CD Drives

I have an old Dell Optiplex 9020 desktop which works perfectly except for the dvd drive. I have purchased two different external DVD drives and neither one was recognized by my PC. The USB port works because I use it for other devices. The DVD drives I bought were on the cheaper side so I don't...

How can I boot from CD or from USB with the Z690? I can see the CD drive on the SATA device list, but it doesn't show as an option on the boot menu. I can see all the other SATA devices as boot options so it's not a question of changing the boot order or seeing hard disks it's a question of why...

Hi , I have an issue that CD Drive appears in this pc and I don't have a physical drive and it reserved letter "F" for it self and I can't disable it

hey guys, my CPU cabinet's inbuilt CD/DVD drive is not working. the computer store guy has told me that it cannot be repaired and i have to buy a new cabinet. Is there any alternative of such inbuilt drives. like, is there any external cd player to connect it with the pc with usb so that i can...

This is my first post, I hope I'm doing this correctly. I have an MSI laptop that i bought about 7 months ago. I booted my laptop up and my HDD wasn't present anymore (PC boots up from SSD). After a few weeks the hard drive randomly appeared again a few weeks later. About a week ago it...

Greetings! I plan to re-purpose a DELL Dimension 2400 case which I read can house a micro ATX (mATX) motherboard. Looking at the wires coming from the front end, I notice most of the wires line up properly, following the colored wires from the front to the pins they connect. The only thing...

So, lately I've been wondering why is my laptop runing slow. As I'm studying computer programming, I wanted to buy myself a laptop with good performace. Two years ago I spent an pretty decent amount of money on my Toshiba Satellite S55t with following specs... Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6500U CPU @...

Hello I've seen that many people came here for help and they found it so I'm trying my luck with this. My problem is that my pc boots but no display on my monitor but it's not the typical one I have an hdd light that doesn't work when this normally happens but this time it's different the light...

Either Linux or Windows, how can I overclock the IGP (Integrated Graphics Processor)? I have a HP 11, with a dual core, Intel Celeron N3060. The CPU speed is 1,6Ghz, with a 2,48Ghz boost, but the cooling of the laptop is so good, it constantly runs at 2,48Ghz. I have no complaints about...

I am not sure what happened. I started downloading textures (jpegs) from a SketchUp website. They all started downloading as JPEG files than one day recently they started downloading under Internet Explorer and they were on the download bar as a zip file. When I went to go open the download to...

Hi, At the beginning of the this week I installed Windows 10 Pro 64 bit on my machine. Before that I used Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit without any problems. Everything ran fine. Shortly after installing Windows 10 I got my first blue screen, which was very strange. It pointed towards my memory I...

MY COMPUTER window 7 GPU:GTX 1060 3G CPU:i 2600 the monitor cable connected to the graphics card -------------------------------------- IDK why but when I play every games would be fine. but only DBD,when I starting this game,my CPU usage would be100% usage every seconds when I play this...

ive been looking for the cheapest 144hz (in india) and found this https://www.amazon.in/Acer-KG241QP-Gaming-Monitor-Display/dp/B07MSKN6CS/ref=sr_1_3?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1547793584&sr=1-3 i need help in figuring if its real because it sounds too good to be true.

This aged router fails to synchronize correct date and time, reading "January 1, 1970," since initial set up in 2006(?). If my decision, I'd update technology; however, it's not. Model no. is F5D7230-4 and firmware version is 4.03.03; checking firmware updates through router stated, "No new...

I'm building a new computer for the first time since 2011. Quite a few things have changed since then, so I appreciate you providing your thoughts on my new build (Or at least phase 1 of it). Thanks in advance for your comments. Approximate Purchase Date: e.g.: this week Budget Range: I'd like...

My first year of college I bought a couple of speakers and subwoofer off of craigslist for like $100. The speakers are the Infinity IL10 model. The subwoofer appears to have its own amp built in and each speaker is rated at an impedance of 8 ohms and 50-150 Watts. The preamp I'm currently using...

I have a problem with a SSD that suddenly crashed after being used in my Macbook on field trips for about a year. One day when I was working on a word document the spinning ball appeared on my screen and the computer froze, after waiting for some time I forced restart, but the macbook could no...

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/6xQpJ8 It will be used for light streaming, gaming and recording. and is there anything you would change?

everything works fine it turns on plays games great and everything nothing appears to be wrong but I have this red led light right next to my ddr4 that wont go away and from what I can gather it is some sort of error message. I've double checked everything and everything is plugged in fine and...

Ok so basically I just got this case with built in rgb fans but the only connectors it has is the 4 pin rgb thing. But, my motherboard (gigabyte z370m ds3h) only has a sys fan connector afaik (please correct me if I'm wrong) and I really don't want my computer to melt so does anyone have a...

So i have msi b85-g43 gaming as mobo and running intel i5-4460 and i planning to upgrade my cpu , what is the best cpu i can get with $300? sould i go for AMD instead or intel? should i need to extend my budget a lil bit to get a better one i don`t mind

Specifically a Toshiba 3TB P300 HDD. tl;dr: How do I test for physical damage if it got water leaked on when it was running, as it seems to have formatted itself? I recovered a lot of data from it, but it was damaged enough that TestDisk couldn't restore the partition. Background: So, about 3...

so i just bought a pc from a guy,he showed me evrything was working in the pc,especially the water cooler,but now i got it and it doesnt work.it's a deepcool maelstrom 120t,the led on the pump lights up but it just doesn't pump liquid

Hello everyone. So I've finally decided I'll go for i5 2400. Now it's time to decide a motherboard for it. For a few years, let's say 2-3 years, I won't be upgrading the processor or anything again. So in that case, which motherboard should I buy? Somebody suggested me to buy an expensive one...

My pc started booting to Recovery mode after I disabled testing mode, and I tried to recover my files and got this error : 0x80070003

I have 2 GTX Titan Hydro copper on Sli in a GA 990 FX UD3 R5 motherboard and a FX 9370 Processor. My VRM/NB is overheating I believe. I start having stuttering and sound problems and at times the computer shuts down automatically. Any ideas? Motherboard can not handle all the wattage?

Hello, Over the years I have tried apple photos with icloud storage, google photos with original quality uploads etc. Currently I'm on the icloud 2TB plan and have already ran out of storage and I take over 20,000 photos a month regarding sports etc and also upload my photos from my DSLR...

Hello Everyone, Recently my PC started showing this issue where it repetitively shuts down POST BOOT UP! I've seen a lot of videos on youtube where PC starts and switches off within 5 seconds... that's not my case. My PC completely boots up, till home screen, starts loading all icons and start...

room layout: https://imgur.com/a/oCfyRG9 So here is our situations, we are moving into a new building which has super thick walls to the point that in some rooms there is no cellphone connection. We will have a 1000 mbps glassfiber connection attached to a router (the big red block in the...

Hi! I want the battery life to be at least a tad better than it it's now. Could I either get a bigger battery or use 2? I want to use it for school as I can't buy a laptop right now, but can buy either a new battery, or some type of solar power bank. Thanks!

i7 8700. Which one?

Is this icon normal or should I be worried, I have reinstalled and I have tried removing my chrome theme.

Hi, I am looking into building a non-gaming rig that will hopefully perform fast for the next 5+ years. Main usage would be regular internet browsing and streaming media and Youtube in HD. My budget is around $1000 for the PC and I wanted to pick a CPU that will be "future proof" for my...

Hi I have purchased a Samsung 970 EVO 1TB, I want to get the best speeds so i want a PCIe Expansion card. I can only find Asus Hyper M.2 X4, are there any more on the market? Thanks

Build- Msi Z370 gaming m5 lga1151 I7-8700k 6core 3.7ghz (4.7turbo) Corsair hydro serious h105 liquid Rm1000x 80 plus gold Gigabyte 1060 6gb 500gb ssd Samsung with win10 and some games I’m just looking for some opinions, it doesn’t seems like it’s putting out the FPS it should in my opinion, at...

Hey guys, so when I check what speed my ISP is currently providing (in the Network and Internet screen), it shows that it is 100 Mbps, which is pretty fast. But, when I go to download something, whether it be through my browser or Steam and Origin, the downloads seemed to be capped at ~850 KBps...

I live in Europe and i'm thinking of buying this surge protector from APC here http://www.apc.com/shop/gr/en/products/APC-Essential-SurgeArrest-8-outlets-230V-Germany/P-PM8-GR , the surge protector seems really good but there are few things that bothers me. 1) if you scroll a little bit down...

Hi, recently changed my whole rig and past week my comp has been turning off then turning itself back on again within 1 second and boots up fine, i7-8700 gtx 1070 16gb ram 650 cx 650m power supply what could be causing this any help would be appreciated.

As the title states, I have a SanDisk Ultra II SSD 480 GB SATA III 2.5 inch Internal SSD. I have an abundance of cables at my disposal and so have tried multiple different cables internally but this SSD will not show up in my BIOS, Disk Manager or Device Manager. It just does not seem to exist...

I recently upgraded to a GTX1070 mini itx In my 5-6 year old desktop. This worked fine for the first few hours after setup, and the temperature readings were ok (40-65C) until I was playing videogames; where at which point the computer blackscreened and crashed completely. I am now unable to...