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I recently built an older computer and have been trying to get Windows booting for a couple of days now. First of all, I ran into the problem that I couldn't install Windows onto the disk because "This computer's hardware may not support booting to this disk." I tried creating a thread for that...

Hello all i have X79 UD3 Gigabyte board , with i7 3930K , 16GB of 1600MHZ ram and Thermaltake SE 730W PSU , on windows 10 (1903) bought Liteon MU2 SSD (Rated with over 500 MB Read and write speed) and someone who purchased it from same place gave me it's benchmarks and it was functioning as...

Hello, today I wanted to see something in the bios of my pc and I found out that I could choose between ahci or raid. I was wondering which would be better for my pc? My pc: https://progear.no/produkt/progear-kratos-themaltake-p3/

Greetings! I just got a new PC Case and moved all my hardware. Turned it on and got "Inaccessible Boot Device" error. Changed the boot device to my HDD, which showed up on the Bios. Reset, and got only a blinking cursor on the top left of my black screen. After reading solutions on the forum...

Hi, I have setup a PC based on a Gigabyte X470 Aorus Gaming 7 Wifi + 2700X. I have the following disk attached: 500GB Samsung nvme disk on m2.1 Sata0: Samsung 250gb ssd Sata1: Samsung 250gb ssd Sata4: WD RED 3TB Sata5: WD RED 3TB Obviously the two WD disk are for storage / backup. Any...

I only have 2 SSDs, and I would like to run Intel Rapid Storage Technology in conjunction with Smart Response Technology. Can I do this to improve performance? I do not have an HDD. It takes my computer over 1 minute to boot up. I would like to reduce this time, as well as improve performance...

MSI board with a Ryzen 7 2700x. I picked up some G.skill F4-2933C14D-32GTZRX but I cant find anywhere if it will work well with my mobo.

Helo, I have a regular dell inspiron 620 pc and I want to play minecraft on it but it can barely play minecraft at all low settings so i was wondering if i can install an RX 560 2GB & an intel pentium G4560.... i just wanna play on a server with some mods at a reasonable framerate

Hi all, Recently purchased Asrock AB350m motherboard from Amazon, but they came with 1 standoff screw each lol. Might as well take the time to post and ask the community, what is the best budget motherboard I can buy for under £60? My main focus is on longevity, and I've heard good stuff about...

Does DeepCool’s integrated-CLC case provide the performance and features to match its elegant appearance and high price? Deepcool Gamer Storm New Ark 90 Review: Design Favors Looks Over Function : Read more

Hi all, As the title said. I'm a little bit confuse right now. My gaming rig is old, and I'm thinking for upgrade. But my budget is limited. So I'm thinking about partial upgrade. The problem is, I don't know which part that should I upgrade first That said, my rig parts is : CPU : A10 5800K...

Hello, As the title suggests, my laptop fan takes a long time to start actually cooling down the laptop resulting in high temperatures (70-90 degrees Celsius). This problem started occurring about 3 days ago. The fan takes about 30-50 minutes to start and when the fan works, about 2-3 hours...

I have done a reset and also had the 99% for hours so I switched off computer. Turning on computer I get a message that says “computer stopped and restarted I expectedly or encountered an error. Windows install can not proceed. Restart computer and then restart installation.” When I press OK...

Can I use the GTX 750 TI Low Profile bracket on an ATX Case? I have another computer that has a GTX 750 Ti Low Profile in it, but I unfortunately do not have the Long bracket. This is the Low Profile Bracket I currently have right now...

So i recently got an external monitor for my laptop (Monitor: Acer XFA240) (Laptop: MSI GL62M 7RD) and whenever I alt tab into or out of a game, it takes 3-4 seconds to load, and if its alt tabbing back into a game, the mouse disappears and i have to navigate the menu with an invisible mouse...

Hey guys, I'm planning to upgrade my graphics card, but I can't choose which one to purchase. The 1st option is the Zotac GTX 1050 Ti OC Edition. Link: https://www.lazada.com.ph/-i102432592-s102697521.html?spm=a2o4l.order_details.details_title..50e93e17BGHvqE&urlFlag=true&mp=1 The 2nd option...

Installed windows 10 half a month ago, great OS, suddenly, my start menu won't open and the system was very sluggish, ran sfc scan, i got the message: Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files and successfully repaired them. Details are included in the CBS.Log %WinDir%\Logs\CBS\CBS.log I...

Hi, This is my actual configuration: ⦁ Windows 10 Home x64, version 1709 (Fall Creators Update) ⦁ Asus-Z170-A Motherboard ⦁ Intel Core I7-7000 ⦁ 16.0 DDR4 ⦁ UR22 - Steinberg USB ⦁ Speakers Yamaha HS5 I've tried almost everything (complete installation of W10, update of all drivers, update...

Friends laptop won't go past password it's Acer notebook her 9 year old grandson must have messed with it when he was playing on it. I'm trying to get into bios to remove Microsoft password on start up. Suggestions welcomed thank you.

So I just got Marvel vs Capcom Infinite and i've been playing it for awhile with no problems along with pubg. Now starting as of September 22nd I haven't been able to play either game without it restarting my whole laptop. The screen looks like something similar to this...

Hi, I want to get wifi on my computer but I can't seem to get it can anyone help me please

Hi all, I currently have a 2011 iMac and am looking to switch back to a PC. Not having bought a computer since 2011, lots has changed and I'm trying to educate myself to help work out what system specs would work for me best. With regards to usage, I mainly play simulation games so the CPU is...

I just bought an 8TB Seagate BackupPlus Hub to transfer all of my files from my other hard drives but already when transferring about 1.24TB from a FreeAgent Drive, the speed is at 0 bytes/s and only goes up higher than that to about 300kb for a few seconds before dropping back down to 0 every...

So basically , I managed to plug in the cable in the wrong place and everything was perfect for 10 seconds on my first boot , fans spinned , LED's worked and after 10 seconds , I smelled molten plastic and then I saw smoke , I turned the PSU off quickly and then i saw that my MOLEX cable was all...

I listen to music playlists on YouTube almost daily, however, if I switch to a new playlist or click on another video after some time has passed any video I attempt to play will not move. For example I can click the play button and it will reflect me doing so but the video will stay at 0:00, It...

Can use the recovery media dvd of win 7 to install it after upgrading to windows 10? And will I require a product key? P.S. i asked about the product key since, though my laptop came with a digitally signed windows my brother again activated it with kms and now it says that the license will end...

Hello everyone, I recently bought HP Probook 440 G4. I already have licence of windows 8.1 (64bit) so I didn't bothered buying latest OS. When I searched for drivers I found drivers of only Windows 10bit and specially DISPLAY driver does not match. Can anyone help?

my letter y when i touch it bring letter z and the letter z bring y

I just updated to Windows 10 from Windows 8.1 where I had no problems. Upon updating I have had a problem with my CPU usage where at random times (around 3 times every 5 min) my computer freezes up and I cant do anything for between 2-10 seconds. In the task manager performance monitor utility...

Hello, I was wondering if this was a good gaming PC that can run most games at 4K and very demanding games at 1440p. These are the parts: PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($329.99 @ SuperBiiz) CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0...

Ok so, screen turns black then after few seconds turns on again with message "video driver has stopped responding and has recovered". Sometimes it just stayed black and i had to restart pc. Worked fine but only first few times. Then after i came from holiday i turned pc on and it booted fine but...

If i set programs like sony vegas to GPU Render how does it stress the cpu?

i have an amd fx-8300 overclocked at 4.2 and when i run prime95 and hwmonitor where do i look for my cpu tems in the cpu package or the motherboard ?

Whatever game I'm playing my core 9 and core 11 are always 100% usage and all other are only 10-20%. Is this normal?

Dear all, "Attached link is the screenshot to my resource monitor while under load, i hope this will help , do let me know if u need any other info" I have been facing this problem for a few weeks now and finally found out what was causing it but not sure why it's happening. I am using 16gb...

i'm confused betweent these two cards which one will run smoothly on 1080p

Hey i currently have a benq BenQ RL2455HM 24" and i play games specifically csgo gta v and a lot of the latest games out, and i was wondering is getting a BenQ XL2411Z 24". thanks

Hi, Im going to upgrade my pc (processor, motherboard, ram, case, hdd) this summer and im curious how big change i'll see. I'm heavy csgo player :D. I have now fx 6300 and i'll get i5 6600k. Will i notice good difference? For example in csgo? I have now very unstable fps from 150-350. Do i need...

C6 Uncorrectable Sector Count Current: 200 Worst 198 Threshold: 0 Raw Values: 000000000091 The hard drive has been like this since I purchased it 4 years ago. This is the only sector that yellow caution symbol.

Hello, I currently have an ASUS CG8480 (prebuilt - I know I was dumb back then) that I bought a long time ago. Its current specification can be found here: https://www.asus.com/ca-en/Tower-PCs/ROG_CG8480/specifications/ But in summary here is what I have -> Motherboard - Intel Z77, Video card -...