Booting

Hi, I have a touchsmart 520 desktop WINDOWS 7 HOME and ASUS notebook laptop WINDOWS 10, I do not have windows installation discs for either of them; what I would like to do is create a complete c drive copy of both computers and reinstall from a single external hard drive; is this...

From last 2 months i am experiencing starnge problem in my PC...it is keep restarting in every 15-20 min of use...3 months ago i upgraded my ram from Corsair lpx 2400MHz 8gb to G.Skill tridentz 16gb 3200 MHz rgb...qnd it works normally for one month...but after one month this problem started...i...

PC is shutting down after 2-3 mins. Suddenly I'm facing a strange problem in my PC. it's shutting down after 2-3 mins of stating.Even sometimes it's not staring at all. In such cases when I press the power button the CPU and PSU fans start rotating after 4-5 seconds it stops and nothing happens...

Hello everybody , I’m having a problem with my 2 week old first built computer where my PC will power on with case fans working and then turn off which leads to the motherboard led lights to start flashing. The strange thing is after doing a complete strip of the system and adding parts one...

I just built a computer from some older parts earlier today, and have been pulling my hair out because of this error that occurs when trying to install Windows. Here's the error: So far, I've tried changing some settings in the BIOS, such as changing from IDE to AHCI as some guides have...

A couple of days ago, my monitor started turning on and off whenever I turn the pc on. It sometimes happens when the pc wakes up from sleep mode too. The monitor gets in a loop of showing image for half a second, then 3 seconds of black screen. I can briefly see that Windows loads everytime...

Hi there. In the last couple of days, I suspected that I might have gotten a virus, and yesterday it became clear that something was wrong. My PC began to lag heavily, and not even task manager would function properly, and finally, a black screen appeared, and I was forced to shut down my PC by...

So the other day I pulled out the power cable of one of my 3 hard drives to plug into a different hard drive, now this is where everything went wrong. I have my windows 10 installed on an SSD. and suddenly my computer couldn't find my windows? so I continued pissing around for about an hour...

Hello Everyone, My HP laptop wont turn on. It has been more than 2 months since I used this laptop. I have connected the laptop to the power source using the adapter and charged it for about 30 mins and then tried turning it on the LED in the caps lock and F12 key goes on and off but the laptop...

Hey so, after rummaging through forum posts on this website with the same issue as me, I have had to result to posting as I am unable to boot my PC. And after forking out nearly £140 these past three days I really need a resolution. TO start, the specs: Mobo - ASUS PRIME A320M-K - new CPU - AMD...

I've recently bought an xfx RX 580 8gb GPU to install in my old pc with the specs below, but the pc didn't boot at all with the keyboard not on, so i tried my friend's evga gtx 1060 3gb and it worked perfectly and i tried my rx580 in his pc and that also worked perfectly, i don't really know...

I bought a gaming PC about a year ago form Ibuypower. It has an i7 7800x CPU, 16 gigs of memory and a 1080 (non Ti) GPU. I has been great running a 144hz 1440 monitor for gaming. I just preloaded Fallout 76 and the system spec checker says I am good to go except the CPU, it is unsure about...

Can you by any chance start up your PC without ram and storage and just the cpu? Or will that mess the system up.

Recently, my temps have gone through the roof. I have a 860k cpu not OC and an asrock fm2a58m-vg3+ mobo. Use the stock cooler, which has been cleaned and temps are just dying. https://i.imgur.com/agKbVYS.jpg I will be cleaning it after this post, turn the cooler around and re-apply thermal...

I have ryzen 5 2400 G apu. i installed graphics drivers but when i open radeon settings it shows no AMD Graphics Driver installed.

Power on. Just arrow showing. No acer sigh to put my pin number i to

Hello everyone!! Moving directly to the subject, my PC suddenly shutting down while I'm watching or listening something on YouTube!! Which is the cause/issue?!

Thanks in advance

So I'm trying out dual monitors and with the current setup whenever I try to alt tab from any program to any other program the computer freezes and I have to reboot. According to CAM my CPU, GPU, and ram aren't even close to being under full load. I'm also experiencing major FPS loss (100+ lower...

Heyy everybody..i have hp notebook 15 laptop ..it has recently started to shut down while booting and i m not able to boot into windows...when it starts it shuts down after 3-4 seconds..i have tried removing hard disk and then running and also replacing the ram..but its still the same..i have...

I just built my new pc. I have a h100i v2 water-cooler on a kaby lake i5 7600k. I don't know how, but I managed to place the cooler upside down lol. I am wondering if I can just turn it right side up without reapplying thermal paste because I didn't buy any. not expecting to do something like this.

I've installed a new video card and my computer does not go past the first screen where you press F2 or F9 to enter bios. It stays frozen on that screen, and then moments later a beep comes from the mb. My mb manual gives 2 beep options. 3 consecutive beeps for not detecting cpu or 1 long and 8...

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I have an amd motherboard with the am3 socket it's actually the asus crosshair III formula and I can't upgrade currently but need a new cpu, I'm currently running an rx 460 16 gb of ram g.skill 1600mhz and (prepare to cringe) and athlon II 630 2.8Ghz. I want just to upgrade the cpu not my...

I'm looking to upgrade my PC case, so far I have two prime candidates, however I wanted to have a second opinion before spending my hard earned cash. So far I have found 3 cases that are quite good and can be purchased fairly cheaply in my country. Also, please bear in mind that I am planing on...

Hi, I currently have 2x2GB OCZ DDR3 kit and planning to upgrade it to 8GB. Is it okay if I add another 2X2GB kit on my 3rd and 4th slot?

hello im from lithuania and im around 2 weeks away from building my 750euro pc now i realised that i probably should get a bigger, maybe better screen my current screen is around 17 inches and it's bad my budget is let's say full max 130euro but i'd like to go as low as possible maybe even...

i can be using my pc then all of a sudden will get a blue screen telling me there has been an error and needs restarting it says at the bottom "kernel security check error" can anyone help me fix this

I'm planning to upgrade my processor i3 2100 and I'm in a dilemma what to buy? please help me I want to play games like witcher 3 and assassins creed games :)

Hi guys! In the past years I had problems with my PC, because of the temperature in summer. Now the weather is really hot here and I am afraid. i did a lot of changes since last year but I want to get a confrim from the community. So here is the photo about the temperature...

I posted yesterday asking for help on the Preparing auto repair crap but decided to just re install windows on another HDD as I had no luck using a CD or USB boot well I installed it and everything was fine was using my pc like usual again. Then today I turn on my computer and it happened again...

can someone answer me this.??? if microsfot wants make windows 10 most popular system,why they dont target older computers also with light version windows 10??with this i mean windows light version,whtat could run with less than 1g ram.also i think some features should be removed,if they wants...

My laptop I'm currently using is having some issues, I'd like to upgrade to a desktop and would like to be as efficient as possible with it, as my standards aren't too high for gaming quality, just need really steady fps and decent graphics. I'd like to stay around 500$ for the computer build.

Hello I am buying a gv-n960oc-4g graphics card. But it requires a 6 pin external power connector.I do not have one so I want to buy an adapter to plug in to 4 pin cable but am unsure which one will fit in to this gpu. I'm in the uk and if someone here could recommend one on Amazon or eBay that...

I just built my computer (specs below) and when I press the power button, the computer appears to turn on, as lights turn, fans spin, and I hear one short beep from my speaker indicating a normal boot, yet no signal on monitor. I've tried multiple monitors, multiple cables, DVI and VGA, and...

I hope I'm putting this in the right category but here it goes. Okay I have two computers, the one with the problem is running Windows 8.1 and the other is running Windows 7. My computer (Windows 8.1) can't seem to access files on the Windows 7 computer despite being on the same network but...

I need 4 sticks 16 gb or 2 sticks 16gb and I am willing to paint if you have any suggestions about that. Thanks!!

Hi,not sure if this is the right forum but whatever.which one is better for my build. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833704165...

It also broke my mobo. My question is could it have broken more or did it just broke that and, how to get a refund.

What BIOS no. is this board shipped with as i would like to run my i7 4790k but it says i need F5 and everything else is F3?