Dell Inspiron 546. dead motherboard or power supply?
Dell Inspiron 546. Windows Vista This is not my PC. I'm trying to repair it for my father! I have an amber light on the power switch and by the CMOS battery. I think this should normally be green? I...
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I have just put this new PC together and the intel i7 4790k core seems to be running really hot. When I first put it together with the case all open but all components installed, no operating system...
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I have a HP desktop model Pavilion p6510f, the WLAN stopped working the adapter is gone it will not let me install the drivers also the LAN is acting it stays unconnected until I reinstall the drivers...
View ArticleKiller Network Manager removal help
Hello to all of you incredibly helpful and knowledgable people! I recently built what is essentially the $1000 Intel build from the Recommended Builds of 2015 thread and I am still getting used to...
View ArticleCPU Thermal Throttling?
Okay, so I recently bought a new Intel Xeon 1246 v3 to replace my Dual Core Pentium G3258. The processor is fantastic, but the problem is the Xeon is running REALLY hot. On idle my CPU is running at...
View Articletoshiba satellite pro c850 upgrade??
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View ArticleCan't get into Bios NO USB/Serial
Hello, I have a friends Acer Veriton Running windows 7. Last night it went through a windows update and loads into The Operating system just fine. It recently needed the Motherboard replace and has...
View ArticleBackdoor Password for Dell Latitude 3340?
Whats the backdoor password for a Dell Latitude 3340?
View ArticleBIOS won't recognize DVD in boot order
Hello, I have a iSeries 301 with a GA-78LMT-S2 mb. It will not recognize my DVD when I try to boot off of it (with a bootable disc, of course). I think the problem might be solved if I flash my BIOS. I...
View ArticleNo Signal.
So I just bought stuff for a hole new computer the case,ram,grafic.Motherboard and on. I did set up everything inside the case and installed all the drivers and windows. Once I was don't everything...
View ArticleMass Storage Controller Driver for Asus motherboard P4R800-VM motherboard
I am trying to reinstall xp sp2 Home edition on my older desk top computer as I wanted to upgrade the capacity of hard disk to 250 GB and to eliminate various PC problems. My old disk was only 200 GB...
View ArticleCPU question about acer aspire 5742
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View ArticleAsus P5B Deluxe - No Video, No Beeps
I have a ~7 year old computer. It's been reliable but lately it was not powering on occasionally (fans speed, Asus logo lights up, but no beeps, video). Now it won't power on at all. I've spent the...
View Articlekeyboard stopped working
I waschecking out 10 and tried on screen keyboard. My monitor doesn't support onscreen keyboard. Now regular keyboard doesn't work. I have to use onscreen keyboard then use mouse to click the letters....
View Article[SOLVED] Advice on a CPU compatible with my MoBo
Hi guys, My Pc was originally a Dell XPS 8300. Everything in it has been upgraded now except the Mobo and CPU. To keep costs down i would really like to be able to just upgrade the CPU for now and...
View ArticleUnable to boot black screen with blinking cursor
I apologize before hand if this is in the wrong location. And yes I have looked this problem up far and wide. Plenty of similar issues 0 fixes. So allow me to start from the beginning. I've had this...
View ArticleSound stuttering and lag when clicking mouse
Recently i've built a new pc and made a clean system installation and i've got some issues related to sound. Basically after some time in games or watching movies i start getting audio stutter and even...
View Articlegigabyte z97x gaming 7 issues
Hi everyone. I have just upgraded my PC, I'm running the gigabyte z97x gaming 7 My first issue was that my PSU only has a 4 pin to power the CPU but this mobo has the 8 pin but I plugged the 4 pin into...
View Article775 mobo that supports true pcie 3.0
as per title is there a 775 mobo out there that supports true pcie 3.0. THANKS RUBEN
View ArticleRandom PC deaths. Hardware?
Not positive this is the exact forum, but I think it's the right one. My computer will randomly die. If sound is playing it will skip for a few seconds then die completely. It doesn't attempt to reboot...
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