Did the storm/lighting cause damage to laptop in this situation..,?
I live in the UK and last night we had a storm/lighting which in this country its very rare to get one. I was up in my room playing a game with the room light turned off and while I was playing I seen...
View ArticleCorrect ammount and type of ram to install in a mid range gaming build
Hello, thanks for taking time to look at my post. I'm planning to build a gaming PC that will allow me to run some of the newer titles, nothing fancy. First off, how much ram do I really need? Will 8GB...
View ArticleSolved Correct amount and type of ram to install in a mid range gaming build
Hello, thanks for taking time to look at my post. I'm planning to build a gaming PC that will allow me to run some of the newer titles, nothing fancy. First off, how much ram do I really need? Will 8GB...
View ArticleNeed drivers for Win 7 Pro for Intel Server board - se7230nh1-e
Converting an Intel server (Win2003) to a Win 7 Pro workstation. During the install the drives are not recognized. Tried driver from Intel - intel_ichx_msft_raid_v.4.4.0630.2006_whql_updated - but...
View Articleshould i rma my external hdd given these stats
so... im an average not-good in computers end-user. usually i check my hdd health with crystaldisk. yesterday i had "warning" from crystal disk for my transcend external hdd. crystal disk yellow...
View ArticleBitFenix Spectre 120mm Case Fan and Asus z87pro pin issue
Hi Team, I was recommended to buy some BitFenix Spectre 120mm Case Fans for my Asus z87pro board. The trouble is that the fans only have 3 pins and the mobo has multiple fan inputs setup to accept four...
View ArticleWhich usb 3 pci express cards for Asus z87pro mobo?
Hi team, I am considering adding a pair of pci express usb 3 cards to my mobo to run my ever-growing number of usb2 devices.. I have seen these 7 port cards on Ebay, ORICO PVU3-5O2I 7 Ports USB 3.0...
View ArticleDell desktop won't start in normal or safe mode
I noticed a problem with my mcafee real time scanning and firewalls earlier today (kept turning off) and thought I might have a virus. My intentions as to download superantispyware, update it, then...
View ArticleRAM Issue
Hi guys, I have never come across an issue like this, began installing some memory (2 x 1GB Kingston sticks) into a new Shuttle PC I have, new 2TB also. The board has 2 slots. DIMM1 & DIMM2. OS is...
View ArticleRPC server & audio system are not working at all
I was using an automatic program to download drivers for me (I know, bad idea) then I got a BSOD while they were installing (not unusual I have been having BSOD problems) and when I tried to turn my...
View ArticleDELL optiplex 320 (psu info)
so i read about dell's website that its minitower has total of 280W psu but i want to know its amps from 3.3V, 5V, and specially +12V rail i want to know if my pcie geforce 7300LE can run on it....
View ArticleCD/DCD reader/writer problem loading .iso disks
I have a dual operating system set-up, using Windows7 and Linux Ubuntu. I am having problems running a number of cd-rom iso disks. Specifically, I want to load the iso disk, "GPARTED". This disk loads...
View Articlefitting components for desktop
i got dell's desktop pc not minitower, the desktop pc is the narrower one than minitower. now my question is will a regular pci-e videocard will fit fine under the desktop pc. (like gf 7300le, 9500gt,...
View Articleusb 2 ports work intermitently
have gigabyte ga-990fxa-ud5 with amd fx-8150 running win7 pro 64 bit. about 2 months ago usb mouse and keyboard quit working. a power reset and they would work again for a few days. i thought it was my...
View ArticleAdded new/old HDs and now I get 'Reboot and Select Proper Media.'
My first build. Originally, I had 2 3tb Seagates in this machine. I had Win 7 installed on one of the drives and the other was for future storage. They both worked fine. I had an extra SSD so I...
View ArticleError 39: Cannot install custom bt848 64-bit driver in 8 (worked in 7)
Hello, sorry for starting a NEW topic, but after a quick search I couldn't find something similar. I will describe you my problem, so you can understand what is going on. Previous summer I upgraded my...
View ArticleHow do I fix Windows 7 OS
*My laptop kept freezing, then crashed completely. When I restarted it, it said insert boot disc. I then bought hbcd which came with no instructions. I ran the disc and it booted the hbcd menu, I was...
View ArticleRename a ext drive
I had a usb ext drive that I had used to clone my desktop, well when I went to use drive for something else, of course it was full..... well somehow after formating, shrinking partions etc...not even...
View ArticleHow to format write-protected USB flash
Hello, I have a USB flash memory that while there isn't any switch on it when formatting it says can't format, it's write-protected! Why it's this way and how to format it please?
View ArticleSolved Testing Standard SATA hard drive
I'm just wondering if a Standard SATA Hard drive would fit into my Acer Aspire v5? I want to test to see if the hard drive is working and don't have a USB converter cable for it at this time. I am not...
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