MS-DOS

I’m not a big PC guy, but I know my way around one. I built my first computer in 8th grade, which isn’t a big deal, I’m just currently 20, and I want a project. Here is what I am going for, as it is a little niche. I want it to be budget, as cheap as possible, under $500 for sure. The main OS...

Hello, I've managed to get myself a nice and cute MS-DOS laptop from somewhere around the early 90s or late 80s, unfortunately as someone would expect, the CMOS battery is dead, and the worst part? The laptop does not remember CMOS values even if plugged in at all times!!!! And the even worst...

Hello, i noticed that i need to update my mobo BIOS to fix a grand hang issue that was on this system forever. But when i enter DOS mode and execute the afudos file to open the .rom file for my bios update, says it can't open it. I'm making a MS-DOS FAT32 USB flash drive. Can someone tell me how...

Hello! My girlfriend wants to build a computer to play minecraft and overwatch. I'd imagine she would mod the crap out of minecraft. I could also forsee her getting into some video editing (probably nothing too major) Are there any experienced techies out there who could offer me build advice...

I'm trying to sli two gtx760s, but I'm having trouble figuring out how to power the second one. They both require 8 and 6+2 pcie male pins, but my psu (ultra atx 750) only has enough built in cables for one. It has two open female 8 pin pcie slots and 6 pin SATA/molex slots, so which pcie...

I was launching a new game when my pc screen went black and rebooted when it rebooted the screen would stay black and if I restarted it would sometimes launch windows automatic repair. Windows repair did not work so I wiped everything and did a fresh install of windows 10. With the new install...

Hi guys, So I have the Kraken x72 AIO Liquid Cooler for i9 9900k. Initially, I was planning to install the 360mm on the top side of the case (Cougar Panzer EVO RBG) as exhaust and push fans. However, there is not enough space as the heatsinks on the motherboard (MSI MEG z390 ACE) are in the...

Hello, I was playing league of legends and my pc crashed with a grey screen, i turned it on again and the monitor didnt show the bios bootup, when i spammed del this showed up: any ideas what happened?

I doubt it will, but could someone tell me if it can or not. Want to get rust cause of the summer sale. GPU: AMD Radeon HD 8400 RAM: 8.0 GB DDR3 7.4 useable CPU: AMD A6-5200 APU Windows 10 64 bit

So as we know usb headsets have their built in sound card, but those usally have an inexcusably bad sound quality. After some digging I found a workaround which improved the quality of the sound using the stereo mix. This worked for a while but I had to take it for a ride a few days ago. After...

HI my HDD is going slow and now transfer rate is 1 MBPS what should i do ? i checked it with other usb and same result sometimes i see hard going normal speed and it's reach at 20 MBps but not everytime sometimes i try to Copy Huge size file at the middle transfer HDD go like unplug and plug...

Hello guys i have masterbox lite 5 rgb case and i have problem with tempratures cause it have really bad airflow in the fornt its hard for the air to pass in the case and in my country its really hot in the summer so i am planning to buy a AIO cooler is it better to buy a 240AIO or 280 and place...

I have a Intel 6600K currently at 4.7 GHz at 1.356V (stable). I have a Asus Maximus IX Apex motherboard. For cooling I have a H110i GTX. My aim is to get to 5.0 GHz. I do not have XMP mode enabled. Everything is left on Auto, the only setting I changed in the BIOS is the CPU multiplier (sync all...

So for 5 months now, my computer will randomly restart. There is no pattern for when it restarts. I could be watching a video, editing a document, playing a game, and it will restart. There is no message saying windows is shutting down, the screen will go black and restart with windows booting...

Just got this gtx 1050 ti 4g gpu and can’t run any games.When I checked my pc I heard like a cd being scratched kind of sound coming from if.It was from the gpu and now I don’t know what to do.

I have had a motherboard go faulty and start sparking and melting itself down so I bought an identical replacement and now it won't boot it will only get to the bit where it says ASUS then it crashes, however it will work if I go into the bios and will work normally there with the cpu and ram...

Hey today I bought a raedon r9 280 and it seems that it only has a 6 and 8 power supply slot (if u know what I mean) But my motherboard (AMD FX 6300 six core processor, 3500mhz) doesn't seem to have the right connection it only has a long 16 pin one.... What can I do to make the two compatible...

Can I add two more sticks of 4 gb ram (making my pc 16gb)? Using the same brand ram that I used originally. Heres my pc: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/6rxJJx

Hi guys I just bought some new RAM for my computer, I already have two 4GB sticks in my computer but just bought two more 4GB sticks of the exact same brand and model, but after I put them in and try to start the computer the fans of the cpu and the power supply spin for a second then there is a...

I just got a 4790k Saturday,I have a h100i, since then my temps have been good..till last night.. My idle temp is all over the place and I'm maxing out at 76c.. I've tried a different cooler (CM hyper 212x) and still the same temps. I disabled turbo core and integrated graphics witch kinda...

So I've been playing this week and this Friday I opened up Speccy for my usual checkup. I noticed my CPU's temperatures skyrocketed from 90 to 105-107 Celsius. I repeat, Celsius, not Fahrenheit. To my surprise, today it reached 117 degrees. 117. I know that I should check the inside of my case...

Sir i m not able to play the video in windows10.sound is not coming.all the cables are in position

Hello I recently overclocked my pc and I played with games with it a couple of days and then one day when I turned on my pc I had really low FPS. HELP!!! Specs: CPU: i5 2500k MOBO: MSI P67A GPU: Gtx 1050 ti

Ive the case wich is UATX Ive GTX 760 PSU I need mother board rams And Hard Im limited to 200-300 Euros Doesnt have to be amazing, Just needs to run some games fast, Like Tiger Knight Empire War, Archeage, Guildwars 2. Ive got these suggestions and then put my GTX 760 in one of the two at the...

So windows 10 installed a critical update recently and since then when I boot up my computer and log in I get a BSoD and am greeted with this message : -Orql not less or equal I also can't restore to a previous image recover / file

i have a usb wireless network adapter in my pc connected to the usb slot and i want to use shareit but i can connect my mobile to pc

So i found this little guy rolling around in my computer case but im not sure whats its from, the computer seems to be running okay and i have no idea how long this has been disconnected for i have no way to take a picture to upload somewhere but it is siver and has two tiny legs at the bottom...

Hello. I am planning on buying a 1440p monitor. My question is: can i play games at 1080p on a 1440p monitor? Im not going to play all games at 1080p but maybe a couple. Specs: Gpu: Asus GTX 970 Strix Cpu: i7 6700k Well, the rest is probably not that important.

I was wondering what to upgrade first my CPU or my GPU CPU: AMD A8 6600k overclocked to 4.5GHz GPU: Gigabyte 270x non-overclocked I have about a $250 budget for either upgrade so if you guys have any suggestions about parts i could get that would help so much. And if you need anymore...

so my card is a GTX 750ti SC. my motherboard is a gigabyte a68h motherboard so i was trying to find a good cpu under $75 and i found these 2 Intel Pentium G3258 and AMD Athlon X4 860K people are still saying that these CPU's are not that good and my gtx will bottleneck them. can you help me...

Ok, so if i'm understanding it correctly offset is used in case voltage is ajusted in larger than 0.001 incriments. So if you wanted 1.248v but can only set 1.245 or 1.250. Then you can offset by either using +0.003 or - 0.002 to get 1.248v. If i've set the boost voltage to 1.245v. Offset is...

The network adapter on my MOBO is Killer E2200 So today, after 19 days I first turned on my PC. Beforehand everything was normal but this time there was no connectivity through the Ethernet port. After checking device manager, there was nothing showing under 'network adapters'. I ensured...

i was just wondering today what if i took my subwoofer out of under the desk(in corner) and put it on top of my desk(in middle of room) and put my desktop tower right on top of this subwoofer? Corsair SP2500 audio system. and custom built gaming rig. would it be perfectly fine? or would it...

Ok so I have a old Acer Aspire 5720 (1GB ram version). Firstly I understand that this is not a good laptop. I also understand that laptops have a short life span however i want to get this working for very basic tasks suck as internet browsing and video playback. The problem is that at random...

So this is my first thread so im pretty noob, but im upgrading from intel hd graphics, to a nvidia/evga geforce gtx 760; the problem is my PSU is 400w, whats required is 500w. Heres the psu im looking to buy...

I am very new to building my own PC and was wondering if it mattered what kind of motherboard I got to not only game, but use as a regular PC ( YouTube, Netflix etc.). I have the MSI 970 Gaming AM3+ AMD 970 6 x SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard on my current build (not ordered) and will be...

I've just build my new computer and i have a problem with my computer which cant connect to my monitor. What should i do? Specs: Zalman Z11 plus Asus maximus VI Hero (c2) - haswell Intel core I5 - 4670K Corsair CX500 Kingston HyperX Fury DDR3-1866 DC - 8GB Gigabyte GTX 660 3GB GDDR5

I'm able to overclock my FX6300 to both 4.4GHz and 4.5GHz, but I've not got the best bit of silicon and as a result I have to push my voltages up to 1.5000 for it to run Prime95 without crashing or a core failing at 4.5GHz. I've looked around and there's no definitive guide that says not to go...

I have put together a list of parts for a gaming PC I plan to build. This will be my first build ever, and I am excited to get started! I didn't put an aftermarket cpu cooler in there because I don't plan to overclock, but I will in the future. Will this build be able to run most games on ultra...

Hello guys :) so I received a great deal of help some 7 months ago as i was setting up my gaming pc and my original "gameplan" was to use it as a work computer for big projects my Vaio laptop (which is about 3 years old) couldnt handle because it's currently very slow and a bit too weak, in...