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Hello Please read the entire thread before replying... I'm wondering - what is the best free PDF Editing Software, suitable for Win 10/11? I'm also interested in paid versions too, but the focus should be on free software. Note that I'm not so keen on purely Online/Web methods - as they are...

Hey guys, I've recently noticed that while using CrystalDiskInfo 7.0.5 to check the status of my drives, my main storage drive was showing a caution health status with 8 reallocated sectors. The drive in question is a Seagate Barracuda Pro 4TB 7200rpm 128MB Cache HDD I've been using since mid...

hello everyone, i hope you are doing great I'm looking forward to start a gaming community of my own, fps games mostly. i want to host servers in old cod games, cs and maybe something else. To do all that i need to rent a sever, but i want a trial to see how things are going before i put my...

Hello all, I need to create a questionnaire that I will give to several people and with their answers I would like it to generate a report / summary. Some of it would be long form, some of it would be select all that apply boxes, and some of it would be fill in the blanks etc. Can anybody...

Hey thanks in advance for any advice. Heres whats up, My friend is trying to sell his computer and he offered it to me and I said nah I already got a good one but i sold my gtx 1060 back in march for around 150 bucks more then i payed for it due to mining demand and since i was off at school and...

Hi guys, so for the past few weeks I've been having an extremely wierd problem. It started roughly around 15 days ago. My keyboard and mouse randomly disconnect and freeze, so I can not give the computer any input. However, I noticed this happens for all of my usb peripherals such as my headset...

My laptop is toshiba satellite c657-s7318.. My battery is not charging whenever I connect the charger to the laptop.. When i removed the battery then tried to connect the ac adapter to the laptop, it's turning on.. the adapter is working but it doesn't charge the battery PLEASE HELP

Since upgrading to this MB with it's 3.0/3.1 USB ports none of my gaming peripherals work properly. I have a SimXperience Motion platform and Accuforce wheel and windows tells me they should be plugged into a USB 2.0 but I only have 3./3.1 Is there a work around for this issue or a way to get...

I just moved my old HDD to a new system and since then its making this grinding noise whenever im scrolling on a website, could a fresh install solve the problem ( this literally started right after i booted the new pc ) ? And please dont tell my to turn off my speakers or that my fan is making...

I want to download a movie on iTunes but is says "to play this in HD, your computer and display must both support HDCP."

Hi All, I am in the process of choosing parts for a new PC build but am having trouble selecting a CPU cooler. The build will be a Z270 ATX / i5-7600k build, so choosing a CPU cooler is necessary. After "rigorously" assessing my case requirements, I have decided to get a Cooler Master CM 590...

Hello guys I have an i3 7100 on MSI B150M mortar arctic. Gskill trident Z 16gb. When i turn on the pc everything lights up. There are no lights on the EZ debug LED. All the fans are spinning. The problem is it wont display anything..

Hi I just installed my kranken x62 into the AIO header on the hero ix (hopefully this is the correct thing to do?) And I booted up my computer and it gave me the error message "error fan speed not detected" should I ignore/disable it in BIOS ? Or should I plug in my x62 into the CPU fan header...

I have a WD blue internal Hard drive of 1 TB. The hard drive makes a sound for about 30 min of starting the PC and the sound reduces later but not completely. Do I have a problem with my hard drive ?? The sound is like "putting a metal ball in a metal pipe" and inclining the pipe from left to...

I have an i5-3570 (3rd gen cpu) and a EVGA GTX 1050 Ti SC 4GB, with 8GB DDR3 RAM A friend of mine with a setup that's slightly better than mine says that the first titanfall gave him issues, particularly with sound due to it's sound design being CPU-intensive. Says that the second game is only...

Hello, I am trying for a while overclock my Q6600@2.4Ghz for bottleneck reasons and every time I change anything in AI tweaker (Multi,FSB,...)I will get overclocking failed error.Everything i can do is press F1 to load default values.Can somebody help me with this how to solve this problem and...

Hi I'm really hoping someone can help me with this really annoying issue. My Rig : XFX XTR 1050W Black Edition 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply - Black Samsung 1.0TB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E1T0B/EU) Samsung SM951 256GB M.2 PCI-e 3.0 x 4 NVMe...

Which Motherboard? ROG STRIX X99 GAMING (or) ROG Rampage V Edition 10 And which CPU? i7-6700K (or) i7-6850K For gaming only, no 4k, no vr, no video editting, nothing except gaming at ultra high settings.

I am a big fan of racing sims and therefore I want to have 3 1440p monitors set up in an ergonomic stand. Can the two cards run recent games on Ultra settings with good framerate in surround? Or is it even possible? Another thing is that I would only game on the three monitors for racing, the...

My friend ask me to help get his system running dual boot with 8.1 and XP and we have tried for 2 days. We have the XP drive booting and the 8.1 drive booting but together they will not both boot. We have used easy bcd 2.2 and each time one or the other will not boot without going into the bios...

Okay so I got my Asus Rampage V and my 5930k came in today as well. I have my memory and my power supply as well. I'm just waiting on my Gpu. My question is, Can I use the Cpu cooler that comes with the 5930k to see if the mobo will post? And if so, should I buy some thermal paste or will the...

Hey everyone , my name's Andreas i'm from cyprus and i've been considering to upgrade my pc for a long time now (about 6 months) and go from sandy bridge and gtx 680 to skylake and gtx 980ti . There is a high percentage that i will be going to canada this christmas and the only components i'm...

Hey all, I am looking for a monitor with Gsync for my build. I have no idea what is good with what to be honest, I just don't want to be fooled by some specs that dont really mean anything, which is why I'm looking for help. My current specs: I7 4790k Geforce GTX 970 16 gb of RAM Samsung evo...

Hi, I need help to choose from two SSDs, I read many reviews about these both SSDs but I am unable to decide in term of performance because there are different results showing everywhere. 1)- Crucial m4 SSD Sata 3 256gb OR 2)- Kingston SSDNow V300 Series SV300S37A/240G 2.5" 240GB

When I try to turn on my computer, it does not boot. It doesn't give any beep while starting. It does not show the BIOS start screen, and all the fans don't spin up. What might be wrong? I tried to shut down the power supply and turn on again, take the CMOS battery out, use the power button on...

I'm installing an indirect application with Battlefield & if you can help me with the installation Extracting files to "C:\Users\lenovo\Desktop\Battlefield Bad Company 2 noDICE PC game MP + SP ^^nosTEAM^^" folder CRC failed in Battlefield Bad Company 2\Dist\win32\levels\sp_009\level-00.fbrb The...

Back in 2008 I built this computer using the Antec 900 case. It was nice at the time but I slowly realized it was -very- limited in both cable management and size. The Sapphire 4670 I originally bought with it left a lot of room for activities, but when I upgraded to a Dark Knight 4870 I found...

I am planning to upgrade my pc: Current specs: i3 540 @ 3.06 GHz r7 250 1 gb gddr5 4GB kingston 1333mhz some intel motherboard (LGA 1556) To upgrade my ram i will have to change my mobo cause it has only 2 slots, each with a stick of 2 in it. While i am upgrading my motherboard, why not upgrade...

Hi. i have been experiencing some FPS spikes while gaming games like Dying Light, Battlefield 4, Assassins creed unity. it is happening like in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EZHr9cPpK8 here is my specs i7 2600k overclocked to 4.4 ghz with staabel low tempetures 8 gb gskil RAM...

I have a NetGear N600 wireless network card for my desktop. It works fine when it has power. However, every time I come out of hibernation mode, the card does not appear to be connected. If I unplug it and plug it back in, it works fine. I was have a problem with my mouse and keyboard doing the...

I wondering what most importantly really need when comes to gaming. What most importantly need to buy that best for gaming? All i know is a very good GPU like GTX 970 or GTX 980 for coming 2015 year. How about Motherboard and CPU? For None Overclocking and Overclocking user. Do we need Water...

I've been looking at the Seiki,TCL,but getting a lot of mixed reviews... Anyone have experience with these? I'll only be using for Movies and streaming. Does anyone recommend another brand?

I have the EVGA Geforce GTX 750ti superclocked edition. It is the one with one fan. There is no place to plug in the PCI-E cord that comes out of my power supply. Can I just connect the graphics card into the motherboard, screw it in, and then it's fine?

i recently posted a thread on a password problem i have ...instead of help i got the standard we don't do cracks here...vrumor , go back and read the post...the question is on the last line...is it possible that biostar now requires an rma to reset the bios password on a ta 970? i didn't ask for...

Hello all, I have an issue I cant seem to solve with my new build. My pc freezes up without fail during nearly any activity. I can be browsing the web or streaming videos for hours and then bam, frozen. But when playing any game, freezing seems to happen within 20 minutes or less of active...