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So recently I opened my refurbished laptop for the first time to clean it, and notice the battery has "DC 11.4V/11,4 = 43Wh/3655mAh" printed on it. But on the case outside it has a sticker with 19V on it. The power plugin hole also has "19V" etched besides it. I don't know what's going on but...

So I recently installed windows 10 pro and then downloaded the windows 10 audio driver from the realtek website and from what I read the audio manager is supposed to be installed with the drivers. Im not sure what kind of information about my computer im supposed to give but ask me and ill...

Can MSI Gaming Intel Skylake H110 LGA 1151 DDR4 USB 3.1 Micro ATX Motherboard (H110M Gaming) Mother Board fit this Azza SIRIUS CSAZ-206S Mid Tower Computer Case, Black?

Hello All, I am in the process of "beautifying" a production laboratory and the desks that each of our employees has is fairly small and limiting. In an effort to free up some space I am looking for a monitor mount that could clip to the back of the desk to free up desk space for the keyboard...

Are there any motherboards out there that have more than just one rear Type C port?

I do competitive gaming and I would like to hear everything around me but I don't like to wear headsets. I need recommendations on the best 5.1 speakers for gaming. I do listen to a lot music too. So I'd like it high quality.

So I have recently upgraded my PC quite a bit (New MOBO, Case, CPU, RAM) And for some weird reason I now got this weird Watermark in my bottom right corner that says: Activate WIndows Go to settings to activate Windows. I've seen multiple people having this issue but it was always with a cracked...

My question GTX 780 working in motherboard foxconn 17A0 ??

Hello can someone help me i tried to load my pc up and it says disk errors and it wont repair them what do i do

Hey Guys. i have been planning to buy GTX 1060 for couple of months but due to the rise of ethereum market, it has been causing difficulty on my purchasing. I have my mind set on purchasing either MSI 1060 gaming x: https://www.msi.com/Graphics-card/GeForce-GTX-1060-GAMING-X-6G.html or ASUS...

So I installed my corsair cooler about a year ago and have never had a problem, but literally overnight, it turned on a red led instead of white and now it's running too hot. I've tried resetting it onto the processor, but nothing has helped. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I'm wondering if it will fit my board. I have an ASRock B250m-HDV: http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/B250M-HDV/index.asp And I'm looking at this CPU: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-Core-i7-7740X-4-30-2066/dp/B072KTRQ9G/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1514535814&sr=8-1&keywords=i7+7740x I'm not really sure...

I can get to the bios of my ASUS Prime Z270A motherboard. I can see both the SSD and the hdd but can't seem to figure out how to install an OS. I would like to install Win 7 from my disk and then upgrade to windows 10 before 12/31/17 ends. I have tried the disk that came with the motherboard but...

hi i was wondering is there a big difference in pugb high and ultra settings since when i would put my game at ultra i would get around 60fps but since i have an 75 hz screen i was thinking that if i would but it on high i would have around 80 fps and since my eye isnt that good in graphics...

I NEED "HP dvd740e" LIGHTSCRIBE DEVICE DRIVER DOWNLOAD? Everywhere I went had virus warnings when I downloaded //

I have one piece of 8gb ddr4 ram and i will buy the same ram in future so it will be 16gb dual channel or just single channel?

Gaming PC will not post or output video with and endless error code loop. Computer was running perfectly fine today, I was going to install a second hard drive and took it as an opportunity to disassemble my computer and clean the parts. After reassembling, I turned it on and was met with an...

I just upgraded my pc to a 7700k and 1060 6gb and I was working on a video in Sony Vegas 15. all of a sudden, one day, out of no where, the program stops responding, freezes, or crashes. If I close the program after this happens, my computer crashes and the blue screen of death shows up with the...

What is the difference between overvolting jumper and ln2 mode jumper? Some asus motherboard supports voltage jumper But some do ln2 jumper, but never both. Would nitrogen cooling also work on board without ln2 mode like asus x99 e ws, which Only has overvoltage jumper? Would nitrogen cooling...

I’m not the smartest computer guy, but I’m trying to learn. I built my pc 2 years ago and it’s been working great. Yesterday it just died while I was on my computer and wouldn’t start back up. Whenever I hit the power button, nothing happens. If I flip the psu switch off and on and then try to...

Look at this picture. https://ibb.co/ktouFG In the top left you will notice there is a gap in the icons. This happens everytime i restart my pc. It shoots the icon out of there and just leaves it empty. I have no idea what is going on. Any ideas?

Hello I have an Acer Predator G-Sync monitor 1080p 144hz 1ms, A GTX 1080 Ti founders, i7-7700k, 32gb 3200mhz RAM, on Windows 10. This past year I played with G-sync working flawlessly until recently I started to see problems where I would boot up Rainbow Six Siege, and see that the frame rate...

Hi, so I'm looking at upgrades to my computer and apparently (according to PC part picker) I've run into a problem. I was going to have 3 x 3TB HDD (Seagate Barracuda), 2 x Samsung 850 EVO 500Gb SSD's and a Samsung 960 EVO 500Gb M2 SSD. But apparently I need another 6GB SATA Slot... I've got the...

Hello all, as the title suggests I have 2 PC's I should mention the following issues occur while playing BF4 on both pc's. The first : 4770k Titan x maxwell hero 7 ax 760 PSU 2133 MHz vengeance ram at 16 GB antec AIO No.2 8700k 1070 evga FTW dominator platinum 3200 16 Gb supernova g2 750w...

Here is my build https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ptF46X I want to know what RAM would be best for this motherboard (2x8gb) is perfect under 2666mhz I would also like to know what RAM would be good for the MSI Z270 GAMING M3 motherboard. Thanks:)

He Sony I have a problem I was trying to log in last night and I got banned for no reason can you please help me out please and thank you

i want to buy a ryzen 1700x a B350 from amazon.which will be shipped to my cousin in usa.then in december my cousin will come back in Bangladesh.i have asked gigabyte bangladesh but they said the donot offer global warranty in mother board.can you help me out knowing does amd provide...

I am disabled veteran, low income and limited to only working from home. I desperately need a laptop. Given my situation if anyone of you tech savvy folks were in my shoes what laptop? Type of laptop, software etc. would you be looking for and were would you look? My budget for a used on is $150...

Hello Specs: i7 7700k at 4.8ghz 1.25v Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 16GB CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 Asus rog z270h ssd 480gb hdd 1tb geforce gtx 970 4gb msi gaming 600 watt corsair psu So im trying to overclock my memory to get the full 3000mhz its rated for when i enable xmp and hit save my pc boots and...

PC shuts down randomly and abruptly, and can't be turned on for a few minutes. It is a complete shut down, not even the motherboard lights stay on. This has been happening for around a week now, there was nothing wrong before this started happening all of a sudden. I did not install any new...

I have just built my first pc and when trying to connect my monitor it says no signal even though all connections are secure I have even made sure everything inside of my pc is connected, if anyone has any suggestions I’d appreciate it Pc part: Amd ryzen 3 1200 Asus320-c r2.0 Evga 500w MSI...

So, through my own dumb decisions, I managed to get heaps and heaps of adware and bloatware stuffed onto my computer about a week or so ago. Now, some of this (all of the adware and a significant portion of the bloatware) I've been able to remove on my own through virus-removal programs, task...

I am selling my old PC, to get parts for a new one. I just need to know how much someone would pay for it (In AUD). Specs: CPU: AMD FX 6300 Black Edition GPU: ASUS STRIX GeForce GTX 950 MoBo: ASUS M5A97 R2.0 Case: Thermaltake Chaser A31 Snow Edition I don’t remember the other parts such as the...

currently using a 1.6ghz pentium laptop which is slightly awful to play with. So my friend offered me their old pc, will this game be able to run on it? I'm assuming that it should because the low end I3's are around 3ghz and i actually have a gpu to use. The laptop i currently use is a lenovo...

Finally got my Ryzen 1500x upgrade unexpectedly. Paired it with a budget MSI pro vdh. Any suggestions [ i still want to stick within the budget tier ] for a new GPU would be very much appreciated. Plus my Thermaltake Litepower 650W works well with OC @3.7Ghz. Just want a vidcard tht wont...

Hi everyone i have this motherboard and i cant seem to find the bios update,i need bios update in order for my MBO to support ivy bridge processor (i5 3470 3.20 ghz) and i cannot find an bios update that will work,my curret bios version is 0605. This MBO has serveral submodels (R2.0,M,LE...) and...

I had intel DH67CL motherboard with Intel Core i7 2600 processor back in 2011. I can not upgrade my OS from Win7 to Windows 10 on DH67CL as its not compatible. I am looking to upgrade the motherboard which should be firstly compatible with Intel core i7 2600, Socket LGA1155 and Windows 10. I...

Hey Guys I've been using Windows 8.1 Since January But last Week I played a game name Punisher From That time on my PC says "your PC Runs into a problems it needs to restart" I thought okk It needs some New treatment , Then I try to format it, First try- Hangs After 20 min while backing up...

Hello. I know there are alot of topics about it but my case is a bit specific because things changed when i didnt change anything. :D I am kinda new to all this overclocking and things because i didnt have the money to set up a new configuration but now that i have one im learning new things...

Last night I use my laptop and I fell asleep. The battery is getting low.This morning I want to use my laptop but I cannot turn on. Please help me what should I do?