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Hi, I've got a 4tb Verbatim (47674) Hard Drive and it stopped working when i used another adapter. I can only assume i've blown it. I have tried different computers, cable and also i've taken the drive out and put into a new drive enclosure but it still wont power on. I've read a few things...

I have a laptop which runs at 2-3% CPU-usage (idle) when not connected to the internet. The moment I plug in a cable, he shoots up to 100% and stays there, making it unbearable to use it. The steps I have taken: - Ccleaner - Malwarebytes - HitmanPro - Disabled a few startup programs. Brand and...

so as they title says i want to fit an ATX GPU to a micro ATX case in this case- Gigabyte GTX750 Ti 2GB DDR5 WF2 can i do that?

I have a fairly new Hp printer, fax, scanner all in one that has a print job stuck in the Que. I have deleted the job several times, quit all jobs, unplugged the printer, shutdown and restarted, etc.... and the job remains in the print Que as one job waiting to print and therefore I can not...

I want to get a Toshiba Laptop at bestbuy, they offer free upgrade from vista 64bit to Windows 7 64bit. However, they will not give me Vista OS Disc. I want to do a clean installation (Format my HDD, then install 7). But without Vista OS disc, will Windows 7 upgrade disc allow me to install 7?

helo guys. my current system is : asrock 990fx extreme 9 motherboard 280x gigabyte 3gb phenom ii x6 1090t x2 4gb vengeance 1600 ram psu 700w thermaltek bot sure about the model. so my next upgrade will be a psu that is good enough for my next 2 upgrades which is a 8350fx cpu and another...

Hi I have 3 Windows 7 machines sitting behind 2 Netgear switches and a Netgear DG834GT Modem/Router. I just bought a new machine with Windows 8 Pro plugged it into the switch and everything worked just fine (complete LAN and internet access). But now I have found that if the Windows 8 machine...

I moved to my grandparents house 2 days ago and as the title said cant connect to the wifi, but my grandparents laptop can. When fill in the password on my laptop it says its connecting and then it says "network security key mismatch", but when i fill in a random password it doesnt connect at...

hay guys just joined love the site by the way, i am looking for a graphics card for as cheap as possible to play shogun 2, i have looked but there always seams to be something wrong with my system. here is my system specs, cpu, Intel duo E8500 overclocked to 3.6 GHz mobo, gigabyte G41mt-sp2...

is running 2 AMD 5700 Graphics cards in crossfire mode. It has 2 AMD Phenom quad core processors for 8 total cores. it has 8 gigs of DDR3 Kingston ram. It has a 750w power supply by xclio

Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell (More info?) During installation of a program I get the message: "GLJ2.tmp has encountered a problem and needs to close" How can I find the source of the issue and hopefully fix it? Details: This program was previously installed and worked fine for a...

So I was just wondering if any of you had read anything you found immensely interesting recently... For instance, today I finished reading The Stand by Stephen King. Long book+Good book= 5 days of entertainment. :D

Here is the system I want to get: Motherboard: Intel H77 Chipset CPU: Intel Core i7 3770K Quad Core CPU, 3.5GHz Cooling: Intel original cooling wiht heatsink Ram: 8GB (2 x 4GB) Dual Channel DDR3 PC-12800 (1600MHz) Video card: GTX 690 800watt PSU, other parts not as relevant to my...

Dear all, I have been reading 1000s of posts on the net for 5.1 Channel speakers giving outputs only through the front left and right speakers. Well, I am no exception - Connected all the cables correctly to the respective jacks... but still... - Tried atleast 5 different of HD Audio Drivers...

Good Day to everyone! I have an FX-6300 with the stock cooler and my computer keeps turning off randomly while playing games. I believe my problem is overheating and so I downloaded hwmonitor and i played about 5 minutes of Euro Truck Simulator 2 and the max temperature my CPU hit was 78...

I am building a gaming rig and heard ssd can really help with loading times and stutter issues in graphic intensive games like Skyrim. My concern is I heard solid state drives have a much shorter life span, around 2-3 years on average, depending on the size of the drive itself and how much your...

basically this is my first p.c. build ive been pooing my pants the whole way through lol, ive managed to get everything working but i dont have a graphics card yet so i cant check through a monitor if things are o.k. i powered the system up, to see if it would work, the fans are running and...

When I try to post on this page... www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1622796/fair-price-sell-craig-list.html I am getting a '404-Page not found' error... www.tomshardware.com/forum/response/1622796 Just a bug with the updated forum I am guessing.

First off let me apologize if this thread wasn't placed in the right area, I am new so be gentle lol. Secondly I would like to note that I have already started looking into other threads that are related to this issue of mine and with most IT issues different components create different...

My MacBook Pro is having motherboard issues and until I can get it fixed or replaced I have been using a PC w/ Win 7 64. The HD from my Mac still works and I would like to get the pictures off of it. I have an external drive case that connects via usb but I can't figure out how to get to it. I...

Hey so I just recently bought a new psu 450w and a gtx 650ti which requires 400w, I also bought some thermal grease for my cpu fan and I'm pretty sure I put that back on right. Computer turns on installed drivers etc but very randomly my computer will just shut off. No idea why..Anybody know? I...

Hello everyone, I'm going to build my first PC in a couple of months. I've already done a lot of research on the subject and I've been a computer nerd since I was a little kid, I loved taking them apart and seeing what was inside. I know about making sure everything is compatible etc, all the...

 Hello everybody   , I currently own an ocz vector 256 gb ssd and a velociraptor 1tb 10,000rpm hard drive. I have only installed about 10 programs on my computer and found out that my ssd is more than half way full.I found the culprit to be the program files (86). I have heard of people having...

Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim (More info?) I am considering giving my desktop pc to my second son and buying a notebook, provided I find one that I can use for simulations like FS9, PacificFighters and SH3. My current system is running with an AMD 2.8MHz processor...

Problem with wireless connecting to tablet

Archived from groups: rec.games.pinball (More info?) OK I have 3 different system 11 games, actually 2 the Dr. Dude is WPC (Sorry John W.) Anyway I have an Elvira and a Radical with minor flasher problems, resistors are shot. Each game lists different resistor values for R1 thru R12 and the...

What is better of the two? (1) Epson Perfection 1640SU USB/SCSI (2) Epson Perfection 1240U Photo USB The 1640 model scans at 1600x3200 and has SCSI interface. The 1240 model scans at 1200x2400 but is "Photo" (whatever that might mean). Both cost about the same. Leo

Archived from groups: rec.games.video.arcade.collecting (More info?) Went to Seaside Heights, NJ - South Jersey Shore. Visited Flashback arcade there. Nice collection of classic vids. To name a few, Spy Hunter sit down, pole position sit down, mr do, mr do's castle, robotron, defender...

Hello, This is probably a really stupid question but I know that some GTX's require 2-slots, 2.5 slots and others have 3. I know the Asus GTX 570 Direct II needs 3-slots. What does this mean, what type of slots? Is this how much slots it takes up on the motherboard? If so, then what do I look...

Archived from groups: alt.games.quake3 (More info?) Hello. I'm wondering about the alt+tab in non-full-screen mode in winxp issue. This seems to be related to graphic card driver, so I was wondering what your experience was, if you could tell me what graphic card you are using and whether alt...

Archived from groups: alt.games.microsoft.flight-sim (More info?) Search for Winnipeg,MB. Zoom out about 11 clicks - you are looking for the intersection of Morley Ave. & Hay St. Center it and zoom in, you will see a four engine jet aircraft on final for Winnipeg International runway 31. What...

Archived from groups: alt.games.warcraft (More info?) Ok, I admit I've posted quite a lot today, (works a little dull). I noticed a lot of people saying the higher end stuff reqs Guild raids etc. Does this mean if your'e not in a Guild you'll never be able to do the higher lvl stuff in game, or...

Archived from groups: alt.games.delta-force (More info?) It's my impression that AI isn't Novalogic's strong side. Does anyone know if improvements will be made in the upcoming Joint Operations? Or will there be even more of your team mates trying to shoot an enemy on the other side of a hill...

Archived from groups: rec.games.pinball (More info?) Hi, Has anyone heard from Mike at MAD Amusements recently? I've tried contacting him by email multiple times but have got no response - I know he's had a few issues to deal with recently and don't want to keep nagging him if he's dealing...

Archived from groups: alt.games.halo (More info?) I am wondering if I can download Halo for the PC from anyone or any site. I would much rather not buy it since I have it for Xbox already. Please advise, my email is jordanfroehlich@hotmail.com

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.games.ageofkings (More info?) I have been trying to play a multiplayer game with friends and family on our lan system at home and have had success with 3 or less players but when we try 4 players linked the host computor says we need the cd in the...

&&&&&&****** (Hopefully) Final word: It was the power supply, try swapping your power supply with a healthy one (possibly a beefier one, unless you're sure... and you've actually checked... that you're over the power you need) if you experience problems like I did. Good morning, I wanted to...

Archived from groups: alt.games.neopets (More info?) Can anyone tell me when you have all the bits to a big picture and click Convert Picture Pieces i know you get a rare item but can you still sell the pieces afterwards....i dont want to find out the hard way.....Thanks

Archived from groups: alt.games.diablo2 (More info?) my frenzy barb (lvl 75) has 100 base and 120 with items dex. i was wondering how will I be able to hit things in hell with the 3400+ rating i have with my lvl 25 frenzy. also i currently have 247 vit with items but my life is only 1300+...