DxDiag

Hi all, I checked my laptop's DxDiag today and noticed a strange thing. I haven't noticed it before, so am not sure whether it's okay or not. My laptop has an AMD R7 M360 GPU. However, it is not showing under the Display tab in the DxDiag window. Under the Display tab, only the Intel HD...

Hi everyone! I've been having this weird issue with my graphics driver, and I can't tell what the issue could actually be. Whenever I boot any game, it either doesn't open or it throws some generic Direct3D error. Booting COD5, I get "DirectX has encountered an unrecoverable error" View...

Dear Experts I am using Express VPN on my Linksys WRT 1900 ACS ,,,, and I have to install their firmware Couple of features disabled when I installed VPN Express firmware one of them like : 1- Parental Controls https://www.askdavetaylor.com/enable-parental-controls-linksys-wi-fi-router/...

I was attempting to run a program off an external hard drive and the program needed an installation of some kind so i quickly installed it without thinking and it turns out it changed the boot drive to the external hard drive. i have attempted through the bios setting to change the doot to to...

Yesterday I decided to upgrade from my AMD RX 7800 GPU to my friend's "old" MSI GTX 1050. I plugged it in and got the usual "American Megatrends" screen, but instead of booting up, it stayed on that screen and the motherboard beeped at me every few seconds. Eventually the screen turned off. The...

I have a laptop Dell Inspiron 15-3552, which I would like to upgrade by using the available optical drive. Does my DIY plan to upgrade seem plausible? 1. Clean up and back-up my system. 2. Attach SSD to USB-to-SATA cable. 3. Clone entirety of HDD to SSD. So what I've read is that the SSD...

I recently but my first pc. It booted fine but when I tried installing windows 10 via USB it kept hard rebooting, I got it to install but then i can't get past windows boot manager without it hard rebooting. So far I have checked all power connections, I have checked front io connections, I have...

Without the SSD connected, my PC boots up and goes to BIOS. With it plugged in to the PSU and mobo, the case lights and CPU fan turns on for barely a second, then shuts off. I tried replacing the power cable and the data cable for the SSD. I even returned that first SSD and got the same model...

Hey guys, I have two questions. Firstly, my current CPU is an i5-8500. I am planning to upgrade to a Vega 64 soon (from RX 580 8GB) and I want to know whether my CPU will bottleneck it. I've heard people say that an i5-8400 wouldn't bottleneck even a 1080 Ti, so I just want to know whether an...

Just bought an LG 29" Ultrawide 21:9, 75hz monitor to pair it with my GTX 1060 6GB and Ryzen 2600 4.0ghz, 16gb DDR4. i know my pc cant handle 144hz or 1440p. Anyways, do i need an DVI to hit that 75hz? Or do i still use my HDMI??

Hello, 2 years ago i build PC for me friend and today he send me a massage that his PC broke down so let me describe step by step what happened: He was playing Assassins Creed last night and his pc just freeze he couldnt even turn it off all he could do was disconnect from power supply to...

Hey there! So I have an ASUS Strix 1080Ti. I've always been having trouble with my overclock. Whenever I set Voltage to 100% and Power Target to 120%, after maybe 20 minutes of gaming or benchmarking, the Power Target drops down to around 60% and my FPS tanks. The card never exceeds 70c and...

I have download <<Questionable link removed by moderator>> free from Free Games Ever, So how can i installed it, Can anyone suggest me?

So, my question is which gpu should i buy? Right now RTX 2080 in my country is 800+ euros, its awful price for some countries i know, its normal in here. And GTX 1080 is like 500 euros, which is actually a good price. It has dropped like 200 euros since march. When i saw benchmarks, i saw that...

Just wanna know if it is possible. My monitor is Acer S200HQL

my case only support 160mm maximum cpu height which is tecware f3 (https://www.tecware.co/f3) and the cooler master hyper 212 led turbo is 163mm will the top cover can be remove? actual size of heatsink is 160mm so its perfect for my case but my problem is the top cover.

I want to know how much power can the Dell Optiplex 580 DT Motherboard's pcie x16 slot provide for a graphics card (not pcie x16 wired at x4)?

Hi i am planning on watercooling but not completly sure yet if i should go custom or aio (EK Mlc Phoenix) My Build is this [https://my.aliexpress.com/wishlist/shared.htm?groupId=500000000553676](https://my.aliexpress.com/wishlist/shared.htm?groupId=500000000553676) Plus these Parts from EKWB...

Hello everyone! I'm new in Tom's Hardware. I also do not build PC's but I do have very decent computer knowledge. This past Sunday I went to Best Buy and bought an IBUYPOWER Trace 941. It's retail price is at $1799.99. However its on 100$ Price drop for $1699.99. Minus 100$ Student discount and...

Heya guys Currently thinking about upgrading to an i7-8700K and a watercooler with some light overclocking, not sure if i'll be needing a new PSU though. Could i get your guys imput? Current PSU: EVGA Supernova G2 550W Current Rig: Intel Core i5 4690K @ 3.50GHz 16,0GB Ram ASUS STRIX 1070 Ti...

Is This a good system ? I5 3470 12gb ram gtx1050 ti

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I can't get my new Ryzen build to boot at all. It does power up (I have hardware that has LEDs), but the fans won't spin and I get nothing on the screen

I have Gigabyte-970A-D3 Am3 and iam confuse Between nvidia or AmD Gpu cards i hope u recommend for me abetter one with good price and compatible with my mobo,thanks my suggest was RX 460 or Gtx 1050ti but idon’t know if they compatible or not ? My power supply was cooler master 460w and the cpu...

I recently went to get my laptop repaired for a faulty hard drive. Once i got it back i found out something was wrong and it wouldnt turn on. I opened it up to take a peak and saw nothing wrong dont know what could be wrong with it since it at least turned on before i took it to the shop. Ive...

I picked up a used Dell Latitude E6430 at an auction. It had a battery that was shot. I ordered an aftermarket replacement from Amazon. I put the battery in and it worked normally, charging, running the laptop with AC disconnected, etc. The problem I have run into is that when I try to boot from...

So I've decided that I want to upgrade my computer, and that I'm going to do a semi-passive build, meaning that I want all fans to stop at idle/low load. I thought I'd post the components I've picked out and see what feedback I get. Here are the components I'm thinking of using: Motherboard...

Hello, I have the RM650X, it makes a pop noise every time i switch the switch on the surge protected extension lead which my pc is plugged into. Yesterday when i switched the switched it blown the fuse in PSU, there was a loud bang and a flash, it also tripped my fuse box. The PSU now is...

I wanted to upgrade the graphics on my old rig for the kids to enjoy. When I press the power button, my led lights come on and the case, cpu, and gpu fans all spin. After about 5 seconds or so the gpu fans quit, with led lights and other fans continuing to operate normally. The monitor remains...

Hello, Recently I turned on my stereo/turntable setup to find a humming/buzzing noise. Said noise was constant, unaffected by the volume control, and no music would come through when I played records on it. Even when I disconnected the speakers, there was still a faint crackling sound that can...

I'm using i5 6600 pair with gtx 960 4gb now, atm i have 700$ to upgrade, i'm thinking about gtx 1070ti but the price is insane and so hard to find one thanks for mining, plus i affraid my i5 6600 will bottleneck gtx 1070ti at 1080p, then i'm thinking about i7 8700 and new motherboard, keep my...

Hello All New to the site and need some help. I have an old rig and I don't plan on getting a new one. It plays my old games which I like. My rig is as follows: Pentium 4 2.8 Ghz Hyper-Threading CPU Intel Motherboard socket 478 - D865GBF/D865GLC Leadtek 5600 XT 256MB Graphics card 2GB RAM I...

Whats the difference between gtx 1050 and gtx 1050 mini?

I have the ASUS Strix mobo with built in wifi and when ever I have a download in progress I can't browse the internet. Is there a way to fix this?

After some time making a poster on photoshop i tried to save it to the desktop but it didn't let saying there is no such file in the directory, i said ok ill save it to SSD,no problem there, then i tried to record with OBS, when it worked normally 1-2 days ago, and it said that my HDD is either...

ever since i installed my GTX965M 4GB in my Zbook g3 15, i've not been able to get audio through my hdmi port. i've reinstalled every variation i can find of driver between oem and most recent, tried to install the hd audio drivers from conexant, tried to install IDT audio but was told my...

So my parents decided to put Covenant Eyes on my laptop recently, while I was away working at a camp. Basically if you don't know what CE is, well, it's a spyware. Made to stop Porn-watching habits, originally but now people are using it as parental controls to moniter childrens' and teenagers'...

Does the Intel 1151 Core i7 7700 3.6 GHz Box 65 W - Kabylake work good with Nvidia GF GTX1060 6GB GDDR5 Gainward? Or should I go for a different combination? I should mention that I am kinda in the dark here. Thank you for your anwsers.

I'm hoping someone has run into this problem before. My Creative Sound Blaster Roar speaker has worked great on my computer for months. I use SBX Profiles to tweak sound quality in Sound Blaster Control Panel. A couple of days ago, the profiles just disappeared. Control Panel shows the speaker...

I was wondering if the GT 730 is compatible with the HP Compaq Elite 8000 SFF. After doing research online, I discovered that the sff version has a 240w psu. I was wondering if it'd work in the pc as I haven't seen any thread related to the gt730 being compatible with the HP Compaq Elite 8000...