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This is the weirdest issue I've ever experienced, and I've been building and troubleshooting my own PCs for like 20 years. Last night I was running an AVG Free Deep Scan. When I got to about 30%, my computer blue screened and restarted. Upon restarting, I got the following error message: "Your...

I did a full deep scan with avg, at the end it said it only found one infected file/virus etc and it said: html evil cursor-b [trj] it was in quarantine and i have deleted it now, i checked the file location and it said it was from brave, which is a browser i used a long time ago, my...

Hello, I am parting together an AMD Ryzen system and I was wondering about memory support. Is anything over a certain frequency finicky and anything under a frequency guaranteed to work with every single RAM kit on every single processor on every single AM4 motherboard?

We every day hear about RAM, ROM of mobile devices (cell phones and tablets). Internal and external storage in these mobile devices. What I wanna know is distinguish their mobile meaning. What are these memories for cell phone and tablets? Of course, I know acronyms, but, the perfect meaning for...

For a while now I've had very slow downloads on my PC compared to my phone. Using speedtest.net my PC averages 15mbps down and 12mbps up whilst wired. My iPhone 8 however reaches 58mbps down and 21mbps up on WiFi. I've searched many forums trying to find a solution to this problem however...

I just built a PC and it won't display. I've had this same problem before on my old PC but I can't even boot into the UEFI. It turns on, all the rgb turns on, along with the CPU fan, and GPU fan. I've tried 2 different displays. One monitor one tv, same thing. Both are not faulty. Suggestions...

i can put CDs in my Acer ES14 but nothing happens. media centre doesn't come on can't find it on laptop. can you please help?

I am considering getting a m.2 drive. I have a 500 gb 850 Evo that is almost full. The UD5H has a m.2 slot but it is limited to pci e 2.0 x 2 speeds which is limited to 10gbs max bandwith. That is still faster than 6gb sata III but not as fast as pci e 3.0 x 4 of course. I understand and accept...

i'm getting 50mbps Mediacom wifi speed soon, I want to know the average upload speed it'll give me, I want to start making youtube videos and be able to make a minecraft server to play with my friends

I'm thinking of building a PC of a budget of 600. I want to play the new high end games at medium-high settings at 1080p.

Hi. Firstly I just wanna say this isn't a problem with my PC not being good enough or something... I got a gtx 970, i5 4590 and 8gb ram and i play with advanced graphics turned OFF and only 4xmsaa in 1080p and i should easily be able to play this game without lags... I actually get proper fps...

I've been using this power supply in my current build: AMD FX8350 Gigabyte 78LMT-USB3 PNY GTX650 One day the computer did not want to power on. I checked the motherboard, good condition, checked the EVGA 430w works in other computers so I thought it was my FX8350 I sent it out to AMD they sent...

So needed to upgrade my CPU and Motherboard... I bought some brand new ram a few weeks ago because it had a good price. What's a good CPU and Mobo combo with this ddr3-1333 memory under a $200 budget? Current build: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Ck9nsY Thanks!

If I haven't used my PC for a while, around weeks. Should I worry about Changing the Thermal Paste or would that be pointless?? Thanks in advanced.

So basically I have a bridged cisco modem/router that provides wifi to the main house. In the main house, there is a "open house" ethernet network panel that takes the ethernet connection and splits it to either floorboard ethernet ports, or in our case today, the 2nd building. At this second...

Hi. I am a total pc noob and put together this: PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ckYKTW Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ckYKTW/by_merchant/ CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($114.99 @ NCIX US) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus...

Hi all, I accidentally selected best answer on one of the posts in this thread http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2658455/laptop-800-gaming.html#15960304 Is it possible to remove it? Thanks in advance

Dear All. I have a WD Black Series WD5000BPKX 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA HDD working in my laptop (Acer Aspire 7738G with Core 2 Duo P7450 and Windows 7 Ultimate). Recently I had to copy large files on this HDD. It turned out that if I start to play a video while copying, it speeds up the...

I am looking at upgrading my dell 630i, I mostly playing BF4, COD and CSGO. I am not fussed about ultra settings I am happy with Med-High detail as long as i have a consistent high FPS. Here is what I am looking to change. Budget: $900 CPU: G3258 Motherboard: ASRock Z97M Anniversary RAM: 8G...

I have 2 gtx 980s gigabyte ge force g1 An i5 4690k 16gb of ram And not sure if i should get 850 or 700 psu And for the motherboard i might just get any decent mother board thats a z97 and runs sli, correct me if im wrong. And still not sure which case if i need a mid or a full tower And my...

Should i upgrade my CPU or not? And if yes, what kind of? I have thinked about AMD FX-8350, AM3+, 4,0GHz, 8-core. Help me :c

When i play games like League of Legends, Cod MW 3, Far Cry 3, GTA San Andreas Multiplayer etc..., my monitor turns off and it behaves like the pc is off, but the pc is running and the music from the games bugs out, and i assume that the game freezes.This happens after a few minutes (depends on...

Hey guys, I am planning on building a computer within the next month or so and have been looking at other people's guides for computers around this price. I have come up with this http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Pxx3Bm. I plan on gaming with it and some slight video editing but please tell me what you...

Okay, I'm gonna start by saying I'm not an educated computer pro. I didn't go to school for this, I just have a passing understanding. I'd gladly buy a premade computer from a company if I didn't know how much of an obnoxious rip of it would be. So please don't hate me if I ask stupid questions...

I would like a high-end gaming laptop for the price of around $1300, and I have narrowed my search down to the two laptops below. I need help deciding! MSI GE70 Apache Pro-012 ($1299) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152558 GIGABYTE P27Gv2-CF1 ($1299)...

Hey All I have just purchased a new graphic card R9 280X (I had a HD5850 before) and have windows 7. I got some trouble at the beginning with installing the driver, therefore i used DDU (Display driver uninstaller)...and from there i have got different blue screens every time i try to shot down...

Hi all, I'm looking to bit by bit upgrade my PC. What do people here recommend I upgrade first? Here are the specs: CPU: Intel Core i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67GHz Motherboard: P7P55D EVO RAM: 16GB Corsair DDR3 GPU: Radeon HD 5870 I don't really want to spend anymore than £600. Thanks, Mike EDIT: So...