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My Amazon Fire 7 screen has gone so dark I can barely see the apps - what can I do It is only 5 weeks old.

Hi all, Currently looking for a Micro-ATX case. I'm looking to spend as little as possible to meet the below criteria: - Be smaller than a regular ATX case. - Have a top grill (so I can place 2 fans), side grill (so I can place 1 fan), and front grill (so that I can place 1 fan), and a back...

I recently (about 5 months ago) upgraded from an AMD GPU to a GTX 1050 Ti, and it runs really well, i don’t play a ton of games that need insane graphics, i play fortnite very well on max settings, but when i was looking into my PC lately i noticed i have some things i want to upgrade(i have an...

im upgrading to i7-8700k so which motherboard should i choose with a performance perspective not considering aesthetic perspective? and i have strix gtx 970 so i dont want to upgrade gpu , so cani play with 8700k ?

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Hi everyone! I just upgraded from a i5 650 i know seems ancient to the fx6300 with a 990fxa ud3 both were used of ebay mobo 16g of gskill ripjaws but stock mobo gonna get one soon gonna give up a ram slot for a decent air or water cooler not sure yet but since i changed the mobo an cpu all my...

I have my gpu usage %90-95 and cpu 60-80 having 170fps in rainbow:6 siege pretty good but when i close the game and surf in the internet for 3-4 hours when i go back to game gpu usage is 70ish and cpu is 15-20 i get 108 fps everytime but when i restart the pc it goes normal again i dont know...

Hello i got a pc recently and one of my friends spilt water on it after I got it checked they said the display chip is not working and ye motherboard shows the 00 sign can you guys please help me? I have i5 processer water cooling 750 wt of power supply super nova 16 gb ram gtx 1080sc 8 gb and...

CPU AMD Ryzen 5 1600 CPU COOLER Cryorig H7 GPU GTX 1060 6GB G1 GAMING MOBO ASUS STRIX B350 F Gaming RAM Corsair Vengeance LPX (2 x 4) GB PSU 550W EVGA SUPERNOVA Case: Corsair Carbide Series Spec Omega

The program (data analysis) I am enrolled in requires a laptop with the following specs: -Intel I7 or Equivalent processor - Multi-Threading Capabilities and, - 64-bit architecture preferred (processor must support virtualization) - 16 GB of RAM (or option to add more RAM) -1...

So I just bought a new Audio Technica AT2020 mic with XLR hook up (not usb) that is plugged into my Sound Blaster ZX sound card and I'm having issues with the mic sounding like I'm under water. Here's the set up: AT2020 > XLR female to male XLR cable > Phantom Power AC18v > XLR female to male...

Password manager 1Password's latest feature lets you check whether your password has been leaked in a data breach. 1Password Can Tell If Your Password's Been Leaked : Read more

SRFax is a good alternative online faxing service, thanks to a lowest-cost tier that gives you a reasonable number of inbound and outbound pages. SRFax Review: A Good Low-Cost Faxing Option : Read more

Yo guys im locking for a gaming laptop that will last me for some years. I mostly play games like WoW and League some times, but would like it to run games like pubg 2. For this reason idk if i should go after one with a 1060 or 1070 card, any suggestions. And i would like a recomendation for a...

On Monday I decided to acquire from my ISP a new router as mine was four years old and appeared to be running slow. The new router duly arrived yesterday and was correctly plugged in and suddenly one of our two ethernet computers wasn’t able to be connected and the ISP techo’s decided that it...

I lookin activation key for windows 7 professional Procuct I'd is 00371-OEM-8992671-00541 And need my product key pls.

I have a I5 7600K with a Cryorig C7 with 2 1 front and back chassis fans and one facing downwards in my case and for some reason when i play games like Ark survival and BDO with low settings I'm sitting at 70C+, And I'm not sure why It's around 20C in my room because I live in Australia and its...

After a year of building my computer, I finally built my PC. And it runs. With out the GPU of course... So my computer turns on with the GPU plugged in but will not run. If I take the GPU out it will run/boot. So I need to know what I need to do in order for my PC to boot and run off the GPU...

Hi sorry if this is not the correct forum but I have been playing ark a lot and I realize it’s not optimized but after about 20-30 minutes of playing a get a large FPS drop. I logged this info with HWINFO and was hoping someone could look at them and see if they notice anything . After I reboot...

This Christmas Eve, enjoy a holiday poem from the editors of Tom's Hardware. Twas The Night Before Tom’s Christmas : Read more

Motherboard is a gigabyte B250M-DS3H graphics card test 1: GTX 1060 3gb OC PNY graphics card test 2: GTX 6?? processor: Intel Core i5-7600K ram: 16gb ddr4 2400 megahertz PSU: 600 watt Both graphics cards do not work. I cannot install drivers because Nvidia says i don't have a Geforce graphics...

The title says it all. Any suggestions would be much appreciated https://au.pcpartpicker.com/user/Vinnie-gar/saved/yt44CJ

Hi there. I have a Canon 6D that got caught in the rain. I tried everything to dry it out and put it in rice etc. It powers on but the screen displays err20 code. And the screen is still foggy in the corner. It been about 2 months since the accident. Is this repairable? Can I fix this myself...

So the current PC specs: CPU: AMD PHENOM II X6 1090T Cooler: Hyper 212 EVO GPU: Nvidia GTX 1050 RAM: 12GB DDR3 1600Mhz Motherboard: ASUS M5A97 Plus Case: CiT 1017 PSU: (came with case) 500w 500gb HDD 60gb SSD I want to be able to upgrade this all, but instead of an AMD system, I would love...

So i have my pc in my bedroom which is upstairs and the router is downstairs. i run wireless but it has just been rubbish for gaming so now i want to run wired. i can't run it directly to the router cause of the distance but i have a ethernet/phone port into my wall in my bedroom. is it someway...

Hi, I recently decided to upgrade my OS from windows 7 to windows 8.1, The problem is that everytime I tri to update my GPU driver ( wich is essential if you want to keep playing games on your PC ) windows 8.1 crashes suddenly and a bleu screen appears After that happens , my PC reboots and...

Hey, im luciano from argentina and i want to build a pc for gaming and streaming, mainly i play company of heroes 2 and i want to stream it, it would be cool to stream other games but im cool if i can stream coh2 properly. Currently im streaming/playing coh2 but with a poor performance. I need...

I will try to not over-complicate my situation here, so please bear with me. We had a Samsung 5.1 Blu-ray that worked flawlessly for years. The hookup was simple. Just went Comcast box out via HDMI to the Samsung’s HDMI input, then to the Insignia TV’s HDMI input via the Samsung’s HDMI output...

I was wondering if anyone could share their thoughts on a gaming desktop. I am wanting to run most games on the highest setting. I may also be overclocking and am not trying to go over $950 Here are the specs. CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor CPU COOLER: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO...

So pretty much almost ALL of my games are crashing and those who have viewable crash logs i always see the same thing, KERNEL32 and Nvd3um.dll caused vilation....Im fighting with this pproblem for like a year now and i heard that it has something to do with drivers, i tried older versions and...

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Hi guys just wondering if my Be quiet 500w power supply is good enough to handle a gtx 1060 and i5 6400?

the cooler 168.3mm but the case only supports 168mm would this make a diffrence

Hey guys do you know for any CPU that good for gaming and its under 200€

Will i get good secs when i put and amd a8 7600 apu in my mobo?

Hi, I was playing some games with friends when a game crashed and i was unable to tab-out or crl+alt+del, i waited a few minuets to see if the game will start to respond, however after about 2-3 minutes i got impatient and force shutdown the computer, when i tried to reboot the computer it took...

Dear Readers, Today i've been encountering a problem with a specific motherboard (Medion MS-7797). I upgraded a pre-build system of a friend of mine after he told me that his computer was keep shutting down Immediately after he was pressing the on/off button. At first, i upgraded the...

EPIC asked Congress to use the reauthorization of the National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA) to finally protect Americans during the rise of the so-called Internet of Things (IoT) in seemingly every aspect of modern life. EPIC Asks Congress To Secure The Internet Of...

First a story then my question lol. I have had it up to my ears in rage over my crappy 7 year old HP case I got when I first bought my computer. 1. The hard drive is non removable. 2. The other side of the case is non removable. 3. EVERYTHING IS NON REMOVABLE....unless I find a way to get a...

Went to a local pawn shop in Jacksonville, Florida They had an MSI gaming laptop for $300 Apache pro 5th gen i7 16 GB RAM 970m graphics Awesome find originally posted at over $1200 Always wanted. One but wasn't going to pay that much for it. Long story short pawn shops have great bargains...