Fallout

so the other night I got my first server motherboard from a dude for a Lenovo system and had no idea what kind of hell I had just walked into with all these dam proprietary connectors!!! I have managed to find ones for the 14pin power connector and front audio connector but I can't find anything...

Image credit: Flickr / Stock Catalog Everyone loves to get into a long-lasting Twitter write-up every once in a while. However, if you get an email notification every time someone tags you in a comment, that write-up can get really old, really, really fast. If you want to know how stop Twitter...

when i turn on my samsung laptop the display turns white

Hi, i have N68-VS3-FX motherboard i want to buy FX 6300 but this motherboard doesn't support fx 6300 in asrock's site and I talked asrock support they said doesn't support it.Many people uploaded this segment in youtube please help me will it go?

I'm getting a new GTX 1060 and I would like a 500w+ psu (I plan on upgrading my cpu) but I can't seem to find any psu's with a 6 pin connector any recommendations would be amazing

Hello. So, first things first, i could go out to pcpartpicker and just get a great build from there but i'll be asking you because i don't want to get master gaming rig that may lack in regard to VR Development. Looking for the best of both worlds. As mentioned i'll be using this pretty...

Hey there, guys. I have a bit of a problem that I can't seem to figure out right now. So I was thinking of buying a GT 1030 or GTX 1050 (non-Ti) because all I have right now is a GT 710. I know that the 1030 and 1050 are PCIe 3.0 x16 cards and I also know that if I use them on a PCIe 2.0 x16...

One of our Dell Latitude E7470 Laptop in the office is not able to power on, It was working fine the previous day. When not plugged in and on battery power only, when I push the power button the battery indicator blinks orange and white. This also happens when the A/C adapter is plugged in.

hi wonder if i need 8gb ram with 2666mhz or 2400mhz the 2400mhz is cheaper, the pc spec is Cooler Master B500 battery AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Prosessor ASUS EX-A320M-GAMING motherboard 8 gb ram ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 240 gb ssd and 1 tb hdd i want to run pubg on 60 fps on medium grafics on 1080p

i have i76850 2 1080ti on it and 1 m.2 but im gettin 16x/8x can some1 help me

Do I just cut it along the copper lines on the non plugged in end and call it a day? Every search on google just brings me to tutorials where they clamp more wires or a connector on after cutting the strip, but don't say whether that is needed. Can I just cut it and leave it as is, or do I...

I just recently moved my computer from one house to another and now it will gradually increase in temperature until it turns itself off. The computer worked perfectly beforehand and would sit at around 35-40 °c idle. I have replaced thermal paste on aio and is fully secure. I have noticed that...

BlasterX AE5 Pro Gamer or Asus Raid Pro DLX

I have an HP STAR WARS EDITION LAPTOP (8gb ram , 2gb Nvidia geforce 940m graphics card,2gb intel integrated graphics) It's been 2 years I am using it But now it has started showing pink screen after 5 minutes of starting The pink screen sometimes appears for some seconds and then goes off ...

ZOTAC GeForce® GTX 1050 2GB OC GDDR5 (ZT-P10500C-10L) Graphics Card MSI GTX 750 TI 2GB DDR5 OC Edition Dual Fan Graphic Card Will FIFA 18 work properly with either of these?

Hey, I've been researching on how to build a new PC as mine has been dying recently. I'm not 100% sure if this is the right build. I will mostly use this for uni work/light gaming. My old PC kept on reading disk usage 100% and the place i took it to couldn't find any issues with the hardware...

Hello So I am looking for a new motherboard I have read countless of reviews and forum posts. Saw a post saying that all boards are at the base the same it is the extra features that makes the difference. Now that may be old news for some, I'm not good at the whole motherboard thing so I haven't...

If I overclock my GPU without adding any voltage, would it still shorten its life?

Hello, I am at a crossroads because I have purchased the i7-8700k and have DDR3 ram but am unable to find a motherboard that supports it. I am looking for a motherboard under $150 dollars and can't even find one a z370 LGA 1151 Motherboard that uses DDR3 ram and am very disappointed. If anyone...

Good evening, As the community of tomshardware helped me out a lot before, I wanted to ask about an important issue again. Yesterday everything was working fine, but while using Audacity today, I noticed that it wasn't recording my microphone's audio and then I tested on other programs like...

MY cpu is i77700k kabylake with kraken x62 liquid cooler. The thing is that i play only one game and usually my temp is around 50 while i play it but one day out of nowhere my temp started hitting around 70-85 and i don't see any blue screen or like lag spikes but still it keeps me thinking...

Hi I currently have a Packard Bell A4525 uk with AMD Athlon II x3 415e triple core processor and NVIDIA GeForce 6150se graphics card , 3gb ddr3 memory. Looking at upgrading for kids to use to play Microsoft Xbox games on and downloads like Fortnite. Is it possible? What should I be looking to...

Hello. i recently built a computer using all used parts and when i plug it nto the monitor it says digital power saving mode. it is a lg flatron w1952TQ. ive searched around on the internet and everything ive tried hasnt worked. i think it may be the monitor, because ive had this same problem on...

I have a Dell Inspiron 17 5765with Win 10, the touchpad works but no other mouse will. I have three mice 2 are wireless and one is not, they work on other computers with no issues. I can use other USB devices on the Dell laptop including my printer. I have manually installed the drivers for...

I had this ASUS K52JU series for 7 years but until three years of use, the battery gave up. For 4 years, I have been using it while just plugged in (I had several battery replacements). I had this problem a couple of months before, where my laptop just suddenly shuts down (It had a battery but...

I have been playing a lot of shooters lately, want something fresh, major AAA titles are 2 months away, wat gaem would u suggest that is really good, all for tactics, story trt, anything

Like many older folks, I have several hundred CDs that I still like. While I have a CD player, I'd rather convert all the CDs to MP3s and put them all on a hard drive, using a commercial service. Then from my home stereo, I'd like to be able to select and play (as MP3s) the original CDs or...

But if I want to buy a 1080 ti for a pc build and the price is about to be Similar to that of the titan x, eehhhhhhh. If this continue I'll go with amd and buy the rx580 or even rx vega 56 to save money

Basically, my PC sometimes turns on and games run completely fine. For example, a new game like Kingdom Come Deliverance runs smooth 60fps on Medium normally, however whenever I restart or turn on my computer(after going bed for example) it sometimes has lower performance than before. In this...

Hi guys, I'm building a new PC with a 7820x and two Strix 1080 Ti's and I heard that games can be bottlenecked or "bound" by the CPU if you run at 1080p, but will not have this problem at higher resolutions. Sorry if I'm being dumb, but can anyone explain this to me? Surely the bottleneck will...

Guys my core 2 quad q9400 hits 68 celsius deegres should I worry or not?

not a question but don't know how to answer a post but the answer is to change dispaly settings and under advanced click the list modes button and adjust your frame rate and screen resolution , 100% works as long as you get this info right , suppose my only actual question is how do i reply or...

Hello everyone, As i was playing my computer suddenly froze so i hat to shut it down. After the shut down my monitor have been showing no signal. I tried unplugging everything and plugging it in and found out that GPU may be the problem. When GPU is inside the computer everything is spinning...

This is a new issue because Malwarebytes worked fine over the weekend. For some reason the Web Protection will not stay on. Everything else is on. It says it is starting and then turns off. How do you fix this? Paula

is there a graphics card that can effectively "integrate" with the CPU so that the full power of the GPU is used even when high-demand video resolution isn't required? I have an R9 270 and I don't play games, but would love if all that hardware and processing power could be used for normal...

I'm planning to buy a gpu but with the recent prices (GTX 1050ti costs 60eur more than GTX 1050) i am not sure what to buy for my uncompleted budget build (G4620 , 8gb ddr4). Is the gtx 1050 enough for 900p gaming? I don't mind if i have to turn down some settings.

So i have had a 2x8 set of ddr3 2400mhz ram. for the longest time ive used only 8 because both wont let it post. Im like "Okay... ill just change the mhz speed.." tried that and it wouldnt work either. i dont want to mess with the timings or any of that crap until someone tells me how im...

Hey there, I've had a GTX 1070 for a while now, but feel like my PC is kind of underperforming with it. So the question is, what should I upgrade and what to. (Total budget ist about 500$ at the moment). I currently have: GTX 1070 8GB Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz ASRock B85 Anniversary 2x4GB...

Is there anywhere that I can order a HD Audio 13 pin to 9 pin adapter cable that isn't modDIY (I don't want to risk ordering from there)? Is it possible that I can also get the following items from the same website (if not, which website?): USB 2.0 to USB 3.0 Internal Adapter Cable (9pin to...

My P-55W 2300 series was working great until my son in law ran a magnent around it. I have many days where there was clicking but it would start. Today I tried again to start it and got an error that said " Recovery Your PC/Device needs to be repaired: A required device isn't connected or...