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Hello, my name is Braxton and I currently studying IT at a university. For my final, for my INFO1120 class, I need to interview a company that I would be interested in as a career. I need a company (not a hobbyist) that deals with electronic repairs and/or deals with computer building or...

I have a sony blu-ray drive salvaged from a laptop. If I get an adapter like this, will the drive run without external power? If not, can it draw enough power to run from another usb port, or do I need power from the wall socket.?

I have got a new motherboard and was thinking about getting some ddr4 3000MHz Ram 16gb and was wondering if it is compatible with the motherboard. Motherboard: https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z270M%20Extreme4/index.asp RAM...

hello , my cpu cooler currently is cooler master hyper tx3 evo , will it fits on am4 motherboard? im planning to make a zen build in the future.

when i touch the touchpad on laptop to move the cursor it left clicks all the time

Deciding between either the 430W or the 520W model of the Seasonic S12II Bronze series. I'm already over budget so if the less expensive 430W version is good enough for my needs I'd happily spend the saved money elsewhere. Intel i5-6500 Gigabyte GA B150M DS3H 1x8GB DDR4 (2400) RAM 1x2TB 7200...

i have x200ca asus the internal harddisc Breakdown i boat a new harddisc i place it in the pc but it was not working so please drivers or solution

Some tips on how to overclock my amd a10. Without bad side effects. Please help. AMD A-10 7860k ~3.6ghz 8gb ddr3 2133mhz gigabyte f2a68hm-ds2 500gb seagate 7200rpm tru rated psu 500W

A couple of days ago I was on my computer and decided it was time for me to go to bed. I hit the power button and the computer seemed to shut down but.... It stayed on for a while so I held the power button down to make sure it would shut down and that is what it did. I then tried turning my...

My friends windows XP computer got the blue screen and it says there is a hardware failure. It turned out to be the harddrive. They want me to recover any data from the hard drive. When i plug it in to my computer it shows up As Drive ( I: ) or whatever and doesn't show the storage space...

Two weeks after Rebellion announced "Sniper Elite 4," we were able to take a look at some pre-alpha gameplay, thanks to Microsoft ID@Xbox event at GDC. Down The Sights: An Early Look At 'Sniper Elite 4' : Read more

I have replaced my motherboard (ASUS Maximus VIII Extreme) in my ATX full tower case (Lian Li PC-P80). Two questions more experienced builders might have insight into are: 1. The case uses a 2-wire reset button and the MB has a 3-pin reset connector. The MB user guide illustrates a 3-wire...

Hi, Last week my Dad upgraded his PC to Windows 10. From that time always when he's trying to connect to wi-fi it says that is 'Limited'. Althought we tried, cmd commands, waking up adapter, buying external adapter, etc. it still won't work. All other devices in our house what are using wi-fi...

Hello Tomshardware, I'm looking to upgrading my current Samsung U28D590DS 28 to one of these monitors, I'd like to know what you think would be a the better choice for me. I've gotten dual GTX 970 if cards matter, please let me know why ones better then the other, thanks. :)

charging light blink without charger? even my lap top shutdown..............and automatic restart may laptop

Hello, does anyone have any idea why my 2nd monitor won't work? Before moving I turned on my PC to make sure everything was working from my 1st and 2nd monitor and it was 100% working. After moving and arriving at the house, I setup my PC, but only my main monitor is working while my 2nd monitor...

Is it possible to use usb hotspot with desktop that does not have bluetooth or network adapter only ethernet connection?

Hello, I have been getting a ton of different bluescreens after building my pc and I suspect the cause being that my power went off during the installation of various drivers when I first started the pc. I have been trying to solve al of these problems one by one over the last days and I am...

First i need to apologise for my english, i am not a native speaker. I have decided to change my case to a smaller one and here what happens:) I installed all my pc parts properly as to my experiences and when i hit power button all fans ( watercooling, gpu and hdd) started and had no display...

Hello, I am in the final stages of buying components for my new gaming build, and I want to make sure I have not overlooked ANYTHING imperative. I'll list everything I have / or in the process of buying: - Main components: Case, fans, Mobo, CPU, graphics card, PSU, RAM, HDD, optical drive &...

Hello everyone, I'm planing a new PC build but i'm not sure what kind of psu i need. The components i'm going to use are: Cpu: Intel core i7 2600k Ram: 8gb ripjaw 2133 2x4gb Gpu: 2 AMD radeon 7970 crossfire or 2 AMD r9 280x crossfire (depends on the deals that i may find) I don't think i'm...

I have a multi boot XP & W7, EasyBCD, or should I say, had? Anyway... Was working wonderful, but my SSD was too small. I Cloned my small SSD to bigger SSD using Clonezilla... K1 option, Everything was working great. The Cloned SSD was working flawless. Until decided to install both SSD at same...

I plan to do gaming and video editing I also plan to upgrade to 32gb of ram and additional hdd? please leave your suggestion and opinions CPU: Intel i7 4790k Mobo: Msi z97s sli plus RAM: hyperx fury 16gb 8x2 (1600 ddr3 240 pin) GPU: Nvdia Geforce gtx 970 sc acx 2.0 CPU Cooler: Corsair h100i...

Hey guys I'm going to build a new gaming rig and finalized all the parts except motherboard so I was considering to get a ASUS Maximus VII Ranger I'll be pairing it with a Intel devils canyon i7 processor and a gtx 970. So is it good gaming mobo ? I'm not going to over clock anything . thanks in...

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i got the amd a8 5600k stock cooler but i cant mount it on properly, im scared of it falling and damaging my motherboard and i have no fans working inside my case, the case fan does not work can anyone please help me out im new to this

Hey guys. I've finally got all of my parts together for my new gaming build and am just double checking to see if there are any incompatibilities. http://au.pcpartpicker.com/user/StefanMcFeeters/saved/4Aca The build is solely intended for gaming at ultra setting at above 60fps and I don't plan...

I had taken a look between those kits, founding just 2 differences (SPD speed, wich is just an auto default for bios that should be overrided by XMP). Heat spreaders (Trident can remove a part of it to imporve compatibility when needed). Apart of this, what are the differences between them...

I ant to run two graphics card in my computer, I want to keep running the stock one and this one: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/xfx-ultra-overclock-edition-radeon-hd-7770-1gb-ddr5-pci-express-3-0-graphics-card/5619352.p?id=1218677497053&skuId=5619352#tab=overview my pc specs are...

hi all i have win7 and a gtx 770, how do i update my dx?

Fixed, nothing to be alarmed.

yeah im curious on how high i can overclock my cpu because i have had it for about 2 years now, but i have yet to do any over clocking even though i have and advanced liquid cooling system. the cpu doenst give me much trouble on most games, so far the only 2 that go under 60 fps at max settings...

So basically I have 1 cat5 point wired in cat5 cable and have soured this of 1st cat5 point which is fed from my rooter. Works at 1st point but not at 2nd I have tested cable all ok just can't get hard wired signal at 2nd spur help!!!!

I have a freind who was bent on still having XP sh she just went out and purchased a retail copy of XP Pro. She has finally figured out that she really does need to move to Win 7. She purchased the XP in the past month. Is there some sort of break she can get from MS?

Archived from groups: rec.games.video.arcade.collecting (More info?) I have a Spyhunter arcade game, Bally/Midway upright model. Game works fine, however the car will not accelerate properly. I do not think this is a mechanical problem. This occurred after a problem with the power board was...

Samsung will take the wraps off its latest flagship smartphone, and we'll be there to check it out. Tune in for Live Coverage of the Samsung Galaxy S4 Launch : Read more

I'm on the brink of finally building this system and I'm getting really concerned about using the Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 XT with a Corsair CX500W Builders Edition PSU. Im worried that the PSU won't be enough for a GPU thats practically a 7950. Please give me some direction and ease my mind...

Hey all, We have shared internet between 5 people in the house using a netgear 150 router. However, the router itself only has 4 ports so we need to find a way of adding another. The basic set up is this, your cable from the router goes into a box assigned by your room number. There is then an...

Hi All, I built my computer about 4 months ago and for some reason in the last week its been playing up. My first incident was while I was playing League of Legends and my game froze and so did my Skype, I wasn't able to Alt+Tab and I couldn't Ctrl+Alt+Delete so I had to hold the power button...

So I was just looking at the "Buyers Guide: High-End Intel-Based Gaming PC Configuration" (Link) and wondered if I could put something similar together, but with CPU water cooling and a bluray drive thrown into the mix. The system I wanted to put together would mainly be used for gaming and...