copper

Hello, two days ago I scratched the motherboard with the I/O shield of my 6600, exposing the copper. The PC is working fine, temps are fine, but I read online that I should apply some polish nail of the copper to avoid oxidation and/or shorting... is that the case? Please let me know... Here a...

Got a week old Asus Zehpyrus g15 (2021) AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS GTX 3080 32gig ram SSD 1 tb I wanted to add an additional SSD to the new slot - Samsung 970 Evoplus 2 tb (yes I need a lot for work and personal use) After installing the new SSD the temps went nuts in CPU and the new SSD. Although it...

Hi all. I just put together a new build and during installation I scratched some trace marks on the motherboard right next to where the pcie slot is. Before I scratched it I had the computer up and running, but didn't put the GPU in yet. After scratching it I put the GPU in and when I turned it...

Hello, In place I have 5 copper CAT7 cable runs without termination. The spools of CAT7 copper were something purchased early on when it was on sale and has sat for several months. The intention was to create a 10G backbone between cascading switches to provide reliable 1G to any and all...

I know people have done copper pipe tubing and it can be a pain to bend the pipes. I know you can buy softer copper that is more malleable but even then it seems like more trouble then its worth. My question is could you solder on fittings for bends and such, or would the solder used cause...

Hi, I bought an SSD with an enclosure. I have noticed that the SSD gets too hot while using. Now after installing the SSD in the enclosure, there is some clearance between the SSD and the enclosure at the top (approx. 5mm). So I thought that if I could use that clearance by installing some...

This is my second Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Pro WiFi from Amazon. The first one had a few bent fan headers, so I exchanged it. This time around I managed to damage it all by myself while installing a defective ("refurbished" by authorized partner on eBay) ASUS RTX 2080 graphics card. I didn't realize...

I have a KingPin card at the moment and it's overall a good card, but the copper plated heatsink looks extremely ugly in my black and white build. Does anyone have any recommendations on how to change the colour of the heatsink without increasing temperatures by too much, whether it is through...

I have recently noticed my PC slowing down, so I updated the BIOS to the newest version A21. I was looking at the boot sequence in this BIOS and I selected uefi, and restarted my computer to see if that would make the boot faster and now it says "no boot device found". If I go back in the BIOS...

So let me start with my computer specs: Mobo: ASUS ROG MAXIMUS X CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K Running at 4.5-4.7ghz CPU Water Cooler: Thermaltake WATER 3.0 Triple Riing Memory: Corsair Vengeance 64GB (4x16GB) DDR4 3200Mhz GPU: 2? ASUS Strix 1080 Ti 11GB Soundcard: ASUS STRIX RAID PRO PSU...

Hi guys, With my current GPU is out of date and need a upgrade to play better games. I would like u guys to suggest me a replacement. My PC specs are as follows: Intel core i3 3rd gen 3220 3300 MHz, Asus P8 H61M LX R2.0 motherboard, 8 Gb RAM, 500 Watt PSU. Can spend 150-180$.

On load my GPU, MSI GTX 750 1gb, is running at 75 Celsius during gaming and load. Are these temps normal?

got a gtx 680 4gb. when i start the computer its fine but after 10 minutes it shots to max usage. i reinstalled the latest driver and still does the same. i also full system scanned with avast and malwarebytes. is there a program that can point out what is using up my gpu power (as in a program...

help me power up laptop that seems to reverse power. when i plug the power pack to the laptop, the light on the power pack gets faint and starts to blink and no power reaches the motherboard for a toshiba satelite