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    card reader not working

    Hi My sd, and CF card reader has stopped working. It was all working great until what appears to be the last windows update. I am a huge camera man and i need to be able to sdee my photos. Thanks
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    Capacitors got a serious scratch on it need advice

    Capacitor got a serious scratch while installing GPU. Then i examined and was not leaking. The capacitor which got scratch is audio capacitor on my Gigabyte h110s2 mob.plz help.
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    Im newbie. Is this a good a gaming PC?

    is this a good gaming PC. My budget is £500. https://pcpartpicker.com/user/axezas/saved/#view=bXR3CJ And how can i reduce the price by a little bit?
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    Best gaming moniter

    what is the best gaming moniter under 200 dollers
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    stainless keyboard trackball

    Hello, i hope it's the right forum to ask!! My pc is stuck before booting to Windows 7, I also can't access to bios, it's happening when the stainless keyboard trackball plug to usb port. The only way to enter to Windows is to disconnect the power supply and disconnect the keyboard trackball usb...
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    How to fix keypad key (f1) of ASUS X555L laptop?

    Hi ! How to fix keypad key (f1) of ASUS X555 laptop?
  7. Asbaat

    Installing windows 10 as UEFI, really confused

    Hi, I just bought a samsung 850 evo 250gb and I wish to install windos 10 as uefi. Can someone guide me how. I am confused whether I have to set it up in the bios or just do the gpt partition stuff. I see an option Storage boot option comtrol in my bios and it is set to legacy only. Can anyone...
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    Continous desktop loading

    One day after starting up my laptop, whenever I reach the desktop and try to do anything it will load for a long time. Ex. I reach desktop and try to load chrome but it will open chrome but load it and eventually freeze. I can still move the mouse but cannot click anything. After awhile maybe 2...
  9. D

    Windows 10 Microphone problems

    i just upgraded to windows 10 and a z170 board. i have tried almost everything i know ive uninstalled drivers and re installed them. and whats odd is the microphone works in the windows sound thing. but i cant get it to work for skype or discord when the microphone is selected. its driving me...
  10. N

    Cpu working bad ?

    So i bought a new fx 6300 to upgrade my pc and everything was fine until the cpu started to work really bad the fps in game got lower to like 15-20 so i've a couple of theories i think it could be my mobo or my psu the vga is just fine since i run furmark and got perfectly fps also changed the...
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    looking for a laptop

    Does anyone has good laptop suggestions with a thunderbolt type c. I dont have the money to spend over $1000 and i am going to be using it with the razer core too
  12. Kritonios

    Headphones for all kinds of music and studio

    Hello there, I would like to buy a pair of headphones for listening all kinds of music and doing some music production and studio work, too. I would like them to be comfortable on my head because the ones I have now start hurting me after half an hour and I think this is the most important...
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    Cooling an Overclocked 4GHZ i7-6800k: Phanteks PH-TC14PE VS. a Liquid Cooling Solution?

    So I'm making a part list on pcpartpicker.com which includes the Intel Core i7-6800k: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/WqpwzM Once I order all the parts, I want to overclock the CPU to 4GHZ if I can. I wanted to go with the Phanteks to cool it because of the aesthetics, great airflow, and MOST...
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    advice on new gaming pc

    hey im going to buy a new pc (already built) i have 2 choices first one comes with an i7 6700 16gigs ram 1tb hard drive and a 240gigs of ssd a gtx 1070FE and the psu is Xigmatek Vector 750W 80+ Silver Semi-Modular for the second pc same gpu cpu 8 gigs of ram and the psu xigmatek Shogun 700W...
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    dad's computer can't access web sites

    my dad's computer, a dell latitude d610 running windows XP, can't seem to access websites even though he's run multiple virus scans, all of which have come back clean, the message he keeps receiving when trying to load sites is (site name) took to long to respond
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    Are my Temps too high? (i5 6600k, corsair h50)

    Just built my rig. I'm getting around 60c on prime95 v26.6 with an AIO liquid cooler (Corsair h50). This is for *no overclocking* whatsoever. The i5 chip is stock at 3.5ghz. I feel like for an i5 6600k, with the liquid cooler, it should be lower than 60c. Will I have much room to...
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    Radeon R5 M330 or GeForce 920M

    Hello! I'm trying to decide between two laptops (HP 15 and Lenovo IdeaPad 100) and the only major difference between them is the graphics card. So which one is better - AMD Radeon R5 M330 1GB GDDR3 or NVIDIA GeForce 920M 2GB DDR3L? Both computers have Intel® Core™ i3-5005U processors and 4GB...
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    Front panel for custom build

    I am building a pc into a wooden desk and I have been looking all over for some kind of front panel that I could flush mount into the wood that would have Power/Reset buttons, USB 3.0 and audio jacks. (fans controls would be ok too, but not necessary) Ideally I would like to have something with...
  19. N

    Circling Loop - Can't Fix

    I usually don't shut down my computer but I did it once accidentally. Not thinking much the next day i tried to boot up my computer, with my asus motherboard the asus logo came up and the dotted circle started spinning. I left it spinning for 24 hours and it was still spinning. I tried to...
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    Upgraing from SLI 970s and i5 4690k to GTX 1080 and ? What CPU and mobo should i pick?

    So I've been trying to convince my friend to build a PC, and I finally did if I sell him my SLI 970s, i5 4690k, 16gb of ram and asus Z-97a for $700. With this money (and more) I'm going to upgrade my rig. I'm going to buy a GTX 1080, but I'm still unsure of which CPU to get. I have a 1440p 144hz...
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    Ports and IP's

    What i am looking to do, is block all outbound communication to a few specific 5 or so ports. Which is easily done using Windows Firewall. Is it possible to block the X ports, BUT allow certain IP address's using that port? Ive tried digging around and trying to find some sort of information...
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    Installed Gtx 960 now monitors won't come on.

    So I bought a brand new Gtx 960 2gb FTW edition from Bestbuy. I installed it and the graphics and everything was working fine.. After about 5-6 hours of me casually gaming I decided to download a game that I wanted to test up.. So I started the download and after a bit my monitors went into...
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    New Intel X99: 6950x

    Hey Guys, Heard that Intel may be releasing some information regarding the new X99 Intel Chips at Computex in Taiwan. Can anyone confirm this? Cheers, Corey
  24. N

    I accidentally disabled my video driver

    I accidentally disabled my video driver and now my computer won't connect to my monitor, it turns on but doesn't connect to the display. I already tried removing the CMOS battery but nothing happened and pressing F8 doesn't take me to the BIOS. Please help!
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    RansomWare and Removing it

    Hi , Really could do with some advice . Had never heard of this till about an hour ago . A client phoned me saying he has has a pop up on his laptop saying his files have been encrypted and he must pay them in bitcoins or he will never get his files back . He says McAfee has identified it as...
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    Does having a the OS on a SSD have any effect on gaming?

    Hello, I would like to know if having the OS on a SSD will in any way improve the gaming experience in terms of hiccups, stutter, hitching, ect, that sort of things caused by the storage unit being to slow to read. I dont mind at all the loading times. thanks
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    AMD FX8350 CPU bottlenecked GTX750 Ti GPU

    I have a AMD Vishera FX8350 and a MSI GTX750 Ti OC GPU and I can't get more than 100fps in CS:GO even on low settings, so I think that my CPU bottlenecked my GPU. Is there a solution to this problem, maybe like shutting down two cores from the CPU? Or any other possible solution until I buy a...
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    Building my first PC

    I've avoided building a PC ever since I bricked an old desktop while trying to upgrade it. Switching old parts back, searching the beep codes trying to figure out the problem, and eventually gave up. So I bought a mid-end iBuyPower and it does decent but its barely good enough for GTA V on low...
  29. N

    New ITX Build, second opinions needed

    I'm looking to build an ITX rig that, obviously, can handle all modern games on ultra settings. As well as do some light coding (most coding done on laptop), handle virtual machines, IP webcam streaming etc. This is my link for my parts here: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/JHQgdC My main objective...
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    Need help setting up my laptop's new SSD please!

    So I recently bought a Samsung EVO 850 and I have transferred everything in my HDD to it using Samsung's Data Migration software. After doing so, I swapped out my HDD for the SSD (now connected via my laptop's SATA 3 port) and then removed my optical drive to put in my HDD caddy (so I can keep...
  31. A

    Is this a good fan splitter?

    Hello, I wanna get more fans on my PC but my mobo doesn't have enough fan headers. Can I get this and connect the fans...
  32. J

    Best gaming mouse for 60$ or less

    Best gsming mouse for 60$ or less
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    Pc freezing when booting up

    My pc boots up and loads to my home screen, the icons all load up but the computer freezes, I can still move the mouse around and click on icons but nothing happens. There is a constant loading symbol for my mouse cursor. I managed to get it into safe mode once and ran a virus scan and it...
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    Graphics card selection problem

    hello sir, I have intel dg41ty mother board so can i use (Sapphire AMD/ATI Radeon HD 5450 1 GB DDR3 Graphics Card) for my mother board my system specs are as follows:- 1)intel core 2 duo E7500 Processor 2)intel dg41ty mother board 3)4GB ram ddr2 4)seagate 1 tb hard disk 5)450 watt...
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    Need help deciding with a x99 build. Help Appreciated.

    .Now due to very fortunate cirumstances my budget has gone up massively. These are the two build i need help deciding on:- Build 1:- i7 5960x 32 GB RAM GTX 980 ti SLI Custom Water Loop ( 480mm rad + 420 rad)- will this provide adequate cooling to OC? 1080p 144hz panel Build 2:- i7 5930k 64 GB...
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    Need some help

    Guys can i play fifa 16 with intel hd graphics 520
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    GPU Fan Speed

    I just installed MSI AfterBurner. I have a Asus Strix R7 370 that runs just a bit too hot for my taste while playing witcher 3 ( Approximately 78°C at most with max load) with a mix of medium and high settings. On low/medium settings, I get around 60-71°C. My question is how much rpm can a gpu...
  38. Joseph_33

    Radeon Fury Tri-X CROSSFIRE?

    I am planning a new build, but I'm quite new to this. I want to crossfire two Sapphire Fury Tri-Xs, and I want to make sure these parts will all agree with each other. CPU: i7 4790k GPU: 2x Sapphire Fury Tri-X PSU: Corsair RM1000i 80+ Gold 1000W RAM: Corsair Vengeance 4x4gb DDR3-1600 Memory...
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    msi z97 pc mate bios updates?

    I heard the bios updates are not stable and could fail a (hit or miss) and heard a failed bios update could ruin the mobo has anyone tried updating the mobo and is it usually successful?
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    Motherboard and CPU Issue

    I have a Pre built system which I started upgrading back in February of this year recently I upgraded the CPU and now one of the DIMM slots won't work. Before the Upgrade the DIMM slot worked perfectly. Now it doesn't work I went back and checked everything like if there was debris in the RAM...