Alienware Battery - Plugged in, not charging
Over the last week, my alienware M11x laptop has refused to charge. Each time, the issue would resolve itself after a few minutes, but the problem has persisted for several hours now and my computer is...
View ArticleDo anyone own this Motherboard MAXIMUS VI HERO
So okay in my last thread i was told this board is good.... Now be for i buy the motherboard i want people who have this board to tell me what its like in terms of quality/overclocking/gaming...... If...
View ArticleWindows - How to log hardware connets/disconnects (event viewer???)
Hy I'd like to see a log about my computers hardware connects and disconnects. ( I think it will be in the event viewer, but i cant find it ) I use it for a security camera recorder and I'd like to...
View ArticleUSB Drive Preventing Monitor From Waking?
Whenever I plug a certain flash drive into a computer, it will cause the monitor to not wake up after sleep, which forces me to hard shut down the computer and lose my data. I have scanned the whole...
View ArticleBoot disk failure, insert system disk and press enter
*Disk boot failure. Please insert system disk and press enter* I have recently ran into some serious trouble with my Western Digital Caviar GP 1 TB Hard drive. In order for anyone to help me you must...
View ArticleExternal Hard disk Iomega 2 Tb recognized by pc but can't be formatted
Hi everyone I'm new here and even though i have been reading a lot of usueful threads , i couldn't solve my problem at all. Well i have an external HDD Iomega 2Tb , that after a while stopped to work...
View ArticleBuying a Seagate SSHD for my laptop?
Hi everyone, The HDD from my Toshiba C650d has failed, which seems to be a common issue in this model. Therefore, I will have to buy a new hard drive for my computer, and I was thinking about buying a...
View ArticleHelp cleaning thermal paste out of CPU socket
So a few days ago I was putting my CPU into my new motherboard. I accidentally applied to much silver thermal compound(conductive) and I ended up having it dribble down the sides. I decided it would be...
View ArticleMotherboard fan plugins
I am wanting to add more fans into my rig but sadly all the fan inputs on the mobo and PSU have been used up. Is their any sort of adapter I could use to power to additional fans thought some other...
View Articlehard drives 3 and 4tb
hi i bought 2 wd drives 1 at 3tb and 1 at 4tb to put some movies on they have both been formatted to fat32 useing this program Code: --------- http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?fat32format.htm...
View ArticleSolved Added new 2nd montior, Windows will not let me change drivers
Hi, I had 2 Dell monitors hooked up to my Windows 7 64-bit desktop. One was a Dell 2208 and the other was a 2007fp. I removed the 2007fp and replaced it with a newer Dell U2311HD. The problem is,...
View ArticleUSB, DvD Drive & Network not Working
Hi, I had to Change my Motherboard a while back and so I did and It worked perfectly for a few weeks. I could boot using DvDs and USBs at this time. My Network also worked fine. Recently, My DvD Drive...
View ArticleI want to Cast tabs to Chromecast: Upgrade CPU or whole system?
First: I have to admit, I'm more of a software guy and never have been a hardware techie. I have an old system. I'm not sure of the age, but it has to be over five years old. It started out running...
View Articlegeneric usb camera worked and then stopped working
Hi all, sorry in advanced but I will try and give as much details as possible. I brought an ebay special enderscope usb camera which worked great for 4 days. on the 5th day it stopped. What generally...
View ArticleSolved Windows 7 Doesn't Detect Microphones, but XP on same Computer Does
I have a nice Logitech 120 headset that has great microphone quality, but it and any other microphone I plug in to my computer are not detected at all. The speakers in the headset work fine, but the...
View ArticleWindows 7 crashes when using more than 2GB RAM
This problem has been steadily getting worse. First games would crash, usually preceded by the sound cutting out and then crashing to desktop a few minutes later. I also get frequent BSODs, PAGE FAULTs...
View ArticleDrive name limited to 11 characters
*How can I use a drive label name longer than eleven characters?* (as restricting as Win95 days) Have looked at Drive - Rename (http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/66118-drive-rename.html). My thumb...
View ArticleCannot get different external drives to show up or work
If I plug in my 2 1tb external esata drives (both are the same size/mode, so thats probably why they work together)l, then my usb mp3 player wont ever show up nor will my usb wd passport If I reboot,...
View ArticleSolved Haswell RAM issue
The Haswell has a much lower memory read than the Sandy Bridge and I wonder why. Any ideas? The Sandy is OC'ed to 4400 and the Haswell to 4200. The RAM is identical, GSkill Sniper 2133 2x4GB, but is...
View ArticleWhat does an eSATA do?
I have an eSATA port on my new laptop, what is it useful for? Can I convert it into a USB3 port with some peripherals
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