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This is my first post, I hope I'm doing this correctly. I have an MSI laptop that i bought about 7 months ago. I booted my laptop up and my HDD wasn't present anymore (PC boots up from SSD). After a few weeks the hard drive randomly appeared again a few weeks later. About a week ago it...

Thought of upgrading my Win 7 ultimate to WIn 10 PRO with clean windows install. Downloaded the ISO using Media creation tool from Microsoft. Used RUFUS to create a bootable flash drive (automatically it was created with GPT/UEFI method, but my HDD is MBR. didnt know this when doing initially)...

I'm having a hard time searching for this-- most results return software solutions from within an OS (or say to go into the BIOS). Is it possible to read things like CPU temp, fan speed, voltage, clock speed, etc. directly from the motherboard, not through an OS? For example, is there a port...

Hi all: Yes, it happened. I learned the hard way. After plugging in a power supply cable from another manufacturer and connecting my SSD, the drive fried. With a round of investigation, it looks like all of the voltages were moved around. Here are the two configs: The unfortunate part is the...

Good day, maybe its just me but does opera on windows have opera turbo? specifically opera (v.60) since I just newly installed it on my win 7 system that has a data cap (rotten luck) and can't seem to find in the settings... or is it on by default?

Hi, so a friend of mine recently broke her phone and got a new one but she wants to recover all the photos and data from the old phone. But the problem is the old phone has its screen all cracked and ripped apart and won't even start. The screen is just black and nothing shows on it so i...

I am currently in possession of an m.2 that I have been tasked with saving the data from, here is all the info I have gathered: It cannot be seen by Windows 10 in any way that I've tried other than through Disk Part in command prompt (can't be seen by disk management). Command prompt can't...

I build 2 PCs quite some time ago and have been using an SSD for years. I never knew that drives will eventually loose their information if they go too long without power. Even USB drives? How long is this period? Also, SSDs have a finite number of times they can write? And apparently its bad...

Battery not charging. Not the charger and not the battery. What could it be?

Everytime i manually set my computer to sleep or it does so itself, i have to unplug and replug in my hdmi cord for the monitor to connect it. This only started happening recently, and after I do this once, the display works perfectly until the next sleep. Is this a cord problem, a GPU port...

My computer is connected to the Linksys12637 when I check in the change adapter page. My coworker though is Linksys12637 5GHZ when he plugs in his ethernet cable, and both of our wifi are disabled. We are both also in the same Workgroup. When I check arp-a, his ip address is not showing up and I...

Hi guys can i play GTA 5 at full screen at normal settings My laptop screen is 15 inches Specs- intel i3 6100 940 MX 2gb nvedia graphic card 8gb ram My display is 1366*768 (it's my maximum capacity shown as recommended) Thank you in advance

So, today in my free time i saw a pc build with gtx 1080ti sli, i9 7960x, 64gb ddr4 ram and stuff, just wondering what people do with such builds?

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Pater_PIG3ON/saved/ZTWBP6 Are there any changes I can make for a cheaper build? Its my first one. Shooting for 1440p but Im now starting to think of going for 1080.

Programmers rely on logic and a core set of tools for their work. They are more interested in the bounce of their keyboard keys than any flashy gizmo. Minimally designed with a focus on utility, these gifts will get the programmer in your life plugged in, connected and focused at the task at...

Looking for fairly cheap but effective 120mm case fans. Thanks!

I’m pulling my hair out over what decisions to make as I try to save money modifying my daughter’s existing PC. I am on a super tight budget. She has an Acer Aspire X1930 that I have already modified a bit b/c it crashed last year. Current Specs: Motherboard: Intel H61 Express Chipset...

When I plug in the charger to my HP laptop, I get a notification that reads "The Smart AC Adapter is not functioning correctly". I have tested another adapter and have gotten the same result. I took the battery out to try to run it directly from the AC adapter and the power button lights up for...

My ISP (Comcast) provides me with a 75 Mbps connection (speedtest.net often yields 88-89 Mbps). I am using an Apple Airport Extreme router with a ARRIS SURFboard DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modem (SB6141) modem. All of my devices in the house are properly downloading around this speed, except a certain PC...

I have a laptop dell insprion 15 (3551) 4gb ram ddr3l Intel celeron n2840 2.16ghz up to torbo 2.58ghz Intel HD grapichs Windows 10 pro I can upgrade it to 8gb ram ddr3l 1333mhz or much?

Hi guys, ASUS Z87-K running windows 10 64 bit. AI Suite 3 Had the only BSOD on here since i had this computer from 2013. Once i force restarted it hanging on BSOD for 2 hours - AI suite 3 errors popped up and it wouldnt start so i uninstalled it. Dug out the package that came with the computer...

Hello, I'm having a dilemma chosing between two SSDs. It's the 960 EVO 250GB priced at $175 and the 850 PRO 1TB priced at $250. I'll be using the drive mainly for gaming, no video editing and I won't be moving large files around. What will be the best choice?

Hi i have a emaxx-ig31-avl that was given to me by a friend problem is it wont power on (No lights,No fan Spin,Hot Southbridge) then i noticed 3 bulgy capacitor and 1 blown out capacitor so is it worth buying 4 new capacitor and replacing the blwn out/bulgy ones

We have a Dell Optiplex 980 SFF with an i5 (first generation) CPU. I was hoping to upgrade to an i5 (4th generation), but I am having difficulty finding out whether the motherboard would be compatible with the newer CPU. The motherboard is an E93839. If anyone knows if this is possible, or...

Hey guys, I have been looking around for a while now researching pc builds and all the important stuff and I came a cross this on eBay. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/192027860699 Now I know it's obviously not a perfect pc but was wandering if replacing the motherboard with say the ASRock Z68...

Looking for the best motherboard that is no more than 80 dollars and i reliable. I do not plan on overclocking nor sli. Dont want it to be a pain to install and want no probs running windows 7. Just want something cheap and reliable. Thank you!

Lost my phone last night, it's been switched off. Can I track it in any way? It's a Samsung A5

I have an issue when recording my game play for my YouTube channel and every once in a while I get a Crackle noise come through the microphone recording track. I can not find any solution thus far. My PC specs are; AMD Athlon X4 760k Black Edition MSI A78M-E35 Socket FM2+ Crucial 8gb Ddr3...

lately my games have been stuttering a lot, especially The Division. i updated the drivers for 2,3 months with windows 10 for GTX 970. can anyone tell me why are the games stuttering ?

Hello, Recently I decided to take out my graphics card as well as a Fan to get all the dust off of them. Everything went smoothly. No issues. Then i go to boot up and it had a boot failure. Forgot to plug in a couple of cables. Oops. Plugged in back in, everything booted up fine. Go to start...

Any improvements?? This is my first intel build and am wanting to stay in the 600$-650$. Here is the link http://pcpartpicker.com/list/6nsGGf If their is any better bang for your buck cpu or gpu leave your suggestions below. Have a great day ^-^

Hi all, I'm having a problem deciding which is best to get. I recently bought another 970 as it was rather cheap, so I'm now running them both in SLI. I currently have a 1920 x 1080p 27" monitor and easily reach 180 FPS on Battlefield 4 with everything maxed out. Shall I get a 1440p monitor...

Hello all, I am fairly new to computer hardware upgrades, I am looking to upgrade my gpu on my XPS 8500 (2012). I'm also looking for information on what the right choice may be for my current situation. Let me give you my specs. Dell XPS 8500 i5-3350 3.10 GHz (3rd gen) 8.00 GB RAM AMD Radeon...

So to start from the beginning my friend dropped my computer and after that the screen stopped working correctly so I( foolishly without much experience) opened it up and tried to fix the problem however I had to remove three strips that where connected to ribbons one of them which was the power...

What is a decent but cheap skylake mobo that can run most DDR3 ram or is it worth the upgrade to DDR4. Might be doing some light OC on cpu

compatible with amd fx 8350, evga gtx970 ssc, msi 990fxa gd65, corsair vs550 psu 24gb ram ? my rig at game play time reboot . anybody solve this problem ? regards, AR

Hello. I'm looking to get a new water cooler. I had decided on the Corsair h100i due to advice given to me by another member of these forums. Thinking about it now, I'm wondering how I could even mount it in my case. I have a Lancool k62 which has 2x140mm fans up top, the h100i is 2x120mm. Is it...

Hey guys, just wondering if I will run GTA 5 at 40FPS+ with this build: CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K Quad Core 3.7GhZ GPU: Sapphire Radeon R7 250 2GB BOOST RAM: 8GB

Hi guys, So I'm having issues with my HDD. I've had the HDD for about 3 years now and I'm hoping that it's not dying, but every single time I boot up my computer, it always needs to check the drive for the right formation (consistency). Also so far, after checking my drive every boot time, it...

Hey! I'm looking to buy a new mobo, and i'm kinda lost on what to choose. I'm looking at z97 models because although I'm not gonna SLI my gtx 970 right now i want to leave that option open for the future. I went trough the tier list and i have a few question. - What's the differences between the...