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Hey, Where do i need to connect my aio connections on my MSI Z170a Xpower Gaming titanium?

My UPS power supply was beeping when running future marks bench marking program my system is an I7 7700k I've started running a Asus Strix gtx 1080's sli an then it shut off the system beeping continuously. Is the UPS not big enough? Its rated at 650w

I have bought a WIndows 10 CD Key from Microsoft i have linked it to my account. I am planning to change PC but i have lost the CD Key if I login to my account will I still have certified Windows?

Hello everyone, i have created one batch file who does me e great job. It has menu of choosing 1,2,3,4 ... and there is submenu. Is there a way to convert this in a way to do it with GUI so i have buttons instead of choosing numbers?

Hey guys, I'm helping a friend of mine who needs a workstation system that mostly does rendering in Blender. Therefore he wants to start with 2 2080 ti's but also wants to be able to put another one into the system in the future. After doing some more research about what platform has a good...

Hi, I wondering if the x470 Motherboards storeMI would work with 1600x CPU? I'm planning on giving my Mom my old MSI B350M board, and 8gb 2400 ram with an AMD Athlon 200GE CPU, she only go on the internet and plays internet game.

I purchased you disk White Label 120GB 8MB Cache 7200RPM PATA/IDE 3.5" Desktop Hard Drive. Where can I find drivers for this disk that would work with Windows 98? Would any drivers from Windows CD work with this hard drive? I have also purchased COMPAQ HENDRIX Motherboard 010699-001 w/ Pentium...

My Amazon Fire 7 screen has gone so dark I can barely see the apps - what can I do It is only 5 weeks old.

Sorry ya'll, I'm sure you guys see a million of these posts everyday. I've done a lot of research, but I'm still not completely clear on how to proceed, so if you could help me out that would be great. I've looked over and read this thread too...

http://prntscr.com/mjem2y this the screen shot of ping plotter http://prntscr.com/mjenns can i know if its my phone's hotspot problem or my pc's wifi? or my isp? i have been using it for gaming for 1-2 year there was no issue. 100-200 ping is fine for me

A month ago my pc crashed while playing a game, then it wouldn't boot up. I found out the reason why it wouldn't boot is because of the graphics drivers, so I uninstalled it and then my pc would start up normally again. But as soon as I try to reinstall the drivers, my screen goes black and my...

I recently bought a new samsung 970 evo plus 500gb and I don't have an m.2 slot so I used a lycom-dt 120 pcie to m.2 adapter to install it. When it is installed the pc won't switch on but when I take it out everything runs fine. Please can someone help thanks very much

I have an MSI laptop that had a 1TB SSD. Now half of my space has just seemingly disappeared somehow after I restarted my laptop while trying to fix a game. When I opened up my disk manager one of my hard drives / disks (whatever they are called) was gone leaving only one of them left. Heres a...

Hello friends My mother has an old Dell Inspiron 580. Recently the onboard audio stopped working. The error message reads 'no audio device plugged in'. Neither my brother nor I are techies - I live remotely, so he has been assisting her. He has reinstalled all drivers (including the Realtek...

Hi all, So I'm familiar with what hardware pieces do and how they work together and how to build a PC, but I haven't built a PC in 4 years and haven't kept up with the parts. I'm looking for a PC that can do gaming of all types that can run 95% of games on ultra high settings without issue, as...

I have a standard atx case (link here: https://www.pccasegear.com/products/39169/fractal-design-focus-g-atx-case-with-window-black) And a non modular psu (link here: https://www.pccasegear.com/products/39709/thermaltake-smart-rgb-700w-power-supply) Would both of these work together easily?

Hey guys ! :) I just purchased an MSI RTX2080 Gaming X Trio and im really happy about it so far. I also have an "old" Corsair CX750M (green logo) as PSU. On some threads, I read that 2 Distincts 8pins PCIe cables on the PSU are more than advised than 1 Dual with 2 x 8pins to power this...

Is there anyone here successfully build with asrock ab350 and ryzen 5 2600? Mine is still freezing or bsod since day 1. I don't know what's happening. I just bought them all together, everything is new unless vga has been used for 2 years. - Cpu and mobo temp is normal, never over 60. -...

Lenovo thinkcentre E73 Intel Core i7-4790S Processor 8M Cache, up to 4.00 GHz NVIDIA Quadro K620 Ram 8G HDD 500G thank you

Both devices are on the same network WIFI at home, activating option 7 for the Wireless Display on the TV but the phones cannot find the Hitachi adapter. I have downloaded several different apps from the App Store for the phones but no success. Phones are Nokia 6 and Huawei Y5 with IOS 8.1...

Hey Friends, i just got an RTX 2070 and need 1x8, and 1x6 pins connections. First i got High Power (560watts) a12c Power supply and have 2x6 pins connections. Will a 6pin to 8pin connector satisfy My graphic card ? I dont wanna buy a new psu :( thanks everybody

My friends pc froze last night and he tried to ctrl+alt+del and nothing worked so he just held down his power button and it wouldn't boo back up. He has unplugged and plugged the front panel connectors in but nothing has worked.

Hi all! I have a Acer Nitro 5 and planned to use it as a desktop. The Acer has a HDMI out port and my monitor (Dell) has a DisplayPort connection. On Amazon I purchased a HDMI to DisplayPort Cable, one end is HDMI and the other is DisplayPort. Everything is connected properly, I tried to...

Hello, I've just bought a new gaming system (see below) that should arrive next week, but I didn't factor in my current monitor. It's a Dell S2409W--that I've had for 6+ years--60Hz that my new system will utterly destroy so I think it's time for an upgrade. The issue is that I'm rather lost...

After one year with my Asus GL502vm my performance in all games has dipped ALOT! Games like Rocket League ( a not very hard to run game ) and even CSGO have went from the smooth 250's and 300 fps on ULTRA to a soul CRUSHING 12-30 on low performance settings. I've tried doing a clean install of...

I got this laptop since ~ 2014 and the battery passed away. Here are the specs of it: https://support.toshiba.com/support/staticContentDetail?contentId=2710983&isFromTOCLink=false The codes of the battery are: pa3817u-1brs , pa3818u-1brs Voltage: 10.8, Storage: 4400mAh, 48Wh Unfortunately I...

Hello! I have trouble with some games. I loose a lot of fps when playing even at low graphics. It always been the case but now its worse than before (ex fortnite and and league of legends) I loose fps while playing those games and my computer heats a lot despite having recommended specs for...

So I bought an Acme Optical Mouse, I tried plugging it in every usb port and all, but the thing won't connect at all! The laptop doesn't recognize it being plugged in (I checked with an old barely functional mouse but it does recognize that). It's not lighting up, it's not recognizing it at all...

Hey, I inserted a SD card into HP Pavilion 15 card reader, and my laptop shut down. I turned it back on and everything works fine, but the SD card and the card reader aren’t showing up in the Device Manager panel. I was in a rush and I needed the info on the memory card so I inserted the card...

I'm now using the AC97 onboard sound. It has 5.1, but most of my content is only stereo (Netflix, Mp4, etc.). I just got a 5.1 speaker setup, which will synthesize 5.1 from stereo, but I cannot adjust the subwoofer beyond its level, and when using a 2 channel input the result is poor. What...

my toshiba is failing to boot it is keep on saying put boot device I am trying to install win 7.I even exchanged hard drives but still it's failing awana like to change from win 8 to 7

I have monitor which has `DVI-D` input and my system "Dell Optiplex 7010 Desktop" has `DVI-I` output. If use `DVI-D` male to `DVI-D` male cable(some thing like this), will it work in my case ? Also `DVI-I` has some extra pins in it when compared to `DVI-D`. Here is the picture of my Monitor...

I have a 1TB HDD installed on my PC, as drive F: I want to know if I just unplug it and put a new 8TB HDD in its place, will Windows 10 recognize it and make it as my F: drive? I have no programs instelled in this drive, although some programs are configured to load/save to this drive. If I...

Hello, I have recently gotten a new HP SSD S700 2.5" 500gd drive and tried to install it to into my laptop. I cloned the original drive by deleting some of my games to lower the content then changing the partition size to 400gb using Free Partition Manager. I then cloned the drive using EaseUS...

Hi All! I've been having a problem with my home built PC for around two months, and I'm all out of options apart from replacing parts now, so I'm just checking on here before I do so! Specs: CPU: Intel i7-4790K @ 4GHz - not overclocked RAM: 16GB (2x 8GB sticks) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3...

How old Is this PSU Super Flower Golden King Platinum 650W. I compared pictures and It looks similar to one I found in a review from 2012. Anyone know when was it made, should it been in manufacturing at least couple years?

Is a 550w enough power for these components: 2600x 1070ti amp extreme b450 tomahawk 480gb ssd 3000mhz 16gb RAM

Does the ASUS MK PRIME Z370-A suport the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Gaming X (11gb)??

Hello, Long time reader first time poster. I have a ASROCK AB350 pro4 mother board. I have 2 m.2 slots. I am planning on using 2 drives one that is gen 3 x4 and one that is gen 3 x2 Currently i have my o/s on the x2 im wanting to install my games on the x4. Im wondering what the best way to do...

I want to build a new Ryzen machine, but I want to have the option of the shutting down the Platform Security Processor (something that irks me on principle) after boot. If you're aware of boards that offer this bios option, please mention them, any manufacturer. Thanks.