Have two optical drives but can only see and use one
Just recently finished installing new Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H mobo into existing case and new installation of Win 64bit on a new HDD. I have two HDDs - C and D and two CD/DVD optical drives which should...
View ArticleUS B mouse stops working red light is still on
My usb mouse after a couple of random minutes stops working but ther red light is still on, the only fix seems to be restarting the computer, here is a list of things that I ave tried when the problem...
View ArticleBSOD playing LoL / Browsing Internet error posted inside.
BCCode: 1a BCP1: 0000000000005003 BCP2: FFFFF70001080000 BCP3: 00000000000045CF BCP4: 000045CD01008B9E OS Version: 6_1_7601 Service Pack: 1_0 Product: 256_1 I have ran plenty of tests just from using...
View ArticleMy dvd drive reading used disks as blank
My dvd drive is unable to read some of the dvd's and all cd's(so far) nd shows them blank. My laptop is about 2 yrs old. There was no problem reading disks until some days ago. It is able to read all...
View Article"Miraculous" HDD recovery
Hi all, I had some problems lately with one of my HDDs ("Current Pending Sector Count" = 1) and nothing seamed to fix it so I had to clone it & replace it....
View ArticleASUS X53E Laptop fan issues
Recently my laptop fan did not start, and I was unsure of what to do. I shut down my laptop and came back to it a few hours later, and it worked again. But now it has happened again, and I would like...
View ArticleFan controller recommendations
First thanks to the gents who input into my h60 cooler problem. So this cpu cooler is running on my system a speed of 4K rpm, according to corsair that could be to do with the bios multiplier. So lets...
View ArticleSolved CPU fan speed
Installed a Cooler Master Gemin II S524 cpu cooler yesterday. The speed has been staying from 450 - 470 rpm. / Temp. 22c - 27c Is there a program to control the fan speed ?
View ArticleMS LifeChat LX-3000 Generating Echo on Win 7 x64
Hi, I have done a good bit of searching on this topic, but I have not been able to find a solution. Here's the issue: * Running Windows 7 x64 on a Lenovo W520 laptop * No W520-specifc audio drivers...
View ArticleUsing 1080P-Capable TV As Monitor; Resolution 'Zoomed Out'.
Hi, As some of you may know, I've just built a new system (you may know as I've already had a couple of issues I've had help with on here :P). To save some money, I'm initially using a TV as a monitor...
View ArticleCPU Heatsink/Fan - No Power
I am running a Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3 motherboard with a brand-new quad-core AMD which I am building for a friend. Now I know this to be a motherboard problem, because I have interchanged other...
View ArticleNETGEAR RangeMax NEXT WN311T Issue
Hey guys. So basically I purchased a new NETGEAR router (the NETGEAR R6300) as my Virgin Media Super Hub firewall is seriously degrading. They claim their firewall is exceptional and great against DDoS...
View ArticleSolved Reporting 4 mem banks but can only find 2
Hi guys, I have an Acer Aspire 5750 and cpuz and system information viewer x64 both say i have 4 memory banks but i can only find 2. I looked everywhere on the net and everything says only 2 banks but...
View ArticleASUS M5A97 EVO - Recommended 16 GB RAM for Linux
I have the ASUS M5A97 EVO Amazon.com: ASUS M5A97 Evo - AM3+ - 970 - SATA 6Gbps and USB 3.0 - ATX AMD ATX DDR3 2133 Motherboards: Electronics...
View ArticlePower port Not Working
Hello, i have a HP pavilion G42 laptop running on windows 7. Few days back, my battery stopped taking charge. I checked my battery with another laptop, it took charge as usual. So i got to know i...
View ArticleUsb port for wired mouse stopped working, says exceeded power level
I never had a problem before but one of my usb ports stopped working. I just get a message saying that i exceeded the power level. When i tried it on other ports that particular mouse doesn't work in...
View ArticlePotential SATA Hard Drive Failure, Spins up but not recognized
Hello, I have a hard drive here that suddenly stopped working. It is a Western Digital Scorpio Black WE3200BEKT 320GB 2.5" internal laptop hard drive. The computer started to behave oddly and wouldn't...
View ArticleMotherboard showing the wrong CPU
I have a i5 3570k CPU and Asus P8H77V-LK Motherboard but on the BIOS it says i5 3330 3.00Ghz and also on the device manager too I get 10mins of google chrome or any other program and the whole system...
View ArticleExternal Seagate 1 TB HDD suddenly needs formatting
Okay, so this is how it started. I had my Android tablet (Acer A500) hooked to my x64 Windows 7 PC, to transfer a file to it. After that, I tried to safety remove it, but since it uses MTP, it was not...
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