Media Server

Hello guys! Here I am asking a dumb question, but here me out... I kinda have a reason for this... So, I build my first PC in 2017, nothing fancy, its an 7th Gen i5 with a NVIDIA 710 Graphics, I'm old school, so I bought a DVD/Blu-Ray optic unit, just to have it there, Anyway... I had an non...

I have a Toshiba P75 A-7200 Laptop I bought new years ago. I want to add storage but I have a few questions. I believe I can add an internal drive as well as a ssd? Im interested in adding a second drive I can use to dump all my mutli media files onto, mostly movies. Essentially just a...

Hardware: RT-AC1900P WD My Passport 25E2 (USB 3.0) Laptop (running Windows 10 Personal) In order to be able to write to the USB drive while it's plugged into the router, it has to be formatted by the router, which renders the directory invisible to windows if connected directly to the PC via...

Hi all, I have found a lot of stuff online but nothing that relates to what I would like. I have a server that I want to set up as Plex media server for Films and I am looking for 2 more applications to manage, respectively: 1. Music: I have loads of songs that I would like to be able to...

Hello I am looking for a new NAS that will be used to save my photos and used sometimes as a media server (4K eligible). What I'm looking for is a 2-bay version (I have 2 unused 5 TB hard drives) that will be mounted in RAID 1. I'm a little lost when I do my research on the Internet, some...

My aim when I started out was to have 1 common storage for my 2 purpose: Host a media server over my home network and the same as a file share also. Intent is that my TV can access the media server to play the content while I can manage the files on the media server through the file share...

Hello all. I'm no stranger to building high end PCs, full tower case with the best of everything. So I'm okay to build or buy prebuilt. But the goal here is quite the opposite. I'd like to build a reliable computer that is "just enough for my needs". We've all seen digital picture frames, and...

Hello there ! i buy new mobo and processor and after installing win10 my ATA Drive doesnt show my files. i use one SSD for the windows and my second ATA for my files. I send you photos from Peripherals - bios - device manager- computer manager to see it better .. Any suggestions here...

I bought a new gamepad ( Speedlink strike NX), and i have used it for around 2 weeks. One day i connected it to my laptop and had error saying that Unknown USB device needs more power than the port can supply. I went to the place where i bought because I still had warranty , guy connects gamepad...

Hi everyone , First at all sorry for my bad English I hope you will understand me. I want to build brand new PC for Internet using ( Mozila ) and some programs like Microsoft Office. So I have two configuration in mind: Intel i5 8400 Gigabyte Z370-HD3 LGA1151 DDR4 4000MHz Kingston 8GB DDR4...

Hello Community! I have some Staples money I have to spend, so here are my gaming keyboard options in my price range that are available at this store. Which one do you think is best? I like the idea of a quiet keyboard, but also think cherry mx RED switches would be what I like best. 1)...

I just picked up a new case and have everything installed exept my new corsair H100i Pro AIO watercooler. The manual says to plug the aio pump into the cpu fan header and then the pump has a connection coming from it to plug each of the fans in coming from the radiator. Now My mobo has an AIO...

1. I have a windows 10 in an old HDD. 2. do a media creation tool to a usb 3. plug in new SSD 4. boot from usb then install windows 10 to the new SSD. 5. after windows 10 is installed in the SSD, how do you plug in the HDD properly These are the steps I will be taking that make the most sense...

So, a while ago I changed my mobo, memory and CPU of my main pc. I tried booting it up to see if I had something important to backup, but when I turned it on the screen went black, showing nothing (odd, since my old' mobo problem was the sata ports, nothing bout video). I gave up of the trying...

Good friend needs some advice; he is a professional video editor plus an avid gamer. Would like a system that can do both, but primary goal is the editing. His budget is ~$1500+ Thanks for the help. Here is his system so far: PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/NP2Cq4 Price...

I have a gaming PC but I also running a Plex Server on it so I need to keep it running 24/7 I have that PC since 2 years I7 6700k and a gigabyte z170x gaming 5 and 4 hdds all Western digital blacks if I keep it on 24/7 will it break fast ? is it bad ? I usually keep my PC on not less than 10...

I am having issues trying to figure out why my western digital is not being noticed by device manager. I have swapped different SATA ports and even the cable. Not really sure what's up. I know the hard drive itself is good because it shows up in BIOS when I put it in the very fors SATA port...

Laptop is Acer vn7-571g. It seems the past couple days that the back exhaust fans stop working while gaming sometimes. I've played a game a few times for 10-20 min, have felt the fans putting out warm air and continue to work fine for long periods of time, temps remain ok. But after an hour or...

User files (documents, saved games) missing after installing old hard drive in new compurter So I recently purchased a new computer pre-built and with it's own 2TB hardrive. I set it up independently and set up my previous accounts, etc. After playing around with it for a day I decided it was...

I have an issue where if I unpause media content, the system volume jumps to 100 without it actually "being" 100. The solution to this problem is usually to uninstall the sound drivers and then restart to force them to reinstall. When I do this, it causes my headphone jack not to work at all...

Hello there, Since I have never really paid it much attention I am coming to you with a question I had since paying a bit closer attention to my PC. Does the graphic card mentioned above have the ability or feature to use one fan only? The reason I am asking is that under a normal load just...

Hi, I tried on Tom's Hardware French but got no success so I'm retrying here. I've had a heavy duty, rendering, period in the past few weeks and my PSU for ten years didn't appreciate it, causing a few impromptued shutdowns. It had several slightly bulged capacitors. I replaced it since then...

Hello guys, i'm doing this thread because i have problems with my PC and couldn't find a fix anywhere lol.. Maybe some of you could help me out a bit I currently have a notebook which i bought last month, BGH; i3 6006u, 4gb ram and windows 10.. It was working perfectly, i could run games like...

Hi, for the past week my pc has been shutting down randomly, I found out that the voltages on the 5v and 12v rail are very high (5v=5.9-6v and 12v=13.8-14v) is there a way to fix this without buying a new psu, and if that is required which psu would be the best Cpu: intel core2quad q8200 Gpu...

My case is a CoolerMaster N300 and I am wondering if I can install a CD player in it.

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First of all . I bought this keyboard like one month ago. First 2 week i didn't have any issues , but for a some time it start doing weird commands and stuff. Like switching wasd keys with arrow keys, reverting Caps lock , and by that i mean when it's on it writes with small letter and when it's...

Hey all, I’m planning on buying a gaming laptop and for school purposes and am leaning towards the MSI GS65 8RF but here in Singapore.It’s 4K and has only 1 store that sells it...

Ok so i play alot of computer games and any game that i have to connect to a server i freeze/disconnect from the server for 4 seconds every 30 seconds and its exactly every 30 seconds and when i play offline everything is fine. its been happening for about 2 years now and ive had enough we have...

Was trying to upgrade ubuntu 16.4 to 17.10 and it froze. Requested a PC restart. Now my computer is stuck showing the ubuntu screen booting up but won't go to the log in. Is there a way to get to finishing the update or how to get past the boot up screen to log in and continue the update?

hello im not sure if this is the appropriate forum and if not im sorry . basically my debit card was used by someone and the person ordered from music magpie £850 and amazon £750 , this is a lot of money and it took me along time to save this money, is it possible to track this crook. or can i...

For a while now my PC would freeze randomly during gaming, and even while internet browsing or idle. The screen would lock up, no audio out, no possible input. The only thing to do was reset with the power button. I checked everything myself by swapping components with a friend, I ran stress...

I'm trying to connect up my frontpanel LED's in my case- and they need a female sata connector, but the only thing that will hook up to is a 6pin connector marked "sata" on the output from the PSU - is this low enough voltage for an LED or will it burn horribly?

I’m getting a brand new custom pc build from Dinopc and i want to use my previous HDD from the computer i have now as a secondary drive. Both drives will have Windows 10 installed (the new drive is an ssd) and my question is how can i remove windows’s off the HDD? i don’t care if everything is...

Hello, So basically i have this problem with my Internet - when i turn on my PC sometimes i don't have Internet, the network menu says that i am connected but i have no Internet access. I have read some threads and one of the possibilities was that the issue comes from my windows 10. However i...

I have an ASUS laptop (not a gaming laptop, but reasonably powerful-ish) that I've been playing games on for some time. These games include War Thunder, Fortnite and BF4. I recently bought Insurgency, which it can run fine, however after about 5 hours of play I noticed the game beginning to...

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I was looking to upgrade from my 1050ti to something thats similar to a gtx 1070. i want to game 4k a little bit, and if its needed overclocking. i recently saw that you can get an AMD RX 580 8GB for about 330 euro, is that any good and will i be able to run 4k and 1440 with high settings, plus...

Hi guys! Okay, I'll get right into it. I have Xfinity. Comcast. I got a modem from Amazon that advertised the following. ~Modem that acts as a wireless router. I have two receivers set up around the house to grab the signal and amplify from there. <Large house, running 50 foot cat5's all...

With the price of GPUs being a touch on the expensive side right now I'm considering adding another pre-owned one as a temporary boost to my system . I currently have an EVGA 970 SC acx 2.0 and have seen an FTW edition at a decent price and was wondering if the 2 would match up nicely in SLI. I...