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Please help, i have this vaio laptop since 2010 and this is the first time i encountered this.. Few weeks ago my laptop always have this error "blue screen".. tried to recover it and it works but recently it always happens almost everyday so i tried to reformat my laptop using the recovery discs...

What’s the best way to wire one 4ohm sub and two eight ohm subs to a mono amp

So I've been having this problem with my newly purchased HP Zbook G3 laptop whereby sometimes (but not always) when waking the laptop from sleep would result in Windows 10 just completely freezing up at the lockscreen and then me having to force shut down using the power button. I've attached...

Hey guys, I need help because i am a huge noob to the PC scene learning a bit more everyday, like recently learned what 'bottlenecking' lol. so i t seems i need to upgrade my cpu rather than gpu which is a 1050ti here's my specs Operating System Windows 10 Pro 64-bit CPU Intel Core i5 4440...

I have a seasonic ss 650 jt psu and it only has dual 6 pin connectors would and 6 pin to 8 pin adapter be okay or safe? I want to power an rx 570. Thanks

I bought aorus RX570 yesterday so can i ask a question: Will this card be compatible with mobo ECS A970M Deluxe (My old VGA is R9 280X powercolor turboduo and it worked very well with the mobo)

I have narrowed my two choices for gaming monitors down to two. The HP Opem X35 AMVA or the Acer Predator XB271HU which is a 27 inch IPS Panel. I have had an ultrawide panel before from Acer but returned it because i was extremely disappointed from the color reproduction on it's VA panel. I have...

my son is building his first gaming computer, he has installed everything when he turns the power on it only stays on for a second then turns off, we have replaced the motherboard, processor and the power supply any suggestions

im about to get a new motherboard and before i replace my old one i want to check any precautions i should take and what i should do to the software i have windows 10

I have been trying to put together my very first pc but it has been 2 days and I still can't figure out what may be the cause of my monitor showing No Signal. I have tried a HDMI cable. I have tried the provided DVI cable, plugged into the back of my GPU. The fan is running and the LEDs for the...

Hi I've been experiencing fps drops in every single game I play (CS:GO goes to 30 fps when max_fps is 300, like wtf?) I have tried reinstalling my graphics card drivers, running malwarebytes which detected nothing wrong with my PC, setting up different options in Nvidia control panel and...

I was planning on getting this monitor, its a nice 144HZ monitor with free sync and everything and is overall amazing from a price and feature point of view. I probably am pretty stupid for asking this but if I don't use an AMD card here will I still be getting the 144hz experience? Will I...

i'm going to be honest when i say I've downloaded torrents in the past, and sometime then i caught a nasty virus, it's a virus that goes unseen but you know it's there, it slows down my computer drastically and i'm pretty desperate to get rid of this virus, who knows what it could be doing on my...

Hey guys. Haven't done a build in a while, so im a bit dusty. can someone check the compatability. havent decided on the hardrives yet, also its not gonna have a gpu. case: Antec VSK4-500 USB3.0 Mid Tower Case with 500Watt PSU ram: Kingston HyperX FURY 8GB Kit (4Gx2) DDR4 2133 Desktop RAM...

I've looked around and i know this question has been asked many times. But should I just spend $140aud from a reputable computer place for windows 10 or look into buying it on ebay/kinguin or g2a?

Hello everyone, I need a little help finding a good/expensive wired keyboard for typing and occasional gaming using MS Windows 10. It must be backlit and as silent as possible without a wrist rest pad. Now I am using Logitech Internet 300 keyboard (Measured: Actuation force:63g & Travel...

I have a friend looking to get into PC gaming. He wanted my take on a decent build on a budget capable of running games at a good frame rate (+60 fps) at 1080p. I wanted to post the build here to see if anyone has any insights or opinions on it. Do you think it looks good as is? Any component...

Hello I have an Acer Predator G-Sync monitor 1080p 144hz 1ms, A GTX 1080 Ti founders, i7-7700k, 32gb 3200mhz RAM, on Windows 10. This past year I played with G-sync working flawlessly until recently I started to see problems where I would boot up Rainbow Six Siege, and see that the frame rate...

Hi - Just wondering whether my current PSU(500W) would be enough to power my new gtx 1080 Strix GPU, coming in a few weeks. I also am getting 6 new case fans, i currently have 1. Would this be enough, I am not getting anything else upgraded.

I'm looking to build a new computer next year and would love to put one of the relatively new Amd Ryzens in it. While I was looking into motherboards, I notice that most of the mid range to low range priced X370 boards are getting relatively bad reviews (3/5 stars), so I'm trying to determine...

DISCLAIMER - This is possibly as stupid question but I am slightly unsure on the answer Hi, if you've come across any of my threads before, you will now doubt have heard about my many troubles with my 2nd hand GTX 960. If you have not I should explain that the vram is failing. Anyway, because...

Hi everyone OK basically I have a low end CPU it is the AMD E2 7110 clocked at 1.8ghz and is 4 cores and with the current integrated graphics I can run most games at 720p medium settings and get between 30 - 45 fps which is acceptable for me now my question is if I get a good gpu around a 1gb or...

I have had this computer https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XGXDXZF/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1 for over a couple months and every game ran like a dream. But lately I installed AVG Tune Up and ever since I cleaned my PC with it, every game crashes just ten minutes in. I undid...

Hi for the last 2 days i have been trying evey way to get into my bios .. i recently got a new screen and i cant get audio output on it .. it has to be connected to my onboard sound realtek that is switched off on the motherboard .. i switched it off when i first got the pc beacuse i knew audio...

There's about 50€ diffrence beetwen these 2 monitors. I'm mostly playing CS:GO. So i would like to know which one is better? Some say the ViewSonic is one of the good 144hz TN monitors for this price. And some say the AOC colours are washed up. Both have freesync so that's nice. Btw is there...

I've found an old computer from 1989, and I wasn't able to find any information about it anywhere. It's a Honeywell Bull HDS-1. Anyone that knows something about this computer?

Would upgrading form a i5 4670 from a i5 750 and keeping my ram and getting a new motherboard. my PC specs are i5 750 2.66gbz 8gb DDR3 ram Dell Optiplex mobo 128gb Crucial SSD 250w HP powersupply HP case

Yesterday when I was operating my windows 7 then then the screes started showing pixels then it crashed and again starts this was done 3 times.After that I shut down computer and started again it was working correctly and operated in 3 hours. After some time when I started then after 5 seconds...

can a 460 watt power supply be good on an i7 -860 windows 10 . 12gb

I am really in need of an upgrade from my Radeon HD 6450 in my Optiplex 755 MT. I know that since this is a BTX form factor case, only a single slot graphics card should be able to fit. I have heard of people doing mods to their BTX computers to get dual slot graphics cards to fit. I was...

http://sta.sh/2jbaotv5dgd?edit=1 Some screenshots here. A lot of it is tiny stuff from window's processes. I've tried a lot of tutorials and it helps some, but on startup it takes like 5 minutes to do anything because my disk is maxed. Sometimes it's my RAM and sometimes CPU. Just why...

My online friends are all saying different tips about RAM. "You should just get one stick of how much RAM you want 1x8GB" "If you get two sticks like 2x4GB it will run faster" "its best to have 4 small sticks of ram 4x2GB" etc I'm shooting to get DDR4-3000 btw, if that matters

So this is my first PC build. I have the Ryzen 5 1600 with the MSI B350 Gaming Plus mobo, GIGABYTE GTX 1060 GPU and 3000 speed RAM (16GB). I am past pulling my hair out at this point because no matter what I do it won't post, and what's even more frustrating is that I can't seem to find the...

I'm trying to put together a build for a friend who needs a computer for their university course they're starting. They are happy to go for a desktop, so I've shown them the wonderful world of building a computer. They seem to be onboard, so I've put together a tentative parts list as follows ...

I have a 1x16GB stick of Kingston hyperx fury RAM @2400mhz. My CPU, the Intel i3-6300, and my motherboard, the ASUS B150 PRO GAMING/AURA, claim to only supports 2133mhz. When I put the system together, the RAM defaults to 2133mhz, and everything runs smoothly. I noticed in the BIOS there was a...

I have 550GB HardDrive One day I try to do Boot one Partition But failed and I lost my two partitions of 110GB This lost partition even showing not in Diskmanagement and I don't know how to discover it please help me

My PC 1. MSI 970A-G46. 2. AMD FX-6300 Black Edition. 3. Corsair CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 Vengeance 4GB Single Module DDR3 Memory Kit. 4. SEASONIC 750W POWER SUPPLY 80+ GOLD. 5. ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 AMP! Edition - 6 GB. 6. Circle Cabinet with 3 Fans LED. 7. 2 TB HDD Seagate. 8. Logitech G 105...

I had my friends brother build it for me and I've noticed it seems the cpu fan is facing the wrong way. If it is, how would I go about changing it? Could I just clip off the fan and put it on the other side of the heat sink or do I need to unscrew the whole thing and turn it around? If so how...

So I have recently downloaded Microsoft office and have found that it has been placed into the DVD drive? my computer doesn't have a DVD drive i'm ok sorting out office being in the wrong place but i would be very great full for any help with getting rid of the DVD drives. P.S. i'm sorry if...

Going to show two links of result from test my same PC. The different is the Hard Drive-- the first one was using SSD, and the second one is using HDD: A) http://www.passmark.com/baselines/V9/display.php?id=78337602718 B) http://www.passmark.com/baselines/V9/display.php?id=82162353386 My PC is...