USB3

Lately I have been experiencing PC crashes whenever my GPU gets loaded heavily, it started a few months ago and I think it has increased however I am not sure. I've tried stress loading the CPU using furmark and nothing happens, but when I try stress loading the GPU the pc crashes within seconds...

i have a usb 3 and a pc with both usb 4 and 3. when can i get the best possible result ?? a usb 3 plug in usb 4 or plug in usb 3?

Hey everyone, Please help! This issue only seems to affect USBA-C cables. Its the change from A-C or C-A which is the issue. So this is on multiple windows 10 machines (a desktop and laptop), same issue. I have tried transferring from/to SSD drives, CFExpress cards, internal Nvme drives...

As the title states: I have an ASUS Rampage IV Extreme with several internal USB3 headers and 2 free PCIe x16 (running at x8) slots available. I mean surely since Windows 10 EOL is 2025 Microsoft doesn't expect everyone to dump their current platform in order to use Windows 11. Some of us...

i search a lot in the internet and tried many things but nothing worked for me, My 1tb toshiba hdd is not working in my pc only ,i tried with windows 7,8,10 but get the same result in disk manager it said "Disk is not ready" when trying to initialize it. it works with other PC an even with my...

Hi all, I was doing some cable management on my PC today and I broke the USB 3 connecting cable that feeds the case's front panel USB3 ports. The lead plastic bit (of the cable) is firmly still stuck in the motherboard socket, while the rest of the cable is separated and the gold pins are...

I bought this item off eBay for not a lot a while back for a specific need. Just dug it out again and I think I was duped. Advertised as USB 3 but I don't think it is ;-) https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264549175633 It never really worked when I plugged USB 3 devices in, although USB 2 worked okay...

Of course any storage devices can benefit from the huge speed increase with USB 3 but what about other devices? Webcams? High performance mice? DAC's? What benefits from USB 3?

Why can I not find this anywhere? I have an extra USB 3.0 header on my MB and I'd like to find a adapter to plug into it and get at least 2 USB 2.0 headers out of it. I can only find one place that has one and I don't know if I trust it...

Hello together, I recently bought an active USB 3.0 extension cable to power my Oculus Rift Sensors. (Link) Now that I tested the cable I found out it wont work. I plugged it into an external power supply but oculus and other software tells me that the device is operating at USB 2.0 speeds...

I have a Mid 2010 Macbook Pro and I dont have Thunderbolt or a USB 3 port. My question is I know I can take out the optical CD rom drive and convert to a 2nd HD. But can I go from the SATA and make a thunderbolt or usb3 port i know it would have enough power. But is it possible??

Hello, My old Dell T3400 is starting to grind to a halt. Unfortunately it is the PC I use for home recording and was wondering if I might be able to use the sound card externally on my HP laptop? It doesn't have to be a fancy casing, it's more the adapter that I am looking to find. When I...

Folks (bear with me) in my music studio I have Gigabyte GA-H55M USB-3 Mobo with i5 4-core CPU and 8GB ram, that's all admittedly getting a little long in the tooth, hosting Win 7/64. For recording purposes I have three HDD, one for system, one for recording audio files (F Drive), and one for...

Hi. I have been looking everywhere for a good DIY NAS build guide that is suitable for 4K video editing but I am not finding any good one. Can anyone point me to any good tutorial that might help?

Hello! Whenever i connect a hard drive or a USB Flash drive to one of the front panel's USB ports the drives constantly disconnect ( they disappear completely from my computer ). The system was built a year ago and it has the problem since then.Any ideas what may be causing this frustrating...

- I'm looking for a KVM Switch that allows me to operate both my Macbook and my Desktop computer (Not Simultaneously) with the same peripherals and the same monitor. - I intend to plug the monitor into the desktop directly using HDMI to DVI, and HDMI to HDMI into the KVM for the MacBook. - The...

For some reason i seem to have quite some FPS issues I feel like i should have at least stable 300 FPS but that's not the case. My average fps is around 160-300, it keeps changing. PC specs on benchmark: UserBenchmarks: Game 54%, Desk 74%, Work 55% CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 - 77% GPU: Nvidia GTX...

So one of my friends is upgrading his pc and wants a gtx 1070. I offered my msi gtx 1070 for $250 and am planning on buying a new pc for around $350 or $400. My first option was the rtx 2070 and I was also thinking about getting a gtx 1080. I am willing to obviously buy it used and get it at...

Is the above Ram suitable for use on Rog Crosshair Extreme VI Motherboard with Ryzen 5 2600 CPU if not Please suggest a replacement Ram suitable for Video Editing

Hi guys, I just repasted my MSI GS65 Stealth Thin, and when I powered it on I heard click sound (maybe tiny explosion) and a little bit of smoke came out from the place where heatpipes are located. Since the motherboard is upside down I could not properly see where the smoke is coming from. I...

I am trying to determine what is wrong with my GPU which is an 3 year old MSI R9 380 that just went out of warranty. Currently the lights on the GPU are on, but the fans aren't spinning and it can't be detected by Speccy or Device Manager. I have tried re-seating it and the ram, re-installing...

I am getting a average FPS of 88-89 on the Unigine valley benchmark ( Extreme HD preset), I have seen others with the same card get around 95-100 FPS. Any clue why my FPS are so low?' My specs: GTX 1070 FE Ryzen 5 2600 OC @ 3.60 GHz 18 GB of DDR4 @ 3066 MHz Samsung 860 Evo SSD 500 GB b350...

Does anyone have some idea of the largest capacity drive an old Western Digital MyBook WD3200C032-002 enclosure can take? I got one for free with a very dead (motor doesn't spin) 320 gig WD drive. I connected an old 160 gig SATA drive to it and that worked so the USB to SATA and power board are...

Hello what procesor is better for this pc? CPU: ? GPU: NVIDIA GTX 1070 G1 GAMING 8 GB Motherboard: ASUS B350-F ROG STRIX PSU: 500w EVGA Just i nedd only 500W or more? RAM: 16 GB DDR4 2x8 2666 mhz SSD: 240 GB CRUCIAL BX500 CPU COOLER: stock cooler or be quiet Pure Rock BK009 CASE: Cooler Master...

I have rx580 8gb sapphire special edition and my fan sometimes stops spinning when msi afterburner is closed note that i made a custom fan curve but when i close msi afterburner it should spin on the default mode, shouldn't it? even when i open it again it still doesn't spin until i set the fan...

I need a replacement mobo but I'm not sure what model to get since these don't seem available according to the store. I'm not sure what model it is? Mobo View: https://imgur.com/gallery/SLq0GBV

Hey, I just got a really good deal on a zotac 1060 amp edition and it is a big upgrade from my old 270x. Now the issue is when i put the zotac in, there is absolutely no signal. The 270x was 180w 2x6pin connectors while the 1060 is 120w 1x6pin connector so i highly doubt psu is the issue. If i...

I have a very upsetting issue. I have two games that try and fail to save to "Documents". Whenever I run either game I get an error message when I try to save. I thought it was a permissions issue so I activated my administrator user and reinstalled both games through that account and THEY...

I can't see any benefit to it other than organization of files from the human perspective, I'm not looking to optimize for speed I'm looking to know whether or not it would make a difference in how the SSD operates. Like if I wanted to partition a new 240gb SSD one partition for OS and drivers...

It would be nicer to me if the tomshardware home button took us back to the actual tomshardware.com instead of forums.tomshardware.com. Does anyone else agree with me on this usability issue?

I wanted to play on my gaming pc but when I go to play fortnite it does a blue circle then does not load and go too this website and each web browser I have but nothing I have to pc's I tried using a enterneth cable to do streaming but it does not work I tried reseting, reinstalling my games...

Ive tried everything that this video has to offer View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OFLuAnaNtI Nothing is working and i cant find a solution anywhere else ive disabled cortana before if that has to do anything with it but i was working after cortana was disabled

Hello, I need advice for new laptop, my budget is 1000€ I want notebook just for programming and watching films at night. I was looking at Zenbook 14 2018 model it cots 1000€ for me.

I have a corssair AX1200i (PSU) , I bought it on 2014 thats 5 years ago I was running a 3 way sli system with 3 980 now i upgraded my system and have only 1 2080ti i have no issues whatsoever just wondering if that needs replacement as well ? or am i fine to run it thanx

Has anyone had this issue? The M.2 doesnt slide into place. I had no trouble installing an M.2 into a MSI board before but for some reason the ASUS board just doesnt seem to want to accept a M.2

Hello Everyone, Would like to share this with you and see what ideas and recommendations you have in mind. Since I've upgraded to Windows 10 1809 (from 1803), my laptop started facing the following issues: When I restart the machine I get a blank screen instead of the login screen. I can see...

Is this mother board Asrock Z390 phantom gaming 4 LGA 1151(300 series) intel Z390 compatible with my ryzen 5 2600x

Shooting for 1440p gaming and streaming. Budget is flexible up to $3,750. Should I add or take anything from this list? Overkill OR Underkill? https://pcpartpicker.com/list/fJJ9zY

GeForce GTX 1070 G1 gaming 8G rev, 2.0 vs GeForce GTX 1070 G1 gaming 8G rev, 1.0 What's the difference? They are the same card, will the rev version affect SLI ?

Need a similar grey keyboard like ctrl massdrop Should be available in India Nd budget is under 160$ (Rs.10,000)