Chip

Hello everyone, I've recently upgraded my PC and passed down some components to a family member, including my Asrock z390 Extreme4 motherboard. To enhance their experience, we replaced their old SATA drive with a new M.2 SSD. I've had positive experiences using an M.2 drive with this...

Hi, Yesterday accidently hit my board with a screwdriver near the pcie slot. Took out from the looks of it, two traces. See here: https://ibb.co/hgqQwLx I Painstakingly followed the traces. They end in those two little dots that ive highlighted in blue and red: https://ibb.co/XyWB3nm Which...

Can i put the motherboard (after attaching the chip to it) in the same antistatic bag? Will it cause any problem or damage?

Dear all I use a Kingston DT50 16gb [pen drive] to backup important documents. I have other backups aswell. Last time I unplugged the USB drive, I was wiggling it carefully out of the USB port. Then I started to wonder, how much force can the USB drive withstand before it damages the inside of...

what is this chip name is?? and what is the cmos battery model should i buy for replacing?? my laptop wont turn on and the model is Asus k550vx. here are images: https://imghub.io/i/0VsNC https://imgupload.io/image/gxTPW https://imgupload.io/image/gxr67

Hi, I have two questions to ask. I am trying to find out what the chip of my memory is and if these voltages are good. I have two TF3D48G2666HC15B01, which is 2666 CL15-17-17-35 1.2V with XMP enabled, i was able to do a quick stable OC to 2933 CL15-18-18-36 1.3V. I tried rising the voltage a...

Hi! I was trying to help a friend reset the bios password on his Lenovo L460 thinkpad. So first i tried to remove the cmos battery, it didnt work. So i figured i had to reset the bios chip by shorting it out. and so i did.. but now the computer wont turn on.. the power button and the "fn" button...

So I opened up my msi laptop to clean the fans, while I was removing the screws I accidently removed a wire of a small intel chip underneath the right fan, it has two black wires attached and the left one got removed and I can't figure out how to put it back in. Any solutions...

I am looking for the Bios on a Envy Touchsmart 20 - D013w. I am attempting to replace the Bios Chip on this computer with a newly updated bios chip that I bought. This will be my first time replacing a bios chip. There are two chips on the motherboard that look very identical in shape with the...

I am trying to make this keyboard: MP-03756C0-5285 z Asus M51T work througth usb, i did fidn one good video: View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1PheqSNNP8 however this keyboard has 24 pins and i am not sure if i can make it work with his chip because i just do not know this stuff So if you...

The thing is, I already know that its going to support the Ryzen 3000 series but I don't know exactly which ones. I will really appreciate the replies. Thanks in advance.

So I heard there are 2 types of chips for the RTX 2070. TU106-400A and the non A so basically TU106-400. A is supposed to be capable of higher stable speeds. I've already ordered an RTX 2070 aorus Xtreme, does anyone know what chip that model has? Some say only cheap 2070s have non-A chips, the...

Hi guys i want o know Whats best to run dual monitors? One in GPU and one in motherboard chipset or both in GPU?

So recently I decided to clean the dust out of my PC with a can of compressed air, in particular my GPU which was having overheating issues beforehand. I unseated the GPU, cleaned it thoroughly and then reseated it. My computer started up no problem and all was well. But then I tried to launch a...

So I am using intel i7 5820K, Safely overclockable to 4.00Ghz Is it still worth it in 2019? Will there be bottleneck issue with Rtx2070? For CPU and Mainboard I am planing on upgrading in 2 phases. Will change Mainboard and CPU later in a month or two. Reason being upcoming AMD 3000 and budget...

Hi, I recently stopped smoking and have some extra money in my money-box hence I decided to purchase a new GPU as I want to reward myself:)MSI GTX 1660 TI Gaming X. My question is whether my CPU i5-4590 will bottleneck the new GPU a lot? My current PC is i5-4590; GTX970 4GB-RAM, 8GB-RAM...

Hi, so today I decided to upgrade my pc by changing out my MOBO CPU GPU and RAM while keeping my old storage which holds my windows and other documents. After the switch I realised i made a rookie mistake... i forgot to remove the old hardware drivers and now windows does not boot because the...

So before yesterday i was having problems connecting to internet but found that my motherboards onboard LAN device was disabled in bios (yea i know right), after i enabled it works perfectly. currently i have my pc pulling internet via Ethernet and netgear a6100 usb adapter, when both plugged in...

Okay so pc just crashed with blue screen. It didn't show nay error message but event viewer is showing this. Log Name: System Source: Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power Date: 11-03-2019 21:30:21 Event ID: 41 Task Category: (63) Level: Critical Keywords...

I'm looking to build a new pc for college, but I need it to be small for easy transportation. What are some small form factor cases that are actually small, but not super expensive? I know of the node 202, that's an option. And I've also seen the DAN cases but those are like $200. I also don't...

I'm planning to upgrade my CPU from a 2400 to a 3550 or 3770. I'm mainly going to be using it for video games and I've will be pairing it with a GTX 1060 3 gig.

Hello. After 15 minutes of playing gta 5 games starts to stutter with little lags. About 6 months i was playing on better settings than now and it didnt lag at all. Now i try to play on lowest settings and after 15 minutes fps drops every 2 seconds. Tried most of the things online but didnt...

Hello, I'm building a budget PC for basic schoolwork and browsing. I'm not going to get a GPU at the moment. What CPU should I go for? Preferably i5. Thank you guys for your help, I'm new to this, was going to build one a year ago but never did, forgot everything.

I have a Hyperx Fury 8gb DDR4 stick in my PC, now I'm not sure what speed it's meant to be running at... but I know for certain that it should'nt be running at 800MHz. Quick google search shows there isnt even a stick of ddr4 ram at 800MHz (thats 8gb) lol

Hello everyone, soo like one week ago I started getting black screens with the sound continuing, (so as i found out it should be a gpu problem). As an example I can run Overwatch on 200 fps in 2k and low settings. But Apex legends crashes after like 10 minutes. I got a R9 390 series. When the...

I have never had a SSD. How do I go about using one? I already have windows and everything on my current HD. Does it go in a slot like a HDD would go in? I’m new to this.

Hi Guys my son love fortnite but for a while my budget will be (*&^%$$#$^%& so can You ( i know You can ;) ) tel mi the cheapest reasonable spec for run fortnite on 1080p with no system lags ? cheers

Hi. I have the below config, FX 8350 Black Edition 4.0 GHz Gigabyte GA78 LMT USB3 r2 1x Corsair ValueSelect 4gb 1600MHz 1x Corsair ValueSelect 8gb 1333MHz MSI GTX 1060 3GB Armor 1 WD Green 128GB SSD 1 WD Green 1TB SATA HDD Right now I am using a Frontech Power supply called Frontech JIL2430...

Hello, I recently finished building my new PC, super excited. All new parts, everything lights up, all the fans spin. However when I connected a monitor to GPU, the monitor is not receiving any signal. I also noticed that the mouse lights aren't on when connected to any USB port. I have tested...

I currently run a Samsung 970 250GB M2 SSD as a boot disk and it is rapidly running out of space. I want to upgrade to a 500GB version of that M2 as the boot disk.. As secondary storage I have a 500GB SATA SSD on an ASUS Prime x470-Pro board which has two M2 slots. How do I clone the existing...

So I was trying to find a safe place to put my glass panel and I ended up putting it on the carpet, This goes to the back of my case So I was wondering whether or not this could fry my components because it might have some static on it from being on the carpet since I dragged it a little bit...

Currently running a GeForce GTX 760 Windforce. Just purchased a monitor that can run 144hz. Will I be able to run 144hz with this graphics card? I’ve got HDMI to DVI that I’ll be using for the monitor.

I used ezflash on my Asus bios to update my bios and selected my USB. The bios started processing the USB but was taking a very long time. It was only a quarter done after a hour. Now stupid me turned off the PC and turned it back on. The PC kept constantly restarting and there is no signal. I...

This is my first build and I have a ryzen 5 2600, Asus prime b450m-k motherboard and a gtx 1050 ti 4gb. Everytime I try and start the computer so I can install windows, the monitor I'm using doesn't give off any signal that something is plugged in. I have a hdmi running from the TV to the...

Specs (not overclocked): i7 8700K Nvidia RTX 2080 FE Asus Z-370G motherboard 16GB Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 2x8 Corsair H60 CPU cooler Corsair TX650M PSU 250GB Samsung 970 EVO NVMe M.2 for boot drive 2TB Firecuda for game storage I've been dealing with an issue on my PC for quite some time...

Hello, I bought this Dell as small Editing/Streaming PC to work on and to have. Because i liked and enjoyed the idea. But For the past two days, My Monitor has randomly going black screen with no Signal and forcing me to restart my entire PC and what i'm working on to get it to work...

Hi I built my first computer a few months ago. Specs: Motherboard z370 gaming 3 Cpu i7 8700k Gpu vega 56 gigabyte oc 8gb Ram 16 gb one stick Psu evga gq 650w Cooler deepcool assasin ii Os windows 10 As soon as i finished building the pc the problems started. Pc crashes after 20/30...

what's the best way to backup apps and setting before installing a new windows (windows upgrading with keeping files not working for some reason) so is there a backup software or i copy specific folders in C ?

Hi, I have a Toshiba P870 that has capacity for a 2nd internal HDD, I have plugged in a 1TB SSD but it is not being recognized, do I need to format this 2nd drive first or is there something else I need to do to get the laptop to recognize it?

My lenovo legion y520 laptop is not booting and shows black screen and i cant do enything in troubleshooting i need help i tried so meny instructions