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Hello members of Tomshardware. I need help overclocking both my cpu and gpu. I have an Asrock 960GM-VGS3 FX motherboard, a AMD FX 6300 Black Edition CPU (Stock Cooler) and a EVGA GTX 750 Ti SC (dual fan edition, bought durng my stay in USA at BestBuy). My questions are: -Can I OC both the CPU...

Hello, First off thanks for any insight you guys can give me. It's time to upgrade my GPU and I found a killer deal on a EVGA GeForce GTX 780 TI. I'm worried that I may need a new MB and PSU to go along with this card, but was wondering if you could take a look and see what you think...

Hi, I have an HP 8100 Elite SFF which has Windows 7 Pro 64bits and 2GB of RAM. The original RAM is the Samsung 2GB 1Rx8 PC3-10600. i bought 8GB (2x4) of Kingston KTH9600BS/4G (http://www.kingstonmemorycards.co.uk/kingston-4gb-ddr3-dell-dimm-ram-memory-module-kth9600b-4g). On the Kingston site...

So I'm going to swap out my motherboard and I've read about a lot of problems that could occur with being able to boot to your drive. Intel DZ77-GA-70K I currently have Windows 7 in UEFI, AHCI and I've read that it might create issues with booting. I'm fairly familiar with dealing with boot...

I have a question: Will I be able to take my laptop hard drive and pug it into my system, reset the windows to factory and migrate the windows to my ssd? Since laptop windows key are located in the window bios there is no way to obtain the physical and this way i can get windows that i already...

I bought skyrim yesterday and it finished downloading today. I started it and there was no problems,no FPS problems,the graphics were all at high. 15-30 minutes later when i was walking thru the first dungeon my skyrim freezes and turns my cpu off. I try to launch it again and try to solve the...

Let me start by saying that funds ARE NOT a problem, but I'm not going to buy something that has very little benefit. They are both MLC drives but the 850 has 3-D V-NAND. Does this new technology make the drive last longer? I'm curious because the warranty has been extended from 5 to 10 years...

hi just bough the Nvidia GTX 550 TI WINDFORCE i connected him and the screed displays power saving mode and showing black screen out put dvi with my last video card its was prefectly Asus GT730 2GB DDR3 VGA DVI HDMI PCI-E erating System Windows 7 Ultimate Edition ‎(X64)‎ Service Pack 1 System...

So I have gotten this little message about dllhost.exe for the second time about it crashing and I want to fix it, i looked around and I found out that sometimes this led to memory problems, well I have had a few crashes in minecraft related to memory and i want to know if this is the cause...

I'm considering adding a front fan to my new Fractal Design R4 cabinet but I the Noctua and Noiseblocker case fans I have experience with do not fit. Can anybody help with some suggestions? Must be incredible low noise as I'm sensitive to noise. Thanks!

I like a lot of ram companies but the one that stands out for me is corsair, but they are the most expensive. So what is your take on the best RAM? I like Corsair Dominator Platinums, Corsair Vengeance pro red, G skill Ripjaw X red, and the patriot Ram red, I want 16gb at 1866 or higher. I have...

I just installed Windows 8 32 bit and I am unable to solve an issue. I have an ABIT IN9 32X-MAX Wi-Fi Motherboard with a NV® NF680i SLI chipset. The problem is I can't see any network adapters. I tried to find a driver but with no success. I found a few chipst drivers for windows vista 32 bit...

Hey, so I was looking for a graphics card that would run on my motherboard and give me a really good fps on games like Tom Clancy's The Division. I don't have any specific budget. I current specs is : i3 2100 3.1ghz 2gb ram (will upgrade to 6 or 8 gb) dh61ww motherboard intel hd 2000

These are the current parts I've thought of going with excluding the graphics card because I am saving up for a GTX 780. So excluding the graphics card my budget is around $500. Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4 GHz Quad-Core CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 ASRock Z77 Pro4...

I just put a brand new computer together. Asus M5A97 R2.0 motherboard, AMD FX-6300 CPU. 4GB DDR3 RAM. And it's freezing. It freezes on the desktop. It freezes in the middle of something. It froze once during the 'Loading files' part of the Windows installation procedure. This requires a hard...

I have recently built a new computer based on the ASUS p8z77 WS motherboard which has two Intel 82574L NIC's installed. I am running Win 7 x64. For a NIC driver I have 12.7.27.0 dated 5/16/13 from Intel's website. I THINK this is the latest but I wouldn't swear to it though, their driver...

I have seen numerous instructions on how to run the Group Policy Editor under Windows 8, including one on Toms Hardware site "How Do I Enable the Group Policy Editor in Windows 8?" http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-1650667/enable-group-policy-editor-windows.html They all involve either...

Best graphic card under Rs. 13,000 to Rs. 15,000?

Hello, can anyone help to reset the BIOS for Toshiba Satellite L300. tried to upgrade BIOS.. unable to boot

i cant find drive c, everything is on drive d, i installed windows xp is it posible to pick the drives u want to install it on

Hi I want to install new copy of windows 7 on my machine, but My Toshiba C660 Can't boot from CD. As per solution in the link below: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/85143-35-toshiba-satellite-boot "in the bios under advanced- system configuration -boot mode- change it to csm boot." I tried...

how to install window xp in core i3 laptop

Hi, I am looking at buying a small, cheap HTPC. I have all of my media stored on a networked server, so so I don't need to worry about storage capacity. It won't be used for gaming (as I have a dedicated gaming PC). I want something that can play 1080p videos, DVDs, and Blu-Rays (if I decide...

I upgraded Windows Vista x64 Home Premium this weekend to Windows 7 Home Premium (x64?) and it has worked fine for a few days. 2 days ago I tried to connect my phone to my computer and it didn't register it as an attached device (I've done this previously after upgrading so the driver is...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?) Hi can anyone help please I am trying to play Dragon's Lair 3D and I am getting this error message Error ERROR_RUNTIME in Setup.cpp at line 503:OpenGL implementation lacks multitexture support Thanks

Archived from groups: rec.games.video.arcade.collecting,rec.games.video.arcade.marketplace,rec.games.video.arcade (More info?) Hello, I have a working Gorf boardset for $80 shipped or best offer. I'm not sure if the speach chip is working because my Gorf Cab is acting funny. Thanks, Brent

When I turn on my Dell Inspiron E1505, the caps lock and the scroll lock just blink, and the screen doesn't turn on, and it doesn't boot up at all. What's wrong?!?!?

I have recently installed Windows 7. It's a new install therefore has zero 'junk' installed if thats what you wish to call it. I usually leave my PC switched on at night to download links using Internet Download Manager. What's been happening since i installed Windows 7 is that half of the links...

Hello, i have a dell inspiron 1521 running XP. After i installed some basci drivers (such as ATI, sound, integrated webcam etc) i restarted my laptop. The regular windows logo appears and also the windows sound plays, but after that the screen goes completly black, it look likes the laptop is...

My job requires that I work in IE7. Their servers and programs have just now been updated to work with IE8. The only browser we can use is Internet Explorer. Are there any steps to ready my XP sp3 computers to go to IE8? Do previously installed addons or toolbars cause problems with that...

Hello, I have a few files in windows media player when i try to delete them nothing happens when i go to find the file in the location it says it canot be found thank you for your help

Hello, I installed Amcap on my media center laptop to capture images from a Celestron NexImage camera. IT is based on the Phillips ToUCam. I get the error "The procedure entry point strcat_s could not be located in the dynamic link library msvcrt.dll"

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?) I have been coding in dBase since 1982. Upgrading to Win95, 98 and ME was no problem. But now that I have upgraded to XP on a 3.2 ghz Intel machine with a gig of ram, I am having two serious performance problems. I...

Hello, I have XP Sp2. After using Offline NT Password to reset my password, suddenly all my folder on the desktop that I created before are all missing,just some installed programs shortcut. I've been through folder option>show hidden file,recycle bin, search it and also using some of the...

Back ground Description: I bought a chieftec matrix full tower case about 5 years ago, because I wanted a case that was heavy duty, has lots of room for expansion, looks nice, and that I could keep around as long as possible Its served me well and holds up like a champ, but 5 years ago and...

Is there a setting on win 7 whereby I can have it defragment without having to leave it on all the time? Also when it defragments while I am using it, it slows down a lot so that's not a good solution for me. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?) Hi, My DVD don't recognize DVD Roms, but only CD Roms. its an LG 8163 dvd. when I try to read any DVD rom, the system say "no dvd in disk E" its not a new PC, and I allready have read DVD roms with this DVD. any idea...

Archived from groups: alt.games.champ-man (More info?) Who do you believe, Souness or Bellamy? Initially I'd have sided with Souness, as Bellamy's reputation speaks for itself, but after seeing his interview this afternoon, I'm not too sure. Craig has a valid point when he questions why he'd...

Hi guys, I am putting together my own computer for the first time and I was hoping that someone could please look over my build and give me some suggestions to fix it. I do have to note something: I have already purchased the video card and case (it was only $45 when I purchased it, not...

Hello, When I run remote desktop from my XP workstation, the Start button has a yellow and gray flag instead of the four-color flag when in full-screen mode. If I click on the Start button, it shows the task bar from my desktop and I get this short, funky, text-mode popup menu which doesn't...