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I say broke and not dead since I can see the PWR_LED turn green once I turn the PSU on. So one day, my friend's computer suddenly stopped powering up and asked me to investigate. I went in and found out once you press the power button, it either spins the heatsink fan for a couple seconds...

Hey guys, I'm looking to finally build a gaming PC after using a store-bought $300 desktop I got on a black Friday deal for 3 years (it did well for a long time!). I've decided to probably go with a couple of 1080s but I am not by any means an expert and there are so many choices at wildly...

Hi guys! So I changed cpu cooler today. Put thermal paste. But in the process I could not align the cooler with the screws fluidly on the first attempt. So I lifted the cooler again a bit after placing the thermal paste. Then the cooler was in place and I screwed it. Is it ok or should I...

I want to buy a CPU and my budget is around Rs13000, I prefer Intel 7500 But do not know much about ryzen CPU's So I wanna ask that is ryzen 1500x is a better option and if not then which CPU did I choose.

AMD Ryzen 1800X Asus AM4 Crosshair VI Hero X370 16GB DDR4 2400 MHz Cooler Master Hyper TX3 Evo Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 G1 Gaming Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" HDD Seasonic Platinum 520, 520W PSU FanlessCorsair Carbide 100R Silent Edition what do u guys think of this buildt, does all the...

I've got a bit of a strange problem here. Today when I was organizing my desktop I noticed that when I moved application shortcuts from the desktop into a folder on the desktop it would be extremely slow. These application shortcuts are under 1.5kb.... They should be instant. I should note...

My tablet keyboard was working for one day and then suddenly stopped working the next. Its one that can attach and detach from the tablet. I checked and made sure it was not any language option that was wrong, and also tried pressing the function key and the caps lock key together, but it...

I just build a new PC, but the new PC doesn't run as fast as I expect. Can you help me to find out the problem? I try to reinstall ubuntu 14.04 for several times, but it doesn't seem to help too much. I also update the GPU driver from NVIDIA website. Below is my configuration. CPU: i7 5820k...

I've tried it once but the pc wouldn't boot and the lights on the tower wouldn't light up. Is it possible at all?

So I need to update my gaming rig as there seems to be a lot of issues with it and it needs updating anyway. So my budget is $350 and while that might seem a bit unrealistic I don't need a complete system. What I need are the following: CPU Motherboard PSU RAM GPU Monitor I know this is asking...

Alright so I play a lot of League and Smite and since 10 days ago the game has been unplayable (ping jumps from 60 to 300 in one second). I was using wifi for that, so then I researched Ethernet things and came across powerline adapters. I ordered mine yesterday and got it today; I got it setup...

i have a monitor hooked up to my graphics card and the video output on the motherboard will the graphics card do all the rendering?

Took a while to get any screen to pop up it started coming up once I took out my video card. Is there something wrong with my card? is there something i need to do before i put it in? When ever i try to boot up with it I get no signal on my screen

I'm still hesitating between these two cases, I just need a few opinions or reasons to pick one. My rig: CPU: Intel 4670K CPU cooler: Kraken x60 for Stryker, h100i for 600T Mobo: Maximus VI Formula RAM: 8gb (2x4gb) Corsair Vengeance low profile Storage: 1x WD Black 1TB and Samsung 840 EVO 120gb...

will i get some of bottleneck with this combo on my new dell 22 s2240m(1080p)...and can its play all future or recent games at ultra.??

What is the best motherboard for graphic works .

Hello, I am looking for a laptop that I will use primarily for word processing, web surfing and watching videos. Do you have any thoughts on the best choice of the following laptops for those purposes with the pricing being similar (less than $800)? Lenovo G780 Laptop - 21829TU - Dark Brown...

Hi i have a MSI Z77 Gaming GD-65 motherboard but it is not supporting nvidia GTx 660 ti whenever i am installing it , my screen goes blank . but my graphic card works fine on other computer and in the MSi motherboard An asus HD 7850 is running fine but i don't understand what is the problem ...

Hello, I have a PB Legend 3540, I do not recall getting any CD that had Master CD written on it . I was wondering if the Microsoft Windows 95 Companion CD is the master CD? I also have the PB Navigator CD. Any info would be well appreciated.

OK, I will try to keep simple. I have a beta of W7 on a partitioned HD. It will expire tonight 3/1/10. I want to keep Ultimate (would settle for Pro). I need to keep it as cheap as possible. i am thinking about going OEM. I would like to find out if I can use an upgrade of Ultimate with the...

Hi, I have an older Compaq Armada 1598 DMT laptop. I have not used it in about 5 years due to using my desktop. I tried plugging it it in and when the screen first loads it says 49152 kb ok, then it states there is a non-SYSTEM disk or disk error,replace and strike any key when ready???? Well...

I have an HP Elitebook 2530p with Windows 7 Professional 64-bit, and I keep getting a BSOD with the error message "DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL". The first thing I did was do a memory and hard drive test. Unfortunately, both came up clean. Then I updated my sound, video, networking, webcam...

Hey guys so I have 16GB 2x8gb sticks of G.SKILL RIPJAWS 1600mhz installed in my asus p8z77-v-deluxe, now in the bios it shows its running at 1600mhz however in CPUZ it shows 667mhz ???? As well as in the asus AI utility it shows 667mhz... x2 = 1333mhz :( i tried bumping up the voltage to...

how to install any old graphic card in windows 7?

After I upgraded my Acer 5100 AMD Turion 64 to Windows 7, it asks me how to allocate processor resources (whether better supporting performance of programs or background services) and to set a value for virtual memory. Even though I respond, it keeps reappearing each time I restart the system...

I have a GHOST??!!! My computer has gone into this restarting frenzy. Only boots up for about 2 seconds and shuts down. I have to unplug it to stop it. I have replaced the following to no avail, power supply mother board memeory hard drive graphic card I also have reformatted the old hard drive...

Hello! I'm building a gaming computer and in few days,windows 7 will be released.I checked prices and they weren't that high. Now questions is:Should i go on Vista 32 bit or 7 32 bit? My specs: ATI HD 4670 [ 1GB DDR3 ] AMD Phenom II X2 [ 3,0 GHZ] 4GB DDR3 RAM I'm using it for just...

Hi all, my xbox 360 has been unable to connect to the internet for some time now. It connects to my router, it gets assigned an I.P but can't connect to the internet. It happened some time ago, i was playing a game online and then it randomly disconnected and since then i haven't been able to...

Which one should i use for my power supply?

Bought an Asus Z87-A motherboard for a new build and I installed everything into it as usual. I'm trying to get the PC to turn on but there is now a green light above the USB header. I've looked at the motherboard manual but it doesnt look like this LED exists in the manual :/. Picture...

Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell (More info?) I'm considering upgrading my I8000 laptop to max out the amount of ram and get Win-XP on it (probably "home" versus "professional"). I can locate the memory for the laptop; should be no problem with getting it installed. However, I'm...

Just wanted to inform everyone, like compaq+hp, seagate+max, and amd+ati, ASUS and Gigabyte will be merging together, or i think Asus taking over. So all you Gigabyte fanboys gotta find something new. Or stick with Asus.

So hello guys. I have a problem with my wireless router. Its a SpeedTouch TG782 router. My download speed from my ISP is 8 Mbps and i download like 900kb/s-1000kb/s which is normal. When i try to transfer files from my PC to my laptop wirelessly its very slow, like 600 kb/s. Also i tried...

Hello my friend's budget is 655 $ and he needs a new gaming pc could u give some suggestions plz ? Ty

Archived from groups: alt.games.nintendo.pokemon (More info?) I'm watching it on Kids' WB! right now, and it seems to me that the narrator at the beginning of the film is different than the narrator when Ash and company's first scene starts (which is the current narrator on the show). At...

I know everyone is posting stuff like this constantly, but I wanted a fairly specific question answered. I am building a desktop myself for the first time, a $1100-$1300 dollar gaming PC, and the only part I'm not sure about is the RAM. I know I want 8 GB, as I won't be doing much video editing...

Just got my P4Sx8 in, want to get a good OC'able CPU. which clocks better, the 400 or the 533 P4 2.4?

I made the mistake of installing Logitech's Webcam Software and now I'm getting serious Windows 7 crashes on a brand new Dell XPS 8300 machine that has run flawlessly up until now. Trying to uninstall this Logitech software off my machine is virtually impossible. I'm wondering if anyone has...

Hello, I have a System that has a MSI MS 7309 Motherboard. The CPU is listed as AMD Athlon64 X 2 Dual COre Processor 5400+ 2.81 GHZ 2.00GB Ram. I'm wondering if I can install Windows 8 Full Version and it will run properly.

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