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  1. presolol

    [SOLVED] Positive and negative indicator fell off of HDD LED wires, how can I tell which is which??

    I was moving them around and the little cover fell, exposing the wires. Not a big deal right I can put it back on bit wait.. now I dont know which one is positive and which one is negative. Any help on how I can tell them apart.
  2. Iver Hicarte

    [SOLVED] Can you buy the separate extra 4 pin atx connector for the motherboard?

    Good day, Motherboards nowadays come with the extra 4 pin ATX power socket together with the regular 8 pin ATX socket. My question is can you buy that extra power cable? Because my power supply originally does not include that cable and I upgraded to a motherboard with that extra 4 pin ATX...
  3. C

    [SOLVED] Converting Laptop Camera to USB

    I have a camera from a fried laptop that was connected by this connection: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gxOjffA7Y50loVuIUNgfOgtwLJucCAV_/view?usp=drivesdk I clipped off the opposite end of the wire, and this is inside...
  4. Bradox45

    [SOLVED] Soldering help with Steelseries Arctis Pro

    I broke my right cup of my headset i need to solder it up asap! Does anyone know where to solder the wires or how i can find out? I tried searching for images on google but i didn’t get any luck (Description of where the wire goes, is at the source of the images)
  5. M

    [SOLVED] HOW TO Plug CPU power connector in PSU ?

    Hello In seasonic PSU PCie Ports and CPU Ports are in the same group I want to Know Which PORTS I have to plug cpu power cables in ?? in the photo there is 5 ports in PSU to PLUG CPU power cables "but" there is only 2 ports are correct for CPU POWER CONNECTOR I need to Know : Which 2ports...
  6. mzhr

    [SOLVED] Missing anything? (First time building PC)

    Hey, I am building my first PC and make sure they're are no mistakes. I wanted to know if everything is compatible? I provided screenshots and a PCPartPicker on what components I plan to use. I am worried about the cables for the power supply. Most importantly the fans. I don't know if I have...
  7. E

    Question I cannot identify this hard-disk wires

    Hello chaps, An all-in-one computer at home suffered a short-circuit and the hard-disk enclosure and wire burned out. I know they are the SATA one and the power supply cables. But I cannot find any keyword to find and buy them online. I'm attaching some pictures. Any label, tag or link is...
  8. Pizza PowerXYZ

    [SOLVED] Does 568a work with 568b above 1gb speeds?

    I've been searching online for hours and cant find anything My motherboard is a msi x470 gaming plus and uses 568a ethernet And the cat7 cable I want uses 568b I keep on seeing that "if the cable is above 1gb you dont need a crossover cable" I also heard that any cable over 1gb uses all wires...
  9. C

    [SOLVED] Building first gaming pc, not sure about some things.

    I have recently been trying to get into some games which are more demanding than my current laptop can handle. I don't know a whole lot about the technical side of things, for example if everything is going to be compatible with everything else, or what case to get, etc. The parts I intend to...
  10. M

    Ryzen 3 2200g 1 long beep and 2 short beeps

    So heres the case, me and my buddy was building my pc and long story short it was successful and we also tested it for fortnite and it was good. Because we finished at midnight we slept after.Then the next morning we forgot to put the speaker the one that makes the beeps on the mother board so...
  11. W

    Gaming rig went from unable to get past boot/bios, to not powering on at all...

    First, I will give a general summary of my problem, and then go into specifics: Summary: I've had this PC for 3-4 years and it has worked pretty well. Today, PC would not make it past boot screen/bios. I eventually figured out how to boot into the windows repair screen (by holding power to...
  12. V

    low usage on gtx 1080

    Hi i bought a new pc and i'm not getting the perforance that i should My specs: Gigabyte gtx 1080 Amd ryzen 5 1600x Hyperx 16gb ram 2133mhz ddr4 (overclocked to 2400mhz) ASUS STRIX B350-F GAMING IN WIN F2 600W 80PLUS Bronze Antec Mercury 240 Windows 10 pro 64 bits Acer - XF240Hbmjdpr 144hz...
  13. L

    How long can i future proof my set up?

    Building new pc specs as follows Asrock z77 extreme4 mobo Core i5 3570k oc'd to 4.4ghz Evga gtx 1070 ftw gpu 16gb 1666 ddr3 ram Seasonic prime 650w gold Mushkin 128gb ssd Cryorig r1 cpu air cooler and maintaining temps around 78 to 80 at full load. Only plan to use 1080p monitor for the next...
  14. V

    Can i have a hardware RAID 0 apart my boot drive?

    I use Samsung 950 pro as boot drive, but I want high capacity storage on RAID as a separate drive all together, however, I don't want to use software RAID, so should I buy a PCI-E RAID card and have it aside my main drive?
  15. Sherlocksh

    Is GTX 750Ti good to this PC

    I have a Lenovo sff PC(Lenovo ThinkCentre M81 SFF). It has, Intel Core i5 2500 3.30Ghz 4GB RAM Will I be able to play games like Rise of the Tomb Raider in this PC with a Gtx 750Ti
  16. G

    Clarification regarding 950 Pro and Z97

    CPU: 4770K Mobo: MSI Z97M Gaming BIOS: Latest update (E7919IMS.190) Okay, my understanding is that the board's M.2 slot only covers x2 PCI-E lanes. I went ahead and bought an Asus M.2 x4 Hyper Card in the event that I would shortly buy a 950 Pro after it arrives. If I installed the hyper card...
  17. D

    Best 80mm case fan under 5$

    What's the best 80mm blue led case fan under 5$
  18. S

    Corsair H75 single rad fan, but both connected to CPU header?

    Just did a new build with a Corsair 380t and an H75 for CPU cooling. I have the radiator mounted to the side with just one fan and another next to it (see image here), the temps have been absolutely fine with a single fan on the rad, but I just bought new rad/case fans and am wondering if it's a...
  19. J

    How to get my career started?

    My name is Jason and I need some help on how I should get the ball rolling on my career. I am currently attending community college in Southern California. I live with my parents so I don't have to worry about money at the moment. I am also not working at the moment but I used to work at a...
  20. C

    Ethernet wont connect to new built pc, lights on port are on and blinking

    Recently built a pc, connected an ethernet cord, not receiving a connection despite green light on router and theres a orange and blinking yellow light on the motherboards ethernet port where the cord is
  21. U

    What is Best Low Cost Dell E521 PCIe Video Card Upgrade?

    Been Looking at Radeon 6450 PCIexpress Cards & was Wondering if this is the Best/ Easiest way to go. Don't Game, Just want to Improve/Speed up Streaming Video & DVDs. Thanx
  22. B

    College Build Trying to be Semi Budget Friendly but have the PC Preform in the College Enviroment

    Here is the System that is being built as of right now. Asus Crosshair V formula Z mobo(already own) Fx 8350 or 6350 Asus 280x(already own) Cooler Master Cosmos SE 1 stick of 8GB Gskill x series RAM(already own) Corsair CX750 PSU(already own) 2 500GB hard drives(already own) 120/128GB SSD for...
  23. L

    Computer Crashes While Gaming

    I'm putting this under videogames because of the circumstances of this problem I am receiving. First up: My specs. Asus N61JQ-X2 ATI Mobility Radeon 5730, currently using available driver from AMD Catalyst. 8 GB RAM. 500GB Seagate SSD/HDD Hybrid drive. Now, this is a problem that I have been...
  24. B

    Adding a second 7950, what else may I need?

    Here is my current setup: 120gb SSD 8gb RAM Sapphire 7950 AMD FX-6300 Corsair 750W I've been thinking about crossfiring my 7950 and getting a second one. But I'm wondering if any part of my build would hold me back from seeing the benefits of two cards. Also, do I need to exactly match the...
  25. A

    Skyrim +HD Textures +ENB Series Question...

    Okay, so on Windows 7 64bit with 8GB RAM, an AMD FX 6350 and a R9 270x would I be able to run these fine? Or should I go with the i5 4670 instead?
  26. D

    BF4 and Dayz: Standalone: How much FPS

    How would this Laptop run BF4 and Dayz on Medium settings? Any tips on what to do to increase performance as well will help since I don't have these games yet. I will also be happy to overclock if needed to for extra frames. - AMD Quad-Core Processor A10-5757M 2.5 GHz with Turbo CORE up to 3.5...