System drive dead, looking for an SSD
So I have this ASUS motherboard (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131603) and I need to replace my Windows system drive. I was looking at the OCZ Agility 3...
View Articlepower management of hdd makes my hdd have "clunk" sound at shutdown.
When I setup power management to turn off my hdd at say 15 minutes. When the hdd shuts off I hear a uneasing "clunk" sound. Maybe the arm getting yanked to rest position? When I turn off my system...
View ArticleHard disk not detecting in BIOS
My windows 7 ruuning on 2.1GHz , 3 GB RAM used to show blue screen while tryingt o watch any movies. It used to get stuck. Also in Bios it occasionally stopped detecting the hard disk. also system time...
View Articlecant open my flash drive
Please help...."there was a problem starting ~$WPEO.FAT32". what does this mean? how will I fix it?
View ArticleUSB ports going loose
In my old laptop, the USB ports had become loose as in they won't hold a USB plug in place. When I bought my new Dell XPS 15z laptop, the USB ports were really tough and required a but of pushing to...
View ArticleBad sector in the hard disk
Hi All, I am having Dell Inspiron 1510 with Windows 7 64bit. For the last few months I am having issues with my OS like: *1.* I find "*The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Ide\IdePort0*"...
View Articlelaptop fails to read any usb flash drives
Hi all, I'm new here. First of all excuse my english and spelling. I have a dell xps i7 that runs windows 7 home. Lately the laptop can not read any usb sticks (flash drives), though it does recognize...
View ArticleMy Win 7 x64 doesn't work correctly with DDR3
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R Rev: 1.0 CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz Memory: Kingston DDR3 4096MB PC10666 1333MHz BIOS EX58-UD3R F11 OS Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit)...
View Article4*2 GB ram or 1*8 GB ram which is better with 3rd gen pro?
Guys,I was wondering which will have better performance with pro:core i5 3470 1)4x2 gb ram ddr3 1600mhz or 1x8gb ram ddr3 1600mhz?cause my pro have dual channel memory feature .How much % will...
View ArticleToo much memory being used. What can I do?
Hello, I've noticed that my RAM usage has gone up by a lot randomly. It used to not be using much at all when I had lots of things open, but now, even with nothing opened (other than my browser), it is...
View ArticleNeed SATA-3 Card
My original motherboard was replaced with a MSI X58 Pro-E. This motherboard does not support SATA-3 as are my hard drives. Is there a SATA-3 card that would work in one of the below slots at the SATA-3...
View ArticleMy computer is not using all of it's ram, 1.73gb of ram out of 4.00gb
Hey guys, recently I got my new computer from my cousin and downgraded from 8gb of ram to 4gb of ram (Because the other motherboard had 2 x 2 x 2 x 2, and this one only has two slots so I'm going 2x2.)...
View ArticleLaptop battery not working
Hello, I recently took my laptop over to a friends house (along with the wall charger) and everything was working properly. I get it home 2 hours later, plug everything back in like I normally have it...
View ArticleSolved optical drive gone
I went to control panel/backup and created a system image on my WD USB Passport portable drive. When it finished, I tried to create a system prepare disk I couldn't because my CD/DVD drive is no longer...
View ArticleHelp Network Adapter Problem wont uninstall drivers
just got home today and turned on the PC to my dismay I no internet connection on my Primary OS 32bit windows 7 so I went into device manager and got this error Image:...
View ArticleCan I make USB Thumb Drive appear as Writeable CD Device?
I have a software product that I use to plan worship services. It generates a CD of music for the service. The software does not allow me select any other device than a CD R/W Drive. Can I have a USB...
View ArticleLooking to Upgrade to a New SSD
Hello everyone, i am about to take the plunge into the SSD era. i am looking at Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5 inch SATA Solid State Drive: Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories...
View ArticleNetwork Printer offline
I have a 2 win7 computer network with a Canon MX892 printer installed on primary computer sharing with secondary computer, everything has been working ok until I had to replace the printer with an...
View ArticleHow to set AutoPlay for external HDD to automatically open folder?
Whenever I insert my external (USB) HDD I get the AutoPlay window and have to click the "Open folder to view files" option to open the HDD. I'm wondering if I can set it so that my computer skips the...
View ArticleHDD dying - problems cloning
Hi all, A few days ago I experienced some power failure and now my HDD (WD Caviar Black 640 Gb 64mb 7200 SATA 2) is dying. Crystal Disk Info shows a warning: Current Pending Sector Count with RAW value...
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