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Im having an issue with a wd blue 1tb hdd(wd10ezex. One day my pc just randomly started freaking out, it boots to windows but thats it, i tried opening task manager but everytime i click it, it just goes not responding (every app excluding cmd), ctrl+alt+del takes about 6 mins to load. Now heres...

I got a new laptop in January this year(2023), and since then Im experiencing a strange situation where suddenly all my open applications start to not respond to click and then freeze. I can still open new applications but as soon as they start execution they also freeze. I cant shutdown by...

One day, my PC hard crashed, the screen was stuck, no bluescreen etc. couldn't even turn it off. So I unplugged it from the wall. Then I tried plugged it back in, and tried to start it. No display output, cpu LED red, ram LED yellow. So I disassembled the whole pc, built it back together to make...

So, sometimes when I've got a lot of chrome pages open my browser will say it is out of memory and will stop responding. The thing is, I have 16gbs of ram and when I check the task manager it states that only half of that is being used. Also, when I'm gaming and using discord, sometimes discord...

Hello Tom's Hardware forum! I'm in DESPERATE need of help regarding a completely bizarre problem Timeline of Events: While playing CS:GO, my keyboard disconnects and reconnects every 5-20 seconds. (Corsair K95) Later on, I get a Disk Write Error when updating games. I thought this may be a...

Hello! I wanted to ask if someone has this error and I can fix it, I really don't know what to try anymore, I spent months with riot support and we couldn't fix it, then I was trying for a while on my own and I couldn't find anything, did someone go through the same thing? Got to fix it? Thanks...

Hi, About a week ago I reset windows because I wanted to clear out some files and to just start fresh with no programs or anything. I like to do this once every few years, and the times I've done it before (all times were with the same hardware), it worked completely fine. However this time...

So I purchased a 6TB External Hard Drive not too long ago, works great, 120MBps Read, 160MBps Write, good SMART, no errors, etc, however one issue I've noticed is that, despite me disabling it within Windows and searching for a solution to no avail, it occasionally shuts its self off after...

I had some trouble with my pc not starting after moving. Turns out the ram had come out so I pushed it back in and it booted like normal, but now when I start or play games it will keep running the game but nothing in game will load. Such as I can walk around but new objectives or pressing a or...

My specifications: MB- MSI 970A-G43 CPU - AMD FX6300 MEMORY - 16gb DDR3 4sticks - 800Mhz (happened before on only 1 stick of 8gb ram too) GPU - AMD Radeon R9 270x 2gb SSD - Samsung EVO 860 1tb HHD - WD1003FZEX 1TB PSU - NO IDEA Good day good people! I have huge problem for almost 3 years...

I have a CyberPowerpc that I have been using for the last 2 years. The pc was working fine up until this morning. I turned it on and it was working fine, but I left for 30 min to have breakfast and when I came back and turned it on, my pc would turn on but my monitor, mouse, and keyboard...

Hello, I have built many PCs before but I have never ran into a problem like this before. I am building a pc for my friend and went for a more budget approach. The first specs were Rayzen 7 2400x (led cooler) MSI B400 series motherboard Kingston 480 gb ssd Corsair cx650 EVGA 1650 ti when I...

I've normally a quite fast computer with 256GB m.2 SSD (with windows 10 on it) 3000GB HDD CPU i5820K @ 3.30Ghz GPU GTX 970 RAM 16 GB So the weird thing is that sometimes when i boot my computer the computer itself starts really fast. Then once in windows it begins to run my programs. And in...

Hi guys, I have weird problem happening on my pc for a long time. I did a clean installation of Win 10 Pro Edition many times over the years, didn't help, here is my config.. MB- MSI 970A-G43 CPU - AMD FX6300 MEMORY - 12gb DDR3 - 800Mhz (happened before on only 1 stick of 8gb ram too) GPU -...

Ola amigoz.. Facing a peculiar issue. I have a old Intel 965 board with core 2 duo processor. It running fine with 2 gb DDR2 800mhz stick. I managed a 1gb DDR2 667 mhz stick from a frnd n installed it in the board. Its runs fine. Just underclocked in 667mhz. But now i managed an other 2x2gb...

When I turn on the computer, everything is normal, but after an hour the computer starts to slow down until it completely stops responding I monitored the processor temperature and the graphics card and did not exceed seventy degrees I tried a virus scan and found nothing I tried almost every...

I don't what is the board suitable for the following topic, so I post it here: Anyway, I have lot of problems with Youtube in the recent times. where it being loaded only partly, and I have to refresh it, in order to force it to being fully loaded: Also: When login to my Youtube account, I...

My laptop is not responding. After booting, it is working fine. But after few minutes, it stops responding. I found a fix online. It was to stop Superfetch and BITS in Services. I did that and it worked for some time. But then it again became unresponsive. Here is my Speccy system snapshort...

Hi. I think my SSD is almost at the end of its life, because I'm having similar issues from my old SSD that was at the end of its life. I tried booting things, Steam, when I load a game it freezes steam and Task Manager can't close it. I then proceed to restart the computer, but only got a...

And if not is there any real difference in performance

Guys, I built this rig at 2014 and still runs smooth as the first day I powered it on: CPU: Intel Core i5 4690K @ 4.6Ghz CPU Cooler: CoolerMaster V4 GTS MoBo: MSI Z97 Gaming 7 RAM: 16GB (4x4) G.Skill Sniper 2133Mhz VGA: MSI GTX 1070Ti Storage: 480GB SSD SanDisk / 2000GB HDD Seagate PSU: Corsair...

I have a LG Stylo 2 Plus and debugging mode is supposedly turned on, when I plug it into my computer it still tells me to turn on debugging mode, i've tried numerous amounts of wires, the computer and phone can have a file transfer and everything. Now before you start assuming, no im not trying...

Hello everyone. I have 2 SSD and want to be able to combine them into a RAID 0 onto a laptop. I already have data on the 2 ssd but they were run before on RAID0 so if I put them into a laptop would it let me configure them as RAID0? If so will I lose any data? I want to be able to access the...

hi i'm sameer.. i am thinking about to buy..a intel dh61ww... ...........is this motherboard have a intergrated graphics memory.. like dedicated 128mb... please help..

Hi! Recently, my computer feel victim of a sudden, nearby lightning strike. I thought i'd lost everything! The strike sounded so strong the light bulb in the bathroom popped. Afterwards the PC wouldn't turn on but my no-break appeared to unaffected by it. anyway, at the end of it i was lucky...

I'm just wiring up my very first PC build and have a question regarding the power connectors on my motherboard (an X99 deluxe II) and my Corsair AX1200i Psu , and the motherboard manual is a little vague. I have connected up both the 24 pin and 8 pin power cables to my PSU but do i still need...

Hi, I have just built my first Quiet PC. It's my fourth build, but my first Quiet PC and first PC generally in a few years. The components are: Asus Maximus VIII Ranger Z170 Intel i7-7700K 16 GB Crucial Ballistix RAM DDR4 2400 (2x8GB) Palit GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 500GB Samsung 850 Evo SSD...

Here is an example of what I mean (something similar happens to all recordings): ReLive worked fine before this update, with only a few audio issues every now and then. This happens both with normal recording and with instant replay; and both in fullscreen, borderless window, and windowed...

Hey there I just reinstalled Win10 and when I installed it first time, I do not remember having any issues with installing drivers. But this time- I get error for LAN: "There is an issue with Microsoft Windows 10 that prevents Intel Advanced Network Services feature from working correctly. You...

Hi, I have 3 years old laptop Asus X550DP. I have that problem whenever i reinstall windows and open device menager i do not have graphics driver installed . Well there is the problem my laptop shut down after 3-5mins or so without drivers ... So its really anoying every time i reinstall it i...

I have a pretty big buffer $500-$600 to work with and am looking for recommendations to get the most out of my money. I am a pretty hardcore gamer and also do a lot of work in 3ds/AE. You guys here at tom's know what your talking about so I leave it to you to decide what would be the best...

Hi I shut my system down normally. Next day it wont start. Asus Z170-AR mobo EVGA 750W SUPANOVA G2 PSU. I tested psu with the 24pin jumper provided with psu, when i flick the psu switch on the fan fires up so i assume psu is ok? When plugged into mobo green light next to pwr_sw button on...

Hello i am a 13 year old boy who wants to have wired internet in my room but the router is plugged into the wall with a internet jack and i do not have one in my room, i have charter internet and i have a telephone line across the hall from me but when i asked my dad about it he said that it...

Hey guys so I'm planning to buy a new CPU cooling fan, but the one that i want has 4 pin female connector and I dont think my motherboard has 4 pin male connector for that because it's fairly old. Do you guys know where else I can connect it? Thanks, your comments will be very much appreciated...

Hello, I have major issue concerning my old HDD. I recently purchased a transfer kit to connect my old HDD into my new PC to transfer some very important files of mine under documents such as college word documents and important pictures etc. Everything is being identified in my new pc and it...

So Ive been directed toward the K702s for my new headphones, but I can get a pair of the K267s for the same price. Which ones are better/ which are better/ oh god please help me. Thanks Joe

Hello everyone! I recently wrote a post about my video card (Gainward GTX 670 2gb), and i wanted to know if it is dying. The thing is, that i reinstalled Windows today and i had no problems at first, but when i installed video card driver, then the same thing happened again. This is what my...

So if I am playing music and in a game there is something that is fairly loud my musics volume gets turned down randomly. Even when tabbed out of the game and it not making any noise it still continuously fluctuations and it's really annoying. Any idea how to fix this? I use to be able to fix...

Hi, While there are lots of comment on the web about the pros and cons of W10, have not really read any thing about what Microsoft is really trying to achieve ? Strange how all the press pundits have not ventured any thoughts in this direction; or very few at best. So far W10 its a free...

I'm wanting to upgrade to 32 GB Ram. I need this for rendering, editing, caching, etc, etc. Currently I own the MOBO Already and am looking at this memory upgrade. Would this be compatible with this one? ASRock Z77 Extreme4 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard...