quad Core CPU, GeForce GTX 960M w/ 2GB GPU, 16GB Ram, 512GB SSD, and UHD Display. From the many reviews I've looked at, this seems to be the machine for me. But I have...
  20. S

    4790K and Z97M or 6700K + H110M?

    I need an i7 to stream and record a few games which i can't do with just my 3570K, i can only afford for now an 6700k with a GA-H110M-H or i could get an z97m g3 and the 4790K, so what should i get?
  21. T

    new card not working. cannot disable integrated chipset.

    model is dx4822-01 bios is p01-a1 card is Zalman Radeon HD 7950 card is getting power, or at least fans are. tried more things than i thought i knew about willing to try anything short of one act of worship
  22. M

    is my psu failing?

    So I was playing GRID (the original one) on my pc whilst listening to a podcast on google chrome, I was getting roughly 44fps while playing, and my pc just shut off. I have put my pc under much higher load than this before. (Tomb raider on ultra, no tressfx, roughly 30fps) and its never shut...
  23. K

    Cannot open anything

    I did a software download of Windows 10 on my dell laptop. It worked perfectly. Today when I opened it up nothing opens. I can go to my desktop but that is it. The computer is 100 % charged. It was fine last night.
  24. K

    can a ZOTAC GeForce GTX 950 2GB run gta5

    i want to know if it can run gta5 good but not bad
  25. Y

    Controlling fan speed separately

    Hi guys, I have decided to get 3 Jetflo 120 and 1 Xtraflo 120 (Slim) for my Cooler Master N200 Case. Both are 4 pins PWM fans. Is it possible to control the speed of all 3 Jetflo while having Xtraflo runs at maximum speed? Or is it possible to control all 4 separately? If it is possible, how do...
  26. S

    Asus RT-AC68U Access Point Mode Help

    1. When using the Asus RT-AC68U (or any Asus router) in access point mode, do you connect the ethernet cable coming from the main router into the wan port or the lan1 port of the router in access point mode? 2. In regards to the roaming assist option, do i enable it on both the ac68u main...
  27. S

    Jumpy Ms/Ping in online games (mainly MMO's)

    When playing the Secret World my ping stays at 280-300 and then suddenly jumps to anywhere from 500 to 1500 ms. Is this because of packet loss? Any help or advice would be appreciated. This also happened when i was playing Star Wars The Old Republic about 3 months ago and the same thing happened.
  28. T

    Looking into building

    My son wants a new computer for gaming. his current is not upgradable at all. Im thinking for a budget about 500, but im hoping to use the hard drive out of his old one. i also have two copies of windows that i got when i was student(deal college had with microsoft). So are there any...
  29. S

    GTX 980 only crashes computer on ultra graphics

    Hey guys hope you can help me out, I recently got a GTX 980 SC and a 750 wat power supply as gift. (I also have an Intel i7 3770k core processor.) After installing the graphics card and the power supply everything was running fine so I decided to run Grand Theft Auto 5 on ultra graphics. The...
  30. Awesomest Mario

    My Games are Starting to Lag.

    Hello everyone. So i've had my pc since 11/11/15. I noticed my games are starting to lag as I use the thing. Like on CoD4, I would get 125 straight FPS, but now it jumps below that. This also happened on Minecraft. Any help would be nice, Thanks!
  31. V

    Cant boot my pc

    My last HDD broke so a friend of mine gave me one of his own! so i decided to Dban it and then reinstall the windows on it but when i go to reinstall the windows i get Blue screen witn 0x0000007e error
  32. Anom1c

    Biggest monitor / best resolution possible for good fps with this build?

    Here is the build I'm going to buy: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/cWvbmG 1. What Is Your Country Of Origin? Belgium 2. What do you plan to do with this monitor? Gaming, movie watching, work (online poker, lol). 3. What resolution and screen size do you want? That's my question! The best possible...
  33. R

    Will my system support a GTX 970?

    Hi, thanks for viewing this thread. Just looking for some quick advice - I am looking to upgrade my GPU but do not know if I need to upgrade other parts too. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! CPU: Intel Core i5 3550 3.3Ghz (Ivy Bridge) RAM: 8GB MOB: ASUS P8H61-MX Current GPU: GTX 560...
  34. H

    CPU cooler to overclocked i7 6700k

    Hello, I have just bought my shiny new 6700k and need a cooler to cool it. Planning on overclocking it to 4.5/6/7 ghz depending on the chip so my question is. I want to buy a corsair loiquid cooler because I like the clean look it gives: Would the h100i GTX or h110i GT or h110i GTX be the best...
  35. S

    Help with Dolby Digital & DTS VIA Optical cable USB sound card

    Hi all I have being trying to get my AVR to play DD , DTS from my Laptop it's driving me crazy. my audio setup is as follows ask if more info needed, When Playing a .mkv a bluray or anything with DD OR DTS audio encoded all I can receive on my AVR is PCM AUDIO NOT DD OR DTS HP LAPTOP > USB...
  36. F

    PC wont boot with RAM upgrade

    ok so my girlfriends computer is starting to struggle as she does a lot of rendering. so i monitered her RAM and CPU usage while she was working and noticed the ram was being maxed out. so i go ahead and get an 8GB kit to replace her old 4GB kit remove the old RAM and install the new (following...
  37. shmu26

    share monitor between two PCs

    Windows 10 pro When I buy a new desktop, I would like to still be able to run my old desktop, without hooking it up to a separate monitor and mouse and keyboard. How can I just power on the old desktop, and then be able to log into windows and run it, without switching the monitor and mouse...
  38. M

    DOA PSU cables or motherboard

    My motherboard BIOS refuses to recognize my optical drive, hdd, and SSD. I have double checked to make sure that that SSD sata cable is connected to the 6gb/s slot on the motherboard and that the sata power connector and sata cable are secure on all three components. Besides this, the psu and...
  39. D

    Maximising potential of ssd... pci card?

    I use an ssd with my desktop but the controller (Intel 5000v) only goes up to SATA II. I am wondering, if I get a PCI raid card will the transfer speed from the x4 slots exceed the transfer speed I am using with the onboard slot? I was thinking about setting two drives as RAID 0 in hope to see...
  40. R

    Network Switches help---wires already laid in existing building. Anything I can do to make setup better?

    Hi There, This is my first time posting. We have a property that was setup with Ethernet cables in approximately 1998-1999. Since then, all the wires have been enclosed by sheetrock, etc. and I actually have no idea specifically where each wire is in what part of the wall, etc. That being said...