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Hello my laptop is a HP Pavilion 15000. I bought it brand new from Currys PC world less than a week ago and just recently over the past few days the battery has been draining extremely quickly (50%) within an hour) and the battery life is supposedly 10 hours. What should I do HP support says...

I've suddenly started having a problem with my laptop; the screen is blank when I turn it on. The blue LED still turns on, the fan still turns on, but the screen does not. I've tried to hold Ctrl + Esc / Fn + Esc while turning the power on, which does nothing. I've tried connecting it to a TV...

I just bought 2 more sticks of ballistix sport ddr4 ram clocked at 2400mhz which is the same sticks of ram I have right now. But when I added the new ram my computer would not boot. So I tested each ram stick which all of them work and are seated properly. I am also on windows 10 64bit so it...

Hello, I have the option of buying an used GTX 1060 (240 usd) or a brand new RX 570 (270 usd) how risky would it be to buy an used gpu? The rx 570 comes with assasins creed odyssey and other 2 games for free.

Ok, I can see the file, I can't rename or delete it. It is o KB in size. When I do try deleting it, it says the file does not exist in the location an that I should verify the location. I have done a search but it seems the file does not exist on the drive???

So I just built a new computer and it will work for a bit but the the screen will go black and I am unable to turn off the computer with the power button. Everything is new with the exception of the GPU. Ive already replaced the motherboard. At this point im at a loss as to what could be causing...

i have an old PC that i plan on upgrading next year i hope, but meanwhile my PSU is acting up, my current specs are fx 4130, r7 and 8 gb ram dd3, plus some crappy mobo from asrock 93n78dfx (cause i can be really cheap sometimes), 1 hdd and 1 dvd writer Is there any solid psu i could buy around...

Slept on my laptop trying to turn it on in the morning didn't display even though vga cable

Hello I have an Asus a320m-k and I tried to reset the CMOS, but I ended up removing that golden piece circled in green that is in the image below. The computer is working normally but I'm afraid something might happen. Can you help me? Sorry for my bad english!

Hello. i got sudden cpu spikes every min now and i dont know what to do. Its hard to play any game like that. When cpu spike happens, command window opens up for a millisecond and then for 2-3 sec my cpu usage spikes up for 40-50%. I managed to record it but i dont know what it means or what to...

So I woke up, got on my gaming rig I built almost 2 years ago, and my wifi would not turn on. I trouble shooted more then ten times, do everything I could think of. Then I decided to check on device manager to see if any devices were not functioning properly. I disabled a few things and checked...

I built my pc last year no problems. until last week my pc has been crashing with this code memory_management. I've ran the diagnostic tool and it passed. I don't know what to do now Today I ran memtest86 and got 0 errors here's first crash...

heyo, the past few months i have been getting bsods about my network driver (bcmwl63a.sys). they were mostly memory management. it only started after i reinstalled windows. here are 2 minidump files from today. i am running the latest windows 10 version...

i have access to free wifi but lately, the connection gets interrupted and msftconnecttest.com/redirect flashes and takes me to the tplinkrepeater.net login page. I don't have a range extender. I do not have access to the wifi router. Is there anyway to bypass the extender and connect to the...

Which of the two should I buy? https://www.ebuyer.com/749711-msi-gtx-1080-armor-oc-8gb-gddr5x-graphics-card-gtx-1080-armor-8g-oc https://www.ebuyer.com/749710-msi-gtx-1080-gaming-x-8gb-gddrx-graphics-card-gtx-1080-gaming-x-8g

Hello guys so I’m having an issue with my cpu so recently I upgrading to a new gpu and since then my cpu usage has been at 99% and gpu at 12 I’m not sure what to do Specs: amd Radeon r7 a10 7870k cpu and a gtx 1070 ti 16 gb ddr3 (two eight sticks)

Hi all, Building a PC and my last question is on the GPU. I plan to game but lower-intensity games (Overwatch, League of Legends, Rocket League). Will a 1050ti do the trick here for me? If not, are the 580 and the 1060 6gb generally similar (the 1060 seems pricier at the moment)? Note I have...

Any suggestions on the best laptop for university particularly an accounting course?

Hi guys! I'm just about to have all the pieces together for my first tower build and had a quick question about my storage drives. In order to keep my build within the confines of my small budget, I decided I'd try and reuse the PNY CS1311 SSD 240GB from a laptop I hardly use anymore, and a 1TB...

Is 8GB's of DDR4-3000MHz enough for gaming?Or can i even get something lower than 3000MHz?

Right and left shift key is not working but it work if you simultaneously pressed it for quite some time. Pls help

My external accidentally fell from my bed and now it doesn't show up. I tried the disk manager but it says it's healthy. I also tried to quick drive test it in wd utilities drive but it does not run. What do I do? Please help I badly need it for my research files

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07BRCZG3M/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 My PC: Motherboard: B350 PC Mate CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600(Wraith Spire Cooler) GPU: Zotac Geforce 1060 GTX 1060 mini RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 2400MHz Hard Disk Drive: WD Blue 1TB...

Are these the same graphics cards? I am new to this kind of thing so help would be appreciated. https://www.gigabyte.com/Graphics-Card/GV-R797OC-3GD#ov https://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/296/radeon-hd-7970

Lost access to my steam account a few weeks ago. Tried to message support, did 3 times, and still no answer. Eventhough i sent the emails 4 weeks ago.When I try to recover my account it says the username is wrong eventhough i copied it from my mates friend list and no, i cant type it out because...

My current computer is about 10 years old. I've upgraded some parts over the years and I'm trying to figure out the best/cheapest way to upgrade my computer to be compatible with some of the newer games. Ideally I'd like a Graphics card with 8gb dedicated RAM and 16gb of overall system RAM for...

Hello, so recently I built myself a pretty budget gaming rig (teenager budget). I got most of the components from an old PC my brother had but didn't use anymore. From his PC I recovered an AMD Athlon II X3 455, 2x4GB of DDR3 1333 MHz RAM sticks, an MSI MS-7641 motherboard, a 500GB Seagate...

Hi guys, so, i tried my fittings and they see to fit nicely, but i cannot fully thread the compression ring, it atops before hitting the base. I bought a cheap hose, its very hard one, ahould i buy expensive tubbing that will be aofter and easier to put the compression ring over?? Thanks...

Hi guys I'm having weird problems with my computer; since a week ago I've been receiving "no signal" messages on my monitor when trying to boot up my PC and, after searching the web, the only solution that seems to work is to unplug the power chord, hold down the power button for 30 seconds and...

I've been trying to stream Fortnite on YouTube, but I cannot stream with OBS and run Fortnite without some in game lag. At max settings on Fortnite, I get around 90-100 fps, but when I start streaming, I turn the settings down and only run the game at around 20-40 fps. When I run Fortnite on...

Hi guys,new here with vive and vr. -I want to ask if I plug my HTC Vive (the head set) using the provided 3 in 1 cable (HDMI) to the link box,then hdmi out from the link box to my laptop. After that, use the dual mode mini display port from my laptop (because the only HDMI is being use by the...

I've a pentium 4 pc with 2x 1gigs of ram and a 80gb hard disk attached to a msi motherboard. I want to upgrade my pc a lil'bit so that I can use some softwares on it. Also I like to play some games but not necessarily the high end games. I want to upgrade my pc to a newer version. So I need a...

Hi, so I bought the Asus B350-F strix motherboard and I was wondering if I should get the ryzen 2700x or the 1800x with 16gb of ram of course. But I was wondering if the 2700x if compatible with my motherboard? anyone know if it is. And will the cooler master 240 RGB be am4 compatible? Here are...

Which one should I go for? Sata or M.2? My board is Prime B350-A

Hello everyone. I am trying to creat a clean install of Windows 10 onto my new computer. I have a SanDisk 16 GB flash drive with the Windows Media Creation Kit loaded onto it. I have said drive set as first in my MSI Z270 M3 MB but every time I start my PC I get a prompt saying "Reboot and...

Howdy, I've recently purchased a new CPU (Ryzen 7 2700x) for my gaming rig. My previous CPU was a Ryzen 5 1400 working on an ASRock AB350 Pro4. As far as I can tell, the ASrock site clearly lines out that the new CPU is compatible. https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/AB350%20Pro4/index.asp#CPU Maybe...

For a wireless gaming headset, do you need a good sound card for the headset to perform at its best?

Hello, I have recently been inspired by a couple of people on YouTube turning laptop screens into battery powered portable displays. I have an old Dell S1709Wc monitor and I am trying to mimic the process for similar results. These tutorials require buying a LCD control board for that specific...

Hi I am looking to upgrade to a new gaming laptop, so I am going to try to sell my old one. I don't think its worth much, but still worth a shot. I think it is this one: https://www.notebookcheck.net/Gigabyte-P55W-V4-Notebook-Review.145911.0.html It is a Gigabyte P55W V4. It has everything...

I'm trying to use an old TP-Link router as a switch (not a permanent setup) and both computers have internet but neither can connect to the local network or ping eachother. Do routers not support this functionality, do I need to go pick up a switch?