Actiontec

I recently upgraded my home internet from Fios Quantum 75 to Fios Gigabit. In the past, I used MoCA to link the rooms by wire, utilizing the MoCA in the old Fios gateway (G1100) and two MoCA adapters in other rooms. I have an Actiontec ECB2500C and ECB6000. After getting the Gigabit gateway...

This MOCA network setup is new to me and I was giving 2 Actiontec ECB6000 adaptors (only 1 coax connection on it). I currently have Comcast as my phone/Internet/tv provider. Seems I can't upload a drawing of the layout. The main Comcast incoming line has a POE filter before the 2-way...

Hello again everyone!! I seem to have an issue on my girlfriend's pc. She runs windows 10 64bit Gigabyte 970a-ds3p motherboard Sapphire Radeon Pulse RX570 series What we seem to have here is an issue with the sound. We connected an HDMI tv, since we didn't have a VGA adaptor or the proper...

I recently just finished my new PC. I decided to upgrade the audio from my old Logitech Z906 system to an A/V receiver and speakers and sub. I bought an Integra DTR-40.4 7.2-Ch x 110 Watts THX Networking A/V Receiver I have the new Creative Sound BlasterX AE-5 Pure Edition Zotac 1080 Ti GPU...

So I was replacing the CPU cooler on my and ryzen 3 1200. And when i was trying to remove the CPU heatsink I pulled out not only the cooler but also the CPU. I've tried floss, hairdryer, isopropyl alchohal around the edge of the CPU, and I even gave it a alchoal bath for 5 min in out of ideas...

Hello, I'm new to this, and i was wondering, will a Gigabyte ga-ab350 gaming motherboard fit inside of a cooler master r MCW-L3B3-KANN-01 MasterBox Lite 3.1 mATX Case? Or since the ab350 is ATX and the case is mATX does that mean it wont fit?

Hello, I just got a new build and have no OS. Whenever I try to install win 10 I get past the key part but can get past the driver part. I have Windows 10 on a USB and a DVD r installed. Whenever I click to load driver and press on one of them. It says "couldn't find driver" or "device driver...

This isnt a card i bought yet but im planning on making a PC. The Power supply only has one 8 pin wire but my graphics card has 2 ports. Is this fine?

Background: My buddy has one of these (https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c03349236 ) Last March I put in a new graphics card (https://www.msi.com/Graphics-card/R4770_Cyclone.html ) for him along with a new power supply (https://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=100-N1-0400-L1). A month...

Hello so as the title says my new rig isn't performing as well as i was expecting and i am sure this isn't all it can do. My 2 problems are in games i get pretty bad stutters and GPU usage drops especially in some areas of the game like for example in Witcher 3 i get around 90-99% GPU usage...

Here is my system. AMD Phenom 9850 BE XIGMATEK LOKI SD963 92mm HYPRO Bearing CPU Cooler GIGABYTE GA-MA790X-DS4 Motherboard G. SKILL 4 GB UDIMM 800 MHz PC2-6400 DDR2 Memory (F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ) G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) CORSAIR Enthusiast Series CMPSU-550VX...

Hey there please help me, i have bought a new pc Specs: AMD RYZEN 5 1400 Gigabyte GA AB350M GAMING 3 HYPER X FURY 8GB DDR4 2133mhz(8x1) - (from recent intel i3 6th gen pc) cooler master mwe 450 corsair spec 04 seagate 1tb hard disk(from recent intel i3 6th gen pc) the cpu cooler is not...

Hi! Very soon I will build a gaming PC and everything is bought except the case. I don't have enough vertical space on my desk, so the case have to be max 440mm height. I almost bought S340 Elite, but sadly it's 474mm height. I'm looking for a case with ATX form factor, big side window, good...

My mother board says it supports a variety of different ram speeds, including 2667 MHz, but for some reason, I can only seem to find 2666 MHz. Are those two speeds the same thing or should I go with a different speed?

Is there any measurable gain of any kind in pairing a AMD gpu with a AMD cpu in a build? Specifically I am thinking about the new Ryzen and Vega AMD products.

Hello everyone! I was looking for an SSD that wouldn't break the bank, and i found this. Crucial - 1TB Internal SATA SSD From what i have seen, a 1tb ssd normally costs upwards of $300, so I'm wondering weather this is too good to be true. I have no doubt that Crucial is a very good brand, but...

Hi, my lg home theater does not support Arc, but my TV does, Is there any way to get the sound of my TV through HDMI? Any suggestions please Thank you for the answers

I'm looking for something in style with the Razer Kraken 7.1 V2 or the Razer Man O War wireless. The downsides is that the Kraken has a mesh cloth lining on the inside of the headband which catches sweat easily and makes it hard to clean, and the Man O War's headband breaks easily according to...

I need help with my nvidia 3d settings in nvidia control panel. I have an asus G752VY with GTX 980M 24GB ram and i need to the best 3d settings for FPS games such as Overwatch or CSGO.

As the title goes. This forum has helped me a lot in the past but this time I couldn't actually find anyone with the exact same problem so here goes. Thing I did: Changed bios setting for sata from AHCI to Native IDE Because: I needed to boot from a cd, the cd drive didn't show in the boot...

Whenever I try to remove the read-only attribute in properties from a folder it doesn't save. I uncheck the read-only attribute and hit apply and ok, but when I open the folder properties again, the box is checked again. Does anybody now a fix?

i'm just wondering if running with two different size stick is worse than just 1 stick. because I have one 8GB stick and a 2GB. both corsair vengeance.

Hey, So i was today in a hardware shop, i got the following answer from a owner of the shop who is selling stuff for years. "One fan produce less noise then 2 fans" is that really accurate ? Two fans that work with around 1000 rpm = 2x 1000rpm = 2000 rpm overall. One fan that work with 1400 rpm...

I just received a WD black 1tb from amazon. but as soon as I put it in and migrate my data. It started making very loud grinding noises. the grinding noises are unbearable. I know blacks make quite a bit of noise but I'm not sure if this is normal or not. a lot of changes in the sound of the...

Hello to whom ever is reading this. I mostly play CSGO and I'm currently having troubles playing the game. When ever I try to join a game and or server I always get kicked with this message "You cannot play on secure servers for one of the following reasons: An issue with your computer is...

Hello I purchased a asus laptop from someone and it keeps shutting down when. I try to play a game. Re-sinked it and blew out the dust which there was hardly any and factory reset to Windows 8.1 and downloaded all the recent drivers from asus.com still shutting down. Laptop is always on a hard...

Hello everyone. I'm upgrading my pc but i am on a very tight budget. So i had 2 options: either get a descent processor and a low budget gpu, or get a not so great cpu but a great gpu. I chose the second option. I ordered core 2 quad q8300 and asus strix gtx 950 2gb OC. Did i chose well? Is that...

Recently bought a new ram stick and put it in the slot.. It turned on once then told me to change the slot.. Did that but after that it wasn't detecting it so then I moved to another slot and now the machine won't turn onon.. And all the USB ports stopped working but if I connect my phone it...

Hello everyone, I hope someone can help me with this! I own the laptop from the tittle and I am having random disconnections while gaming or just browsing, it takes about 3 to 4 hours to occur after the computer was been boot and when it happens the wifi application (Windows 8.1 x64) just says...

can it run without a graphics card so I can download drivers and updates for my new PC because the 1070 I want isn't in stock if anyone can help me by answering this that would be great

Would it be possible to use 2 ps move contollers like the vive controllers on google cardboard? Thanks

Hello, I have i3 1430 + gtx 750 at present. I look to replace it with either i7 4790 + gtx 960 4gb or i5 6500 + gtx 950 Which would be better? As you can see, going for skylake will need me to rebuild everything. Which is better and will the i7 hold off good? I want to play games at high...

Hello everyone! I decided to buy a new PC and build it myself as it is cheaper. I have some questions which I hope you can help me with. Is there a significant difference between DDR3 and DDR4 memory? Is a 8 gb DDR4 better than a 16 gb DDR3? Also, can the build use a mid tower? Don't know...

I have 2 of these fake a$$ cards lol i was yong and dumb but i am wondering dose anyone know what the card actuly is?

Hi, I'm having a bit of bother with an OS for my new system. I recently bought a whole new computer and a new OS, Windows 7, from eBay to go along with it. I don't have an internal DVD drive and so decided rather than buying one I would create a bootable USB drive using the command prompt...

Hey guys, I bought a Sapphire Dual X R9 270x and I tried to install it but it is not working correctly. I first turned off my PC. Then I took out the VGA cable from my mobo and used the adapter in the box to connect it to the r9 270x. after that, i put the gpu in the x16 slot in my mobo and...

Hi, Asus X55C notebook Bios vendor american megatrends Version 407 Gop version 2.0.35.1018 Ec version 204e120001 While attempting a fresh Ubuntu install I manged to lose all my boot options on boot tab of the bios. My boot config shows: Fast boot [enabled] Launch csm [disabled] I have tried...

my AMD FX8300 cpu is only using 30% while gaming and suddenly it goes about 60% for few seconds giving me smooth fps for only about 2 seconds and after that its around 20 fps. this cycles on and on and on.... WHY it doesn't stays at 60% usage?? someone pls help me spec: GPU r9 290 oc...

PROBLEM: CPU-Z reporting DRAM Frequency @722.5Mhz instead of 933Mhz Picked up a 2-channel kit from Fry's yesterday; 2x Corsair Vengeance DDR3 (CPU-Z ID: CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 SPD Ext. XMP 1.3) that should be running at 1833Mhz. Ignoring and bypassing the absolute nightmare it was to actually get...

I've had my gaming pc, which is my first one for over 3 and a half years now and here are my components Graphics Card: Gtx 650 Ram: 4gb HDD: 500gb Cpu: Intel core i5 highly overclockable (cant overclock because I've not got a good enough fan) Ive not got the best of money at the moment, I just...