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My laptop was doing fine. But when i opened it yesterday, it showed errors. I cannot click anything. But the cursor moves. The desktop showed wallpaper and an antivirus' startup. And nothing showed, just wallpaper, taskbar with nothing, cursor with loading sign, antivirus startup, and nothing...

Hello everyone. I was wondering what heatsinks will work for the second CPU in a Z600. I ask this because I just bought 2 X5650s and the Intel heatsink that I bought has too wide of a base. This is a Revision 1 (B3) Motherboard. And, I one of the Westmere processors working in it perfectly...

Hi I'm running a gtx 960m. My problem is that I run a dxdiag my Direct 3D Acceleration pops up as Not Available. I tried with the newest drivers and when i install them in enables it. But when i restart it just gets disabled again. I even did a clean win 10 install.

I purchased and installed a Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD. The Samsung 850 EVO 250GB SSD appears on the system information page in the BIOS, as well as disk management, device manager, and my PC. I went on the Samsung SSD driver troubleshooting​ page and tried every suggestion and came up with no...

Hello everybody Recently say about 2 weeks ago my computer started to act a bit odd and didn't take much notice as this was an odd problem that occurred rarely but now it has gotten worse and I need some help. So when I'm playing a graphical demanding game I get 2 black screens( Dual monitors )...

Firefox 52, which coincides with a new Firefox ESR version, comes with WebAssembly support, as well as new security features. The new ESR version should also be a significant security improvement for an upcoming Tor Browser release. Firefox 52 Brings New ESR Version, Security Upgrades, And...

When I use Fraps to record games, it will drop my fps to low 20's in a game like Minecraft and a stuttering [CENSORED] show of 50-60fps on Black Ops 3. I don't understand why it's doing this especially when I have a GTX 1080 that can play these game 100fps+ without VSync or Fps Sync. A fix would...

Hey guys, I just bought a PS4 Slim (which doesn't have an optical SPDIF connection). So I started to look how I could get the sound from my PS4 slim transferred to my Computer to listen to it while still being able to sit in Teamspeak and talk with others without having to listen to it over...

Everytime I shut down my computer and then turn it back on, the error message stating there is not boot device appears. To fix this temporarily I have to go into the bios, then go into boot settings and reselect the boot priority to my ssd and also reselect my ssd in the section below that which...

Hello I use my computer for gaming. Right now I'm rocking at 1080p and I like it, I don't really plan to increase my resolution. - For now I have an I7 3770 as CPU - 8 GB of RAM - And a HD 7950 as GPU Both this CPU and GPU are pretty strong, But I'm starting to feel lower FPS specially...

I have an old laptop that I need to get windows 7 Home Premium on. I go to Microsoft and try to download it but the product key is for another company, which is most likely dell its manufacturer. This pc is an Inspiron 1545 that I just got a new HDD for as the other one broke.I go there and I...

So i just finished my new build and after checking the temps i was genuinely shocked. While my BIOS CPU temp (don't know how else to call it) hits 66 max under full load, the cores reach over 100. I'm using HWInfo to monitor everything. I re-applied the thermalpaste and no significant...

Ive used the board with only one socket (cpu1) populated. and the memmory in a1 b1 i tried both chips on the same socket and no issues. once i install both irregardless of the order it gives me DC q-code error. with no post. it just hangs does anyone have a solution? 2x e5-2660 1 memmory...

can my motherboard gigabyte h110 can take gtx 1050 ti galax version 2 gb

I have a cpu : Amd A-10 7800 PSU: 700w Ram: 3 DDR3 For a total of 12gb I upgrade the graphic card from none (dont ask) to r9 380 but i hit only 30-35 fps on GTA V . Sometime even 27. On csgo cant go over 100. I sow a lot of people doing the a-10 7800&r9 380 but somehow i get lower fps then...

Im playing at 3440x1440 on my Acer x34 and would like to get as close to 100fps as possible. My build is.. GTX1080 i7- 6700k 2 x G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series F4-2666C15D-8GVR 8 GB (4 GBx2) DDR4 2666 MHz C15 1.2 V Corsair 750W CS750M ATX/EPS Semi-Modular 80 Plus Gold psu

Alright, I've just obtained an old Lenovo H420 (7552-1-YU) from my grandpa. Completely wiped it but still have Windows 7 Home Premium on it. Here's a site I found useful: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2395507,00.asp My questions are: 1. If I were to post it on Facebook Marketplace or...

i have an HD 5770 lying round, it works and have used it a couple of times, right now im using a R7 360 both have crossfire ports so i was wondering if i could put the 5770 to work together with my R7, sorry if my english is bad, im still learning :(

Hello everyone... today I experienced a crash while I was playing csgo. Artifacts suddenly appeared and crashed my computer... I restarted using the front connectors and when I entered windows 8 boot there's 2 lines of artifacts or crazy colors.. I let them be and continue the boot and ended up...

I bought an older motherboard from a friend its a ASUS M5A97 R2.0. My PC feels a little sluggish for its specs and im not sure whats dragging it down. When I look at the BIOS version it's from 2013 and when I look at the BIOS updates for this specific motherboard on the ASUS website the newest...

I have a fairly new system. It instantly crashed upon running a stress test in AIDA64 or any of the 3 tests in Prime95. The computer also tripped my battery backup upon failure (1600 w max load). It also will refuse to turn on from time to time. Memory is good (tested in Memtest86 and in...

I've been having problems with google chrome for some time. The first thing is that everytime i clicked on Settings tab it would say google chrome has stopped working. and Just today it has stopped working all together. every time i launch it it says it has stopped working. I have tried to...

I bought a headset that uses 1 Mic Jack and 1 jack for the headphone. When i use my headphones the sound comes out from both my headphone and my laptop. I searched for solutions and most of them says go to Realtek HD audio manager and change the settings, But i don't have any analog settings at...

Hello everyone I have seen people saying that the mobo affects the performance of overclocking. Is this true. I am not trying to reach maximum overclock, just want to so i can hold off on buying a new cpu for a while. I plan on getting an 212 evo I have a fx-6300 and the mobo is...

Hi Gamers, I'm panning to buy "EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW GAMING ACX 3.0 8GB GDDR5 Graphic Card" in INDIA from BANGALORE Location...but i wonder where can i get warranty or RMA support in bangalore for EVGA. Please share if u know. Thanks alot in advance. And also if i purchase this product...

What gpu will give me the best performance for under $400 ($350 if possible?) Specs: i5-6500 16gb ddr4 ram H110m gaming mobo Evga bronze 500 watt 80 thanks!

Hey TH community. Hope you don't wrong me for it but I kind of ruined one of the 24pin cables that goes into the MB. I have been able to sleeve everything and manged to change the pins from my old connector to a new colored connector. On almost getting to the end, I realized one of the pins...

I have windows 10 Enterprise edition 32 bit, I have 4gb ddr2 ram of which 1 gb is hardware reserved, Intel dg41rq motherboard and Intel pentium 2.66 GHz processor. But I want to buy 64 bit ddr3 2 gb Nvidia gta 710 graphics card. Will it be supported by my computer

Good day, My apologies if this question might have been asked frequently. Also, if this is not the right subforum for the topic, please feel free to move this topic to the right forum. I have 8 GB memory installed, the Windows recognize it as 8 GB too, but the memory amount in use are only...

So I have a few question for a w10 clean install So I bought a product key from eBay and it's like OEM and idk what that means but I used it and it's linked to my Microsoft account now I want to reinstall Windows and I want to wipe everything and there's a partition called system reserved I was...

Hey, I have had my current rig for quite some time now... And I think it is now time to upgrade, I have been out of the loop on hardware so I was wondering if y'all could help... My current specs are the xfx r9 280x, fx 8350, 16 gb dd3 ram... One hdd that is 1 terabyte and an 850w psu.... My...

I brought my computer on the plane with me and when I set it up in my new home, my monitor cannot detect Signal from my PC and I've tried using HDMI and dvi cables, what could be wrong with my PC?

Hi im having a Xbox 360 phat console and recently the disk drive in the console started making loud noises when reading disks and also it takes a lot of time to read and boot the game. Sometimes my games get stuck and I have also noticed that there are some red lines going on the screen. These...

So I'm going to building a new computer soon and I am going to get the MSI R9 390 graphics card, but I already have MSI Geforce 750ti that gives me the Geforce Experience. I was wondering if I could use both of those GPU's in one system for good performance and the use of Geforce Experience. I...

I am looking to start a gaming youtube channel, I'm going to be recording most of the newer games and CSGO, and I'm aiming for 1080p, highish settings with 40+ FPS. I'm going to be using recording software to record. My specs: CPU : Athlon x4 860k GPU : Radeon r7 250 2GB Boost I'd just like to...

I'm buying a new gaming pc and I also need a new monitor. I'm not sure which one of these two is better. The dell monitor is slightly more expensive than the benq one, but not too much. Dell 24 Monitor | P2417H: http://www.dell.com/ed/business/p/dell-p2417h-monitor/pd BenQ RL2455HM...

Hello there, I would like to buy a pair of headphones for listening all kinds of music and doing some music production and studio work, too. I would like them to be comfortable on my head because the ones I have now start hurting me after half an hour and I think this is the most important...

I've always had decent/not bad FPS, because i had a AMD radeon r9 270. But after buying ASUS STRIX GTX 970, i expected the fps to increase and me to be able to record games well. Unfortunately, i have no hope in recording games well, even if i do adjust the game settings. This problem seems to...

Hi people, I have G Skill F3-10666CL7-2GBPK and G Skill F3-10666CL9-2GBNQ RAM and I am buying an ASRock EP2C602-4L/D16 motherboard ..... Is the G Skill RAM compatible with the Asrock mobo ?

will this Motherboard work wit my i7 2600k i also will be buying 2 1070s as well https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K2RQDXY/ref=psdc_1048424_t2_B00K2RQDOI