Robotics

Hi everyone! I have a project in mind, i want to build a robotic arm using stepper motors and drivers for them (TB6600). My idea is to control every motor with an Arduino nano, and using a RaspBerry Pi to control the Arduino boards, like master and slave. I dont want to use CAN bus because...

Hi, I have an Acer laptop and I had it for some time now. Recently, my hard drive stopped reading so I've had to replace it. It worked well but a few days ago, I left it on and when I came back, the screen was black. If I look closely, I am able to see stuff on the black screen but it's...

I bought a motherboard, cpu and ram bundle Asus sabertooth 990fx rev 2 Amd fx8320 black edition Corsair vengeance pro 2400mhz 2 x 8gb My question will the ram work with this setup or will I have to swap it for 1866mhz to work .also can you recommend a gpu and would this make a half decent...

Im looking at building a new system for light gaming and schoolwork. Ive made a few sketches for a wooden case probably going for mini itx or micro atx, but apart from that i have no idea what to look into because of the crazy prices right now. Any suggestions? I'm open to refurb parts, and im...

I have found gtx690 for 190 dollar and gtx 1050 ti is 175 dollar,which one that ı should buy?

Here are the system requirements for the game: Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 Requirements Test My specs: i5–6600k, 8GB RAM 2666mhz, AMD RX480 8GB, 640GB HDD Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo Corsair 650W PSU It’s not very noticeable but it happens from time to time. I tried settings from Low to High...

Hey guys, I have a CyberPower PC that I bought for myself to game on. I bought my husband the same one, and while he has put hours in on his, mine has sat at a desk for the past year untouched. I know I paid about 750 for it, but have no clue what it is worth now. Can you help me any? Here are...

I am a first timer building a new PC. I had a bit of trouble getting an install of Windows without BSOD errors. My first install of Windows 10 worked pretty flawlessly, until I had trouble with my graphics card driver, leading me to doing a fresh install. Since then I've been receiving BSOD...

So I have a new PC it worked fine i got all my drivers and such and I get some games like Gta 5 so it runs at 60 fps and I think i should overclock and I turn on this thing called "OC genie" on my motherboard and its men't to overclock my cpu i try and my PC slows down so i turn it off and now...

I've a R9 290x and i want install a 2nd card a Rx 480in compatible? with or without crossfire bridge? Thz

I recently had both my laptop and PC die on me within a week of one another. I usually build my own PC's but I have been out of the loop for over a year now and could use some help. I need a laptop now for grad school, along with playing wow, and other simulation games. I really like the idea of...

I just build new computer with components listed in my profile. I don't know why but occasionally computer won't boot to windows. It will post Bios screen and devices but after that it will show ASUS logo and that is it. It will actually shut down. Then i will turn it on again and no problem...

I am having an issue with graphics performance and I'm not sure what it could be. my motherboard died recently and i had to downgrade from an h97 to a b85 as that was the only thing that existed in my area with an 1150 socket. Now I can't even get 30 fps in tomb raider on ultra and am getting...

How well does the gtx 1070 overclock average? Do I get a better overclock with a hybrid card? What ranges of overclock can I expect?

I need to know the last year the m17r3 used Windows 7

I just realised I haven't logged in for 5+ years, I was building my first budget PC then. (I still have it and it's time to upgrade) I'm not sure If I should wait for Ryzen but I've waited long enough! Purpose of build: Gaming(1440p, 4K), hopefully streaming and editing. (budget is >2000euros...

I have recently been having problems with my mouse pointer becoming distorted at random times. It only corrects after a reboot, but will come back soon after. -Windows 10 64bit -Chrome browser -Rx 470 Radeon gpu -AMD FX 8350 Eight-Core processor http://imgur.com/a/UwNEF ^^^ How the mouse...

I am trying to update my Intel Core i7-6700 CPU and for some reason I receive this message when trying to update it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKyy0ofNfSw Several other drivers do about the same thing and say the driver is from 2006. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Hello everyone, I need an upgrade from my GTX 750. But as you all know, with all the new gpus coming out such as the GTX 1060 and the RX 480, I dont know what to look into. Ill keep this as straight forward as possible to make this easy and not confusing, for the most part. My questions to you...

Hi guys, Just Recently got 4 sticks of DDR4 CMK16GX4M2A2133C13, but running speccy, cpuz buurnintest all gives me two sticks being cl15 and two sticks being cl13. The cl15 sticks are showing CMK16GX4M4A2133C15model Could speccy, cpuz etc get it wrong? I have no overclock or anything. Using i7...

II am on holiday and brought a WD My passport ultra 0820 external drive and a 128 g. lexar memory stick and sandisk 16 g memory stick with backup data on them that I need to use. The Asus eebook now won't let me open them. It sees the drives, but there is a yellow explanation mark through...

For quite a while I have been having random freezes playing minecraft. new drivers, bios all that stuff has plagued me for months and months. Finally entered the right question in Google and found some threads about overheating my AMD chips. IT would idle about 61C and run under load about 86C...

Ive gotta write this quick as its starting to occur alot right now for some reason, but, whats happening is my USB ports will shut off. like first it was my WIFI adapter maybe once or twice a day, but i switch the ports and it still occurs so it must be all the ports. now my keyboard keeps...

One of the speakers has no output from the amplifier.There seems to be a short or fuse damage inside.I have switched speaker wire,thinking the negative/positive may be in error.Is there a repair kit for Fisher speakers?

hello guys.i have the following build: amd fx 6300 3.5 ghz gigabyte ds3p 8 gb ram and coolermaster 600 watt bronze.recently i upgrade from amd 240 to amd 380 4gb and i get in games like advanced warfare wicher 3 and other intensive games nearly 50 fps on very high settings and on mobas nearly...

I just built a pc today and im trying to download some games from steam. I have steam on my ssd and i want some games, such as csgo, to be on the ssd, but now that i try to download other games on the hdd, i get the error message in the title of the quesiton? how can i get it to allow me to...

Hello, I just built my new gaming PC and my graphics are much worse than my five year old computer. Even my 10 year old computer has better graphics. Something must be wrong and need help figuring out what if anything can be done other than replacing hardware. I bought quality hardware and...

Having issues with computer posting and constantly restarting

I have a question about upgrading my current CPU (which is a i5 650) to a slightly more updated i7 870 CPU. I chose this CPU because I have an older motherboard that has the same chip socket (1156 socket) and is compatible. The main thing I'm worried about is the Alienware Aurora R2 heatsink...

so, i am currently running a pentium g3258 overclocked at 4.5ghz and a GTX 750ti FTW edition. i play csgo at around 120 fps currently. i want to buy a 144hz monitor for a better gaming experience. how much fps would i gain from an upgrade from the pentium to an i5-4690K? is it worth the buy...

Hello ive been having trouble running arma 3 over 20 fps on any settings i cant seem to get decent play out of the game Gpu: Gainward Gefore GTX 770 Phantom 4Gb Cpu: AMD FX 4300 Quad Core processor 3.80GHz 8Gb RAM

i want a motherboard that offers good sound and internet and can be used for overclocking between $100 $130 and here are my pc specs CPU i5 6600 skylake GPU evga gtx 980 acx 2.0 RAM g.skill ddr4 2400 HDD 1TB Western Digital WD10EZEX PSU Seasonic S12II-520 V2 CASE Antec GX505 window blue

Hi guys, I recently bought 8GB Ram for my HP Pavilion Slimeline s5000 and it didn't work for some reason. I'm having a hard time matching what it is that makes my PC not compatible with the RAM. This is what i bought...

Hi. I'm a computer literate but I am not so familiar with the terms / words that I need to use here so that you could understand my problem, so please be patient with me. :) I owned a WD Elements 1048 external hard disk. My problem is I cannot open the content / files written on it. Every time...

Guys, i'm having doubts about 1440p monitors cause of my videocard. I have GTX 770 2Gb i think this is not enough, would it be enough to SLI another GTX 770 ?

I would like to buy a gaming monitor for my new gaming PC that I will be buying and putting together soon. I want an IPS monitor that does not have any ghosting issue and screen tearing when gaming, watching movies or shows, and basically everything else. For the resolution, I would like it to...

The original hdd is having issues when booting up and is always asking to scan. It always hangs up so I have to reboot. I can't use acronis to clone the drive due to the original drive is getting bad. How can I use the Recovery to be put on the external hard drive(USB)? Then I can take out...

Will i be down grading if i replace my 760k with a g2358?

I currently have 8GB of ddr3-1333 memory, and am looking to upgrade, but my current mobo doesn't support anything higher than that. Is it worth upgrading my mobo and memory to 1600 or more? will i see much of an improvement in performance? The money for the new mobo isn't an issue. I will be...

Hi, I would like to know if my FX-6300(3.5ghz) would bottleneck with an R9 285, R9 280x, or R9 290. I currently am using an R9 270x