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I'm an entrepreneur and engineer, currently working on a project that requires thin tension hinges, and I noticed some hinges that I liked in the mount system on Microsoft Lifecam webcams, particularly the Lifecam 3000. I don't know who at Microsoft can tell me how those hinges were acquired or...

Hi guys! I am having a problem with my pc recently.My FPS drops in every single game i play.This problem was not present before.It has been happening to me for the last 2-3 months.I am getting frame drops in games like skyrim,NFS MW,Grid Autosport and pes 2017.All of these games ran smooth on my...

I'm looking to upgrade my current i5 7400 (stock cooler) to an i7 7700k with a cryorig h7. I'm currently using the MSI B250M PRO-VD motherboard and would like to know if i'd need to purchase a new motherboard to use this cooler as i've looked everywhere and i've seen no posts on any forums or on...

Questions re air cooling and the Intel i7 8700K with the following in consideration: Running at stock - No Overclocking. Regular gaming and video editing. With this in mind, regardless of not overclocking, would I do well to purchase a more efficient/beefier air cooler (as opposed to sock air...

My stupid bracket does not fit the HDD, or either my HDD has the SATA oriented wrong. In any case, https://ibb.co/eDwB1w I MUST insert the hard drive blue-side up. This stupid bracket is upside down relative to proper HDD orientation, and even if it didn't, the 1mm of thickness it has seems...

I am running terraria which is 32 bit with several mods. The game requires more than the 4GB 32bit program limit and I have 24 GBs of ram in my pc. Is there any possible way either via program or setting or at all that I can allocate more ram to the 32 bit program pool in general? Is it possible...

Hello everyone. I was having some issues with thermals on my FX-6300 and because of this I spent the last hour disassembling my terribly complicated CPU cooler, reapplying the paste, and then putting it all back together. The first time I attempted to boot the PC after this it hung on the MOBO...

So recently I started to look for parts for a new pc because my current pc, while decent is becoming incompatible, outdated and had started having problems. My goal of this build is to make it much more compatible and easily upgrade-able unlike my old pc which once upon a time was a basic $750...

Dell unveiled its newest version of the XPS 13 laptop, touting a new thermal design, an even thinner and lighter chassis, and Intel 8th generation processors. Latest Dell XPS 13 Laptop Sports Kaby Lake-R, New Cooling : Read more

So, I've been having this issue for quite a while but was never really bothered by it since I did not have a need for so much RAM. Now that newer games are coming out, the amount of RAM needed has gone up [for example: COD: WW2 at 8.5GB usage on higher settings]. Before creating this thread...

I have a old IR emitter, axis t90a20IR-led 120-180, what I am wondering is if there is a way to use my moto g5 plus to see in the dark. I tried it in pitch black but it only resulted in being able to see in a 3ft radius in front of the emitter. I tried looking for an app but I could not find...

Heyo everybody! I'm trying to figure out what's been jacking up my audio as of late. Backstory The audio on my PC had been working perfectly fine and has been rather reliable for the two years that I've had my system. But dating back a few days from today, December 21, 2017, the audio has been...

Hi everyone, I have had my PC for some years now. Some components are at least 5 years old, others less. I was using it to run a game but was simply on the menu when the screen went black and the computer turned off. Initial diagnosis The motherboard (M5A78L-M LX3) was installed a few months...

christmas is near so im about to buy my friends laptop but im kinda confused can you check this one if it has ips glow or backlight bleeding https://imgur.com/a/HD7mV thanks for cheking guys

Hi just wrote a big long description with loads of info for my issue and the page crashed so now I present the short version. ;) my computer restarts when i play graphically intense games, from the results in the picture below does anyone think it could be my PSU? I built the computer in...

I have never had a problem connecting and using the Windows Update Server. I usually manually connect to it in the morning when I turn on my desktop computer. Today it wouldn't connect. I have tried a number of things but no success. I'm getting the following.: "Code 80248015 Windows Update...

hi, i currently have a sapphire r9280x card but my PSU burnt due to shortcircuit. i do have an extra 450W psu (coolermaster) but i don't think it can handle r9280x. my friend's giving me a gtx 1050ti in exchange of my r9280x. so my question is that should i consider gtx 1050ti or should i buy a...

I’ve recently had/currently have a problem with my display, or my hardware I don’t know. So what happened was, I set my laptop up and everything like I always do, opened it turned it on and everything went well, until about 4 minutes in I got a crash error, I wish I was able to check what it...

My budget is $1500, but I am willing to spend less than $2000 if the computer is absolutely worth it Things I am looking for: -Large(ish) screen (14" or 15") -8th Gen Intel Core i7 -Good battery life (7+, over 50Wh) after heavy use and a lot of Netflix binging -Backlit keyboard -Touchscreen...

I did some digging but before I execute I like to know if it's even going to work So I connect my Xbox 360 E with HDMI to my TV. And I want the audio of the TV to my hi-fi audio setup (sharp xl-hf 202). The only output audio my TV has is optical And my sharp xl-hf 202 only has audio in Can I...

Hi I am building a new gaming PC so i dont know what CPU i should get! In most time i will play games. So the question is which of these processors are best for gaming in 1080p 50-60fps on high settings whit GTX 1060 3 GB and for a better PC life? 1. R5 1600 - 219.99$ 2. R5 1600X - 219.99$ 3...

I'm looking for parts to upgrade my pc. As a benchmark I want to run games like doom, battlefield 1, gta v, etc at ultra or high settings at at least 1080p 60fps and be able to record it at 720p 60fps. Also I am trying to stick with a budget under $800-$900. I know my graphics card needs to be...

Hello guys, I need a bit of help here regarding bottlenecking I just ordered intels new i3-8350k from the coffee lake series and a z370 mobo and some other components thats not worth mentioning regarding this "worry". The thing is, i bought this new "high end" cpu but i didn't buy a graphics...

is there a way that I could replace my hard drives with a server and just access it from any computer around my house. I would have all the computers have their own hardware such as gpu's and cpu's. But I would like to access my files anywhere around my house.

I've been waiting a few months to buy the Dell Gaming S2417DG YNY1D 24-Inch Screen LED-Lit Monitor with G-SYNC. I've only been waiting because I might have been able to get the 27 inch with a Black Friday deal, but the deals seem to be bogus. The 24 inch monitor was 300$ before the deal and it...

Hey everyone, my first build includes an i7 7700k, Asus z270a Prime mobo and MSI 1080. I purchased Corsair 16gb 3200mhz, and the mobo definitely supports it. BUT.... For the time being, I would like to increase the Ram speed as much as possible with as very very very little risk as possible. I...

Hey guys, I have my hands on a brand new Intel i7 6700 and 32 GB of RAM, so my build would be revolving around the CPU mostly. This is the CPU and RAM that comes in HP Elitedesk 800 G2...

So I have a Netgear CG3000V2 running in bridge mode into a TP link Archer C7. When playing online games on a desktop PC or PS4 while wired I constantly disconnect for what must only be a few seconds but it's long enough to kick me from a game. This doesn't happen when I use wifi with the PS4...

Do my Lg Ultrawide 25um57 monitor supports , igpu 530? Does Intel® HD Graphics 530 support LG Ultrawide 25um57 monitor? i cannot make monitor display without using an external gpu If there is a way please help

Will more vram be better for gpu encoding

I have a slightly annoying issue where whenever I change audio output between pc speakers, headphones or tv, soundblaster x-fi gives me an error pop up saying “the current selected audio device is disabled, not present...” and asking me if I want to change selected audio device. However, there...

sorry if i sound like a noob but i have a few questions to ask you :D. 1) if i fiddled about with amd overdrive too much could that be a reason why my computer crashes? 2) how do i reset amd overdrive to have the original settings as i think a while back i didn't know what i was doing. for...

hi. i have been getting blue screen error for months now i cant fix it i tried allot and it wont go, the blue screen is random and always when i google it it says rams or wrong drivers , this is my pc i changed the ram 3 times this is a new ram i changed the ps and now im using the new one...

Hi there, I purchased a physical copy GTA 5 today, after having installed all the 7 disks including the required download. Full size after installation 65GB, I played the game for a little while and everything was fine. Today I launched the game to continue playing and before the game could...

Before I start, this is actually Part 2 of my frustrations with Windows 10 and Toshiba laptops. Here's a link to Part 1. http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-3502870/boot-problems-preventing-windows-reinstall.html So even though I deleted all the partitions so there's only one that's called...

I'm building a new PC. I'm migrating my current power supply, video card and fans to the new case. The graphics card is an XFX AMD Radeon HD7870 Double Dissipation Gigahertz Edition. Its a wonderful card that has always served me well. It also stays quiet and cool. Its also quite dated by...

So to start its brand new. I got it a few days ago it's a Asus X405 and I took it apart to look at the insides and see how accessible it would be to install more RAM and put in another SSD but when I put it back together I had a screw left over ( annoying but doubt it has anything to do with it...

For a while i've been having problems on a single machine receiving spikes of latency in all programs going up to the thousands in ms. Here are some details: The duration and frequency doesn't seem to follow a pattern. I've scanned for malware with plenty of different antiviruses (i only...

hello ! my ip changes every time and i know it is a dynamic ip so i want to make it permanent . Is there any way if there please tell me so that i could make it permanent . i use "Relience Jio " isp [internet service porvider]. please help me and i know that its now going to harm me but then...

I have the 1080ti and the Asus ROG 27" IPS monitor (g-sync) and was wondering if all I have to do is right click on desktop, click NVIdia, display and enable gsync windowed and full screen games. It has 2560x1440 but refresh rate was showing 60mhz...so I changed it to 144. Also, on my screen...