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I own a Lenovo Flex5 with Windows 10. Recently my SSD crashed. On starting the system it started showing boot media not found error and in bios page it showed that hard disk is not recognised. I have a one drive backup for all the data so I'm not much concerned with that part of it. I ordered a...

i have a laptop with the flowing specs: i3-4005u 6gb ram intel hd 4400 windows 8.1 x64 500 gb hdd after 2 minutes or less of playing game the fps drops from 50-60 to 25- 20 randomly in any game i tried many of solutions like: -updating bios -updating gpu drivers -clean laptop fan and apply...

So will be building a new pc soon and i want a small and portable case.I also want something that will be somewhat quiet.. The build is: -Amd Ryzen 5 1600; -GTX 950 2gb; -CORSAIR VENGEANCE 16 bg ddr4; -Kingston 240gb ssd; -1 TB hard drive. I'm thinking about bitfenix prodigy or Fractal Design...

My computer goes fine for awhile but there are times (most often) when I am in a game of league of legends with my friends and my computer will start lagging and you can hear sounds really drag out and repeat and be really awful and my entire PC will basically skip or freeze, and the longer I go...

Through consistent Windows updates, some of my unwanted core user folders reappear, even after I've hidden them. I don't use these folders. These are the folders in question: Contacts Downloads Favorites Links Saved Games Searches The thing is, these folders don't hide instantaneously like any...

Hi, I'm building a PC for my friend because I'm a bit more knowledged in it, but I'm not sure what exactly to look for component wise. The case I am building it off of is the NZXT Phantom 410, roughly $100. I am thinking a motherboard that can support 2 sticks of 8GB Corsair DDR3 RAM, a 3.5GHz...

Hi all, I am thinking of putting together my first PC and will be using it as a day to day machine with some casual gaming. Here is what I have for my build so far: https://au.pcpartpicker.com/parts/partlist/ Are there any issues with this setup i.e. incompatible components etc? I am also...

Hey everyone, I'm new to making threads and dealing with computers as im learning. i have a Galaxy GTX 660 bought about 1 year and a few months, recently my computer suddenly shut downed for no reason while playing Counterstrike. I roughly had 300FPS on Counter strike, now im on 120FPS with...

I know nothing about LGA1155, so I'm looking for a good (overclockable) motherboard for an i5-2500k.

so I've got ~150 mods in skyrim, including heavy graphic mods like: "Season of Skyrims Enb" "Textures of tamriel", "W.A.T.E.R.", Mesh imrovenemnt etc. but my gaming card (Gtx 650 1Gb) can't handle it, so I've decided to upgrade it and buy Gtx 760 4Gb version, my Question is approximately how...

Are the stock fans any good to use in the front of the Define R4? Do they have high enough static pressure to move air through the front of the case, seeing as it has to pull air through the front side grates (immediate front intake is covered by a door) and push it across the drive bays? Any...

Heres my build. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/zRpB4D Im not sure if the psu is enough, Ive tried multiple calculators too.

Ok so this is the first ever pc build i've ever built so far i've collected a intel core i5 4690k ,evga geforce gtx 770. ballistix 16gb ram 1600mhz, and a corsair cx750m power supply. Before i got my ram i had powered up my system just to see if it was up and running i didn't hear anything i...

Hello. I have purchased a while ago an Asus r9 280x Direct CU II Top (DC2T) but i sent it back 3 days later because it had the usual problem with artifacts. Now they ask me if i want to buy one other card from the shop. I was thinking about grabbing Asus R9 280X DC2, without the T. It's not...

I'm building a new PC (as mine is now several years old and destined for my wife), and have been playing around with some options. The overall goal of this build is to play current gen games @ 1080p at very high/max settings, and be extensible enough for an 'update' in a year or two (probably...

I have gainward gtx 460se and i will buy amd fx-8350 in few days. Will it be enough chieftec power suply from 550w to run this together? EDIT: Btw i have one more question, what´s the diffetence betwen GIGABYTE GA-990XA-UD3 rev.1.1 and GA-990XA-UD3 rev. 3.0 ? I see rev 1.1 have higher price...

Am i able to play watch dogs at medium settings with following rig... Amd phenom ii x4 955 asus Gtx 560 ti 4 gb ram of 1333 mhz At resolution 1920x1080 Cooler master 650W psu

Hello, I am think of building myself a computer. He is what I am thinking of getting: - Intel® Core™ i7-4710HQ Processor - Crucial Ballistix Sport 4 Gb DDR3 1600 Mhz CL9 - Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD3H - Three MSI Radeon R9 280X GAMING 3G - A couple of fans - And maybe a water cooling system I am...

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Hi all Normally all computers and laptops come with 500 GB SATA HDD. But Apple is selling MACbooks with 128GB FLASH DRIVE. What the difference in SATA HDD and FLASH STORAGE DRIVES ??? Vineet

OK, I just built a new computer for gaming and everything is going great until... when I play Arma II (also happened once during Fallout New Vegas) The screen freezes, the LCD display on my g19 keyboard freezes, and the computer is completely non-responsive, requiring a hard-boot to get it back...

Hello i'm new to forums so i will just jump in at the deep end. I recently sold a Gigabyte m52l-s3p motherboard to a customer it is virtualy brand new and was never used, I tested it twice befor selling it with two differant card. Now the issue seems to be that it fires up beeps corectly but...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?) I have an older Gateway Destination 31" monitor and with my new Win XP MCE computer I cannot change the resolution past 640x480. The monitor supports 800x600 because that is what I ran it at on my Win 98 machine. Also...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain (More info?) Hello. I am part of a rather lively debate at my office. We are looking to get 2 new computer systems and I want to get Window XP as it is much quicker and is pretty much the standard these days. But the only...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?) Every time I start Windows XP, I get "The background task server has encountered a problem and needs to close." What does this mean and what can I do to fix it? -- kitkat

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?) On my Win 2k machine, I press Start| Settings|Taskbar& Start Menu, and select which programs are to be run when booting. How do I do this with XP? Thanks.

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?) Hello, I have Windows XP Home Edition on a Dell Computer, and every time I start up the computer, I get an error message that says "RUN DLL C:/Window/System32 INVCPI.dll Invalid Access to Memory Location." Can...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?) I installed the Netscape Browser, after the instalation, I click in the icon and does not open. I used this browser before, but because I had the PC infected with viruses, I was able to re-istall Windows XP...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?) Hello, On my old notebook (HP Omnibook, Win 98SE) when I used the windows explorer, the various items were hierarchically connected by a dotted line forming a “tree�. On my new notebook (HP Pavilion zv5000...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?) I just put in a new 60 gb hard drive on my system and when I go to setup windows 98 se it freezes right at the setup window ,any help would be appreciated? Here's the system specs \ Processors * 500...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?) Does microsoft xp mce detect all tv tuners??? ex Sabrent SBT-TVFM / FM Radio / TV Tuner PCI Capture Card with Remote Control or does it have to be certified

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?) I entered an incorrect email address one time (made one typo error) and now when I enter the correct one, the little menu pops down as if to help me type, but the wrong address (as well as the right one) appear. How can I...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize (More info?) Hi, I am inserting several blank USB keys into my computer as part of an application - Win XP pro SP2. I automatically get an Explorer window open entitled "Removable Disk E:" pop up over the top of the application. Does...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax (More info?) I am new to any discussion group to show how desperate I am to fix this problem. I have a HP Laserjet 4000 attached directly to my PC in the LPT1 port and run Windows XP Corporate. I have never had a problem printing...

Archived from groups: alt.drugs.psychedelics,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers,microsoft.public.windows.mediacenter,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,sci.psychology.psychotherapy (More info?) I mean, in reality consumers and businesses alike out there are in a Microsoft circle jerk as...

Hello, my desktop runs on a LED TV and for some reasons whenever i run Diablo 3 my Screen wil turn black and recovers immediately but my audio does not

Hello I've had my computer for about 5 years, but this problem started happening about 3 years ago. Whenever I play games only, my computer would shut off, and reboot by itself, asking me if I would like to run safe mode, or regular mode. Of course I've been researching a while back and came...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize (More info?) My daughter, who runs XP Professional on her laptop, is annoyed that she must type in a password each time she signs in and that she must change that password every couple of weeks. We have tried to remove it, but we are...

Hello, Is a 600w psu enough to run a Sapphire HD7950 along with evga 9800gt as a dedicated physx card?

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain (More info?) I have xp on my laptop with 2 people working from the system. When the main user is on the sytem works fine. When the second user is on the system for them is very slow. If you swich to the first user it goes...