upgrading

anyone encounter a problem when downgrading/upgrading from windows 10 to 7. I'm having a touchpad driver problem finding for windows 7?

Hello friends My mother has an old Dell Inspiron 580. Recently the onboard audio stopped working. The error message reads 'no audio device plugged in'. Neither my brother nor I are techies - I live remotely, so he has been assisting her. He has reinstalled all drivers (including the Realtek...

Hi. I was looking for some help determining what I should sell this old pc for. I don't use it and it is just collecting dust but I would like to try to make some money off of it. I would love to hear feedback on what a good price would be. Specs: CPU-i7-860 GPU-GTX 1050ti RAM-4x2gb 1666mhz...

I know that freesync makes the monitors refresh rate the same as the GPU's and it stops screen tearing but doesn't screen tearing happen when the GPU does more than the monitor can handle. How does it being able to change refresh rate affect screen tearing?

Anyone can recommend motherboard (ATX, MicroAtx) with a built-in wifi. Budget : around $150 or less.

I was wondering if this gpu runs the following games well cause my youtube consist around these games Memory Size 4GB btw

Hello. I have had this problem for a half year now and tried everything… updating Graphics drivers, reinstalling them, doing memtest, defragging hdd and nothing seems to work. I have looked for similar issues and tried to fix it but nothing worked for me. Could this be hardware issue? So when...

I have a lenovo 510s-14ikb laptop with a broken screen (the lcd looks like teared up or something), I'm looking for a replacement but I don't know which one should I buy, I found a cheap screen that I'm thinking about buying but It's not exactly the same model (its the IDEAPAD 500-15ACZ) Should...

Hey guys. I plan on upgrading my rig and I will freshly reinstall windows but I'm worried about my saves in my steam games. I know that some of them save at the steam cloud but I'm not sure that every game works like that so a little help would greatly appreciated. My steam games(the ones that I...

im using a ryzen 3 1200 cpu with no onboard graphics, and a rx 580 8gb video card. if I use ddu to uninstall driver is that ok? will I still have a picture upon rebooting before reinstalling the new driver?

Hello people, I'm just deciding which PSU to take either the CX450 or the CX450M,this last one is from 2015 and the other is from 2017. The CX450M is semimodular, which is something I like but it's from 2015 and maybe the 2017 has improved in making less noise and better ventilation. I want to...

Hello, I started gathering some parts to start my first build! I already bought a case, cpu and a motherboard which I will list below. Now the only thing that I am stuck on is buying a PSU with the wattage I need. I used the cooler masters website to calculate it and came up with around 460...

Im still confused on what motherboard to choose with i3-8100, 1060 3gb, fury 8gb 2400MHz

I'm pretty bad at PC building, I want to upgrade my PC to have these components: CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor Cooler: Noctua - NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler Motherboard: Gigabyte - Z370 AORUS Gaming 5 (rev. 1.0) ATX LGA1151 Motherboard Memory: Team - T-Force DARK 32GB (2 x...

So I'm running into the issue that I have way too many programs, and I use like 4, I also got way too many random files that I never use. It isn't worth to do this all by hand (as long as this is solved) as it will take at least a few hours to do and resetting windows 2 hours max (With...

I connected my Asus Laptop (https://www.cnet.com/products/asus-rog-g701vi-xs78k-17-3-core-i7-7820hk-64-gb-ram-512-gb-ssd-2x/specs/) To this monitor (https://www.amazon.com/PG278QR-2560x1440-G-SYNC-Gaming-Monitor/dp/B01N4ENDXR/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1526336556&sr=8-1&keywords=165+hz+monitor)...

Hello, I broke an usb cable, I want to replace it but I don't know what type is it. I took a picture, the one on the left is a mini usb, the one on the right is what I need. It is not an micro usb, I have one and it is larger. https://ibb.co/eDDVyy

Can i play pubg and oc both CPU and GPU on : - Intel Core i5-6600K - ASRock Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming K6 - Gskill RipjawsV (1x8 GB) - ASUS EX GTX 1050 Ti Sorry for my bad english, and i'm so newb to computer hardwares.

Hello, this is my first post on here so if i've dont anything wrong please tell me so i can fix it :) Okay so im trying to run a VM - virtualbox and i keep getting the error VT-x/AMD-V hardware acceleration is not available on your system. Certain guests (e.g. OS/2 and QNX) require...

Hey all, I have been living abroad for a while and have had a cheap office computer, however it has a lot of important files on it, so I brought it's drive back with me when I came home. My plan was to move it into my gaming PC, and either be able to switch back and forth by choosing which...

Hello I Have RX550 OC From Sapphire and G4560 with H110M from Asrock. I just realized that my rig is bottleneck. from http://thebottlenecker.com it's 11% from weak GPU and above 10% consider as Bottleneck . and RX560 is the best one to pair with g4560. I would to asking, if i overclock my gpu...

I'm just wondering if I could save money and if this is overkill or not. Looking to clock the CPU to 4.5 GHz or higher Build;https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Bc8QZR Thanks!

Hello, I bought 3 powerline adapters with passthrough. One I connected to my router and the other to my desktop computer and another to my laptop. On my laptop I get 25 Mbps and on my desktop I get 6 Mbps. Via wifi I get 33 Mbps on both and my total internet speed from ISP is 50 Mbps. On my...

Hi i cant install windows or any other os on my pc my computer has took ages to load and sometimes it shuts of I have been trying to install winows 7 and ubuntu from a sun drive but no luck i it either loads forever saying setup starting or it says missing is what can I do it just wont work at...

If the system has reached negative temptures or actually colder then -20c would the computer system be damaged? Or it will freeze over like ice. What will happen if it crosses the border of the cold temptures it can handle? While it's operating!

Hi. I was wondering if my 280w psu i have work with this? or not?: CPU: Intel Celeron G1820 GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1050 Ti OC 4G RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 2x4GB

Only 1 of my ddr4 3000 mhz 16gb ram sticks works and I can't identify the issue. My part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/wVgPbj My problem: My problem is that only 1 of my ram sticks works. I think it has something to do with the fact that my motherboard supports 1.2v sticks normally and...

Hello, i5 7600 3.8Ghz 16GB 3200mhx Ram GTX 1050Ti Z270H Gaming Motherboard I get no HDMI output unless I power off, remove power lead for 30 seconds with power button held then reattach. PC works fine then and reboots but as soon as I shut down I have to rinse and repeat. Can anyone help?

hi, i have motherboard fujitsu : s26361-d3230-a1 and it have i3-4130 so i want to upgrade the cpu to i5-4xxx , but i don't know which cpu will work in this motherboard ?

Hi all, I googled for the past few hours many other threads in this forum and in other places but I'm still haven't found any answer I just bought my new laptop YESTERDAY, and it's working really slow. I barely installed any software on it, no Photoshop , games or something that is obviously...

I am looking for a cheap beginner camera preferriy under/around the $400 mark. I am mainly looking at used gear off of eBay. I've mainly been looking at the Nikon D3300, D3400, Canon SL1, and the Sony a6000, or a5100. I'm not really sure if a Mirrorless would be better for a first camera, or...

Hello everyone, So I recently bought 8gb(2x4) ram modules from corsair (CMY8GX3M2A2400C11R) to upgrade my ram from 8gb to 16gb. I already had the same 2x4 modules so I now have 4x4gb of the same ram in my pc. After playing around with it for a while I noticed that my system had become very...

My Xiaomi Mi4i's screen is busted, is showing fuzzy images and lots of orange to white lines so I can't use it, so I bought another Android phone, my question is how can I export my SMS messages from there to the new phone? What app should I use? I can't do Vysor(the chrome plugin) that allows...

Before, I had 2GB free of 60GB then I did delete some of my files and so does clearing the recycle bin afterwards, the SSD shows 6GB free of 60GB but after I restarted my PC it went back to 2GB free of 60GB, and I also rechecked the recycle bin, disk cleanup and disabling the system protection...

Hi, I Have an intel pentium G2010 2.8Ghz cpu. I wanted to ask that will it bottleneck my gpu msi nvidia GTX 1050 2gb? And is it possible to overclock my cpu to 3.2ghz without any damage? Appreciate your answers

I bought a WiFi Range extender from Netgear (Nighthawk X4) but I am having trouble keeping the connection stable on the extender. After I connect my devices to the extender I get internet for a while before I get disconnected and I get an error saying that the device has the wrong IP...

My current PC is connected to my amp by means of an optical cable out on back of PC, I wish to upgrade my PC to the Dell Inspiron and wish to know the best way to connect both to get 5.1 sound, I have listed all ports/outpts on the new PC below Ports & Slots: 1. Power on button | 2. 5-in-1...

Hello guys i have WORST LAG ever which makes the game UNPLAYABLE. The game is called MU online and the requirements are: Requirements Operating System Windows XP Processor Pentium 4 – 2.0 Ghz or Higher System Memory 1 GB or higher Video Card 3D graphics processor DirectX Version DirectX 9.0c...

Hello all, I'm looking for a laptop for college under $500. I've been trying to find one that suits my tastes, but it has been pretty rough as the specs I want aren't available in the smaller models of laptops. If anybody could lend a hand, I would greatly appreciate it. Specs to have: - CPU...

I did a clean install of windows 8 and it worked perfectly with Intel hd graphics as display adapter now I upgraded to windows 10 using the free upgrade for those who have assistive technology. Now my computer is showing that the display adapter is only using Microsoft Basic Display and I've...