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I’m using Samsung NP535U4X I have dual OS installed ■Windows 10 ■Windows 7 I have cleaned the fan, remove all the dust I could find. But this is what makes me don’t understand Windows 10 makes my laptop overheat, until it shutdowns itself (around 105°C) While using Windows 7 the maximum temp...

Hello! I am struggling with the problem of low FPS in CS for a long time. During the game, the FPS drops up to 90-100 for example on the de_cache map during a regular match. On DM or casual servers I also have fps fluctuations between 120-200. I have a 144 hz monitor and this is a mega problem...

I'm looking to buy a gtx 1080 and I was wonder if any of them would fit into the corsair carbide 400c

I have this card paired with a R5 1600 @3.8 GHz and with 16 GB @3200 MHz but while playing some games like GTA V and Borderlands 2 i only get 40-60% of GPU usage. I have "Maximum performace" on NVIDIA control panel and "high performance" set on power mode. Also i have the latest drivers...

GPU: GTX 1050 2gb, CPU: I5 7500 RAM: 8GB MOTHERBOARD: ASUS PRIME H270-PLUS So I’ve been noticing that my frames are dropping in games whenever I’m in a discord call, now I know discord doesn’t use the GPU, (I did turn off GPU acceleration but that made no difference) One game in particular...

Hello all. Thought I would do something helpful this morning and teach my kids how to clean the inside of a laptop. I have a Lenovo Y510p and it was pretty simple to take apart. About 10 screws on the back and the entire back panel came off. The only thing that I did was unscrew the three screws...

Finally after a long journey I've decided to build my very 1st gaming/streaming setup! Components: MB: MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK CPU: i7 7700K CPU Cooler: be quiet! DARK ROCK 3 RAM: 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 3000MHz Team Group Delta RGB Black PSU: Sea Sonic FOCUS Plus 550 Gold GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING...

Recently bought new pc parts, i tried to start up and the fire appeared from the gpu, is it possible to fix it? Why did it happpen? I'm in a bad situation helppp :(

Dear People, I recently rebooted my machine, after loading some new software, and mistakenly hit administrator as the user account to log in... The system appears to show that I am logged in as Administrator but never completes loading and boot up. When I reboot, the choose a user screen...

I have a dell jjw8n motherboard running core 2 duo and 4gb ddr2. Can I put a Xeon on this?? Would ecc ram be of any use??

Hey, I'm planning on extracting the ssd out of my laptop and putting it into my new pc. I'm pretty sure I have windows home edition not the oem license, will I be able to reuse it?

hey. After I updated my msi h81m p33 to 1.7 bios cpu usage passed my gpu usage and fps drops. using i5 4590 xfx dd r9 280x kingston savage 2x4 1600 mhz rams 600w psu Im using my card OC'ed to 1075 1585 speeds with +20 power limit. Playing H1Z1 KOTK. Last week I was playing 90+ fps at cities and...

So yesterday I had opened up my computer to do some testing on weather my airflow was good or not, because my fan layout really isn't ideal. But that's besides the point. My computer had been running fine all day, everyday for the past year when I got the mother board. But when I took it out...

I've two laptops on my table, both connected to same Wifi router. I'm able to surf internet on both laptops. Both laptops show each other's name in their respective explorer windows. I've installed fresh Windows 7 on both LTs (one has 32 bit, other 64 bit). But when I double click on the other...

Hello. Right now the FTW is only 5 dollars more expensive than the SC version including a 20 dollar rebate. Which card is superior? I plan to overclock. I know the FTW is slightly faster out of the box but that doesn't necessarily make it a better card from what I understand.

Hi guy[i]s, just as the title states, I am looking to spend $200ish (the less spent the better) to obtain 144fps in overwatch. Mind that this is for competitive play so most settings will be on low as I don't care for smoke hindering my line of sight or ridiculous shadow's. I only care about...

I just built my PC, I plugged it into the power outlet and connected my monitor to the motherboard. ( my graphics card didn't come yet ). All the fans work but my monitor says no signal. Is my mobo broken?

Ive been struggling with this for a while now and was unable to find any solution. The problem is such: One day out of no where my logitech camera software started freezing my computer. This means i couldnt do absolutely anything but restart. I removed the camera software, and now i dont have an...

Hello, I was wondering does streaming movies or watching youtube kill SSD? does streaming download the data on the SSD? What im concerned is these things will kill my SSD on my laptop faster. Thanks

Basically I was playing bf4 and the pc crashed. It froze up and I turned it off then back on. When I turned it back on the peripherals won't work. The monitors don't turn from 'yellow' idle to 'green' receiving signal. My mouse has lights on it which don't light up at all. The keyboard...

I don't know what to do, do you have any suggestions ??

Hello I'm an inexperienced pc builder so I've decided to ask people smarter than me before I do something stupid. I have a three-year-old computer ASUS CM6870 LGA1155 which I'm planning to upgrade by getting a GTX 950 (link to the Finnish website sellling it), and Corsair VS450 80 PLUS White -...

I need to know what setting i can get on OBS with this internet speed: http://

Hello, I am wondering if this computer can handle Arma 3 and DayZ Standalone. Specs: CPU: Intel® Core™ i3-4160 3.60 GHz 3MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1150 Motherboard: ASRock H81m-ITX Wi-Fi 802.11 w/ USB 3+ SATA 6GB/s GbLAN, 1 Gen3 PCIe x16 RAM / System Memory: 8GB (4GBx2) DDR3/1600MHz Dual...

i have a HP g6 lap, with win 7 os im having a problem with my web cam it want open it says" web cam want detect install a web cam to ur pc" , im having this prob for few months time sometimes it work with few min time and want work , i try installed win 8 os it worked two days and then not, i...

If I start my pc the first page I see my motherboard data (where I can go to bios and stuff). After that the problem.....the second page I see 4 times Windows where I must choose 1 of them to continue. If I wait 20 sec it goes further without touching a button. How can I fix this problem so...

Hello, I am interested in getting a custom gaming desktop built for my husband. However, as you might have guessed, I am not familiar with computer parts and components.. I just know that the general consensus seems to be that custom is better, hehe. Anyhow, my budget is from $1200 to $2000...

Hi Im looking into making a crazy PC, Im a mac user all my life and I would like to make a epic gaming machine as well as something that would give me the best Music + Movie experience as I love audio and loud speakers ( I want the best and the loudest) Approximate Purchase Date: e.g.: this...

I wanted to install Dead State (pc game), CODEX version, but after installing it, I cannot find the game folder...anywhere on the computer. Ccleaner and Add or Remove Programs tells me the same thing: the game is not installed, BUT in the installation option (see photo) it shows like the folder...

Basically, I am going to buy this laptop(Y50-70 4K). It's retail price is £1099.99,but I am getting a 20% because my friend works at PC World, also it says you can get vat cash back(20%),so in total how much would I have to pay. Thanks Reply ASAP. I

Just wanting to know is 2 660's better than a single 970?

when i play nfs rivals everything is 60 fps the cutscenes but the game when you have to drive it drops to 15 to 20 like slowmotion i have intel i7 4gb ram amd HD 8670M

So at work I have a Mac Pro 2010 8-core 2.4GHz Intel Xeon with 32GB of ram running OSX 10.9.1 Mavericks. I came into work and one of my ram modules died. The ram module that died is a 4GB DDR3 1066Mhz. So I went to the IT guys and they said a regular PC ram should work if the specs are the...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?) I have a Leica Camera connected via USB to an XP Pro/SP2 system. It has worked since plugged in. Never needed to install a driver. It has always prompted with the AutoPlay. Selecting "Copy pictures to a folder on my...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.messenger (More info?) i needed to reinstall msn messenger so used the following in run to do it RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir% \INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove now i vant install any ver above 4.7 installation stops and i get an...

Hi, Internal Hard disk of my Toshiba laptop is not working properly. I was wondering if it would be okay to install Seagate hard disk - 750 GB of 7200 rpm instead of Toshiba hard disk - 500 GB of 5400 rpm. Could you please throw some light on the issues of heat generation or whether it would...

Hi i have a question, i just bought a deltaco lan-1000 gigabit network card to connect to a 100/10 internet connection with my old desktop. My laptop, with the same cat6 wire get full speed, 97mbit/s download and 10 mbit/sek upload. But with this pci-card i only get about 20mbit/s down and the...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?) For some time I've been questioning the use of AV software. I work in IT support and I really couldn't count the number of perfectly good Windows installations I've seen borked by...

Hi, I have an NEC Orion MS-7168 with an AMD Athlon 64 3400+ and would like to upgrade the processor as much as possible, as i'm in education and on a budget. What I just can't be certain of is whether or not it is compatible with an AMD X2 4200+ (dual core) - though the board and processor are...

It's a foregone conclusion that SSDs are must-haves in performance-oriented PCs, but our testing reveals that solid-state drives are reasonable upgrades in older mainstream machines, too. We build three old boxes to gauge the impact of an SSD on each. Could An SSD Be The Best Upgrade For Your...