VAIO

Hi, I'm working on getting an old laptop (Sony Vaio SVE14A2M6WE) into a great condition- I put in an SSD, new RAM and a new CPU (i7 3630QM). However, when I hibernated it today, it seems to have totally bricked itself- both the Web and Assist buttons can't seem to turn it on (the original...

I've just had to replace a damaged hard drive on a Sony Vaio VPCJ21M1E All-in-One Desktop PC. I also needed to install a fresh copy of Windows 10 Pro. While the install went well. the touch screen is no longer working. If I look at the Device Specifications in Windows Settings, it says "No pen...

I just got a free laptop it's a vaio sve1511rfw and I have a intel ES cpu 5+ years ago I'm just trying to find out what it is I know it's a i7 3 gen but the clock speeds are weird it so I can't know which one is it. Cpu z just say intel core i7 https://ibb.co/HT2Wrg5

Hello, I have an ancient Sony Vaio laptop (PCG-7Y2L) that refuses to post. It doesn’t have a battery and nor do I intend to spend 115$ on eBay for a new battery. No, 115$ is not a typo. However, I’m afraid the lack of battery might be why it’s not posting. All that happens when I hit the power...

My pc CPU and GPU temperature is always around 60C without any usage And while normal usage or gaming it goes up to 80C So what should I do? Does it have any solutions? I'm using Sony Vaio laptop with Intel core i7-2670QM CPU @ 2.20 GHZ And 8 GB ram With Nvidia Geforce GT 540M Sorry for my...

Hi! So I have this older VAIO laptop which still works nice but I have a problem with it's touchpad, had it from the beginning. More of a mystery than a problem really. I like having the touchpad on a laptop disabled when I plug in a mouse. So when I fist got it I run an utility called (if I...

I have an old VAIO laptop. The exact product name as it mentioned in the back of laptop is "VPCEG34FX". it has following specs(i found using cpu-z): cpu = Intel Core i5 2450M gpu = Intel HD Graphics 3000 My laptop doesn't have a dedicated graphics card and only have this onboard card. when i am...

I have a Sony Vaio Netbook model VPCW221AX which I have upgraded to Windows 10 64-bit. Everything installed correctly except for the so called "Base System Device". For what I know this is the chipset driver. This netbook comes with an Intel Atom N470 and 2 GB of DDR2 which was a pain to upgrade...

I bought an used VAIO MODEL pcg61a11u and after formating it's HDD with another pc I'm prompted with a "operating system not found" screen. I feel that the original owner changed the BIOS to legacy but I cant acces the BIOS anymore since the assist function no longer exists. what can I do...

Which OS can I install on a Sony Vaio with 1 gb of RAM. It had Windows XP on it. Tried Windows 10 but it's too heavy. I need something light. Is there a Windows version which is light for an old laptop?

So I have an old Sony Vaio FS115S bought in 2005. I would like to use it somehow so that my kid can use it for school. Do I have any hope that it will still work or should I just give up and put it in the trash? I tried putting Windows 7, Windows 10 and Windows Thin PC, but it seems like...

So i have a Sony laptop from the range VAIO with 4GB of RAM and an Intel Core i3 with 2 cores and 2.40Ghz and i was trying to set it up with windows 10 for better performance and remove everything to factory new. The process takes more than a day so i was trying to get it this weekend, but now...

I have a problem my 2 year old sister spilled orange flavoured water over my laptop. I found it like 5 minutes after the incident and then I let it dry out in the tent position for 1 and a half of day. After that I tried to turn it on just on battery after that I tried to turn it while adapter...

Hi, I am having a hard time trying to chain together routers and could use some help... I have the following setup WiredRouter: TP Link TL-R600VPN, connected to the internet and to each of the Wifi's routers Wireless-A: NetGear R6300, connected to the WiredRouter and mostly media devices...

So i have a Dell G7 with GTX1060 and a 60Hz Laptop display. I get a lot of Screen tearing when i run almost any game, Even GTA San Andreas. If i hook this up to gaming monitor with 144Hz or GSync enabled will this fix my issue of screen tearing while i'm playing from the Gaming monitor? If so...

my laptop asus f202 has no power and the battery indicator does not lit when plug the charger.need help badly.

So basically I got a new computer during Christmas and I decided to benchmark it just in case it was bad. The computer is a prebuilt one. I used UserBenchmark and got this as the result: https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/13388463 My specs are: CPU: Intel Core i7-8700 GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX...

Ive got a new ssd 111gb of space. Deleted loads of games and whatever but my HDDn still is very full. Ive found a spare HDD which is 500GB. I want to transfer everything but the OS to the spare secondary HDD so i can the clone the OS from the HDD to the SSD and make it the primary boot. Make sense?

Hello everyone, I recently upgraded my CPU/MB/RAM and was building my friend a PC with my old hardware, which is: ASUS Z77 Sabertooth MB i5-3570k Corsair Vengeance 8GB (4GBx2) DDR3 (1600mhz) Never had any issues with the setup preupgrade. RAM was in dual channel in slots A2 and B2 (The...

Hi guys i overclocked my cpu and motherboard recently to release the bottleneck on my ram and gpu, aswell as trying to get fps up in games. I was able to achieve a fairly stable overlclock and gain a massive performance boost in games, however the game would occasionaly crash, usually after a...

For my birthday I wanted to upgrade my pc. I got a GA-AB350-GAMING motherboard, DDR4 GAMING NIGHT HAWK RAM cards, GEFORCE GTX 1050 Ti and a AMD RYZEN 5 Processor. I put it together, and I couldn't turn my pc on. I fiddled around, and I couldn't figure it out. My RAM cards were glowing, so my pc...

I have a Emachine-EL1360G-UW12P that I took apart the other day to clean out and make it shiny new and I also cleaned other parts inside it and had to unplug everything on it to clean it up. But now, I have a 4 pin ATX +12 volt power cable that I don't know where it goes. Here is how the...

Hey guys, I'm a little stuck here with a new build for a friend. I've built many pc's and a few on windows 10 but I'm genuinely stuck right now. I've upgraded a PC and windows 10 will not boot. It goes to WHEA unexpected error when trying to boot. Since I want it installed on the SSD, I...

Hi. I have connected an MSI WS72 6QN laptop via TB3 to Razer Core X with PNY RTX 2080 ti, Driver release 461.34 and Windows 10 v1803 installed. All fans power up in the eGPU and card when TB3 attached to Core X's inbuilt TB3. Geforce Experience shows only the laptop's own GPU and not the eGPU...

Hey all, my computer has been doing this for a couple of years but only now its gotten bad enough for me to try to find a solution. Gonna guess this is a GPU problem. This crash occurs with or without stress, its happened while playing games but it also happened when I was trying to make this...

this is going to be a long story just to give you the full understanding so my friend and i were working on my computer trying to sli and in the process we changed the motherboard from a z 370 gaming plus to a z 370 sli plus ( tricking the bios into installing the sli one) to worked but started...

I'm looking at building my own computer case and was wondering where i could buy the IO to go in the front, without spending a ridiculous amount. I really enjoy the Enermax Saberay but couldnt find the IO for it anywhere.

Hi! Recently, I managed to buy the last part to a new computer CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz GPU: AMD Radeon R7 240 1GB / NVIDIA GTX 760 2GB PSU: SPC Vero L2 500w CASE: SPC Regnum RG2 HDD: 1TB 7200RPM Toshiba P300 MOBO: Asrock H110M R.3 DVS And a few days ago, I come happy home, knowing that...

I’m looking to build a new computer for the upcoming couple of years, and I want to go all in on this one. The i9-7900X looks to be the best way to go, but I was wondering, is there any chance of there being a 8900X anytime soon? I usually wind up getting giped when I build my computers, it...

First some system specs: Ryzen 3 1300X Crucial Ballistic Sport 16GB single stick RAM GTX 980 reference, latest drivers AsRock A320M Pro4 Sandisk 120GB SSD/Seagate 1TB HDD Corsair AX750 PSU Never overclocked or mined Now for the problem. For about 2 months I had Windows 8 and didn't like it so I...

hello... i have a 2400g and every time i install the driver, i getting video tdr failure.. no matter if i install chipset from msi, or amd website or raven ridge driver on amd website.. same blue screen..please help...

Yes I know its white label, but judging by the front cover what does this look like. It almost looks like Seagate. Let me know, thanks

Hopefully this is in the right place. Recently I acquired a MSI GTX 1070 Gaming X from a friend who said it had stopped working. He thought he might have knocked off a capacitor due to the visible copper, but it looks as if the only real damage is to the resistor. The top of the resistor has...

When booting up my Asus x551m laptop I wiped my hand over the screen to dust it off looked up & saw the word locking come up on a black screen the went black & now it will not boot Help!!??!!3?

I play counter strike global offensive online and this was my rig Amd a4 5300 dual core @ 3.4ghz NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 2GB DDR3 4gb ram Corsair 450 watt psu With this rig i used to get 50-80 fps(lowest settings and 800x600 resolution) in csgo. I thought that if I get a better graphics card...

Hello all, ive been looking at this case ( https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=11-133-335&Tpk=11-133-335 ) for a while now. My current PSU's dimensions is 150mm x 140mm x 86mm im not exactly sure if my psu can fit. thanks for the help guys :)

Hello, recently I built a new PC, it is running smoothly and I got lucky being my first build, but there is a small problem with it my mouse which is a Razer Black Mamba TE is not working properly with the computer, the part of not working being that when I connect it to the motherboard it shuts...

Hi. I just purchased a Seagate Backup Hub external drive and noticed that it comes with an application called Seagate Dashboard. I am currently backing up with Windows 10 File history. Does any one have an opinion as to whether it would be preferable for me to switch to Seagate Dashboard, or...

Hi everyone, I need to find the best storage solution for my PhD experimental set up, I don’t have much experience in storage so I’m seeking help here (question asked on other forums of similar topics). My set up consists of 8 webcams (normal Logitech webcams) connected to a Linux computer...

Hi there! So my current build has an i5 7600 non k as CPU. I have a GTX 1080 8 GB OC Windforce, and planning on getting a new screen with a 1440p (2K) resolution and a refresh rate of 144hz. Then, will the CPU drag the build down? Would I be able to mac games and maintining an average rate of...