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Ive had this pc for 4 years now. It just recently started crashing. First the games i played started crashing then my pc (but rarely) bsod. now it happens every 2 to 30 minutes. This is my first post on any forum so if i need to post some more info just tell me! CPU Intel Core i3 4170 @ 3.70GHz...

Hi all, I've just upgraded by CPU to a Ryzen 2600x but I'm not totally happy with the idle temps I get with the stock cooler so I'd like to swap it out for a liquid cooler. I've got the Corsair 200R case and on the website it says it's compatible with the H80i liquid cooler, however, that...

I just bought a GTX 770 for $110 pretty good buy imo and currently i have a i5 3570 with a 660 in it on 720p now i know the 770 can high settings games in 1080p but what would happen if i put it in a 720p display? Will there be tearing? (Will be upgrading to a 1080p panel but not now maybe in...

Looking for a new GPU, What works with my current specs 1.x MSI 970A-G43 AM3+ AMD 970 + SB950 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard 2. ASUS Radeon HD 7770 DirectX 11 HD7770-DC-1GD5-V2 1GB 128-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready ... 3.AMD FX-8350 Black Edition Vishera 8-Core 4.0 GHz (4.2...

So like 2 years ago I got me a GTX 750 ti by MSI and then recently I just got me a new GTX 1080 from EVGA. I like having my old 750, because I was able to run 2 monitors with it, because it had 1 DVI port and 1 VGA port. The 1080 does not however so I have been just running one monitor. Today I...

I just purchased a Samsung BX2331 LED Monitor. Hooked it up to my PC running an GTX 660 Twin Frozr with newest drivers. I get a picture but the monitor displays 1/2 inch black borders on top and bottom and 1 inch borders on left and right. The resolution is set to max 1920x1080. Anyone know...

Yesterday my new gpu came so i hooked it up and started my pc it booted and then i put the cd that came with gpu it started installing drives than black screen so i turned off pc and turned it on and it only shows win 8 loading than black screen no login window. So i changed gpu to another one...

Hi folks, I'm looking for a laptop that would be able to handle running all the 3d modeling/animation software, game design software, and heavy gaming (playing game at highest resolution) Is this possible to achieve with just $1500?! I need to buy it as soon as possible, online, within this...

I powered up my computer todat and it would not go past the dell bios page. i tryed f12 and f2 but no luck. then after a couple of time a "dos" looking screen came up saying " Alert! Previous attemps at booting this system have failed at checkpoint [Ithr]. For help resolving this problem...

Just bought a Lynksys router wrt160n to use with my wired windows 7 desktop and my wireless windows xp notebook. The notebook pickup up the signal, but we could not get past the authentication point. It wouldn't connect. Router worked fine wired with the windows 7. Any simple worded help for a...

I have a 2yr 10m old Dell 9200, 2 weeks ago I tried to bring it out of sleep screen never woke and the cpu fan went high speed (lift off)power up button went to yellow and remained yellow, no front panel number sequence. Have since powered up with success but switch off and on system back to...

My specs : Intel C2D @ 2.93 GHz 3 GB RAM 320 GB hard disk Nvidia 650 ti boost I have purchased 400 W Seasonic PSU ,I want to know if its enough to drive this setup properly

Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.compaq (More info?) ok i just got a p3 1000 deskpro en 256mb ram ive installed an older harddrive (maxtor 40gig) win98se on board sound, lan, video everything is fine for about 2 minutes work time then i get a insufficient memory error ive downloaded the...

A few days ago i saw something from CNN that said Acorrding to a Poll they did 70% of Americans will vote for obama in the next term. I did not get a poll flyer asking for MY vote! i want to know if the vote was today would you vote for him? Fact: his 1st name means to cruse and it also can mean...

Would I see any significant performance increase from upgrading from an Athlon II 645 to a Phenom 965 in games? I currently have an AMD 7950 GPU that I formerly used to mine cryptocurrency but started using it to game with instead. However my Athlon seems to be holding it back a lot. I cannot...

Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell (More info?) My daughter has a Dell Inspiron 5100 laptop with XP Home which is about 8 months old. It has become very slow to boot and shutdown. It is clean of viruses and has now had much spyware removed. I am inclined to wipe the HD, and...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_repair_technician Does being a computer repair technician involve any extremely high-level math or physics? I was considering taking classes at a technical college and train for this career. I have a learning disability in mathematics, I want a career which...

My friend wants to upgrade his 8800gts(320) to the 9800GX2 and asked me if his power supply was compatible with it. This is his psu. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153036 Well, should it work? Thanks (from my friend to)

Has anybody ever gotten over 5.9 for their hard disk score with a mechanical drive (not SSD)? I've read about people scoring higher with Samsung Spinpoint F4 but I have never actually seen it. Even with two Samsung Spinpoint F3 500GB in a raid 0 (short stroked) I was still not able to break the...

dose this motherboard work with the intel i5 the motherbord is the foxconn mcp73m02h1 Intel Core i5-4570 and if not what cpu would it work for?

When on a browser, sometimes in a game, my screen will jump about an inch up and down. It is fast, but slow enough to notice. I heard this was a problem with the new r9 series of cards (due to bios maybe?). Not sure what to do about this, any suggestions? :(

Switching from theAsus P8Z68 Deluxe/gen3 to the asus P8Z77 . My question is will I have to reformat my hard drive so that the new mobo can read it? Or will I be able to plug it into the new mobo and be good to go with windows and all my program/files already on it? Thanks a lot in advance!

Hey! I'm new, and don't know tonnes about computers, or building one, so I was wondering whether you'd help me with my first build. You've come highly recommended from my friend, anyway! Here's a parts list that my friend picked out for me, earlier this year. I'm happy enough with his...

I'm going to be purchasing my new computer tomarrow. Well having it built. However I'm stuck on the video card. Im a gamer, but also love picture quality. I know the radeon has better picture quality, but the geforce2 gts64 has the raw power to pump those pixels. I guess i dont really need the...

hey guys, couldnt really figure out where to make this thread, this section seemed like the best match... any ways, ive been wondering.. a stable 30fps is, well, good enough.. perfectly resonable.. and from what i understand, 60hz is basically 60fps? right? so i was wondering, y cant you do 3d...

A broken economy, downgraded A fractured political system, tormented An angry citizenship, bickering A lack of resources to keep going, resonating An abundance of greed, selfishness and hated to others...growing A civil divide in though, acknowledged A broken country...in pieces We are the new...

Hi, I have been looking for a while and finally decided to buy between these two models. But i can't decide which is a better option. I am based in Pakistan so availability is an issue along with high price. Samsung BX2250 is around $250 and Viewsonic is VX2250 $225. I will be using it for...

Hello guys, my old printer is completely dead just this morning, it is already 5-7 years old (canon 4300i), and I have decided to get me a new one instead of trying to repair it. ...also since I want a printer with a scanner (multifunction).... Now I am confused...many new printers have a chip...

Hey Everyone, I'm contemplating on which type of 27" monitor to get with my gaming rig. Everyday I surf on the internet heavily and game lightly (first person shooters, Crysis 2, etc), and use it for school. I don't do any photo editing or movie editing. Which monitor type is best for me...

can you send me the image of the PCB for Prestigio 17"TFT monitor model - PL-170A

Hi there I am looking for an a3/a4 mono laser printer that can print on 160grams cardstock paper Thanks Monene

Hello, I am researching a new printer for my small business and would like some feed back on the Brother laser printers (specifically HL-5340D)

Archived from groups: comp.periphs.printers (More info?) hi all, I have a blocked light cyan nozzle, I thought it was a faulty cartridge at first but I've tried 3 different ones with no success. Nozzle check print is fine for the rest but not a sniff of ink from the light cyan. Can anyone...

I'm in search for a 20" widescreen LCD mainly for gaming and watching movies sometimes, I don't want to spend too much either, I narrowed it down to the: Samsung 205BW - 600:1 6ms HDCP LG L203WTX - 1400:1 8ms LG L204WT - 2000:1 5ms HDCP Viewsonic...

Hello, I'm new to tom's. I am an avid gamer, and very much used to having 2 monitors at all times. I want to upgrade to 2, 19" monitors that will perform well for gaming along with text and DVD playback. I also want them to last me at least 4 years or so with no dead pixels. I know I want 8ms...

Archived from groups: comp.periphs.printers (More info?) Hello just got a second hane HP CP1700 and already hate it. i turn it on (All new carts and printheads) and i get load letter paper!! I live in britain!! we dont have letter paper! we have A4 i pressed cancel and then it wanted A4 (I had...

Archived from groups: comp.periphs.printers (More info?) Can anyone suggest a method to print to any Deskjet model that might be connected to my PC, without having to separately install every single Deskjet model's drivers? IOW, is there a universal HP Deskjet driver for Windows XP with good...

Archived from groups: comp.periphs.printers (More info?) I have HP Laserjet 4 with LC tray added and I like this tank. It's so easy to fix and it's practically impossible for it to up and die for no reason. But it's huge and whenever the fuser warms up, the lights on the ceiling and in other...

Archived from groups: comp.periphs.printers (More info?) I am looking for instructions to refill a Sharp UXB-700 inkjet cartridge . I want to use bulk ink and a syringe. Is this water based like most Canon or pigmented like HP ? - thanks

I get card write protected message in canon 500D and the card is not locked,what shall I do?