stop windows from automatically switching to external monitor monitor
I have my tv connected to the X200 ultradock, every time I dock my Thinkpad X200 laptop, my laptop screen shuts off and goes to the tv even when the tv is off. It is very annoying because I have to...
View ArticleCooling Fan Runs Excessively Fast
Hi my friend My Machine is presario CQ62 with intel i5 processor. When there is no processes running, the cooling fan works very fast. The result is the battery runs down rapidly. The external...
View ArticleSolved BIOS Automatic fan control
Hi, I'm planning to use automatic fan control on this PC. As a part of this progress, I removed the manual fan controller and reconnected the CPU fan to the socket on the motherboard. However the...
View ArticleSolved 2tbg showing as 1.8tb
This hdd is a 2tb, but only shows 1.8. I realize that an amount is deducted, but 200gb?
View ArticleHDD will not disconnect, causes issues shutting down
Hi, I have a Western Digital external HDD (1 TB) that I use to store all my media (connects via ESATA and USB 2.0, but I have never used the USB connection, and unfortunately I have no idea where it...
View ArticleSchedule a text reminder when specific hardware device is inserted.
Hi guys, Not sure if this is in the right thread, apologies if not. What I'm needing advice on is how to get a text reminder to pop up on screen when I insert my android phone. I would like a text to...
View ArticleEXT HDD issue after scan disk, now prompts to format??
Hi All, This is my first post. I have an external HDD that I back up all my pics and personal info to, any way the last few times I pugged it in it would prompt me to scan and fix errors or continue...
View ArticleHd not showing up after a rebuild.
Hi there guys,I've just spent the last couple of hours stripping down my rig,for a clean but mainly to do something about the cable management.But since rebuilding it 2 problems have arisen. problem 1...
View ArticleeSata Card not detected by Windows 7
I installed an esata card on my PC, it did not get detected, how ever I manage to instal the driver, still no detection, nor the external esata Hard Disk showed up, after Googling etc, I enabled AHCI ,...
View ArticleWDC WD30 EZRX only showing as 746GB not 3TB
Hi, I scanned my 3TB drive and it had some errors so I backed it up to another drive and then fixed all the errors with scan disk. I Then went to format the drive and it will now only format to 746Gb...
View ArticleLogitech Webcam Software problems with 1 user, but not the other.
So I have an HD C510 webcam and I can load up the LWS but if i click the Quick Capture or Motion Detection Buttons, a dialogue window pops up and tells me "Launcher_Main.exe has stopped..." Basically I...
View ArticleLaptop can't read External HD
I'm having a problem with my laptop (MSI GX640). I have a Buffalo 500 GB external HD that was working just fine yesterday afternoon but stopped working last night for reasons unknown to me. Some...
View ArticleCPU Upgrade
Hi, This PC has an *ASUSTeK M2V (Socket AM2)* motherboard. It's an AMD system and it has a single core CPU. Current CPU is: AMD Athlon 64 3500+ ---Quote--- More details about the CPU: Name: AMD Athlon...
View ArticleSolved BIOS Update -
Hi, I have this motherboard: ASUSTeK M2V (Socket AM2) It's running an old BIOS version (from 2006) and I want to update it as there were several new versions released and they fix important issues....
View ArticleNo drives detected in bios
Hi guys, My corsair ssd and Samsung hard drive appear in the safely remove hardware and media icon in windows. I was told I could try disabling the hot plug option on my bios. When I looked the sata...
View ArticleNo drivers found. click load driver to provide a mass storage driver f
Okay so, my laptop's system is unable to boot, so I just tried to format it since I have to do that for a very long time, and when it asked me in which partition I want to install windows there was...
View ArticleDiskpart says I have no available disks
Hello, i have an hdd and its empty i mean i have no installed OS in it. Today i tried to install w7/w8 but it doesn't show my hdd and partitions. I looked into command prompt>diskpart>list disks...
View Articlevirtual com port error!
hey guys! I have a USB DVB card that works good! 3 days ago I have working on virtual com ports in matlab soft! and after that when I connect dvb card to my laptop usb ports the dvb software doesn't...
View ArticleSlimline blue ray player connection
A friend of mine has just given me a nice Sony blue ray player/burner from his old laptop.My question is what cable do I need to connect it to my pc via usb?Is it one of these? USB 2.0 Male to Mini...
View ArticleWhat software to use with SSD clone and for backup too? Many Choices!!
Hi I have few questions. Let me explain my situation. I picked up the 512 GB Samsung 840 Pro SSD (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147194&Tpk=840%20pro%20512%20GB) to...
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