Short Circuit

Playing overwatch recently the game has begun to stutter from time to time which can be very noticeable sometimes. Whenever this happens the cpu maxes out at 100%, I have an i5 4690k and a gtx 1070, the i5 is oc to 4.2 ghz and hasn't really acted up till now. Usually i get around 200 fps but it...

My laptop fails to boot and people told me that it is an issue with graphics card. As I could not find any other problem with any other hardware I believe it os a problem with graphic card as before I crashed my laptop I saw a message warning me as " video driver has stopper working". Please...

Hello so my computer has been fucked for some time now. To begin, I put this computer together with random parts in my house. It took me about 4 days to get it to turn on. There wasn't really a difference in what I was doing. For example, I would arrange the parts in a certain combination and...

i wanth to plug in my headphones that has 1 mic conector and 1 for sound but my cable for sound is broken so i just wanth to use my headphones for mic.But i only have 1 3.5mm port on my laptop. so when i plug in my mic i dont have sound on my laptop speakers but mic works. Is there any way that...

What's the perfect internet speed that can do the following?: 1- gaming, streaming & graphics and video editing at the same time 2- downloading gigabytes-sized files just in minutes like graphics and effects libraries or some software something else please, what are the best routers that can...

This has been an issue since I built this PC over 6 months ago. The issues seem to come & go but almost always happen when I'm in the middle of gaming. I'll try to give as much information as I can and let you know what I've tried to fix it so we don't have to go through a bunch of steps again...

Will my motherboard the Asus the Z87-E/USB3.1 Support two graphics card? Currently I have an EVGA SSC 950 in it and I want to know if I should just sell it and upgrade to a brand new card or add another card two the motherboards. Also can you have two different cards and have them run together...

Hello guyz was wondering what will be the best air cooler to put on a over clocked AMD ryzen 2600 and will it be able to fit in a Corsair 274R case want your opinion coz I want to buy it but the prizes in Zimbabwe are twice that of the US bcoz of tax

HI i have this problem of screen tearing,wearing, freezes and blackout for a few sec when i am mining with my 5x gtx 1060 6gb on ETH claymore, and the red lines just pops out saying " gpuminer cu_k1 failed"and "cannot get current temperature,error 999 (an internal driver error occured" then it...

Hello, since I've got to do some upgrades on my laptop (Asus Vivobook PRO N752VX) I was wondering If there's any way to upgrade the motherboard. I know laptop motherboards are peculiar and they're not really upgradable but I want to ask you guys if it's possible to get an external motherboard...

Hi there mates! I'm new here on the community and I think is the right place to get some help on building my gaming PC since I want a decent one without spending too much money on it. So here I the thing, I live in Chile and got nothing, that means I'm gonna start building the PC from scratch...

Soo i had a scratch on my side panel and decided to well use the tooth paste magic... that made it even worse. Now i have a small ball of scratches all over the old scratch.. i already contacted support for a (MAYBE) replacement . But is there anything else i can do? I also have some weird dirt...

Hi, I'm from the beautiful island of Jamaica and i'm kid of young to the overclocking stuff but I only do what I understand because It's the only PC I have to use (so i'm very careful about what i do). So one night i was on the internet and I saw a video on YouTube with Linus showing how to...

I used Intel g4400 cpu and integrated graphics. I bought gtx 750 ti and I just put that in the expansion slot without knowing uninstalling old graphics card drivers. And my monitor only showed a horizontal bar blinking at the top left corner with a black background. I searched and found I...

Hello, all: I have an old Toshiba 15.6" laptop with an intel core i7-2760QM CPU (4 core / 8 thread) that I have re-purposed. I run the World Community Grid cancer gene mapping project on it, 24/7/365 (using BOINC client). Typical CPU temps are 55° - 65°C roughly 2/3 of the time, with routine...

In Brazil, most apartments are made of brick, leading to some rather thick walls some times, and mine isn't any different. My current router is a Apple Airport Express (not by my choice, but that is what I have), with a TP-LINK AC1750 Wi-Fi Range Extender, AV1200 Powerline Edition, which I...

This is old Intel p4 pc . And I want upgrade from DVD writer . It is connected but not showing in hard disc boot priority . But showing in CD ROM boot priority. Order is CD ROM and then HDD. Please solve

I want to know how good this case is and what radiators it supports? https://www.mwave.com.au/product/cooler-master-mastercase-tempered-glass-side-panel-light-grey-ac11202

Hi guys, i'm really at the end of my rope right now ... I've struggled the past month to get enough money to build a decent gaming PC (student), i was happy and all, used pcpartpicker.com & some reddit help to check the compatiblity of the build that i was trying to make, but right now it's been...

So my computer has had times before where it restarted randomly and I didn't think much of it. However , three days ago I would turn it on only for it to shutdown instead of restarting. I immediately believed the cause to be overheating and thoroughly cleaned my fans and case out in case of dust...

Hello everyone i have had this laptop for the past two years now and I've never had a problem till just recently. I've noticed that only the charger port area of my laptop has been getting hotter and that the rest of my laptop remained regular temperature. One day i smelt plastic burning and...

Hello thanks for taking the time. So I received a free relatively weak gaming pc a while ago that I've been trying to upgrade I'll give you the specs and based on my questions I'll give more info if needed. Current build A10-6700 Gtx 1050ti 12 gb ddr3 (8+4) Msi 2ae0 fm2+ 2 tb hdd 650w psu...

Iv basically brought an Evolv shift X and want to now make it look bad ass. Iv always wanted to do water cooling, but don't want to go too crazy incase i mess up so hoping for a good looking 240mm kit any recommendations? Specs Ryzen 1500x Strix x370 16gb ram 650w psu Msi 1080 Around...

i have 970 and 1060 i am interested in using one for gaming and one for streaming. how many times I select individual gpus for separate apps, in the diver options the 2nd gpu is not utilizing. and is there any trick to use both gpus i am on latest geforce drivers looking for your help.

I recently just got a crazy deal on a gtx 1070 founders edition. My current computers PSU is to low to run it. (Under the 500w minumum) I have an ASRock A75 PRO4 FM1 AMD A75 Motherboard in my current build and I would like to try just upgrading the PSU and seeing if this computer will work for...

Hello, everybody. :-) I have problem with playing Delicious Game Series (with Emily, hopefully somebody might know) in Windows XP. It doesn't matter if Home Edition or Professional or 64bit. These games don't save in Windows XP, but in Windows Vista or newer they do. I have been looking for help...

I am needing to replace the Capacitors near the RAM on a Dimension C521. Is it possible to remove the motherboard without removing the CPU Cooler? I am only needing to replace the capacitors. If it is possible. What are the instructions on removing the motherboard, without taking the CPU Cooler...

I have 500 watt with 6+2 pins but my GTX 660 needs 2x6 pins. What should I do? Any solutions???

I am looking for a 750w+ power supply that has 4 x 8 pin PCI-E for around 50 dollars. I an needing to power two Sapphire R9 Nitro Fury Cards for mining, which pull 250-300 watts each. If this is not possible for the price, I am considering the use of adaptors, however I am almost certain Molex...

im switching from a intel 4150 cpu to a ryzen 3.

I had a quick question about my CPU usage. I was playing BF1 and I am noticing hiccups, unless its just a crap driver, and stutters when I play. I have a 1080ti with a 5820k @4.3ghz. My CPU usage is above 60% hitting the 80's and 90's sometimes when monitoring on task manager. I have 16gb of...

Specs: Mobo: Gigabyte GA AB350M Gaming 3 CPU: Ryzen 1500x not OC GPU: Asus GTX 1060 3GB PSU: Corsair CX550M RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 3000MHz CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 Timings: 15-17-17-35 1.35V ver.5.20 SanDisk SSD Plus 120gb + Western Digital 1 TB 5400 RPM GPU up to date (Nvidia...

Why do people ignore my tech advice, even after they ask me for help? It makes me feel as if I have zero credibility. Has anyone ever dealt with this? How did you deal with it? Let me give you just a small example of a situation. My cousin loves gaming of all forms. He likes everything from...

fails to update windows keep getting erro code 9c48

no matter how much i overclock my gpu is is always unstable. I even tried uping the voltage to +50% and it still did nothing. It is a gigabyte g1 gaming 1070 so it never goes over 70c with the OCs but it always crashes after a few seconds. how can i make it stable?

Hi all! I am a gamer for years but a noobie here. My old build was Haswell i5-4690 MSI H97 Gaming 3 ATI Radeon HD7890 2GB OC But unfortunately my mobo has died. Now i need to upgrade the whole thing as my country is running almost no stock of H97, Z97 series mobo, so my processor and RAM are...

How do you install security code on your laptop

so i have been having slow cpu speeds for a little bit and that was because i did not do a clean install of windows when i got the processor, and i recently did just that and put windows on an ssd, but now its worse than ever and i got no clue. my specs are intel i7 6700k 32 gb ddr4 ram and a...

I need to upgrade my pc ram to 6gb.so I'm looking for a single channel 4gb ram.will it run on my dual channel motherboard and will it affect the working of my current 2gb ram?can i experience the 6gb ram after installation.

HI, I have a VERY annoying issue with my PC. It freezes, the screen goes blank, it comes back for a bit but then it happens again. This continues until I can manage to get the mouse over to the start menu to shut it down or if I hold down the power button and turn it off like that. This issue...