Ultrastar

Forum discussion tagged with Ultrastar.
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    [SOLVED] Western Digital: Black or Ultrastar?

    I'm looking to replace my Toshiba 8TB large storage drive. It contains media & backup files, no programs. I see that WD's Ultrastar is better priced than the Black. I have to assume it's built for better longevity, possibly lower performance even though it's still 7200RPM. I know it's WD now...
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    Flashing GPU bios with a custom bios

    hey guys so I have a gtx 660ti and an old Geforce 7300LE what I am asking is can I flash the Geforce 7300LE with a modified Bios so that it can use a newer driver because the driver it can use is maximum 305 with the latest one being 398 and I would like to run both gpu's seperatly which works...
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    GTX 980 Founders Edition - Fan not working

    So I just bought a 980 used, and after putting it into my system I am noticing the fan does not work. I kind of panic and rush to take apart the card (Im poor electrical engineering college student - maybe I can fix it?). I see that the fourth pin to the fan is disconnected...
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    Looking For Decent PSU Replacement or Info on How to Repair Mine

    Hello, for the past couple of months or so, I've noticed a ticking as I tried to fall asleep. I couldn't put my finger on the sound, and it only happened between 22:00-08:00ish. I'm never up that early so I never got the opportunity to check it out. This morning I woke up at 07:50 with a...
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    Weird lagging and static noise every few secs

    Im having this weird lagging every 3-5 seconds and i also hear a noise in my headphones when that happens. The noise is like a static sound that last for the duration of the lagg which is just like a second. The issue may persist 24/7 or it might just stop and not come back for days..Any ideas...
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    How much power is my pc giving to my tablet?

    )Sorry if I put this in the wrong category) So whenever I charge my tablet with a wall adapter, it barely charges, where it will go up 3% in 1 hour. Whenever I plug it into my pc, it charges super fast. I am wondering, how much power is my pc giving to my tablet? It is not charging well on the...
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    Is the Intel stock cooler good enough?

    I'm building a pc and I wanted to know if the Intel stock cooler is good enough for the i5 8400? (No I don't plan on overclicking any of my components) My specs: CPU: i5 8400 MOBO: GIGABYE z370 D3 Graphics Card: EVGA 1070ti SC GAMING ACX 3.0 RAM: 8th (2x4gb) 2666mhz SSD: ADATA SU700 120gb 3D...
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    How to CAUSE problems for a program? (Chrome)

    Hello I want to make Chrome run with MANY problems. Like frequent crashes, those Aw Snap pages etc anything... Thats the only way to satisfy my vengeance.
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    Displayport to HDMI help

    Hello all I recently got an Elitebook 8470p and was just looking to hook it up to the TV at work to watch movies. I got an active Displayport to HDMI cord, since it doesnt have an HDMI slot, and assumed thats all I would need to hook it up to the TV at work (since i cant stream there) What am I...
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    GTAV Texture and objects flashing in and out of existance

    I was playing GTAV at high/very high settings today which for some reason helped my game run from the usual 30fps to a nice 50-60 fps. Unfortunately, after some time I noticed some bad freezing every 1-3 seconds and after a restart the game now experiences the dreaded popin glitch to which many...
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    Changing VGA Card in order to support a new game

    I have this pc build which is somewhat outdated. Here are the specs: MB: ASUS M4N72-E VGA: NVIDIA GTX 260 CPU: AMD phenom II X4 955 (3.2 ghz 8mb cache) RAM 8gb I want to play the new Fallout 4 game. My questions are: 1) Will this current build be able to support this game? 2) If not, will...
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    Dropped Screw On Motherboard while it's on. Wont BOOT anymore.

    Welcome Readers to my An other Question ON THIS ENDLESS Cluster of Threads! As Usual simple specs Test Subject; Both PSU are 100% working, it boot with other systems PSU:- Generic Cheap PSU Subject A (Aywun A1-5000 500W ) Generic Cheap PSU Subject B (Hyena DR-B300ATX ) And now the Star of the...
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    Internet stops working after every 10 minutes but is still connected?

    I'm using a wireless connector through USB on a PC by Cisco. But when I am gaming or watching YouTube videos, the internet just stops working saying "internet interrupted" every 10 minutes. I have also tried restarting my router/modem, wires or cables, and troubleshooting. The troubleshooting...
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    1440p or 2160p for gaming with gtx 980

    When others have asked this question, they have often been told that a 1440p monitor would work better with their current setup. However, I wanted to know if my situation is different. As stated above, I have a gtx 980, and probably won't be playing anything more demanding than Black Ops II...
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    Connecting two networks in the same house

    hello so in my household i have the isp's wireless router in which i have two devices currently connected to it. I added my own wireless router which connects my other devices. the isp network address is 192.168.0.1 while the other is 192.168.1.1 my questions is there a way in which i can make...
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    CPU Overheating 100 Degrees +

    Hello, I recently got a new CPU. The amd fx 8350. I had to send it back after a fault with a rattling fan. After I got a replacment, I put a pea sized blob of thermal paste onto the cpu and then put on the heatsink. I checked all the cables and made sure none were in the way and tried to do...
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    black window ultimate 14 vs stealth edition

    whats the defereces between these 2 keyboards all deferences if u know am gonna buy 1 of those :)
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    Dose a Sapphire radeon r9 270x 4gb oc support a 144hz monitor?

    My specs are: Sapphire radeon r9 270x 4gb intel i5 4690k 8gb kingston hyper x fury ram 1tb wd caviar blue cx 600 gigabyte ga-z87x thanks
  19. ajinkys

    Win 7 64bit Using 4-6GB of corsair vengence 1600mhz ram

    Hi, when i start my pc windows runs at 900MB ram usage our of 8GB ( 2x4Gb) later when i was downloading and surfing it mounted to 2-3Gb and then i installed windows updates of 742gb and ram usage jumped to 5-6Gb. in task manager there was barely any usage shown by explorer something ( 31k...
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    Formatting Hard Drive in XP

    Hello, How exactly do I format my Hard Drive with Win XP installed. It's running slow and scan disk reports 60% of my sectors are unreadable. I want to use it as a secondary drive, because I purchased a new drive, but would like to format the old one prior to installation of the new...
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    dvd problem

    I have a 700mhz athlon with 384mb ram and a asus 6800deluxe graphics card. I just bought a toshiba 1502 dvd player, but while playing it is very jerky, the cpu usage is 100% most of the time. Should a 700mhz athlon with the geforce card not be good enough for playing dvd's or do I need to by a...
  22. Unknowngama

    Best TV/Monitor for under $140

    I was wanting to get a new monitor/tv for my ps3 and pc. I have a budget Of 140 Us dollars max. Desired specs: 1920x1080, basically 1080p, 20-24 inch, LED, preferably 5ms buffer time.
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    Which is the best DDR3 laptop graphic card?

    Hey people i wanted to upgrade my laptop graphic card nvidia gt-555m... What graphic card should be better that support ddr3 and is better than the gt-555m
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    Screen Freezing While Playing Games

    Hey Guys, Just built my rig a few weeks ago and I'm having screen lockups while gaming. Basically what happens is I'm playing, the screen completely freezes, can't alt+tab, cant CTRL+ALT+DEL...nothing. There is also sometimes a buzzing sounds from the speakers when it happens but not every...
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    Re-casing a Pavilion 512n?

    Archived from groups: comp.sys.hp.hardware (More info?) Hi, My son has a Pavilion 512n, and we're thinking of doing some upgrading, e.g., adding an additional 7200 RPM hard drive. I haven't been able to find much in the way of specs for the standard hardware, but it seems like it comes with a...
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    Dell laptops 4030 bluetooth driver

    el bluetooth de mi computador dell n4030 no funciona con windows 8
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    6870 @GB Xfire VS 560 ti 1GB SLI

    Which is better? A 560 ti 1GB will have better performance on its own. But in SLI, there's an issue of VRAM for Ultra settings. Will two 6870s with 2 GB of VRAM in Xfire surpass a 560 ti SLI configuration with 1 GB only? I need to know because 2 GB version of 560 ti in my region is very...
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    Can't get my Syncmaster 152t to work

    Here's the deal. I plug it into my Windows 98 machine through the RGB. I plug the power in. I turn the computer on and I get no image. The weird thing is, sometimes it will look like the screen is lit (though no image from Windows) and then I'll move the monitor and it will blank out so it...
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    What would have the biggest impact? SSD - Processor - GPU

    Im not sure if this is the right area, and if it is not I truly apologize and request it be moved to the right area. To get to my question. I bout an Alienwere. Its by no means way out of date, but I would like to upgrade it a bit. Specs 2.67 gigahertz Intel Core i7 920 64 kilobyte primary...
  30. itshammad

    Will it Bottleneck?

    Hello Guys, I am going to buy Ati 6950. I want to ask you people, Is my system able to run this card or will it bottleneck? also give me suggestions for avoiding the bottleneck the card. Core i5 2400 Asus P8H67-V Corsair 4GB XMS-3 1600MHZ
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    Which of the 3 will it be?

    I have a Gigabyte GA-P43-ES3G, P43, Socket-775, with a Q8300 CPU and i am trying to figure out which ram to get. I have narrowed it down to three; Corsair XMS2 DHX - 4 GB PC2-6400(800Mhz) ( 2 x 2 ) CL4-( 4-4-4-12 ) 2.1V Corsair XMS2 - 4 GB PC2-6400(800Mhz) ( 2 x 2 ) CL5 ( 5-5-5-18 ) 1.8V...
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    FS: 1975 Gottlieb Gold Strike NY/PA/OH area $450

    Archived from groups: rec.games.pinball (More info?) Hi guys, I have a pinball to sell and if your interested Im located outside Buffalo, NY near the interstate 90, about 5 minutes from it. The Gold Strike machine is in great shape but isnt shopped. Everything works and there isnt any holes...