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ROG laptop's bottom panel LEDs not working, All the necessary drivers are installed and upto date. Tried updating BIOS and Windows reinstall/reset but none of them helped. Apparently it seems to have two LED controller board on corner and both of them not working, could it be hardware failure or...

I am facing a problem when every time I am playing any game application (an MMO for example) and I switch in OR out of the game, to look something up on Google for example, my screen will automatically dims the brightness ALL the way down. Ever time. I've tried all the "Windows 11" solutions and...

My case is an InWin 703 Mid tower. I am using an evga closed loop cpu cooler which is 120mm. My motherboard is the ROG STRIX X570-F Gaming motherboard. I am having trouble putting the cooler in because it will not lock onto the backplate. The cooler will fit perfectly onto the motherboard screws...

So I keep getting lag spikes roughly every 3 - 10 minutes (never consistent as far as I can tell.) I believe it happens on Netflix/Youtube/etc. as well. My ping will be running smoothly at around 30ms and then spike to 300-600 for about 5 seconds and drop back down to normal. Doesn't disconnect...

I got a new headset and it says the the headset is plugged in but the mic is not. How do I fix this or is it my computer ?

Hello , if I reset my windows 10 computer (settings>recovery>reset this pc) my original windows key/license also gets removed? its a key from my windows 10 thanks in advance (:

So I have a number of available options here for my 8600k to overclock to 5Ghz : 1: ASUS Strix Z370-H 2: Asus TUF Z370-PLUS GAMING 3: Asus Prime Z370-P 4: Aorus Z370 Gaming 3 5: Aorus Z370 Ultra Gaming wifi

Im looking for a card that can run games smoothly either ultra or high at 60fps

I bought a new Asus Strix RX 480 in December and it worked perfectly until today. I don't know if this is relevant but last night I was watching TV and and my PC woke itself from sleep, sounded like it was working hard then went back to sleep. I assumed it was installing updates or something...

Spec list: MSI Z97 Gaming 5 Mobo i5-4690k OC'ed @ 4.2Ghz GTX 1070 FTW 8gb of HyperX RAM 256 GB Samsung 850 Evo (OS and a few other things, no games) 2x 1TB Western Digital HDD (Games and pictures/videos etc etc) I recently upgraded from a GTX 970, no boost in performance or anything, my friend...

Hey there guys.Can somebody tell me how to cool components better during gaming ?.Thunder Master says my GPU temperature is 60C normally.Running World of Wacraft on settings 5/10 with v-sync on it goes up to 70C.If i go with max (10) settings with vsync on, its around 80C on both settings fan...

So, as the headline says, my microphone stopped working. I accidentally pulled the cord, and then it stopped working, so, thinking that I broke it, I plugged in another headset, but that mic didn't work either? The first one is plugged in via USB, and the second one via jack, so I am completely...

My PC does this crackling noise from time to time. I don't think it's from the components in the pc. I think it's the PC case because I listened closely and sometimes the sound appears from the front of the case and sometimes the side. It even does it sometimes when the PC is turned off. Is...

If i get 2 gpus with 4gb hbm, will it then be 8gb hbm or will it like gddr5 be limited to 4gb?

I built a new pc installed windows 10 on it and newest drivers and after a few minutes i get bsod KERNEL SECURITY CHECK FAILURE and after that process my pc restarted and after a few minutes i again gets same bsod. Please help

So, as the title says, I am looking for a budget Laptop that can do editing for my college course as well as streaming in my free time on twitch using the elgato game capture hd or the HD 60. I have the speeds for it, but my current laptop can't handle the video editing load that I have for...

I have a 55" 1080p 240hz vizio tv. I wanted to build a tower to play games and stream live HD videos all at 1080p 240fps (highest quality). But I started thinking that I'd like to take games on the road or on deployments so a laptop might be a better option, however I do want to be able to plug...

I recently purchased a computer that came as a bundle from NewEgg, so I know all parts are compatible. I hooked everything up and turned the computer on, and was happy to see it running. The display LEDs were illuminated and all fans were running. Though, I did notice that there was no beep from...

I took my computer to a computer repair shop have it's Pheonix 6.0 PG bios updated to the latest bios (from Evga ) E756_83. I picked up the computer and checked the version I't still said Pheonix 6.0 PG. I found some help at tToms Hardware on how to update the bios with a tool called...

I upgraded from a stock HP mobo to an asrock z75 pro3 and now my heatsink fan is much louder than before, I set the desired level to 1 and temperature to 65 in the BIOS which helped make it a little less loud, but while gaming it still gets super loud and the only way I've found around this is...

Hello users of Tom's Hardware! :) My friend Ethan is looking to get a gaming/workstation/editing pc to use over the summer and he has two people on the job, me and another friend that I haven't met before. He only has a couple of requirements, that it is about $1000 and that it is small, and...

My HP pavilion g7 laptop battery is not working unless its plugged in. Help!

Just picked up my new project, it's an Alienware D900T laptop. Current conditions is "no boot" sold for parts without a hard drive. I do have another one that works which I will be using to test some parts and verify that are okay. Granted they are compatible with each other. I am going to try...

looking for a good 750 power supply between 1-90$ help

This is my first pc and my gpu is not working properly

Hi guys I have a Asus Z97 Pro (wifi-ac) since 3 weeks and been having some anoying issues with it and have allready try everything i have knowledge of and anything seems to work. Now to my issues: 1. My lan conection is only recognizedsometimes I would say from 10 times y turn my pc on only 4...

I am planning on building a gaming pc soon, and I was originally planning on getting an R9 280 which came with 3 free games, but I saw that if you buy the R9 270X at BestBuy you can get 4 free games, but it is $20 more expensive. So which one should I get? Thanks in advance

just want some overall opinion's Case; coolermaster haf 912 CPU; amd 8320 MOBO; 990fxa um3 gigabyte GPU;gtx 760 Ram; g skill 8 gb HDD; seagate barracuda 1tb Psu; evga 500wt 80 plus DvD; ; ASUS 24X DVD Burner = total 750$ just wanting to know if this pc can handle far cry 3 high/ultra...

Greetings, I've nearly completed my custom PC but I'm having troubles picking the correct PSU. I have limited knowledge of computers and I've been told I need extra Wattage in case I do upgrades or just to generally have more than needed. My PC Build; http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3eWbh PSU...

I wish to game with all settings maxed out in a 22" 60 Hz LG monitor. This is my current setup: Mobo:MSI 970A-G43 CPU: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 970 3.5 Ghz (CM Hyper 212 Evo cooler with dual fan) RAM: Strontium 3x4GB=12GB GPU: Asus GTX 760 2 GB DDR5 Direct CU II OC Edition SSD-Adata 256 GB +...