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I have build a brand new PC, fresh 1TB Seagate HDD, MSI H110 Pro-VD motherboard, and a Win7 install on a USB Key. I have used this USB key to install windows on another system just a month and a half ago with no problems. But this time I am getting "Bootmgr is missing, CTRL-ALT-DEL to restart"...

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.

Hello all, I recently sold my laptop after using the partition to factory settings restore my laptop hdd after removing the sdd. My question is was that safe enough to sell like that? Could the person I sold it to possibly still recovery any of my info? I'm just worried they could get my card...

processor:amd fx 8320e black edition motherboard :asus M5A97 LE R2.0 ram: ddr3 8gb single stick gpu:asus R7 370series 4gb cooling unit:antec H2O 950 liquid cooling cabinet :antec X1-e gaming PSU : corsair 750 watts With this i have installed Samsung ram Pc3 12800 2*4gb ram It shows that...

I got the GTX 1060 6GB for Christmas this year and it was bottlenecked by my AMD Athlon x4 760k. Just 10 minutes ago I went out and purchased an Intel i5 6500 which I have no desire to OC. Using pcpartpicker I was told that my MSI A78M-E35 would be incompatible with the new Intel processor. I...

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When I power up, the hardware looks ok, but theres no signal output to the display/monitor at all. The CPU and dram led blink, but not the boot device led. Hardware: Asus z170i mobo i5 6600k Vengeance 2x8gb ddr4 Samsung M.2 SSD 256gb sm961 Silverstone 450W sfx PSU Corsair h80i liquid cooler...

I have comcast Internet 19.99 plus 10.00 for box what do I and can I purchase a Internet box to avoid paying monthly 10.00 charge

OK, this has been going on for too long I have a Radeon sapphire, which cost me about $150. The reviews were spectacular and all the benchmark videos were perfect for my needs. However, I am having some issues. After installing the card, all of it's drivers, removing the old drivers etc... I...

I just built my computer, I am in the process of getting Windows 10 installed, and I realize I'm going to need drivers for anything to function. What drivers will I need and where can I get them?

Hello guys i changed the hdd-rams-psu-cpu and when i try to install windows from usb it freeze when it shows"setup is loading"my uncle got two ECS Motherboards am2+ same problem on both. Language edited by moderator. This is a family friendly site. Moderator Lutfij

I used PC specialist to check if my parts were compatible before buying any parts. Now i have bought all the parts and built the PC it doesnt post. Furthermore, there are very faint beeps but I don't believe they are the bios beeps and all the fans, GPU led, case led and counter on motherboard...

Note : I am very bad with hardware and have never touched it. So my PC was getting a ton of BSODs and ram errors. I had my buddy come over and he was fixing it and realized whoever built my pc put the ram in the wrong slots. after they have been moved now it says out of my 12GB of ram i have 8...

Hey guys, i'm having some issues with my PC currently and it is driving me absolutely insane. I'll get right down to it. First of all, some issues i've been having are my monitor disconnecting from my PC randomly. So basically, play for about 30 mins to an hour. It varies, and all of a sudden...

i know it is a watercooler but can i just install it without water or anything and it just work like a good aircooler?

Everytime it loads, it comes up with random letters (like matrix)

So I have the Final mouse classic ergo and for some reason when I'm in game playing CSGO the left click will sometimes stop working. Only for a second or two but it can really impact me if I'm in the middle of a spray or something. Does anyone know what might be the cause of this? Maybe mouse...

Hi, my uncle just give me a computer. May i know which current graphic card to best match with my processor. thank you very much.

Hello all! I am fairly tech savvy, and am working on my first PC build. I was curious if my future rig could handle an HTC Vive, and have an enjoyable experience. Here's my list: Case: Corsair Carbide Air 240 MoBo: ASUS ROG MAXIMUS VIII GENE CPU: Intel i7 6700K Heatsink/Cooler: Cooler Master...

I have a Samsung NP700Z5C-S02UB (Series 7 Chronos 15.6'') and I just replaced it's old HDD with a new Samsung V-NAND 850 EVO with 500GB. The PC boots up (after shutdown) in about 7 seconds. But to restart it (whether new programs were recently installed or not), it takes nearly 4 minutes, and...

Hey guys, I just cleared out one of my external HDDs down to nothing, and just did a standard format (Windows 10) to NTFS and default allocation size. I was wondering if there is anything else I should do to the HDD before I start using it again?

Since I live in asia, my normal ping while playing in NA servers is around 100. However, recently I have gotten random ping spikes that make my ping go from 100/110 to 330+ within a few seconds. it seems to happen randomly during matches and I have no idea what's causing them.

Currently I have a computer desktop that I use for gaming, I run 3 clients of a olddddd mmorpg called Rohan, they barely take up anything it's so old. And in the background I would like to do 60+ fps 1080 p gaming. I've played some games like AC fallout 4 project cars etc and they seem to be...

Hello everyone, so after weeks with computer troubles I'm finally coming to a forum for help. Alright so, just today I put a brand new fancy MSI motherboard into my tower, however a issue I'm having is when I plug in my mic which is a Blue Snowball the light goes on but utilities like Curse...

I'm using a corsair h100 v2 installed it successful the USB wire I plugged in but there is 2 other wires one with 2 outputs and one of those outputs is 4 pin shaped but has 3 pins where are they meant to go on my asus maximus viii hero

i am going to buy a computer with no graphics card and put a gtx970 strix in it is my motherboard compatible with it its a Gigabyte H81M-S2H with a Intel Core I7 4790 will it work? and if you need more information about the computer say here is the link to the computer http://bit.ly/1Xsc1O3

Hey guys I'm looking to replace the motherboard and the case and psu for the dell xps 8700. It has a intel i7 4790 processor with a evga gtx 960. I'm looking to get a mother board and and new graphics card in the near future. How do I go about migrating windows over to my new system? If i...

Hello everyone! My friend has a Hewlett Packard Elitebook. It had issues with wifi so he tried to turn it off. After he turned it off he tried to turn it on. After this no display would show at all. I have tried connecting this to an external display but that did not work. I have tried Windows+P...

I've seen quite a few threads regarding this, but most are old (probably because the processor is old) and I'm looking for some new opinions on this. I had bought a Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD (despite some of the bad reviews), but I found the reviews...

Everytime i try to play a game on my pc it bsods with memory management, its a fresh install of win7 i cant figure out why all my hardware is new also ive been at this for a week now. My specs are ASrock h170 pro4 mobo Asus strix gtx 970 Intel i5 6600 16 gb(4x4gb) corsair vengeance lpx ddr4 ram...

Okay. Youtube has got to go. I can't take it anymore. I know they need to make money, but putting their intrusive pop up banner ads right on top my my videos is over the top. Years ago I did host my own videos and embedded them in FLV format using flowplayer. That worked fine, but some...

i cant buy all computer components at the same time for my pc build because i cant have that much money can i buy individual cmponnts its like first i buy mobo then after i save some money i buy a processor etc does computer components lasts if i dont use them for a long time (specifically when...

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I have been experiencing stutter in almost all of my games and also low frames in some.(witcher 3 dipping into 12fps at some cut scenes.) specs, evga superclocked 970 i5 3570k non overclocked asrock z77 extreme mobo cx750m psu corsair vengeance 8gb

So for some odd reason, all the laptops in my house don't load webpages quickly. Phones and other handhelds work fine, and ethernet connected desktops do too, but laptops and everything else are unbearable. I was wondering if this is either: a) a problem with my laptops b) router needing...

I recently got a new computer and have been trying to upgrade from windows 10 32 bit to 64 bit. i am fairly certain i have done everything correctly as windows downloaded, however, when i try to boot from my new hard drive (the drive i downloaded windows onto) it just sits at a black screen with...

Hi! I'm planning on setting up 4 access points in my house all connected to my main adsl router via cat 5e. What's the best way to do this in terms of ip addressing and equipment? Thanks in advance.

Hello, I have been fussing with a desktop I just built and would appreciate any help or direction. The pertinent hardware: Gigabyte Motherboard, i5, Nvidia MSI 960, 1TB HDD, no optical drive. No matter what I try, I cannot get a working OS to install on it. Something probably telling is that...

Hello, this is my first time posting here. I know this has been answered so many times, but I have different specs and I saw that the minimum power requirement is 500W and the card itself only draws 165watts. I won a giveaway and I'm now waiting for my GTX 980 Super Jetstream to arrive. Will be...

1x120mm 4pin to 4pin cpu fan header controlled separately 1x120mm 3pin 1x140mm 3pin 3x200mm 3pin All other fans are ran to PSU via adapters. Fan speeds fixed. Ideally I want to temp. control all fans to reduce power consumption...