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Blue screen of death on pc it won’t let go to factory settings and I can’t use safe mode. Would getting a windows 10 recovery usb be the solution?

So I have had this problem with my computer plenty of times. Every time I've tried to fix it, my only option is to do a system reset, but here's where the problem kicks in. Generally when I restart my computer after that and I login at a later time, I am welcomed with the black screen again. I...

So i was using a cat5 (20meters) and i was getting only 10mbps, forced 100 or 1gbps but would fail to identify or connect, tested another network adapter, drivers everything and nothing. So i took my pc near the router and used the cable from iptv and connected instantly at 100mbps, so well it...

I want a quick answer to my question

My laptop dell vostro 2520 had problem with motherboard so i replaced it with new one. But after connecting to new one I am having the white screen problem. When I turn on the laptop dell logo appears with F2 and F12 displayed at the bottom right and suddenly goes to white screen. And now...

Hello all, i am a newbi here and also a newbi at building. I just build my computer with the following parts - GIGABYTE GA-AB350-Gaming 3 (AM4, AMD Promontory B350, DDR4, USB3.1,) - Processor AMD Ryzen 5 1600X, 3.6 GHz, Cache 16MB, AM4 - VGA ASUS GTX1060 DUAL OC 3Gb - Memory RAM PC Corsair...

I just overclocked my Ryzen 1700 to 3.8Ghz My vcore stays at 1.35-1.36 while idle until I run an OCCT CPU stress test then it reachs 1.4Vcore. My temps stay between 65-70º while doing the stress test, while idle the temps are around 30-35. My pc parts are: Ryzen 1700 OC 3.8Ghz Asus Prime B350...

Hi, thanks for helping me! I an building a new desktop. I am curious what these two cables coming from my PSU (power supply unit) are; One of these two cables has 2 plugs on it, somewhere half way down of the cable there is one plug, and at the end of the cable another similar plug, these...

Hey guys. Building a computer for a friend. It has no GPU as she doesnt require one. but the mobo has a dvi/dhmi port. I put the whole thing together, case lights swithced on, fans going, no posts, no display. so i started disconnecting parts, no posts. long story short I have now got my...

Hi Forum and Happy New Year to all!!! I've been upgrading my HP Elite 8200 SFF Desktop that I bought about a year ago and I've gone to various sites like PCPartPicker to try to determine what it's worth and if I'm making good upgrade choices. The limitations of the HP proprietary MB and the...

I currently have an ASRock Z370 Taichi with on board Purity Sound. I have been using an SMSL amplifier but I am very unhappy with the sound and will be sending it back. My V-Moda M-100s sound far better just plugged in to the output on the motherboard. The sound quality is pretty good but it...

I went to see if my graphics card would bottleneck my CPU on thebottlenecker.com i did the test and it said that i had a 80% bottleneck and anything over 10% was considered a bottleneck. i read up and learned that this site is incorrect and inaccurate. is there any way i can calculate if i have...

I've got a Gigabyte Z97P-D3 motherboard but I'm unsure if it supports ram being run in both dual channel and single channel as I'm running 2x4 Gb 1600mhz in the dual channel and I'm thinking of getting a 1x4 Gb 1600mhz stick. All of them run on 1.5V. A little short on money and don't really...

the backplate of the msi gaming m3, is the styrofoam of its backplate back should be remove or not before installing? cant find any instruction about it, so much appreciate if anyone can help c:

Is it possible to find the location for expired ip addresses? For example, i have an old ip address that is either invalid or has been reasigned. i need to know the location that the address was used previously...

Hello all. While I have only just made this account to ask this, I have been coming to TH for some time now and I have seen the knowledge of this community! So I have recently purchased all the components for my system which include a ryzen 5 1600, a msi mortar b350 mobo, gtx 1060 6gb Asus...

Audio DAC for powered studio monitors

Hi, I have a m5a78l-m lx plus and upgraded it to Windows 10 without knowing this mofo is not supported. I have two 8gb RAM installed, and now it says 16GB (3.98GB Usable). I checked Task Manager and 12gb is being reserved for hardware. I've tried unchecking the box under msconfig and other...

Was there ever any harddisk with 2 or more spinning motors made in the past to increase capacity ? Just asking for history of harddisk lesson.

So I read through the forum looking for a solution but I never found one for this particular problem. My critical process died in my arms tonight, it must have been something I've done. But I cannot start up to Windows. It won't let me get that far. I can't do anything before the blue screen...

My hard drive died, and I had to replace it. Today I installed Windows 8.1 fresh and everything seemed to be working fine. Then I launched a 10 year old game and the FPS was terribly low. Installed Speccy to check things out, and it only shows "ATI Microsoft Basic Display Adapter" under...

Hey, I'm to build a new pc. About ryzen, is it better to get an R5 1600X now or wait for the refresh?

So I just got Marvel vs Capcom Infinite and i've been playing it for awhile with no problems along with pubg. Now starting as of September 22nd I haven't been able to play either game without it restarting my whole laptop. The screen looks like something similar to this...

hi i have of downstream 100mb and of upstream 10mb and my wi fi is not stable, before i had with ethernet connection and was fine but now i cant beacause i change the place and i am connected with wi fi, and is not stable, like 1 reboot between 5m, i want to know if there is some option like a...

Hello every guy. I have problem with my mainboard so. This mainboard have 4 LED light to indicate problems with the CPU, memory, graphics card or boot device for quick diagnosis. When power on, it just detect CPU and RAM(light on and off). Boot and Vga not found(light off) I dont know what i...

Hello Recently I've just made a new PC and decided to keep some parts from my old one. It was a Compaq Presario CQ5210Y desktop PC. The only thing I kept was the case because my motherboard, a Gigabyte H110M-A would fit. I got all the everything in place and go to turn it on and I can't get it...

I have an Acer aspire e15 e5-575-33bm, which comes with an HDD, however, I decided to upgrade to an M.2 SSD. I cloned the drive, and changed the boot order in the BIOS so that the new drive was before the old, but despite that, my computer still boots into the old drive. Unfortunately, I am not...

I want to put in a graphics card for my gaming experience

You Hdd is broken and so no OS is read by the laptop Or somehow the preferred boot option (windows or Linux whatever OS you use) got switched to none or to usb boot and so it blocks the boot of the OS.

I am planning to buy a new GPU to couple with my G4560. My target is High-Ultra/Max settings gaming at decent FPS (Around 40-50). Here's the list of options I have: 1. AMD RX 560 Pulse 4GB = Price INR 11000 2. GTX 960 2GB = Price INR 11500 3. Zotac GTX 1050 Ti 4 GB Single Fan = Price INR 11500...

GIGABYTE GTX 1050 2GB OC= 137€ GIGABYTE R460 2GB OC= 114€ Worth the extra money for the 1050? How much better the 1050 is? How much FPS improvement? A 450W PSU is enough? I have the Intel Pentium G4560.

Hi! This is my first time to purchase a SSD and decided to go with the M.2 Samsung 850 EVO 250gb due to its availability and to save some space in my S340. I was wondering if the SSD is compatible with my motherboard the MSI H170 Gaming M3 and will it work as fast? Cheers!

Basically I have 32gb ram plus I have a 16gb from a parted build can I stick the 16 in there and use that as a flash storage drive or something since it's not identical

Just wondering if this is a good build, all feedback is helpful Gpu- MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming 6G Graphics Card Directx 12 Cpu- Intel Core i7-6700K 4GHz Quad-Core Processor Mobo- MSI Gaming Intel Skylake B150 LGA 1151 DDR4 USB 3.1 Micro ATX Motherboard Psu- EVGA 700 B1, 80+ Bronze 700W...

Hi, so I recently is researching & reading reviews on this two cases. But I would like to hear your thoughts! Please tell me the PROs & CONs abt this two cases & what you like abt the also which one would you prefer. I personally like the 400c because of its price tag & the exterior design & the...

Building a budget rig and only have $160 to do it, found a board with ram included, AM3 socket $80, need the best or close to the best AM3 socket CPU money can buy. Don't try to get me to buy something else i barely have any money and im already buying ebay.

Guys, is it safe to use G.SKILL DDR4 2400MHZ AEGIS SERIES F4-2400C15S-4GIS with HyperX Fury 2400MHZ DDR 4 HX424C15FB/4 My CPU is Pentium G4560, MB is MSI B250 M Mortar Thank you.

AMD Phenom II X4 965 Deneb 45nm Technology RAM 8,00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 669MHz (9-9-9-24) Motherboard Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. GA-MA770T-UD3 (Socket M2) Graphics 2369M (1920x1080@60Hz) 500watt power supply and a gigabyte case (i forgot) edit: its done now

My laptop uses Windows 10 and is a Dell Lattitude D630 Laptop. Three days ago, the monitor on my laptop only shows just over a half screen. I literally never place anything on my laptop. Here's a screen shot. The top half of my laptop screen is a light color (I can still see through it, but...

So my mom has been talking about getting a new pc lately and i want to give her a hand but the budget is low and im not entirely sure where the priorities are in a office pc. I assume i can leave out a GPU and just put a dual core in there but im not sure. Budget would be 500-600 CAD Any...