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    Monitor keyboard and mouse won't turn on! please help!

    So it happenened to me yesterday, that Just browsing the internet the screen turned into a striped grey screen. Tried ctrl+alt+del and it turned back on. It did the same thing when trying to play a video etc, so I've installed the newest graphics driver. Turned out it was not the issue as it...
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    audio out ,red, white red not working

    is there a balance control on audio out?
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    X99 Phoenix SLI

    I am moving from an SLI setup to a single card, and would like to move my card away from my huge air cooler if at all possible. Would the second PCI-E slot (PCIEX16_2) still run at x16 speed if I put my card there? Or do I have to use the top slot? I haven't been able to find a very specific...
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    Motherboard, CPU, or PSU failure?

    Hello all. After a power outage (and despite being plugged into an APC surge protector), my wife's PC will not boot. Not even to the BIOS. I've eliminated the GPU as an issue by a. testing the GPU in my PC, where it performed fine and b. trying to boot with the GPU removed and the monitor...
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    Computer Freezes when clicking on taskbar

    When I click on my any icons on my task bar to switch applications, my computer sometimes freezes. The lights on my mouse and keyboard stay on, but when I try clicking on anything, it just makes a beeping sound through my headphones. How do I fix this? (I made the pc myself, so if I messed up in...
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    Freezes caused by pagefile?

    Hi. I have been having problems since i got my rig up few weeks ago. All my games have little stutters/microfreezes in about every 30 seconds or so..barely noticeable but its driving me crazy. No fps drops during that time. Today i tried to disable pagingfile and my games are smooth for about...
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    Western Digital or Seagate Hard Drive?

    I want to get a 2TB HDD and I've heard that Seagate often break. Is this true? And I might want a SSHD instead but only Seagate make them?
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    Is These Temps Normal With Hyper 212 EVO

    Hello everyone I think my CPU temp is too high when idle. My System Specs MSI 970 Gaming Motherboard AMD FX 8350 CPU SAPPHIRE R9 290 Vapor-X GPU Hyper 212 EVO CPU Cooler CORSAIR VENGEANCE 2x4GB RAM CORSAIR CX 750 PSU Here are the temps: https://imgur.com/a/RWeCf I've changed face of cooler...
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    How to disable laptop dedicated graphics (hardware method)?

    Hello. Sorry if i post in wrong place, did not found more suitable. I have Toshiba satellite l850-1p2. My amd gpu burned down. Showed artifacts some for some weeks and now its dead. While i had artifacts, i searched for graphic switch in windows software/bios, but there was not such option...
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    Eyefinity rx 480

    Hi guys, i want to play games with three monitors. my build:i5-3570, 8gb ddr3 ram, Sapphire rx480 4gb nitro+. So what do you think? The performance will be good enough or i'll the 8gb version ?
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    Up to 4 Dedicated GPUs?

    I'm looking to buy a computer that I can poor money into in the future, that is to say I want to buy a decent setup now but also one that is exandable and easy to upgrade as I get my hands on more funds. After looking at many guides and videos I simply do not feel comfortable enough buying parts...
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    Wireless adapter is continuously failing, causing computer to freeze(or doesn't load at all on reboots)

    My Aspire ES 15 seems to be having a lot of issues with the WiFi adapter and I can't seen to figure it out. If it's connected to WiFi, it works just fine if I don't move it or readjust the screen, but as soon as I do, the laptop locks up and I'll have to force a restart. If I turn the WiFi off...
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    Bad pci-e slot or what?

    Doing some mantainance i took my GPU(gtx 1060) out of my mb and now when i putted it back in it wont display (this with hdmi cable), then tried with my hd 6670 nothing, tried vga with it nothing again. Specs: 500w thermaltake smart 80+ FX 6300 M5a78 lx3 Kingston hyperfury 2x4gb Kingston ssd...
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    Can freezes be caused by conflicting ram?

    Hi I have a problem. I have DDR4 2400mhz cl17 ram in my laptop and I bought ddr4 2133MHZ cl15 to my laptop. After few days I have random freezes, and my laptop start to glitch and give "sound" (glitched sound from screen or something). Can it be caused by conflicting ram? I checked it with...
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    HP Pavilion Laptop Keeps Freezing

    I have been having issues with my laptop freezing multiple times. When it freezes sometimes it will respond (though that is rare) but majority of the time I have to force my laptop to shut down. Sometimes I will restart my laptop and then it will just freeze right away, it can sometimes take a...
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    Please help me

    Why do I have lag and lag spikes when I have a good pc processor:i5 7400 gpu:gtx 1060 8 gb ram
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    my pc is frezzing and stuck

    my spec : cpu : amd fx8320 ram : 8 gb gpu : gtx 1070 g1 gaming Motherboard : msi 970 gaming OS = Windows 10 the problem : while playing games ,my pc freeze and i have to restart it with power button or a buzzer sound happen and a blue screen show with a precentage and the pc restart it self .
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    Good 800 dollar gaming pc?

    Is this Good? https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/XRncWX
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    Seeing other computers in the network

    I have a network with some Windows 7 and Windows 10 computers. In File Explorer, I can only "see" the computer that I am using at the time. I can see and use the network printer. I can see the router. There is 1 computer that, using Quick Access, sees the NAS and when I choose it, will add it to...
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    99% gpu usage for the first few mins then it stabilizes, kinda

    I made this PC a few years ago. So far everything is running smoothly - League of Legends, CS:GO, Battlefield 3, even the crysis series is absolutely playable, as well as some newer titles. Since a few months back I've been having an issue where in age of empires 2 gpu usage would remain at 99%...
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    AsusX541N not charging

    When plugged in it says discharging
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    Tablet Samsung Galaxy Tab S

    Why my ram usage is so high on tablet? I already get 300 MB less by default, and now 1.5 GB are used even though no app is opened and no sync setting is on ! The same thing is true for my both smartphones - Sony and Samsung !
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    Game stutters when youtube is playing on 2nd screen.

    Hey everybody, my situation is that my game would always lag whenever I have Youtube playing on my 2nd screen. Here are a few things I know, task manager is reporting that my game will not use more than 30% usage on my GPU. Second, my screens are different resolution. One is 1080p on HDMI and...
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    [Issue] - Z370-A PRO - No Beep, No Video, No POST

    Hello guys, I've built a new PC yesterday (will post specs at the bottom). The motherboard has EZ Debug LED lights, first two (CPU, RAM) blinking one after another but doesn't get to the third one which is VGA. Is that meaning that MOBO can't recognize the ram and the CPU? I first made a...
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    I have a tablet adroid model 6873w42, the problem is that I can not reset it, despite I follow the letter to the letter, it is

    I have a tablet adroid model 6873w42, the problem is that I can not reset it, despite I follow the letter to the letter, it is written in red the access can not be, please send me the procedure to put it in the store state, via the answer on my gmail address. [email address removed by moderator]...
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    can i run csgo?

    Can i run csgo on i3-4010u 1.70Ghz Nvidia Geforce GTX 820m 2GB (notebook) Laptop. Memory - 4GB RAM (3.89 usable) 64BIT Laptop- ASUS X550LD
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    adding ram in the Z87 GD65 motherboard.

    this Christmas i'm going to treat myself with a new gtx 1060 6gb and i'm going to try to add more ram. i'm a pretty big noob when it comes to computer building and i'm hoping some of the more tech savvy users can help me out here. i'm currently using the Z87 GD65 as my motherboard and i have...
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    Pc crashes suddenly usually while gaming

    Hello, As the title suggests my pc crashes (not a reboot) at random times. This usually happens while playing games that it should be able to run easily, like League of Legends, which is quite light. Also, I have noticed that if I am running other applications in the background (such as Youtube...
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    CPUs and what their pins are for?

    what is the function of the golden pins that are in the CPU?
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    WIN10 SSD Issue

    SSD issue on Drive letters. I have two disks Dsk 0 and 1 Installed the SSD drive and cloned to SSD drive. Changed bios to boot the ssd. Now I have 3 drives showing --2 are Windows and 1 called System which has only 1 folder labeled "EFI" So I have an A, C and E hdds shown but of course I...
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    Bios dead after update froze

    I was in the middle of updating my bios on my Asus Z270 F motherboard (due to the fact that it was not letting me install windows 10) and the update just froze, I left it there for 20 mins and it was still frozen. I then unplugged it from power and then attempted to power it back on, I now won't...
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    Unable to Insert a USB in one of the 3 ports on my laptop

    I have a Dell i7559 with a 4k display,16gigs of RAM, GTX960m card. My laptop has 3 USB 3.0 ports. The left side has 2 of the 3 ports. So the second port on the left has a metal casing around the entry which prevents insertion of an USB. Can someone help me identify what's wrong with that port...
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    Windows background update, Turned off PC

    Hey, So today I noticed that my drive and CPU where being used slightly, Turns out this was an update being downloaded in the background. I had to turn my PC off, So I did. Is this bad? Thanks, Kieran
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    GTX 1080 vs GTX 1080 TI

    I know the TI is better, can someone explain the major differences? Is it worth it to spend $200 more? I'm looking to build a high-end gaming PC, which one do you recommend? 1080 GTX, $576.22 -...