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Hi kind people of tomshardware :D I have recently bought a (Cooler Master 212); meanwhile other components of my PC started to die which obliged me to buy new components, But the MB (MSI B660M-A Pro ) that I ordered online has (LGA 1700) socket, I had found that an adapter exists to mount the...

Hey guys, my question would be the following: I bought a gigabyite g1 1070 gpu,but it needs 8pin to power up. my current psu only has 6. The psu is a kolink chs 600,600w which in my opinion is a good psu,and i only heard good things about it,long term. Im curious if it would be safe enough to...

My laptop's WLAN socket is broken. (Acer aspire 5 a514-52g) It has sata and m.2 connector. I have already use m.2 connector for my nvme storage. So i only have the SATA connector available. I don't want to use usb wifi dongle. Can I use adapter to connect my wifi card to sata connector. It will...

Hello Everyone I got a real tricky issue with my Desktop PC. Recently I got a new Ethernet cable(15m) for my Desktop PC which my PC didn't recognize, here is the details of the connection: 15m cable to the Wall --> connects to a wall Ethernet inline adapter --> then another 15m cable runs to...

I have this display, the hdmi port doesn't support 4k, but the dp does. I got this adater adapter but my monitor doesn't detect the Ps5. Is there an adapter that will work with it that anyone knows of? Update I plugged in the adapter, the monitor said no signal still. But I took a screen shot...

Hi, i was wondering if i can power a 92mm fan and the rgb on the frontpanel on my case from a sata to molex splitter. Im selling this pc so i need to know if this is 100% safe. Idk how to add pictures but it is a goobay sata to molex splitter and a delta 350w psu. The psu has no molex cables so...

I recently upgraded my computer to a motherboard that only has sata (gigabyte b550 gaming x v2). I used an ide to sata adapter (https://www.newegg.com/riitop-35ide2sata-mndl-ide-to-sata/p/35G-0009-00054?Item=9SIA6V89YW2632) to connect a hard drive that I've been using for storage on my previous...

My ASUS B550M has been a pain to configure but I've got it running pretty well after a few days. Ryzen 7-5800x working well, Radeon 5600 xt working well, everything else doing great EXCEPT the built in bluetooth adapter is god awful... like drops my games FPS to 5! Disabling it and putting in...

I have asked a few places, and I haven't been able to get a good fix. I thank you in advance if you're able to help. After the initial setup, I used the headset for a few minutes before it would start disconnecting and reconnecting, along with these horrible crackling sounds that would appear...

Hey there, Not sure where to start with this because Wifi problems are something I don't have often really. I just moved into a new house with my parents in August, For the first few months the connection was perfect, but since the start of December, my connection has been dropping randomly, it...

Greetings, today after booting up my month year old setup, I couldn't connect to the internet via lan connection. I tried everything- changing bios settings, deleting drivers, rebooting, reinstalling, but the network controller in the title simply won't start. The light on the lan port is not...

I am trying to recover files from an old WD Caviar 26400 hard drive using a SATA/IDE to USB adapter. It connects just fine - I see the HD appear in my file manager with a 'E:' designation. I can also see the files in the device, but when I try to access them or copy them I get the I/O error...

So I've been having a reocurring issue with my adpater spontaneously dropping out quite frequently- some days more frequently than others. I've tried everything online that proposes a fix; changed my adapter (multiple times), changed my router, tried updating/reinstalling/rolling back driver...

I want to upgrade the power supply in my HP Z220. However the motherboard uses a proprietary 18 pin connector instead of a 24 pin connector. I can plug a 24 pin connector into the 18 pin, the connector clicks into place and there are 6 pins off to the side. However I wanted to know if this...

Hello i moved from uk to europe and i searching for european power cable for this monitor LG 27GL83A-B 27 is it possible to find it because i don't want to use UK --> EU adapter.

I have a XBOX 360 S HD (250GB) that I bought cheaply from a friend not a while ago. More specifically, it is the model X854830-001. What I want to know is: Can I use a SATA to USB adapter to use it as an external HD? What is the purpose of this 4-pinned port? (marked in the red square)...

My power supply can't handle 2 Drives ( I learned that the hard way, and by hard way I didn't look at the specifications T_T) anyway, my HDD is 500gb and 3.5" I want to use an external power supply to power up the hard drive instead, but I also want to connect it through SATA. I lack knowledge...

In the process of building a machine, finally got it mostly working, but now I can't get the ethernet to work! When I plug a cable in, it gets all blinky like it's working, but no ethernet connection shows up in Network Adapters or Device Manager, even with hidden devices shown. In the BIOS...

Hello, i had a pre built pc with Components that are not bad so i wanted to build a pc for a colleague using those components. As i've got done with everything except storage, i noticed that the power supply didn't have a single power cable except the CUSTOM power cable for the motherboard and...

Would a DVI cable connected to a DVI to HDMI adapter give you better picture quality than a VGA cable connected to a VGA to HDMI adapter? or would the quality nearly be the same?

It is basically a 3 pin argb cable to a 4 pin pwm fan power cable but I can't find it when I search for it. I am trying to connect an rgb fan which only has a 4 pin male and female power cable to a 3 pin rgb case cable to use my case's built in controller. Thanks View...

Hello, I was was wondering if having integrated graphics is needed to run a monitor from a USB adapter in a system that has a dedicated GPU. I have a 1660 TI with 3 display outputs, and 3 monitors connected. I want to use a 4th with a USB to HDMI adapter, however, I also have a i5 9400F CPU. I...

I bought a new ssd crucial p2 500GB to upgrade by old PC a bit. My motherboard gigabyte ga-z97p-d3 doesn't support m.2 so I had to get an adapter card. Bought some cheap chinese <Mod Edit> adapter to be able to plug in the ssd. Everything works fine except my drive is quite a bit slower than...

Hey i just bought the xfr rx 6600xt it needs an 8 pin connector from the powersupply, however i only have a 6 pin from the psu. would i be okay with an 6 pin to 8 pin adapter? The psu is rated for 1100 watts with 90% efficiency so i should be okay on that front. Link to the card...

Hello guys, i am currently having some problem on my display like sometimes black screen or reconnecting but my monitor is turned-on, so i think there might be a problem with the HDMI to VGA converter i am currently using and i am planning to change it. As i just found out that there is...

The HDMI port on the back of my GeForce GTX 1070 appears to have died overnight. I woke up this morning to 'No Signal' on my TV. I reseated the GPU, did a clean uninstall and reinstall of my graphics drivers, swapped out in two alternate HDMI cables, and dug up an old monitor to test on. No...

Hey, I just bought a triple screen setup with each screen having 1080p and a refresh rate of 144hz, they support both HDMI (1.4) and DisplayPort. My graphic card is a GTX 1070 and has four outputs, one HDMI, one DisplayPort, and two DVI-D Dual Link. So I don't have any problems with the first...

As mentioned in the title, my PCs just few months old, everything was working fine until today.. I normally powered it on, went to the bathroom, and then i heard this loud constant buzzing sound.. Display was turning off and on like it was losing signal. I panicked and powered PC off with PSU...

Finding any hdmi 2.1 longer than 10feet is really expensive so i was wondering if i get a female to female adapter and connect two 10ft hdmi 2.1, will it lose the quality? does the female to female adapter need to have some specific technology to carry on the 4k 120hz?

Yesterday, I bought hdmi to dvi-d (24+1) pin but it didn't work it only says check signal cable. I was trying to connect it from laptop to monitor. Can someone help me fix this? is it because of the compatibility? laptop resolution: 1920x1080 monitor: 1366 x 768 .

I currently don't have access to my monitor or TV. I would like to know if I can run a HDMI signal into my phone. Can I connect a HDMI cable to my GPU, then connect the other end to a usb capture card, then a micro-usb adapter which connects to my smartphone, then using an app like usb camera...

I want to recover files from my old dead laptop but the hard drive has Ultra-ATA/100 2.5" disk interface and doesn't work with my current pc. What kind of adapter should i buy? Picture of pins; View: https://imgur.com/a/94oyg4K

So for the past couple of months now I've been getting sporadic black horizontal lines and sometimes just no image on two of my monitors. They are both connected with displayport to vga cables, and my other is connected with just hdmi. At first I thought it was just an adapter issue, and so I...

Hello, my friend built his first PC with a fresh windows install. That all went great. He also got a ASUS Wireless-N150 USB-N10 Nano Wifi Adapter with it. We installed the Motherboard drivers, audio, ethernet, chipsets, etc. Then we installed the corresponding wifi asus adapter drivers...

Hi everyone I'm trying to connect my old 2.5" hdd to my computer with a sata usb adapter, but it won't work. When I use the exact same cable,adapter and hdd on a laptop, everything works perfectly. One of my laptops is a 14 year old lenovo thinkpad and the other one is a very cheap crappy...

Hello, So I recently just installed a new PCIE Network adapter, after turning on my pc, it restarts a total of three times and it boots up completely like normal. Is there anything i should be concerned? Or is this normal? Thanks

Hey guys. In short, I want to connect my air pods to my pc, however the Bluetooth option is not showing up. I am using a tp-link Archer TX50E adapter for Bluetooth. Upon checking the device manager, the "Generic Bluetooth Adapter" driver does not work. Under "Generic Bluetooth Adapter >...

Hello all, I own a Z390 Godlike Motherboard and this is my set up (ZOOM IN): View: https://imgur.com/a/V7gq5UI I currently have 2 RTX 3090s in the PCI-E lanes 2 + 4 I want to buy a PCI-E x 1 GPU Riser Cable Extender Adapter to put a 3rd RTX 3090 into my PC Something like this...

Hi everyone, Just a few days ago, my laptop was working just fine but then all of a sudden is having extremely slow download/upload speeds. The thing is, this is the only device in my household that is having the issue. All the other devices go up to 125mbps which is the typical speed I usually...

My power adapter (24 pin to 6 pin) does not want to work properly with my prebuilt HP computer (Compaq 6300 I believe). With that extra 6 pin cable that comes from the adapter the PSU starts straight away without me even pressing the start button on the computer. Then if I press the start...