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I have a pavilion g7 laptop. It turns on but has a black screen. The charger also goes from white to orange quickly. What advice can you give me. My computer is only used for putting pictures on and used for word documents. Never used internet.Had battery checked, it is good. Bought new power...

I recently upgraded to a new PC, an i3 4th Gen and was surprised to see the new technology given that I upgraded from an ancient Core 2 Duo. The shopkeeper installed Windows 10 for me and it works as an intended UEFI system: Windows logo doesn't appear but loading circle appears under the...

Hello, I am getting a very good offer on Intel Core i5-4460 LGA 1150 Processor 6M Cache, up to 3.40 GHz and H97-Pro ASUS LGA1150 motherboard. I want to know whether this processor can run most games for the next 3 years on 1080p and 60fps, with an appropriate GPU thanks!

My gt 1030 won't work I have it plugged into a adapter but I know that works and I tryed to have all the drivers but the last one won't go on because it says I need the gpu to be there but if I put that in it tells me to plug it into the gpu and then when I do that there is no signal

My pc is running fine. LEDs work, fans work, and I hear a beep when I turn it on, but when I turn it on the monitor says no signal. I’ve been using this pc for about a year and it’s the first time this has happened. I plugged my monitor into my laptop and it worked fine so I think my gpu is...

Hi. I bought a brand new pre-built computer which ran perfectly fine the first few times I used it however sometimes when I try power it on it will not turn on but the motherboard lights and graphics card lights are still lit showing that it has power. Sometimes when in games such as Forza or...

I just bought a Gigabyte RX 550 D5 2G as an upgrade to my old Asus R7 240 2GB. When I removed my R7 240 and installed the RX 550 and booted up my PC, only the fans of CPU and Graphics card were spinning but there was no display. I left it for about few minutes. The PC automatically shuts down...

What is in your opinion, the best online store to get electronic parts for hobby? A store that sells like motors, sensors, servos, applicators, transistors, resistors, diodes, breadboards, etc.

Can i use 3 gb of ram on 945 motherboard with 775 socket .1 stick of 2gb and another of 1 gb ? I'm using a core 2 duo 1.8ghz processor

If I take my mb to a pro electronics expert to add or exchange an io port or connector what will happen?

So I had a old hard drive I wanted to install to my new computer, but when i boot my pc and enter disk management it doesnt show. However it does show in BIOS and i can boot from the old windows from it. But I dont want it as my main harddrive what do I do to get my pc to reconzie it when...

I am upgrading my computer soon and was hoping you guys could tell me how it looks. Want to make sure I'm not buying anything stupid. https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/pGdkTB Any feedback would be welcome, Thanks!

Hello all, Longtime lurker here. My new computer that I bought second hand feels really sluggish compared to my gaming laptop, which has 16gb of memory so I was wondering if I should upgrade and how. The system has the following: - Ryzen 7 1700 CPU - Asus Prime B350 Plus motherboard - 2x4GB...

12.6 GBs of my 16GBs of ram is cached and is unusable. I understand that cached ram is usually good, but there is something wrong in my situation. I can hardly run anything, having a couple tabs of chrome open crashes it causing an error message regarding my memory. I would like to be able to...

Recently obtained a 1990 IBM PS/2 Model 80 386 Works but is more than moderately dirty. Whats the best way to clean expansion cards, mobos and other PCBs? I’ve got 99% Isopropyl alcohol, but what’s the best method? Toothbrush? Cue tips? Full bath? Ive got canned air too but whenever I use...

I have been wondering what is with the prices on ram. I am almost done my gaming pc, and I needed 16 gigabytes of ram. Tried buying HYPERX FURY (4x4). After I ordered the ram, it was back ordered and I have been waiting for a few weeks. When will the ram stock normalize?

I'm currently using Geforce Experience with my 960 and so far all it has done is make shadowplay work (sometimes), make videos black screen (sometimes) and improperly optimized games (sometimes). It decided to change all my setting on siege that i had masterfully laid out for maximum performance...

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...

Im wondering what pc is better for the price and which is better performing. 1. https://www.komplett.no/product/11115/pc-nettbrett/komplett-pc/komplett-gamer/komplett-entry-gamer-intel#custom-parts-list 2. https://www.multicom.no/multicom-tycho-i517c-gaming-pc/cat-p/c100583/p10639117

I just got my new CPU and Ram delivered yesterday (Ryzen 5 1600 with Stock Cooler, and Crucial Ballistix Sport 2x4GB 2400) and i've been messing around with overclocks on both of them. I searched around a little bit and found that a lot of people can get that CPU (with the stock cooler) to...

Hi! I was wondering if I download very old nvidia drivers for my outdated gtx 770 card, will it work on my Win10 PC even though it says it works with vista/7/8/8.1 ? will those old drivers be better for my card than the newer ones?

Good morning ! I've been having this issue for the past couple of months now. My CPU usage is through the roof for some obscure reasons. I have an intel i5-6600K. Whenever my computer is idle, the said CPU runs at about 40%, and when I start a game that used to run smoothly, it runs between...

I am looking for a basic laptop for light school work. And currently I am looking at the Thinkpad T410, Thinkpad X201, and the Thinkpad Edge E430. Which laptop would you recommend performance wise? Also I am open to other laptops other than just Thinkpads.

adjusting screen resolution doesn't work and looking around it seems to be an issue with overscaling is common with tv's. Everything I find says to open my graphics manager to adjust it either by right clicking on desktop and selecting or by locating it in the control panel, but none of those...

I don’t know where else to post this but here and I’m in need of help. So I recently added on another hard drive because my first hdd was getting full. After I did and hooked everything back up I tried to power up my desktop but after a few seconds it would shut down then power back up but with...

Any idea why this is so much cheaper than most other Ti's? https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814137142&cm_re=gtx_1080_ti-_-14-137-142-_-Product

My specs are Intel i7 4770k 3.5ghz Kingston 8x2 16gb ram Nvidia geforce gtx 730 4gb ddr5 Antec 750w power supply 1tb Seagate hdd Asus H81m-cs motherboard Windows 10 enterprise I was able to play gta5, cod ww2, cs go and many such games. My system temperatures are 35 to 45°c. Although if...

Is there any reason I shouldn’t go with an i7 8700k right now and wait for Ice Lake? Just curious. I’m trying not to fall in the hole of waiting for the next new tech to release in order to justify my purchase.

Not sure if this is a computer issue or software issue. I recently(within the last year} upgraded to an intel core i7-6700k and new hardware to game with. it was immediately after i upgraded my GPU drivers(last Nvidia Update for Players Underground) that i started noticing weird things. First...

Right, so I upgraded from an AMD a6-6400k processor to a Intel i5-7500 and while doing so I replaced the motherboard and RAM. Since the new components have been put in the computer loads and shows login screen for like a second and then blue screens and disappears quickly. It says the error is...

I just got a gtx 1080 and it needs two pcie cords plugged into it but I only had one in my old gfx card and I looked on my mother board and I saw only one port to plug in a pcie cord

I have been noticing lately, that my sound is out of sync with the videoes I watch. And it doesn't matter if it is youtube or local files. It isn't out of sync, when the videos start, but slowly they get more and more out of sync. The quick fix, is that I restart the videos, but that quickly...

So i bought a new lcd screen for my dell inspiron 15 7559 (my older one had dead pixleeel in one corner) and plugged it in first when i started the pc the screen worked fine but then i had to unplug it again to get the top cover from the laptop and when i tested it again it had no backlight. I...

My hard drive is making a rattling noise and it's getting more noticeable by the day. I have researched noises of dying hard drives online but it doesn't sound the same as them. It's a Seagate 2tb and I have only had it for 2 years... I think it's internal as I have tried to hold it still from...

I purchased this kit of Corsair Vengeance LPX 3000 CL16 memory: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074MQX45D/ref=twister_B01M33CGCY?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1 And this Ryzen 1500x cpu and gigabyte motherboard combo...

Hello! I bought a gtx 1070ti but my case doesnt have an optical drive. In the box was a disk that MSI says i should install with my graphics card or maybe even before. Is this disk necessary to install my GPU properly or can I just use nvidia's drivers to update my card? Thanks!

ok so right now i have a computer HP Z400 LGA1366 with a xeon w3565 at stock speeds which is similar in specs to an i7 960. and im wondering i can buy a xeon W3690 which is the same as an i7 990X for around 100$ im wondering will this be a good performance increase gaming wise below is the info...

i would prefer intel. But would love amd suggestion for my own personal curiousity :x My budget is 700-850$ i don't need Os, hard drives or dvd drives or monitor. please any suggestion would be great! Thank you :)

I'm not seeing any performance issues, but lately I have noticed my pc getting louder. Its making clicking and humming sounds. I checked the temperatures, and they seem a little high. The cpu is at 132F, and everything else, gpu, motherboard, etc, is between 80F-113F. But I have just turned the...

Hi All I have two HD where in drive C (SSD) i have the OS and in drive D I have most of my games. Havent used my desktop in a while (2 months-ish) and yesterday I boot up tekken 7 and it almost always stutter for in game FMV. I am not too knowledgeable about computer but noticed that the D...