I need help on buying RAM.
Hello, i am planning to upgrade my RAM as follows: I currently have 2gb ram, a ddr2 stick. I want a 4gb one but using a dual channel. The problem is i don't know if my motherboard supports DDR3 memory,...
View ArticleSamsung Notebook keyboard not working and stuck at boot screen
I have this Samsung Notebook and after using it for certain time, the PC crashed giving DOS sounds. When I started the PC again, I was at the boot screen asking me to choose the OS. Although my...
View ArticleAudio jack stuck in PC input jack...?
Hello my dear fellow windows 7 users! A few days ago, one half of the jack of my external speakers got stuck in the female jack of my PC laptop. I am using Realtek HD audio, and I wanted to ask whether...
View ArticleKeyboard no longer connecting/working
I have a Microsoft Wireless Laser Keyboard 6000 v2.0. I installed a new update for it in which it downloaded Intellipoint instead of the Microsoft Keyboard software and it stopped working. I then did a...
View ArticleBlu Ray not working off raid card....
Thank you for looking at my problem:) I put in a a sata card for my friend, and a blu-ray burner. But for some reason the computer seems to see it as a cd drive. I open computer and it says BD drive,...
View ArticleUSB Device not recognized
Hello :) If I opened the topic in wrong section, please sorry... Sorry if bad english. Please read the whole text so you could fully understand what is the point :) Here is my problem. Every Mass...
View ArticleImation usb flash disk not working in Win7
Help please, I have an Imation Usb Flash disk 4GB nano pro, everytime I plug in to my Toshiba Laptop A300 using Win7 it says windows update cannot find the driver , so it say usb device not recognized...
View ArticleExternal Drive no longer accessible
Hi, I have a 500GB Toshiba Canvio External HDD which has worked marvelously for about a year now. I keep all my music and school work on it and have never had problems accessing anything. In the last...
View ArticleSMART question
Hi, Windows gave a warning on one of my HD's, a Hitach 1Tb sata drive, saying it was about to fail and I should back up. I restarted the pc and got a SMART error on the same disk. I then downloaded WD...
View ArticleHelp with window 7 unable to do certain things
Hi everyone, im new just signed up as im having trouble with windows 7 and hope you can help! Basically i have a quite new less than 1 year old samsung RF711 laptop, with windows 7 home premium. The...
View ArticleWin XP: Keyboard failure, stuck floppy drive on boot
I don't know where the XP Forums are. Daylight savings time comes around, sets my clock back an hour, next boot I spent an hour trying to boot up. The keyboard would work in the BIOS but would fail at...
View ArticleRAM issue
hey i have windows 7 home premium 32-bit, i also have 4GB RAM but only (2.93 GB usable). i have intel chipset 4 graphics .... what i would like to know is why my computer is not using all my RAM an can...
View ArticleWhich laptop?
I know that this is probably the wrong section but as I didn`t see the right one and this is the only hardware forum I know I am going to post it here. I am going to buy a laptop for gaming and school....
View Articlebluetooth peripheral device - drivers not installed W7x64 USB 4.0
I recently installed a Kinivo BTD-400 usb bluetooth adapter so I could transfer files from my Samsung Galaxy s2 I727 phone. I downloaded the current installation files from the Broadcom site. At the...
View ArticleSolved Old HDD still has system in active partition. Need to move to new SSD
Windows 7 64bit Dell Precision Mobile M4500 Attachment shows disk manager screenshot So I recently install a new SSD (Disk 1) into my laptop and loaded the OS onto it. I still have my old HDD (Disk 0)...
View ArticleSolved poor SSD write performance
I just discovered that my Samsung SSD (830 series, MZ-7PC064D/EU) shows a very poor write performance (161 MB) though my read performance is pretty fair (448 MB). Image:...
View ArticleHard Drives Disappear
Hi All, I have 3 drives installed on my PC (1) solid state drive for the O.S. Win 7 Pro; dual booting on a VHD Win 8 Pro (which I really like). The other two SATA drives are for storage (1) 500 gig...
View ArticleCTRL button problem - kp_end
Hi guys! I've had my laptop for a year or so now and I've never had a problem with the keyboard. All of a sudden today, my CTRL has decided to completely change. I noticed whilst playing a game, CTRL...
View ArticleSetting Default Communications Device using a shortcut or script?
I bought myself a Logitech G930 wireless headset and it works great. Only problem is that when I want to use it I have to Control Panel > Sound > and 'Set as Default Device' When I want to use my...
View ArticleSuggest a decent USB Microphone -> Windows 7 64bit...
I'm looking to get a USB microphone for my Win 7 64 bit system. The couple I have found, the reviews indicate they are very poor, to not even working on Windows 7 64bit. The most common found is the...
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