Power Surge

So heres the short story. A few weeks ago my pc suffered a power surge. I bought a new power supply but it stil didn't work. I took it to a repair shop to get the problem diagnosed and the components tested. The diagnosis was as follows: CPU - Untested (he didn't have a suitable motherboard)...

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...

When I am finished with graduate school, my intention is to close my current Google account and start completely fresh with a new Google account. With the number of programs and files that I have added and/or changed over the years during my attendance in graduate school, I also plan to reset...

Hello toms hardware forum. I have a problem with bought 6700k. I bought an nzxt h500 case so i decided to buy aswell a new cpu. Bought it second hand from a lad that tested it 3 days before he handed over to me (well atleast he said that), he was selling his pc part components and I can see from...

Hey guys, Just built a PC from brand new components and it fails to boot up. Here is what I experience: PC powers on, CPU fan boosts, CPU fan throttles, CPU fan boosts, CPU fan throttles, repeats this process a few times, then PC powers off, then PC restarts and this repeats indefinitely. No...

So I had this world which is very dear to me that I lost back in 1.2.5, It was made on another PC and I lost it there. Even though I think it is impossible to get it back, was just wondering if there is some way. If it is possible please tell me how. This is a very dear world to me and I put a...

I have a question for you guys. I put together my own PC about 5 years ago and was working perfectly fine. But while playing a game last week I got a BSOD. When trying to start up the PC the next day it wouldn't boot up. After trying to boot up a few times I managed to get it running again...

Alright, so here's the issue. The ONE SCREW does not align correctly. I believe this is because the Ryzen 5 heatsink may be defective. Is it defective like I think, or is there an easier way to fix this? All the other ones went in straight.

My new gaming headset's microphone doesn't work. Just bought a Redragon Lagopasmutus> it came in a normal package> its own package was a little bent on a corner(nothing big tho, might've been a little mistake)>I want to use it for a Laptop ASUS X555LB W10>bought a splitter for the new...

Hey guys i was wondering if theres a possibility to make 8x2gbs of ddr3 1600 ram work with A15 bios? currently i have 4x2gbs of ddr3 1066mhz.

My system seems to be running extremely slow even though my specs should beg to differ. Specs: i7 4770k, GTX 1070, 16gb dominator platinum, 128gb ssd, 250gb hard drive, and 1tb hard drive. Can you help me diagnose the issue it is having I completely wiped and reinstalled windows and it still...

Hey.I connected my pc with 4k tv but i cannot change resolution to 2k in game and even in windows.doesnt have options anywhere.And i dont have nvidia control panel to put custom resolution, i dont know why.all drivers are updated.Can somebody please help? GTX 1070 WIN 10 x64

Getting no video signal from onboard graphics nor graphics card. have tried three different graphics cards and three different monitors. Tried HDMI DVI and VGA on all the monitors and won't even register a signal. Keyboard and mouse power up and light normally. So does the graphics card light...

My BenQ monitor will not let me go to 144ghz like it did on my old pc. I am using the same cable just a different computer. My Specs are: GPU: RTX 2080TI CPU: I9-9900K

I know it is pointless to blow so much money on a built system when you can build it but I am checking this for reference and experiment in case I wanna upgrade down the road. I know it's a lot of money but it would be worth it. However, I have one question to ask. This bugs the crap outta me...

Hello I am building my first gaming desktop and recently got: https://store.coolermaster.com/us/the-ability-cooldown-bundle I need help choosing a motherboard and processor, but I'm not sure what to do. I want a desktop that will be able to play games well into 2019 and be able to upgrade...

I have an old asus chromebox and have now a new HP chromebox. I like to have all the pictures,movies,passwords, files, downloads etc etc etc I want to have them all on my new chromebox but how do I do that? how do I set up? This is a total new thing to learn for me and I can not find nothing on...

Hello. I am planning to change my Video Card GTX 1070Ti ASUS ROG STRIX for a RTX 2080 Ti. So, Is my motherboard (ASUS ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING) supporting RTX 2080 Ti? This is my current part list: CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING Power Supply: Seasonic 750...

So I have a couple lined up, but what should I get? Unless you have a different suggestion, which should I get for the price? I don't wanna put a lot of money down but I rather not cheap out...

Hello im changing my motherboard today so i got to remove CPU and CPU Cooler to install them on the new motherboard. But the problem is that i don't have thermal paste now is it possible to use the old one for 1 week without my CPU burns? Please help me because im really stressed about that.

Hi, i connect my Yamaha receiver through Hdmi arc on tv and arc on yamaha. But the old amp support 1.4 hdmi. I tried to play blue ray movies and media box but only receiver 3 speaker sounds instead of 5. When j tune to radio, the 5 speakers got sounds. Anyone know why...

I never saw a 144hz monitor in action, so I don't really know if it's worth the extra money. Many of my friends are saying that the difference is huge compared to a 60hz monitor. I currently have 2 monitors that are both 60hz whilist one is 768p (wall mounted since I have no space on my desk)...

A couple of months ago, I was surfing some websites where I didn't belong (pron). Last week my Malwarebytes subscription expired and I bought a new subscription to BitDefender, but like a DA, I didn't install it right away. So, this week I start getting all kinds of error messages in Firefox...

my acer windows7 corei3 laptop is unable to support manycam

Hi, I want to build a budget gaming PC but I am confused between Ryzen 3 2200g and 5 2400g. The price difference between Ryzen 5 and Ryzen 3 in the place I live is equal to the price of 8 gb of ram. So, should I go with Ryzen 3 2200g with 16 gb ram or Ryzen 5 2400g with 8 gb ram? I am not...

I don't want to update my windows automatically but I don't know how to do that

I am new here so please bear with me. I bought a dell xps 730 h2c with a 9650 processor but now want to upgrade to an I7 mobo butam hoping to find one that fits easily. If i have to scrape the water cooling so be it. Are there any atx boards that will work easily without a lot of modifications...

Hi! I recently had my D: drive replaced, windows reinstalled on corrupted C: drive, and screen replaced. Upon getting my computer back everything looks like its in 720p. Even though every setting shows 1080p, it still appears to be 720p. It's definitely noticeable in videos - not text...

Hey guys, So I've been having a problem lately with low FPS in mostly all games then I am use to having.I was testing the temps in my computer and they seem to be running pretty hot. Around 141 degrees Fahrenheit when in Rocket League on pretty low settings. i used benchmark and here are the...

Ok I've waited (as advised on here ) But now its time to Pre order/up grade current PC see below Ok I've decided deff on the new i9 - 9900K Power supply I think is going to be.......Seasonic Prime Ultra Platinum SSR-1000 PD Ultra (unless any one knows any better) 32 Gig RAM DEFF Corsair...

Is it normal to have 94% frame buffering while benchmarking GPU?

Hey all, I'm planning to build a system soon, and I have decided on the GeForce RTX 2080 as my graphics card. However, I am spoilt for choice between the Zotac Amp! and the EVGA XC Ultra Gaming. I'm looking for optimal cooling and minimal noise, and although I see that the Zotac card has three...

I have an MSI motherboard so all the things I have done with BIOS are in MSI's pretty version. Does that mean I do not have the WIn10 dos looking BIOS? I am trying to do something that wants me to get to that Windows BIOS.

Hello, recently built a PC with the following parts: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/YfsG29 Managed to get it to boot and install the Windows 10 OS. Memory is connected, computer is picking up all the RAM. However, the headphone jack in my case's front panel is really screwed up. Whenever I plug...

My friend logged on to his acc on my phone with his email and I really don't want his acc and now that he changed the password which we thought would resolve the issue but now I have this message that I can't delete and it is telling me to sign into the acc please help.

Hey so i have a laptop who has a base speed (cpu) of 1.50 ghz and turbo 2 ghz. When i play a game for around 15 minutes, it goes down to 800 MHz and the game fps is 5 fps around compared to around 25. It may be throttling but if it was, then why is my cpu not hot at all? Idk. Pc specs (they're...

Curious if anyone can tell me what exactly this error means. I have not had it since the 25th, but between june 5th and july 25th I am seeing is randomly at times. Each time I see it I am also seeing a BEX64 issue as well which is somehow related to AMD which leads me to think it's something...

Basically one of my friends wanted to play Fortnite with me. Everytime I play Fortnite a prompt shows up that the driver I am using for my RX 480 (18.51) is problematic, but I didn't listen to it. Then while I was playing the whole screen went to random colors and then a blue screen appeared. Is...

so my graphics card has had this really weird issues for the past 8 months. It happened completely out of the blue one day and i have no idea what started it but i really want to avoid dropping 250-300 on a new gpu until im ABSOLUTELY certain that the gpu is the problem. Basically what happens...

I have a Custom built computer that until recently was functioning perfectly. I decided to buy new ram since I was using 90% of my 8Gb already every time I used my pc. I bought 16Gb of vengeance ram https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B006EWUO22?psc=1&ref=yo_pop_mb_pd_title to replace my 8Gb of...