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    BSOD loop from Win 10 Touchpad driver install Acer V5-573G

    Dear all, A complicated issue that I seem to have isolated to a windows driver for my Acer V5-573G touchpad. I was installing an update for my nvidia GPU when I suffered a system crash and my touchpad stopped responding - initially I though this was a software issue, however, as I became stuck...
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    i5 6500 running too hot???

    My i5 6500 is running at around 80° at its peak but never passes. I'm using a Corsair h100i gtx and I've seated it multiple times to make sure. I'm using arctic silver 5 paste and it is over clocked to 4.7ghz on a ASrock z170m extreme 4 mobo. All answers are welcome!
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    Migrating Dell Windows 10 HDD to SSD

    Hi, I have a Dell Inspiron 560s, which I want to migrate to Crucial 240MB SSD, as the HDD is slow. The main drive is MBR and has 3 partions. A dell one, recover and the main C drive. I tried cloning with both Macrium and AOMEI Backupper. Both fail during the cloning stage for different reasons...
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    Samsung Gear IconX Review: Pricey But Feature-Packed Fitness Buds

    With a built-in heart rate monitor, accelerometer and storage for music, the Samsung Gear IconX earbuds are packed. Just don't expect long battery life. Samsung Gear IconX Review: Pricey But Feature-Packed Fitness Buds : Read more
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    budget pc build

    Lookin to buy a pc mainly for gaming : Overwatch,bf4,lol and some modern games So I have a problem with the cpu choice I5 2500k and gtx 950 or i3 4xxx and gtx 950 or i3 6100 and gtx 750ti (ddr3) Or go for i5 4460 and save for the gpu I want something that can hold it's own for 2 years I have...
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    Windows Update won't download updates? Error: 0x80070057

    I've been noticing on my computer when windows tries to update it never actually does download anything. I ran the Windows Update Diagnostic tool and got an error. I'm Running Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit. I did recently clean a few infected files from my computer so I'm not sure if that had...
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    HP Pavilion 500-419, case and motherboard support Nvidia GTX-750ti?

    My HP Pavilion 500-419, really doesnt have a good graphics card at all. Now that i have a job im looking to see if the new graphics card will be supported by my motherboard. I know, i will probably need a new PSU, even if i dont i think it would be good to buy a new one. BTW everything in my...
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    upgrading psu & gpu for k450e desktop with no experience

    Howdy, I'm interested in upgrading my power supply and graphics for my Lenovo K450e desktop, it's my first time installing hardware by myself and not sure how to go about it. I am thinking of using the following power supply and graphics card to upgrade to...
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    Power LED help

    So I just built my new PC, got everything together but the graphics card which comes tomorrow. The CPU Fan, And the CPU turns on, i know this because there is a bit of heat when I power on the system where the CPU is on the back of the mobo, the power switch WORKS, but... it doesn't have any...
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    GTX 950 or 750 ti / 970 / other for a gaming PC? AMD?

    Hey guys! I'm trying to build a new gaming PC since my old GTX 560 Ti broke a few months ago. I haven't settled for a build yet (probably will be a i5 build though), but it will be around 700 - 1000$ CAD (so 530 - 760 USD right now with the horrendous exchange rates). I'm looking for a GPU...
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    Is i3 Skylake Overclockable?

    Please, is non-K cpu overclocking possible on a Gigabyte Z170-HD3 (rev. 1.0)? Specifically, the cpu is a Skylake 3-6100 3M 3.7 GHz.?
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    PC getting slow after playing 1-2 hours of gaming.

    Hi all, I've been playing games on gaming PC. It started to get slow after 1-2 hours of gaming. The problem is mouse and keyboard is lagging slowly. I've updated all software on the PC, BIOS and chipset and etc. At one point, when I was playing rise of the tomb raider, the character started to...
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    Issues with 1866MHz RAM on GIGABYTE 970A-D3P motherboard

    I have the following configuration: GIGABYTE 970A-D3P AMD FX-8320 ASUS GeForce GTX970 2x Kingston HyperX Fury 240 SSDs in RAID0 and I've recently bought 2x8GB Kingston HyperX Savage 1866 set. I've installed the memory modules, and all is good. After a day or two I booted into BIOS to check for...
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    Sony Vegas Rendering

    Trying to speed up the rendering time I only render for Youtube and yesterday it took me 1hr & 52mins to render a 15 min video Specs Windows 10 Cpu: Intel 3770 @ 4.3 32gb Crucial Ram Msi Radeon R9 390 2TB Seagate HDD
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    Screen brightness help

    Hi I own an lg g4 and my screen brightness seems very low even though the phone says it is on 100% and I know that auto brightness isn't on
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    'Fallout 4' Update 1.3 Goes Live For PC, Coming To Consoles Later This Week

    Bethesda announced Update 1.3 for "Fallout 4" today, bringing fixes and new features. 'Fallout 4' Update 1.3 Goes Live For PC, Coming To Consoles Later This Week : Read more
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    Will my GPU be fine with this CPU?

    I am thinking about upgrading my PSU to a eVGA supernova gs 650w and fitting my new gtx 960 4GB but will my current CPU run the card fine? its a AMD A8-6600K Quad Core Processor 3.9GHz. will it run fine? will i need a new CPU? if so any suggestions?
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    Looking for a green-light "ya that will work" in psu and gpu purchase

    Hey guys, this will be my first upgrade for my pre-built gaming desktop. I have looked around online (specifically Amazon bc I have a gift card) and am considering these two. I am on a budget and am just confused with this talk of "pins" when it comes to a psu, and the extra voltage and such. I...
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    Wow build for 1440p

    I am looking for the cheapest build that could play wow on ultra at 1440p dont need OS included. Need it to be able to handle raids lowing a few settings would be ok for raids if i need to.
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    My X Craft Z8000 Mouse Will Not Scroll In Certain Situations

    I've recently bought an X Craft Z8000 mouse for my new rig. To my dismay, the mouse seems to only scroll in specific applications such as Google Chrome and File Explorer. Nearly anywhere else, the scroll function doesn't work, even in device manager, not to mention every game I play such as...
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    Graphics card in PCIe 2.0 slot, pc not loading

    I put my graphics card (zotac gtx 670) into the PCIe slot because i wanted to see how well it'd run. it was previously in the PCIe 3.0 x16 slot and now its in the 2.0 x16 slot. when i turn my machine on i get this screen: any ideas? i'm sure it'll probably work if i stick it back in the old...
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    Windows Vista monitor goes dead(black screen) AFTER hooking up HDMI cable

    I know very little about computers and wondering if anyone has the correct an answer to my problem. I'm running a Windows Vista laptop and I have been using my tv as mirrored image for the last couple of months. ~No problems. But just recently when I power up the laptop while I still have the...
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    FPS Drops win10

    I upgraded to the free version of win 10 back in august and have been having issues with gaming ever since the upgrade. My specs are as follows: i5 2500k 3.3 ghz (non OCed), gtx 670, 8gb ddr3 ripjaws ram, b75m-DGS mobo from asrock. All my drivers are up to date and i have already unparked my...
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    black screen but computer is still on

    hello, my computer screen went 'black' and yet the monitor is on. I checked the light that shows whether my HDD is on/off, and it is currently off. Just built this computer 3 months ago in July. current specs: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor CPU Cooler Cooler Master Hyper...
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    How to hook up my graphics card.

    So I bought a new graphics card for my computer. it has a 6 pin plug in on the card and the cable that came with it is a 6 pin connector on one side and two 4 pin connectors on the other side. there is no where from the power supply to hook up my 4 pin connectors. I don't know what to do? any help??
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    Im building a game computer just wondering if these are compatable and if they will fit in a zalman z11 plus. But its a Msi Ge

    Zalman Plus seeing if the z97 gaming 5 mobo and the 970 4g video card will fit in my case and my Samsung 2.5 hard drive and if all this is compatible
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    Can you overclock the MSI B75MA-P45 motherboard.

    I've won a R9 Fury X but I have a 3 year old CPU the i5-2500k (socket 1155) and I've read that the R9 Fury X runs good with the i5-2500k at least when it's overclocked to around 4.5 GHz but I have the B75MA-P45 as my motherboard and I've seen different forums were people say you can't overclock...
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    worried about bottlenecking

    I just bought my little brother a GTX 980 for his birthday, he has an X58 chipset and a Core i7 920 running at 2.66ghz, also 12gb of triple channel ram running at 1066mhz, I'm just wondering if anything is getting bottlenecked. Is the CPU going to slow things down? What about the RAM? What about...
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    Graphic issues when gaming

    Link is to a screencap of my issue. http://i.imgur.com/PrJGw8B.jpg I see this in some of my games. Any suggestions pls GPU: Asus R9 290x thank you
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    two routers as switch

    How to use two routers as switch One Router(using as switch ) connected to main Router working fine. but second router (using as switch ) connected to first router(using as switch) not working.
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    Laptop screen black after crash and sleep mode

    First of all I'm using a Sony Vaio model pcg-61611L. I've had it for several years. I've been having two main issues with it for a year or two concerning power: - When I unplug the laptop, sometimes it freezes. When this happens I always end up rebooting. - Also when I close the lid for...
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    grapics card compatibility

    I have a asus p5wd2 motherboard. what is the newest or best graphics card can i use?
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    Need help choosing a gaming computer.

    I'm looking to buy a new gaming PC and I'd rather not build it myself, I know that prebuilt PCs are generally overpriced but I've found some reasonably priced computers with some top-end GPUs and CPUs. I'm having trouble picking one, if you could help me determine what the best PC is for their...
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    Nokia Lumia 820

    Hi, can anyone tell my how much will cost screen repair on my phone.. Touch works good(i feel the vibrations) but the screen is black.
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    Want to estimate my approx fps in COUNTER STRIKE GLOBAL OFFENSIVE

    Rig i5 Processor(Dont know the model consider the lowest one) 4gb ddr3 RAM GPU - Sapphire Radeon r7 250 x 1GB DDR5 How much fps can i expect in on all low settings with a low reso? Exclusively for CSGO -Thanks in advance
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    purchase gtx980 now or wait?

    i've been price-watching the EVGA 4GB GeForce GTX 980 Superclocked video card for awhile now and today is the last day of the current deal on Newegg: $529.99 after MIR. i'm conflicted if i should wait to see if a better price comes along or get it now and take advantage of the lowest i've seen...
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    RAM for my gaming

    I own this ASUS notebook (ASUS N550JV-CN214H) and i seriously need some more RAM so I can play my games before my desktop computer is finished, can I do it and what kind of memory do I need?
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    Gtx 750 Overclock?

    How much can you overclock a GTX 750 with 8gb of RAM?
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    lines on display

    I've got a Toshiba A300-1BZ, had it 7 years now. The display has developed fine black lines at the bottom of the screen, about an inch thick. The colour from the icons has bled up to the top of the inch. Does anyone know how i can rectify this?
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    new computer problem

    Hey guys, ive just build a new computer with (almost) all new components apart from my boot drive (120 GB 840 EVO and my hard drive seagate 1 TB) but my computer wont boot, im wondering if because my old computer had a amd CPU and MOBO if thats causing my new computer from working. Any thoughts?