Floppy Disk

I have some old 3.5" floppy disks which contains music files (unknown what format or type) and would like to image whatever's on them to an iso so I can analyse later. Ill probably use WinImage but should I use a USB floppy drive or a cabled floppy drive (I have a FDD port on the motherboard)...

So I will start Far from being a collector, but I now own 4 cameras, so from the Left to right; Canon Rebel EOS T3, 12.2 Megapixel, gifted from my wife for my birthday sometime ago. https://www.dpreview.com/products/canon/slrs/canon_eos1100d Sony Mavica MVC-FD71, 2.5 Megapixel saved on 1.44...

Hello, i noticed that i need to update my mobo BIOS to fix a grand hang issue that was on this system forever. But when i enter DOS mode and execute the afudos file to open the .rom file for my bios update, says it can't open it. I'm making a MS-DOS FAT32 USB flash drive. Can someone tell me how...

I honestly didn't want to resort to posting on forums, but if anyone can help me out I'd really appreciate it. Here's the situation, I bought a iBuyPower gaming desktop back in December for around nine hundred bucks. Other than a couple of issues with the audio it seemed to be working fine, but...

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I just purchased an ASUS dual rtx2070 The manual is vague and is generalized for any card, but it says specifically "if it comes with an auxiliary power connector, use that connector". The issue is, the connector has two 6pin females (one with a brown wire that seems to be a ground) that...

Would my Asus strix z370 gaming f board be a wise option for a 9700k or should I just get a 8700k instead ?

Recently I built a new pc, everything is new aside from my ssd and hard drive. I am unable to uninstall or install any drivers. Whenever I attempt to uninstall or install a driver it will be stuck uninstalling/installing forever. What can I do to fix this?

Last week I noticed a bad smell coming from my PC. Not exactly a burning smell: kind of, but not quite. At the same time I noticed the fan of my PSU was not working properly, it staggered at times, so I figured that it was the PSU that had broken. A few days later I replaced the PSU with a brand...

Hello, Over the years I have tried apple photos with icloud storage, google photos with original quality uploads etc. Currently I'm on the icloud 2TB plan and have already ran out of storage and I take over 20,000 photos a month regarding sports etc and also upload my photos from my DSLR...

I purchased a SSD card from Crucial for a new PC build which worked fine. Two months later out of no where I got a blue screen error following which I could not recover or repair my copy of Windows (which was installed on the SSD). I also started experienced GPU problems with failed HDMI...

i installed Samsung 850evo SSD drive and its working fine but in power option balanced power plan is missing. Only samsung high performance and hp recommend power plan is showing.. Also on both plan CPU clock speed is always 100% even when laptop is idle, due to this CPU temp is going upto 65...

Hi I just finished building my new computer. Everything seems to be going fine since the light on the motherboard lights up, the GPU fans spins, the CPU cooler spins & the case fan spins. I have checked multiple times if all the wires are connected but I got the same results. My built is...

My 500GB Seagate HD stops working properly after I've booted it from sleep mode. Sometimes Windows detects it for a few minutes before it disappears again in My Computer. All this happens, but it's still detected properly in the BIOS, and it never appears even I've restarted my PC and reseated...

Hi everyone! Total newbie here when it comes to OC'ing/Liquid cooling, but after some time reading about it I really feel like doing my first build. First of all, english is not my mother tongue, so apologies in advance for poor grammar or spelling. After some time reading and watching...

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I'm looking to build a pc mainly for Photo Editing using Photoshop & Lightroom. I usually work with multiple 30MB RAW files so RAM and a good CPU is essential. If this helps, I do photography regularly and edit on SSD prior to exporting to external HDD. I sold all my gaming consoles so I would...

My Windows 7 desktop everything comes on one flash on the hard drive light and that's it no bios startup screen no anyting no keyboard no mouse No monitor but everything is checking out okay everything what could it be

Not sure why, but every time I play PUBG, it will run at a steady 60+ FPS and then my entire PC shuts off. I really don't know why, and this has only been a problem for like a couple weeks. I really hope I can get some help with this. Specs:  CPU- FX-6300 RAM- 16gb DDR3 HyperX Fury PSU- 850w...

I'm trying to build a ok computer, mostly for cs:go and other steam games like that. Also, if someone could recommend me preferably 2x4 or 1x8 ddr3 RAM (because I'm on a tight budget) that is compatible with the mobo and CPU. (ddr4 is fine if there isn't any ddr3) Thanks!

My budget is up to $300 I am looking for a z270 motherboard with 1151 socket and ATX Form Factor - Intel i7 7700k Quad Core 4.2GHz unlocked CPU - Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 Gi Gaming 8GB Video Card - Corsair Venegeance 16GB DDR4 (3000MHz) - CPU Cooler: Antec C400 - PSU: Corsair 850w TX850M 80+...

I have ruled out potential hardware issues - as this issue only occurs on a few games, randomly. I can play games such as Battlefront 2 (the beta) no problem, all day. PUBG, no problem, all day. etc., It only occurs on a select few games like - Warhammer (but not Warhammer 2), For the King...

I have a Dell Studio 1555 T6600@2.20 GHZ Windows 7 Pro 32 bit. It's getting slow so want to increase the memory to 8GB, do you know if this is possible with this configuration?

Hey, everyone. I have a question about the ideal fan setup for my system. Case: Cooler Master HAF 922 ATX Mid CPU: i7-7700K OC'd to 4.8GHz via MSI OC Genie CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i V2 GPU: EVGA GTX 1070 SC RAM: Corsair Vengeance 3000MHz DDR4 OC'd to 3200MHz via MSI OC Genie My current fan...

So i have a HP ProBook 640 i used during high school, which is now mine after finishing. I now work as an IT Apprentice, and i am very much into computers, but i can't seem to figure this one out. When finishing school, i forgot to give my laptop to the IT department at the school, it just...

Hello, To be honest the main purpose of the laptop is not gaming! I want one of this because is the cheapest way to have a 7700hq laptop. I would use it for virtual machines, pentesting and some other curiosities :P So I can buy one of them for exactly the same price. Both have the same specs...

Hello, I have Gtx 1070 and old cpu i7 3770k , I'd like to replace my cpu for a newer one was thinking about i5 7600k or should I just wait for the new gen (coffe lake) ?? I also need to switch motherboards I believe because mine is too old with wrong socket for new cpu. Please give me some...

I'm planning my next PC with the goal of making it nearly silent during normal office use. My computing requirements are modest so I'm focused more on minimizing power & heat than maximizing performance. Today I'm researching memory. I just purchased a 7700K with Z270 motherboard with the...

I really need help. A couple days ago, my USB xHCI Compliant Host Controller driver stopped working. I don't know what to do, and I've tried cutting the power and restarting, uninstalling the driver and scanning for changes, and searched online for a new replacement driver. However, I could not...

today I got my gpu back from RMA service and installed the card and all the drivers and software. I had to reconfigure bios and also repair the pc as it had some problems. I downloaded the windows 10 creators update to patch the OS since it wouldnt update. I ran the creators update patch and the...

As the title suggests I believe that the AMD drivers for my graphics card are causing my computer to crash a few minutes after startup. Regardless of what I am doing, gaming, browsing or even just leaving it idle it will either crash/freeze/bsod. After it has crashed a few times it starts up...

Starting up laptop goes right to no bootable drive something altf2 asks for this code and f10 changes screen to download but there is nothing there

I was wondering what the difference is between the AMP Extreme and the AMP Extreme Core Edition. Searching around shows with the 9 series cards the Core Edition was the faster card. Doing a comparison of the AMP Extreme and AMP Extreme Core Edition of the 1080 ti's shows the Core Edition having...

i shut down my system after using intel extreme i dont overclock or any thang so i did not touch any thang other than the test my system and it says it passes after 5 to 10minutes after i stress test my system then turn my system on agin 2:20 pm oregon time and i go open up intel extreme...

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Hi guys, I was planning to get MSI x99 godlike nor titanium but it seems hard to find good EATX chasis. Here I'm planning to get ATX form factor mobo. any suggestions for this two mobo? my processor is i7-5960X. MSI X99A Gaming pro carbon ASUS STRIX X99 Gaming or can anyone suggest an case...

Hi :) I usually store my hardware in my window with the blinds rolled down. But it's starting to get really sunny where i live, so i can't store them there. Now i'm thinking of moving them into my closet, but i don't know if it will get zapped by static electricity. I have the CPU in the box and...

My computer has been running so slow the past few weeks. I did a clean install of windows, tried a new hard drive, but I'm still getting 100% disk usage. I've tried a lot of 'fixes' around including disbling super/prefetch, disabling windows search, virtual memory method, ran chkdsk /r /f...

I am looking forward to mass effect andromeda but I'm trying to figure out which version to buy, PC vs Xbox One S. I'll be playing on the same monitor and with a game pad regardless, so it comes down to which platform will have a better experience. Be warned, the PC is old except for one GPU...

Hi guys :). Thanks for your help on building my new pc, its almost done. Just have one more question. Whats the best mobo for oc an i5-6400? My budget for it is 150 dlls. Thanks