Customization

Forum discussion tagged with Customization.
  1. Yokai95

    Question RoundedTB takes time to start with booting up.

    So I have customised my laptop taskbar with RoundedTB but it takes 10-12 sec to work after I boot up my laptop. Why is this happening and how can I counter this?
  2. Iver Hicarte

    [SOLVED] A-RGB vs. RGB?

    As the title says, what is the difference between A-RGB and RGB. From how I interpret it, I think A-RGB means you can fully customize the RGB lighting while RGB is just "pure" RGB, you cannot change the lighting to a specific color you desire. Apologies for the ludicrous question, but I just...
  3. tralph3

    [SOLVED] What options do I have with this Windows registry entry?

    I have a Thinkpad T430 running Windows 7. The laptop has a button on the top of the keyboard literally called "Black Button". It's supposed to launch some lenovo crap, but it never really worked. So I looked online and repurposed it. Somebody said that if I add a string value into this registry...
  4. E

    Question Is there a way to play a custom sound for a flash drive when you plug it in

    I know that there is a way to make the new drive found sound for Win10, but is there a way to auto run a batch file or something like that whenever you plug in the flash drive to play an mp3 or wave file?
  5. S

    Question Customization

    I want to customize my build and setup, but don't really know what to do, buy and what i want. Please help. Thx.
  6. A

    Question MSI z97m - Getting an 9C Error

    Hello, recently when i boot my pc i got 9c following with A2, in 9c error takes 30-45s to boot . i know A2: IDE Detect, 9C: USB Detect. but when i unplug the keyboard there is no 9C error and boot fast. i checked the BIOS boot order the priority is gavin to Intel SSD. i know my keyboard...
  7. Y

    Question Is a gtx 1660 compatible with my pc

    I have an old PC with a mid tower and 750 watt PSU. I have 2 sticks of this kind of ram...
  8. Milo G

    [SOLVED] what voltage will my psu have to be for my system.

    my computer : AMD Ryzen 2600...
  9. H

    Question Ram card not registering

    I'm doing my first PC build and as far as I'm aware I assembled everything correctly but for some reason one of my two ram cards isn't being registered and I tried taking them both out and swapping places but still no luck and now I'm kinda hesitant to go back in and do more because when I did...
  10. S

    Question What CPU should I use in my next PC build?

    So I built this computer a little over 2 years ago in an attempt to build a good gaming PC with a $1000 dollar range. This resulted in me buying these components: CPU: I7-4790K GPU: GTX 1060 RAM: 16GB G.Skill DDR3 1600 MHz Motherboard: ASRock h97m pro4 PSU: 550 Watt (EVGA I believe) CPU Cooler...
  11. G

    Question GTX 1070 G1 Gaming - power

    I am thinking of getting this graphics card but my PSU only has 2x6 pin whereas this card has 1x8 pin. Will the box from this link...
  12. B

    [SOLVED] How to control 3 pin and 4 pin fans from same splitter/hub?

    Hello! I have a mini ITX board (ASUS ROG Strix B450i) with one case fan header, but have two 4 pin 120mm fans and two 3 pin 120mm fans. I'm trying to find a solution that can control all four fans from a single header that doesn't cause the 3 pin fans to go 100%. Most of the 4 pin PWM fan hubs...
  13. N

    [SOLVED] Corsair vs650 bad reputation?

    Doesbthe corsair have a bad reputation. And if it has than why?
  14. C

    Chrome wont allow me to log on my android it keeps logging me off and telling me to log on again

    I can't get on any google apps on my android it won't sync with my desktop. I can't use google play, map, directions or the browser on my Samsung J7 android. Anyone else experiencing this or has resolved this issue I would greatly appreciate your input.
  15. R

    Rx-580 will it work on my pc?

    Hello, i recently bought a pc with amd ryzen 7 1700 with GA-AX370-Gaming (rev. 1.x) motherboard and 650 watts corsair power supply and 8gb ram. I now want to buy rx580 graphics card but im not sure it will run properly or run at all on my pc. So please help me will it work or not? If it's gonna...
  16. G

    [SOLVED] Will these parts work together

    Will these work together.....AMD ryzen 7 2700 processer.... Asus rog strix b350-f motherboard.....corsair vengeance lpx 16gb ddr4 ram....and a xfx radeon RX 580 gts XXX edition 1386 MHz oc+ 8gb gddr5 vr ready graphics card
  17. A

    Looks like the screen is torn

    Sometimes when first turning on my computer for the day, I get a torn screen down the middle. This tear persist unless I restart my pc. My pc is only 3 weeks old and I have just started noticing this issue. I don’t know if it’s an issue with the monitor or my pc, but usually I can get by the...
  18. S

    Youtube video problem

    Hi! I don't know where I can get help with this so I came here. Well I uploaded a video into youtube. File for me is working fine and so in youtube creator studio, but when you watch the video it glitches on a random spot. I even did reupload, then it was on a different spot of the video. What...
  19. L

    HDMI port not working on both motherboard and gpu

    I built a new pc and I am not getting a signal.
  20. E

    GTX 1060 losing performance over night

    I have a gtx 1060 oc. One night the card was working well, got good FPS and so. But over night next day i only got only 1/3 of my FPS. I didint do any driver updates or anything. Could this mean my card is dying. Its around year old and i bought it used. It was used to mine before.
  21. R

    Unplugging then plugging back Raid 0 Disk, will I lose data?

    If I made a raid 0 Disk using say, 2 500GB drives and got an end result of 1B Raid 0 disk, and then decided to unplug both drives then plug them back on. What would happen then? Would the Raid 0 arrangement be undone and all data lost?
  22. O

    [SOLVED] best GPU / CPU pair with 1440p 60Hz monitor

    Hello, I want to assemble a new gaming PC. Mainly I play games like The Witcher, Dragon Age, Mass Effect, GTA, etc. but sometimes I also like playing FPS online. I have an IPS 1440p / 60Hz monitor and I'm undecided about which graphic card to buy: GTX 1070 (Ti) or RTX2070. Consider that in...
  23. R

    [SOLVED] cpu overclocking help

    I recently got done building my first gaming rig and I want to overclock my AMD FX(tm)-4100 quad core processor from 3.80 to 4 or higher but I have never done overclocking before and require some guidance. P.S. CPU is air cooled
  24. T

    [SOLVED] i7 3930k Bottlenecking 1080?

    Hey everyone, I was wondering if there was any way that my gtx 1080 is being bottlenecked by an i7 3930k processor running at around 3.5 gHz? (3.5 per each of 6 cores). If so would the bottleneck be noticeable in terms of fps? For example, right now, at 1440p, 100hz (overclocked monitor), in GTA...
  25. D

    cpu fans problem

    hello guys , i recently build new pc except the SSD and HDD anyways , when i turn on my pc the cooler fans turns very fast and loud for couple of seconds then they go normal !! and while that happening the case fans start turning very slow until the cpu fans go normal . another thing , i...
  26. O

    Can my motherboard support gtx1060

    Idk IF a 1060 works for a (a320m-dgs motherboard Can sombody plzzzzz help me
  27. C

    [SOLVED] Dead Island unreadable text

    How do I fix this? I just installed Dead Island and this texts shown up. Please help. I already did the ff: > Re-installed the game > Updated Drivers > Fixed the Control Panel > Fixed the game localize language in configuration settings.
  28. G

    PC randomly freezes up

    hey all, my PC has been randomly freezing up. Sometimes it'll happen when I log into my profile, sometimes it happens when watching videos on youtube or playing PC games on steam. I'm not sure what's causing it.
  29. B

    Windows 10 Mouse & Keyboard Stuttering/Lag

    This PC is a brand new build with an MSI Z390-A Pro motherboard, 8700k CPU, 16 GB of RAM, Windows 10 Pro, the NVIDIA GTX Geforce 1050 Ti going through HDMI to my ASUS monitor. Every little bit, the mouse will begin stuttering when I'm dragging it across the screen. Happens most when using Chrome...
  30. S

    Bent CPU pin pc won't turn on

    Pc was running funny so I opend and looked and after noticing bent CPU pins I tried putting b back in and Now pc won't turn on at all. Could this be because of bent CPU pins? I also orderd new CPU if I try to install this will it harm the new CPU at all?
  31. Y

    Gaming pc build

    Any suggestions on building gaming pc with $1500 or less budget? What I have in mind is this build. Not sure tho if this would work fine. Ryzen 5 2600x Msi radeon rx580 Msi 450 tomahawk Seagate Barracuda 2tb Corsair Vengeance 16gb ddr4 3000 Samsung 860 evo 500gb Cooler master hyper 212 evo...
  32. M

    dual booting a mac

    i was thinking of dual booting my macbook pro, does mac osx have to be on the first partition like windows? i was thinking of partitioning it so that i have 1gb of mac osx where i would only use it when it come to proprietary software and downloading stuff off of itunes and then using the rest...
  33. A

    Steelseries Arctis 5 or Logitech G-Pro

    I wanna know which one of these is best for competitive gaming, i play fortnite, overwatch and black ops 4 (when it comes out) competitively and i wanna know which one of these is best in, mic quality, sound quality, surround quality and comfort. Tell me which one is best in each criteria. i...
  34. P

    processore upgrade for laptop

    can i upgrade the processor of dell latitude E4300 core 2 duo Sp9400 to good one please suggest some processors to upgrade
  35. M

    Graphics problems on Far Cry 5

    Hellho guys, I've been messing around with my new rig, testing some games. My current config is: x370 taichi, r5 2600x, ddr4 8GB 2933Mhz (single channel), GTX 1080ti and as monitor an old Samsung SyncMaster BX2231. So, I was playing Far Cry 5 in 1080p in ultra preset, resultion scale at 2 and...
  36. H

    [Request Advice] New build for data model/data scientist - USD 20k

    Hi, i'm being tasked to submit requirement to our hardware vendor for new workstation. It will be running mostly R, powerBI, SQL, and some smaller testing thing in CUDA (hence the requirement on graphic below). Budget are USD 20k, i could stretch a bit if justified. This is only for tower/rack...
  37. T

    Black box in bottom right of both monitors

    I'm unsure why this issue occurs but sometimes when my PC starts up, there are black boxes in the bottom right corner on both of my monitors. I run both of my monitors on two separate graphics cards which is a bit confusing to me as why the boxes are on both. It seems to throttle down my...
  38. J

    Can I use my old 240gb ssd as a caching drive for my steam/storage drive (X370, ryzen 1600)?

    Earlier this year I bought a Samsung 500gb 960 Evo to replace my old 240gb pny ssd. Then I saw Linus's Intel Optane memory video, then the one for a 12tb storage drive, then the one for Ryzen (which is my platform) and he talked about Primocache which seemed to be the best solution for what to...
  39. E

    X6 or X4

    X6 1100T 1055T , x4 965 Which one for gaming And minimum bottleneck My gpu RX480
  40. J

    Will this PC work?

    I'm not good with PSU's and stuff so I was wondering if anyone could confirm if my PSU had enoguh power connectors for my system. I have a $250 AUD budget so if anybody could make improvements I'd appreciate it: Going to buy CPU: Quad Core Xeon X3460 ($56.88) CPU Cooler: Intel LGA1156 Cooler...