Windows Vista

Hi, I am going thru MSI B450-PRO-M2 motherboard manual. The manual can be downloaded here The 4 pin header pinout is bit confusing. First of all it says single color LED strip and there's no Groung pin. It shows as +12, NC, Signal, NC. What is Signal pin and which one is supposed to be Ground...

hi i was wondering like i was thing of upgrading my cpu but does my mother board support a i7? Here it is: Lenovo 36D9 (U3E1)

I'm using dell latitude E5420 i7 2620m with 128Gb SSD and 8GB RAM . Whenever i play YouTube video at 720p or 1080p (even some time at 480p )either through Firefox or chrome, i get frequent audio stuttering or sync issues this becomes more evident with 60FPS videos. i have turned on hardware...

Hi, I currently have access to a laptop with a quadro p2000 graphics card. Is this card strong enough to pull Battlefield 5 on an external 2560x1440 60hz monitor? I'm perfectly fine with running it on medium-ish graphics but I prefer the framrate to be near 60. It has a i7-8850H cpu and 32GB...

can i connect my receiver sub pre-out using a coaxial converter to amps rca input to drive my passive subwoofer?

So I have been having this issue for a while now, but im sick of it and I can't seem to figure out what is wrong with my games. I get around 90-120 fps in most of my games but they feel as if im getting 45 fps. I have wiped windows and uninstalled and updated my drivers and it still happens. If...

Greetings! I am entirely frustrated with this headset that's supposed to work with PC as well as mobile and consoles. I'm hoping that someone here can help me. WINDOWS VERSION: Windows 7. Technically. BACKSTORY: Last Christmas I told Mom "Get me these for Christmas! Please." and she did...

i plan to buy rtx 2080 and i have i7 6700 , asus h170m plus , corsair vengeance 16gb ddr4 will it bottleneck ? i still have rx480 8gb now , considering that rtx isnt worth to buy now but it will be in maybe next year . thanks :D

Hello sd card to phone go?

Hello everyone So i want to get myself a server build and like to use one of 2 platforms i currently already have. gigabyte x58a-ud3r paired with I7 960 or asus z68 v pro gen3 (currently paired with an I3 3rd gen) I'd like to use hyper V. 1 server and 1 or 2 clients. I have enough 4GB...

Hey, I've been having an issue with the GPU in the PC I purchased back in July. Here's a link to it's store page: https://www.microcenter.com/product/507837/pavilion-790-0031-gaming-desktop-computer The specific card in this pc is GTX 1050ti 4gb GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 with a single fan Over the past...

I have a Aspire V5/471G processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3337U @ 1.80GHz . Is it possible to upgrade the processor to atleast 2.5/3 ? Same goes to ram maybe upgrade since mine is is 4? Usually what is the price range for all of this?

So my mobo died for no reason and of course this happens one month after I move overseas. I've read a fair bit online about gigabyte having horrible customer care for returns... especially when done from another country but most posts are rather old and I'm hoping the company has taken its...

i have a HP laptop with geforce 820m the current version of driver is 347.88 and i want to upgrade it but whenever i try to install a newer version, it says cannot find compatible graphics hardware. on device manager, under display it shows geforce 820m working. also when i try to change my...

I believe HDMI is good for 1080p but there are better options for higher res and refresh rates. Is the dual link DVI better or displayport?

Hello Everyone, This will be my first custom loop and below are some of my ideas. Please tell me if I am on the right track or crazy. My only experience is with an AIO and I am ready to do better. I am starting with the processor and GPU and working from there. The processor will be either...

I got a A10 7680K the other week with a gigabyte motherboard and 8gb 1600mhz ram. I then put a GTX 670 4GB Windforce I had laying around. On all games am maxing the cpu at 100%. Even games like rocket league gets 73% on cpu and 50% on gpu. I went on Google and people are getting a average of...

Hello! I built my first system 2 years back. The build went fairly well, and I had it up until 7 months ago. I built a new system from scratch, consisting of a Ryzen 3 1200 and a GTX 1060 6GB. I tried my best to find good parts for the price, and the build went really well and it looks amazing...

Hi everyone, I am making a dual QHD 27 inch monitor setup on which i plan to game occasionally. I am torn between these 2 options:. https://www.gigabyte.com/Graphics-Card/GV-N107TGAMING-8GD#sp --- which is 490 dollars in my country...

Hello, May I ask if the Fans are in the right positions and direction (the top and the rear?)?

Well people talking about this game , and i heard that this game is amazing , i saw videos on youtube said the game is full of things. And good quality etc and gameplay tho , did u guys played this game? If so, what do u think before i get it

Hello guys, I was wondering why my processor is running at lower speed than it should. All cores running at 2.0, i dled some apps to see the speed and they tell me the same. Is it a jumper switch I need to touch on my mobo? I cant seem to find anything on my bios, only overclock options. Thanks...

Hello So I recently got my hands on asus pbz77-v pro but whenever I boot my pc up again my hdd gets to 100%. The problem is fixed when I download Asmedia SATA Controller Driver but it stops working when I reboot my pc and I have no clue why... Regards Michel

Hi, i am currently using wireless connection and it is terrible, i just can't find a wireless adapter that is strong enough to stream and play games while on discord, my internet speeds should be good enough for these tasks, but my wireless just isn't, i need to know what i need to buy to...

I am building a new pc. I have Antec df500 Cabinet and Gigabyte Aorus b450 elite motherboard. And Ryzen 7 2700x I just want to know that can I place my fans RGB header to RGB strip header or Digital RGB header?And will I be able to control fans RGB with fussion software?

I think my power button is shot. I can power my computer on by jumping it with a screwdriver and it's stable so my hardware is fine. I use to be able to take my front panel off and if I got the wires into he right position it would turn on. I tired to swap the reset switch to be the power button...

I just built a new system and have been doing some tweaking and testing to check if my airflow is in check, and if I may possibly have some overclocking headroom. First thing I did was undervolt the CPU to see how that affects temperatures (I am working towards silence at the moment). To my...

Hi, I have to buy a new laptop, and my options are: https://www.amazon.es/dp/B07G3RY9HS/?coliid=I3RF557AVHTR14&colid=1YBP9MIBG6YJG&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it https://www.amazon.es/dp/B06XYVXDKG/?coliid=IEGVVQXFQG2E9&colid=1YBP9MIBG6YJG&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it The first one has a i7-8750H...

Tried to overclock my ryzen 3 1300x but it wont boot after i manually change its cpu ratio. Tried to reset its cmos battery it still it wont boot, apparently the debug led of my mobo is NOT blinking/indicating something so i don’t know what is the problem. But before i oc my system it constantly...

I just finished building my new PC and I installed Windows 10 through the media creation tool. When the OS was set up I went to Nvidia to install the drivers to my GPU. I downloaded the installer and started to install the drivers. During the installation, my display changed resolutions and then...

So recently I moved to my new apartment and after plugging my pc in and turning the power button, I heard a large pop noise and a burning smell. I assumed it was the PSU, so I ordered a new PSU and after plugging everything in I get a message on my monitor saying there is an over current on my...

I am currently using 2x DELL 1708FP monitors (720p) for my side monitors and a Acer G257HU (1440p) as my main gaming monitor. I am looking to upgrade my sidepanels and an left between the choice of 2 1080p monitors or one UW 1080p. I was initially thinking of a UW 2k but when I start looking...

Buying an hp 595-P0084 that only has a 180w psu. Moving my video card from my old machine. Graphics card is 1050 ti mini that runs off of the motherboard(no separate cable to psu) but still recommends a min 300w psu. If I’m going to upgrade it anyway I’d like to get min 500w but up to 750w if...

Hi, I just built my first watercooling rig. I had my pump plugged into the CPU header on the motherboard, with auto/default settings and had my radiator fans plugged into a Sys_Fan header. I read elsewhere that the pump should be run full speed on a different header, and the radiator fans on...

So how would I set up the h100i v2 as an exhaust.this is going to be on top. Will I have fans first then radiator or vice versa? Does it matter?

Hello all, My plan is to move the ps4 onto my desk with my PC and whatnot, I currently have a PG279Q for my main display. Unfortunately the ps4 does not render in 1440p, so its drops down to the 1080p texture models which looks pretty blurry and complete trash imo. So what I would like to do...

Alright.. so I have just ordered a new pc and I’m not 100% sure everything will work together. I searched what I could but I may have missed something as this is my first time building a pc. (Specs) Case - Corsair 460x RGB Motherboard - Asus ROG Strix Z370-F Gaming CPU - Intel Core i5 8600k...

Hi My employers have recently enforced encryption of any external drives using bitlocker. I put my usb drive into my laptop and was prompted to encrypt it. I did this and was careful not to remove the drive while it was doing it. It completed the encryption in a few hours and appeared to finish...

i upgraded my motherboard and cpu but forgot to uninstall the old motherboard drivers, so windows can’t start up with the new mobo and even worse now i cant go back and boot up my pc with the old motherboard to uninstall the drivers because my pc gets stuck in a infinite windows loading screen...

For the past few months I've been on and off trying to port forward to my PC. I have a SSH server set up that my end goal is to be able to access while I'm not home. I am trying to port forward on port 22. -I have logged into my Google Fiber account and set the router to forward to my PC on port...