BIOS battery backup issue...
AFAIK, the purpose of the BIOS battery backup is to provide power to the BIOS chip for storing the BIOS setting when the computer is shutdown. It seems that on my machine, it no longer functioning as...
View Articleno start when using only 1 gb of ram
i have recently bought a laptop to desktop memory adapter. when i installed my 4gb laptop memory my computer didnt start, i tried it in both slots and nothing. but when i put my other 1gb in the other...
View ArticleLaptop wont shut down properly after installing second HDD
Hello. I recently bought this (http://www.ebay.com/itm/2nd-hard-drive-HDD-SSD-caddy-replace-Macbook-Optical-bay-SATA-9-5mm-/120987247631?pt=UK_Computing_Drive_Bay_Caddies&hash=item1c2b66e40f) item,...
View ArticleWindows hangs up / won't start due to constant HDD thrashing
A few days ago I awoke my Toshiba laptop in the morning, only to find it hanging up with continuous HDD activity. After a while I did a hard shutdown and tried to restart, but the HDD activity...
View Articlessd recommendations
last month i decided to take my feet and dip them in the pool of ssd's. i picked up a 64gb ssd to try with my system and see how it went. all in all i'm sooo happy i'm changing up to either a 120gb or...
View ArticleGigabyte UD3H Wifi doesn't detect WiFi or second screen
Hello, i just received my new PC with a brand new Gigabyte UD3H Wifi motherboard and a HD7950 GPU. I installed all the drivers available from the Gigabyte website for some reason the wifi function...
View ArticleSATA identification
Hi, I'm about to upgrade a ssd 6gb/s to my hp dm4 laptop. Here's the pictures my system specs based on HWiNFO32 software. It looks like themotherboard has port 0 and 1 supports 6gb/s. My current hdd is...
View ArticleDo I need more ram?
I have a HP Probook 4530s laptop with Intel i5 processor, 4 gb ram, and 500 gb hdd. It is a decent computer, but lately I have been having issues. I am an amateur photographer, and use Photoshop CS6...
View ArticleWrite Protected Flash Drive - Toshiba 16GB
A software company send me a program on a usb flash drive - Toshiba 16GB. I just received another one as they upgraded my program. I went to format the little toy and it tells me that it is WRITE...
View Articlehelp choosing a mbo ( upgrade)
well i recently decided its time to get a new case before i cook something with that said i also decided on a cpu upgrade I7 3770k * - current specs are in profile ( win 7 64 12 gbs of ram etc ) * not...
View ArticleSSD partition...behavior!
Hi, Now that my first SSD (urrah) is installed and my laptop is running smoothly (after SSD hardawre install. I restore my Laptop to factory state! Thaen I removed all bloatware/apps I do not use...it...
View ArticleSolved How to monitor disk health in raid config?
I have set up 2 seagate drives in raid 0 stripe on an Intel Rapid Storage controller and would like to be able to monitor the health of these drives. Any program that I've tried reports it as a SCSI...
View ArticleCPU-Z reports I3 processor as I5?
Hi, My I3 3220 CPU is reported as I5 3550. Is this normal? Image: http://imageshack.us/a/img818/5964/cpuzm.png
View ArticleProblem Rebooting My computer
When ever I try to restart my computer it shuts off and then the power lights turn to orange and then the computer beeps twice and then waits for a few seconds and then beeps again. I have to hit the...
View Articleinternal harddisks & dvd disappear
hey, im new here so feel free to tell me if im doing wrong. my problem is that sometimes when i turn on my computer i only have 1 dvd drive( i have 2 installed+3 other internal harddrives), and my...
View Article750w will be enough?
I will buy a new computer and i l'm wondering if the PSU of 750w Corsai AX750 be enough. That is the configuration: i7 3820 / Asus GTX 680 2Gb / Asus Sabertooth x79 / Corsair...
View ArticleAny 3rd PT Software to add more functions to touchpad gestures?
I have an Elantech driver for my touchpad that supports multitouch. However, the functions of the gestures are not customizable. I was wondering if there is a way to customize the functions of certain...
View ArticleRaw Drive access from a Python program
I am in the process of recovering files off a Creative Nomad Zen MP3 Player and have a Python program to do this. https://gist.github.com/816115 The above program however is designed to run under...
View ArticleSolved New am3+ motherboard
Hey guys i decided today i wanted a motherboard that would support xfire/sli I decided i liked the look of this one...
View ArticleSolved Can I reformat a GoFlex disk after being used as a pvr extender?
I have been using a Seagate GoFlex 1.5TB drive as an extender to my Satellite PVR. Would I be able to reformat that to use with my PC. Thanks, Ken
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