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Hello, I’m an average home pc user who uses pc for dcouments, music files, internet browsing, a few games and photoshop. Which one of the two options above would anyone here recommend for my goal of overall processing speed and/or file retrieval speed and longevity of thr pc as I don’t change...

I like to work on the beach in Thailand. But my laptop screen doesn't go bright enough, it's a toshiba c-640 with windows 7 64bit. Is there a way I can bypass standard brightness settings and go even brighter? The full brightness is not enough.

Since two days ago, my Windows Audio Device Isolation process has been consuming more than it should. It stutters whenever any audio is play once every 2-4 seconds. Even system alert sounds stutter. The only change I made recently was the new Windows 10 updates, but I uninstalled them with the...

About a week ago it started taking multiple tries to get my tower to give signal to my primary monitor when I switched it on. This gradually became more and more of a problem until I couldn't get it to give signal even after dozens or so attempts. Note: on some restarts the computer gave...

I'm currently re-building/upgrading my current PC, and I want to know if it will run games well, paired with the Asus ROG SWIFT PG278Q. (1440p 144hz) The only thing I have bought for this build is the CPU and MOBO. If there is anything other than those that I can change in this build that would...

I recently completed building a desktop with AMD A10-7850K and Asus A88X-Pro Mobo loaded with 4x4 GB Mushkin Enhanced Redline 996996F 2133 9-11-10-28 memory. I can OC the APU to 4.1 (from stock 3.7) but when I push the memory past 1866, it goes down with almost no load. Am wondering if it is a...

What is the difference between SD RAM and regular RAM? I want to upgrade my RAM and there is SD RAM as well as regular RAM. Which do I buy or are they the same? :??: Thanks!

So this happened literally 10 minutes ago. Recently I posted a thread about my Kelvin T12 would make weird noises and sometimes over-heat when not mounted in a specific way (http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2873291/kelvin-t12-overheats-vertical.html) I resolved it and did not think much...

Been noticing this weird noise on my gpu fans when they are at 45-55% speed. I recorded a video of the noise, it sounds like the bearings on the fan(s) are bad. https://youtu.be/DGDZjQuC9UU What do you guys think I should do?

Hello i'm wondering on this and i want to ask a simple question. which of this card you recommend to buy? : MSI GTX 960 GAMING 4G http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00V4HY522/ MSI R7 370 GAMING 4G http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ZGF11YS Gigabyte AMD R9 380 http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ZGF3TUC/...

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Hi everyone, I have decided that whilst I await the next lot of Nvidia cards I want to overclock my GTX 780TI. I currently have the "Inno3D iChill GTX 780 Ti DHS HerculeZ X3 Ultra" card and it runs as stock... Voltage = 1.175mV Clock speed = 1085MHz standard but hits 1201MHz on boost Memory =...

Hello, I recently upgraded my GPU to a gtx 980. I believe my processor is having some new difficulty because of the power that the new GPU is taking. Since I replaced the GPU, I have heard my fans blare whenever I'm doing something like play a game or watch a live stream. The CPU temp is idle...

Hello, I recently purchased the Alienware 17 laptop. I like to play the latest games on max settings. But the laptop fails to deliver such performance. I also read on the internet that games are playable on 50-70 fps on this laptop. Even when the laptop is charging on high performance setting...

HI,I am going to upgrade my other e521 DELL and heres what i am going to do which is about the same thing i did with the first e521 DELL. Put in a 500watt PSU, WIN7, SEAGATE SSHD HDD,the PC is using WINXP and what i want do is a 64GB USB to download all of the data off of the WINXP OS as i have...

have purchased antec vp450p psu as u guys suggested ,,now there is 1 CPU Connector with 4 + 4 pin in my psu but only 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V Power connector(s) in my motherboard ,, so what should i do ,,

hello, greetings from new comers.. i've bought asus x550dp laptop about a month ago, and i have a problem with the touchpad, when im trying to disable it by pressing fn+f9 it wont work, anyone know what happen? or any suggestion? because the track pad was large and makes me do a lot of typo when...

My friend wants to add more ram to his old PC, at the moment he has 4gb DDR2 crucial ram (1333mhz i guess not sure how to check it). Is it okay if he adds 4gb more (his old mobo supports up to 8gb) crucial ram with the same clock speed, I've heard its reccomended that the rams are all the same...

I've been searching for a good laptop/2-in-1 tablet for school and coding between classes when I have time. The most I have planned is remoting into my desktop, coding, and the possibility of running a couple of server 2008/2012 VMs. I can always use VMs on my desktop and remote in with my...

welcome all, I currently have a m68m-s2p gigabyte motherboard which I want to upgrade I am planning to buy everything I need tomorrow I have a TigerDirect store close to my area so I probably will be buying everything I need there I have a mid tower pc the things I am planning o upgrade are...

I recently upgraded my graphics card from an HD 7770 to an r9 270x, and I got into windows, installed the beta drivers for catalyst control center ect, then played some games. then, the screen went black, and I force restarted the computer. when the computer comes on, it posts just fine, then...

Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage (More info?) I ran NDD in DOS mode on an older p-166 system with 2 hd's. Apparently ez-drive was installed and ndd did not like it. The options were set up to auto repair so NDD tried to fix the problem. From things got hairy and I don't...

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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?) All the fonts in my XP turned italic. I do not know wat happened. All the fonts I see on screen and those that I typed are in italics. Be it in IE, Words or MSN. Just happened a couple of days ago. I would appreciate if...

I've already posted this in the other section (suppose I should have posted here first, anyway) I need to know if it's possible to read an apple IIe corvis drive from a pc. If you can what do I need. I know how to move text files but what about animations and pictures? <A...

Hello my friends!!! I want to connect a IDE hard drive (with its extern alimentation) on the parallel port. How can I do it??? What is the connecting diagram IDE -> PARALLEL? Thank-you. Mic. <P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by mic06 on 11/21/01 09:44 AM.</EM></FONT></P>

whenevr i try to do a cd to cd copy with my generic 52x cd-rom drive to my sony cd-rw drive i can never get a write speed higher than 6x. i've tried using sony cd extreme, the burning software that came with my burner, nero 5.3.5.5, and cake walk pyro, all with the same results. i've also...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?) I thought it would be easy to back-up my data files onto a DVD. I have been doing it onto CD's for years but I can't discover how to do it. I researched on the web and it seems that Microsoft did not make it...

I am going to be running this new gaming rig, need some help to make sure the power supply is quite enough for dual 7950's or 670's, whichever I decide to go with. I am only running 1 hard drive at the moment in it, no ssd or anything else for now. So basically will a Corsair TX 850 be enough...

My computer's been freezing and I'm suspecting bad sectors, but I have a 64gb SSD paired with a 1.5tb HD in Intel SRT. I have a Z77 motherboard. Can I "scan for and attampt recovery of bad sectors" under Tools/Error Checking?

Hello everyone, I am wanting to upgrade my GPU from a Radeon HD 5750 to something newer like the Nvidia GTX 680. My only problem is my motherboard: m4a785td-v Evo had two cables that currently sitting towards the back of my current graphics card. The length of the 5750 is 7inch and the new...

...and quick... Hey folks My friend's DELL has been shipped with the DVD/CD-rom plugged on the same IDE-cable as the CD-burner, i.e. it's not possible to do "on-the-fly"-copies (duh!) Currently the HD is primary master, cd/dvdrom = secondary master, and cd-burner = secondary slave. I guess...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.configuration_manage (More info?) Hi, I have Pentium 4 2.4GHz, 256 MB RAM, and Windows XP SP2 with new updates. 5 days ago I formated hdd because mu computer occasionally freezed, even then I had Win XP SP2 + updates, and now I do all that from...

Im building my computer this weekend and I'm at last second changes. Part of its uses is for high end gaming and I want to play battlefield 3 and all the highend games coming out. That being said I bought the gtx 660 graphics card when buying my parts and it was on sale for 30 dollars cheaper...

please my hp pavilion g6 is not playing games. i want to download d necessary driver please help me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rl-n6Mhjy8 Let me know what you think of it guys, thanks for your time. :)

Hello all, I am new to the community but I often come to this site to get advice but decided to join to get help and maybe help out others :) I currently have a single HDD 1TB... I have an OEM version of Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit My specs if this helps is Asus P8Z77-V PRO Intel i5...

Hi I need a compatible graphic card for my PC , the config is :- AMD Bulldozer , ASUS Crosshair V Thunderbolt, 8GB RAM , 5TB HDD, Cooler Master PSU 1000Watts. Please suggest me a good gaming graphic card . I am a hardcore GAMER , pricing limit is 30,000-40,000/- thousand rupees . Please suggest...

im just wondering cause toms always does the benchmarks for those ultra high resolutions and has done um for years and for a few years iiv been tryin to find me an affordable one. where do people get such high resolution monitors for such a good price

I have an HTPC in my living room. Here are the specs. Asus F1A55-M LX Plus R2.0 mobo AMD A8 3870k CPU 8gb of ddr3 ram EVGA GT 640 2gb card which is gddr3 With the exception of the GPU, I got these parts new for a steal. The GPU I already had. I was not planning on an AMD CPU at the time of...