External Hard Drive

I have had windows 10 installed on an external hard drive for a few months. I use bootcamp on my macbook pro to switch between macos and windows. Usually I can restart my computer while holding the option key and the 2 boot drives will come up and I can choose between the two and it will work...

I have eight 5 TB externals I'm currently using for some data storage and backups. I'd like to be able to access them all on my PC at the same time. And I'd like to be able to transfer between them at a reasonable speed. I'm out of internal slots so I can't buy a USB card. So I'm looking at...

I bought a 2 TB hard drive to connect to an Android TV BOX. It worked fine on my old one but the new one I just purchased can’t see it for some reason. So, I plugged the Hard drive into the USB port on my TV. The TV plays all my saved content perfectly. My question is, since the tv is on the...

Computer just something odd that I have never seen been before. When the system powers on, it has red staggered vertical bars. The system won’t let me get into the BIOS. I suspect motherboard going bad. How about some advice? Attached a picture of the screen.Picture

Hello. I am looking for an air cooler for i7 9700K temporarily. I just tried my friend's Thermaltake Contac Silent 12 with its stock TIM but I feel like it's not a great air cooler even if I will use it temporarily. The temp is around 68-78 while playing Battlefield V, it was sometimes hiting...

I have a 1TB SSD and two 1TB hard drives currently and they are all maxed out. The one is starting to fail according to crystal disk info so I kind of want to take advantage of the situation and just upgrade to a 4TB drive and migrate everything from the failing one over. I found these two...

Wanting to build a gaming pc for basic games like on steam and I am looking for parts and suggestions. Only wanting to spend 300 to 400 bucks.

For about 2-3 weeks now whenever I boot up my desktop it gets 'stuck' on the pre-bios screen for about 3 mins every time I boot it up. The little beep that normally comes does sound. I can't access the BIOS either, although the screen still shows. When the computer finally boots it works...

Hello, I have a rather odd issue with my laptop's keyboard that I've never encountered before. All of a sudden, regardless what I'm doing on my laptop at that moment, whether it would be browsing the internet or playing a game, some exact same keyboard keys stop working, it doesn't follow a...

Someone on the internet said that my phone doesn't have the right antenna for 5G. But at the top it says 5G. I have AT&T.

Hi, At work we have a couple of tablets which we rely on for a certain system. Both run Windows 10. Recently they both started to refuse to connect to the internet which is essential for their function, having worked fine up until then. When I contacted the company who sold us the system, I was...

Hello there, I have just recently bought a new monitor (ASUS PG279Q) and as soon as plugged it in to the mains after getting it out of the box, the whole electricity in my house tripped as the RCD switched in order to protect components. I did not even remotely have this issue with my two...

my case's front panel is held by "snaps" like to the ones in the video. I'm having trouble removing the panel and would also like to know the correct name for these "snaps". View: https://youtu.be/byVd8E_nfPA

I recently built/upgraded my PC, specs are: Ryzen 2600x Asus Prime X470-pro Team T-Force Nighthawk RGB (on MOBO QVL at 3200mhz) https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/ctZ2FT/team-night-hawk-rgb-16gb-2-x-8gb-ddr4-3200-memory-tf2d416g3200hc16cdc01 With everything on "auto" the RAM clocks itself to...

Hi, I'm looking to upgrade my cpu, motherboard and ram. My current system is still able to handle every game at 1440p but I want to upgrade parts so I can use my old components for a mini itx build i've been planning for a while and also give my current pc some extra performance and a bit of...

Looking for some high quality wireless router for my office.i'm confused which one to buy as i have a little knowledge about router.i saw some in HERE

Hello everyone, A few years ago i purchased a samsung cf390 from best buy. I remember when it came out of the box it had working built in speakers that I manually disabled thru windows, but now when i try to reenable the monitors audio, no sounds come thru the speakers. The monitor is plugged...

I bought this pc out on a lim and it needs some major upgrades until I can play some Pubg or Apex halo online etc can you help? Im getting confused on what I can swap out. I have OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Professional Version 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601 Other OS Description...

Hello everyone, I want to share my problem and listen to your ideas. I purchased a new monitor and noticed a problem with the backlight, after long disputes with the seller, he sent monitor to the official AOC service in my country. In conclusion, it is stated that no defects were found ... I am...

Does anyone have some idea of the largest capacity drive an old Western Digital MyBook WD3200C032-002 enclosure can take? I got one for free with a very dead (motor doesn't spin) 320 gig WD drive. I connected an old 160 gig SATA drive to it and that worked so the USB to SATA and power board are...

Mobo = MSI A75AM-E35 CPU = AMD A10 - 5800K GPU = MSI GTX 460 RAM = 8GB SMSG1600 Please let me know ur opinion ???

hello all, today my laptop charger port broke, resulting in all 3 wires behind it getting detached. I have a soldering iron and can fix this, I just want to know if polarity matters. there are 3 connectors and I can provide an image. here is the google photos link -...

Replaced mb, cpu, fan, and ram (asus rog crosshair vii hero, ryzen 2700x, wraith prism, tridentz). Pc worked fine before this with same gpu, psu, etc. I literally took these new parts out of the box. I'm pretty sure the power sw, reset sw, etc pins are in correctly, but the pc trys to boot as...

Well, that's it. My pc randomly shutdowns and turn on while playing some games (Warframe, Fortuna) and Metros Exodus, any other game seems to work fine. (DMC5, Resident Evil 2, Jump Force, Anthem, etc) Recently i tried to run FurMark test to start sorting out problems and turns out that i just...

I have a Q9550 running at 3.6GHz. Is it worth upgrading to a Q9650 or X9770? I have other questions regarding RAM SSD, and GPU that I will be posting in the other subforums.

When I do a speed test it goes around 400mb/s download but when I download something on steam/torrent the download won't go beyond 11mb/s. My network card supports up to 1000mb/s.

I mightttttttt get this motherboard, but I need to know if it has onboard WiFi because my friend thinks he knows a lot about pc's and he is %100 certain it has WiFi, but I don't entirely trust him...

I have broadband plan with telephone for which the promised speed is 20mbps till 1000GB, so it was working fine till last week when speed dropped down to 2mbps or below, usually in speed test the results would be around 10-11mbps, so i complained they sent their lineman, who after looking at...

I recently purchased new ram (Corsair Vengeance LP 2 x 8gb ddr3) and replaced my other two sticks as it was suggested. Here is a link to my benchmark https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/15383665 I have some knowledge of pc's but not too much p.s: I know my CPU is bottle necking my GPU...

Hey guys! I have a pail of cloud revolver s's from hyperx which are like 150$. they have 7.1 surround and whenever i turn 7.1 off which I need to in games as it's not real surround and messes with audio. when i do, in like 10 minutes my head starts hurting and im really confused. pls helpp

Hello so I have been having a quite annoying issue, Yes I know this laptop old but I mainly use it for a network hotspot and sometimes I use it to watch dvds on it. The issue I am experiencing is that video drivers (It has a xpress 200m) it will not load no matter what I'm pretty much stuck with...

Hello all After successfully installing the latest drivers about a week and half ago, the driver error "radeon wattman settings have been restored due to an unexpected system failure" started to show. It freeze my PC for a couple seconds and then works as usual. It happens more often while...

Hi i have a CFG70 monitor and was wondering if i need a 1.2 cable or a 1.4 - all i do is play games and at the moment the menu on monitor shows 1.1 and 1.2 i have set it to 1.2 but if i connect a 1.4 cable will this improve anything ? Thanks

i have i7 3770 and 8gb and PSU corsair cx600 and i'm planing to buy gtx 1060 6gb so will my PSU able to handl it ?

DRAMeXchange reported that DRAM prices in the current quarter dropped nearly 30 percent, which it said is the "sharpest decline in a single season since 2011. Read more here. NATHANIEL MOTT @nathanielmott Nathaniel Mott is a Contributing Writer for Tom's Hardware US. He covers software and...

I got my new build all setup and things are working perfectly fine after the PC starts up. I just want to ask a question about something to give myself a little piece of mind. When booting from no power (PSU is switched off, then back on) the CPU light flickers red, the fans spin, and the...

Hi All Really hope you can help. I have a Alienware 34inch screen 2018 model - I got the 1080p version with G-SYNC. Also have a GTX 1060 6 gig. When i paired it up all was really good and Battlefield 4 and 5 ran really smoothly at 144Hz no problems. Now V hardly runs above 30 and 4 runs at...

Guys I need help. 1. time ever I built my PC with NZXT H500 case, NOCTUA NH-D15 on 8700k and ASUS ROG STRIX Z370-H GAMING. However this cooler is that big I can only use last 2 ram slots. So I am not using my 32GB RAM in dual channel, it is a problem? I am new to PC tech stuff. Welp Here is...

Hello, I've recently upgraded my PC. Overclocked my CPU and everything is running good except RAM. I have Patriot Viper 4 DDR4 dual kit (2x4gb, 3000mhz ram), but I can't get them to work at 2933 or 3200, my motherboard is ASRock B450M Pro4 so it only allows these two options, CPU: Ryzzen 3 1200...

Which mid-range chipset is better for a mainstream build, Intel’s B360 or AMD’s B450? We take a look at the features and weigh the considerations to find out. Read more here. JOE SHIELDS Joe Shields is a Contributing Writer for Tom's Hardware US specializing in motherboards.