Finding motherboard information
I am trying to find out details of the motherboard in my Toshiba C55 running Windows 8.1. I have looked at device manager and system details but couldn't see any details of the motherboard. I...
View ArticleEUFI and GPT.
I have purched a new motherboard it is an MSI A78M-E45 with a EFI bios. The board will not accept a hdd formated in ntfs Mbr partition. The only means available for to do this was to use my present...
View Article[SOLVED] MoBo/Case
I am working on a project for a friend. His motherboard does not have enough slots to hook up the front panel components. These components are the front panel usb ports and media slots such as,...
View ArticleP5AD2-E Motherboard. Any value?
I have been given a brand new P5AD2-E De Luxe motherboard. Is it worth buying all the necessary components to populate? Will it be able to handle windows 10? Win8? Win7? What would be the best CPU,...
View ArticleMotherboard & SSD incompatible / Motherboard failing?
Hi :) Firstly, apologies if this is in the wrong forum, my symptoms are Windows 7 related, but I wanted to see if my hunch was right and whether I've been an idiot and bought something that's not...
View ArticleBIOS does not detect added memory
I have an old IBM ThinkCentre 8189F1U desktop. It is running Window 7 Enterprise 32-bit. It was accessing the hd a lot with 2GB of memory so I bought 4 new sticks of memory (4x1GB). The BIOS only...
View ArticleHP DM4 Pavilion Motherboard
Hi, I had a problem with my HP i5 DM4 2000 series laptop. I was informed by the system that the battery is not working properly and when I got the battery out to check its specs so I could order a new...
View Articlefps lag/pc lag help please!
HELP please.My pc is fairly new, built at the start of the year, I am running a i5 4590 with a gtx 970. Just recently in the past few days i have experienced fps lag across all games at random times...
View ArticleMy PC wont boot but the lights turn on.
Hey so my pc as some problem booting. Sometimes it does sometimes it doesn't. Some times i need to turn it on and off for 20times before it boots. If it doesnt boot the lights will turn on and the fans...
View ArticleASUS M5A97 LE R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard New Parts Compatibility
I currently have the opportunity to replace some parts for my PC and would like to double check the compatibility with the parts I have chosen. I have looked up what I could find from the ASUS website...
View Articlebios not detecting memory in one slot
I ordered two 1 gb memory sticks for my Pavilion a1000n. This is the recommended matched memory for this pc by HP. The bios recognized the stick in channel 1, but not in channel 0. I have re-installed...
View Articleupgrading CPU
Can I insert a 2.93GHZ CPU in place of a 2.4GHZ? They both fit 478 MPGA socket. I did switch CPU, but when powered up nothing happens. I can hear it running but nothing appears on the monitor.
View ArticleMonitor is not getting any signal
OS: Windows 7 32-bit RAM: 4GB Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 5400 Series Processor:Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E7300 @ 2.66GHz 2.67GHz Few months ago my PC went off and when i started it the CPU started...
View Articleno bios
Gateway MFATXPNT 500x turns on but no video signal to monitor. m/b light is on, cpu fan spins, green light is on power supply. I have tried another monitor and video card, but no change. Does this...
View ArticleChanging CPU
I have two desktops (I built both) I am upgrading one to a ssd and newer mb and cpu. I would like to put the cpu AMD athlon ii x2 255 onto my backup pc both mb are AM3. The amd athlon ii x2 255 I would...
View ArticleCan't Open Bios.
I recently bought a new motherboard only to find that my ram was not compatible with it. The motherboard can take DDR3 ram but my ram runs at a higher frequency. I have been told that the motherboard...
View Article[SOLVED] no bios
Gateway MFATXPNT 500x turns on but no video signal to monitor. m/b light is on, cpu fan spins, green light is on power supply. I have tried another monitor and video card, but no change. Does this...
View ArticleGigabyte MB GA-M55plus-S3G Power Switch
ON/OFF switch on Motherboard. MB= Gigabyte GA-M55plus-S3g WINxp SP3 Objective: To turn ON the MB from the external Standby Power Supply. (the Computer's Power Supply is turned "ON" all the time.). Page...
View ArticleBSOD after a dropped laptop, not related to RAM or HDD
Hi, I have a BSOD after dropping the laptop. I have already excluded that it is not the HDD (by disconnecting the HDD and booting into a boot USB.) and it is not the RAM (tested on other laptop and it...
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Lag in CPU-Based games
My computer gets really laggy in more CPU-based games, ones which need to process a lot of things, such as CK2 (along with most other paradox titles). However, my rig has no problems running more...
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