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I have a Lenovo H30 series desktop computer with Windows 10 Home Premium installed - when I can get to boot. When I power up the computer the power button lights up and the CPU fan runs but there is no...
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I have a custom gaming Pc with Asus Z97 pro wifi ac motherboard, 16gb ram, i5 cpu. Started having issue with no video. Error 55 (no ram installed) code on led display. I cleaned connections and...
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Hi all, I’m having issues with a rather old PC. The biggest issue is the random freezes that occur. There are no BSOD restarts just an unrecoverable freeze that is sometimes accompanied by the sound...
View ArticleAlienware 17 Bios Update Slows disk access
Updated to A15 Bios for my 3 year old Alienware 17 labtop. Disk operations and processing slowed after update. Drive is a Samsung SSD 840 1TB. Before updating to A15 bios seq Read was 3,340 MB/Sec...
View ArticleBIOS Locked
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View ArticleIntel Core i3-7100 (51W TDP) - 100% Load (Only 22W)
Good day TSF! I have Intel Core i3-7100 with a TDP of 51W. Under full load, it only reaches 22W. Is this normal? Thank you! And another question... If the board says it supports up to 2400 MHz RAM. is...
View ArticleEnter Xi3 Cmos?
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Hi! I'd like to start by saying that I mostly use my PC for gaming and know some about hardware and computers in general, but obviously not enough to solve my problem To get straight to the point, my...
View ArticleLaptop wont boot?
Hi, I have a problem with a Acer Travelmate P453. The fan spins, the ethernet lights are flashing but there is no hard drive activity and a blank screen. There is no output to external monitor. The...
View ArticleThe CMOS Checksum is invalid
Good day I have a laptop that will not boot I have to remove the cmos battery for a min then put it back in and reboot then I get the message below and sometimes can press enter to boot into windows....
View ArticleIntel Xeon E5-2430 Temps
Hi All, is 69c at idle for a Intel Xeon E5-2430 (2.2ghz) CPU a bit hot? this is in a Dell T420 poweredge machine. regards david
View ArticleASUS Z97-AR BOOT BIOS ISSUE - American Megatrends
All the sudden, I started getting the American Megatrends window when booting. I have to plug in a USB keyboard, do the FI and F10 dance and reboot to get to Windows. (see attached). It doesn't matter...
View ArticleRaid 5 Recovery
I am a bit of a noob and first time posting here.. Couldnt get PC to start. It would turn on for 20 seconds and then shut off. Decided to take out CMOS Battery to reset BIOS. This worked and computer...
View ArticleMy pc has been stuttering/lagging for a few days after some motherboard damage
so basically i was replacing my thermal paste and one of the nails got stuck in this slot you can see in the photo and i ended up having to remove the slot and refastening it into the bracket which is...
View Articlesamsung laptop model np500p4c-s01ae bios file need
i need samsung laptop model np500p4c-s01ae bios file to refresh my laptop bios because some options from my bios menu has been removed thats why i want to refresh my laptop bios can any one help me?
View Articlemotherboard help
Hi ALL can someone please help I picked up an Asus M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 at car boot sale for $10 and have some problems finding where to connect the power button wire from front of pc case ?? I have added...
View ArticleTurbo Boost vs Overclocking
Hello everyone, I am wondering what the difference is between overclocking and the turbo boost thing you always see advertised on cpus, thanks!
View ArticleCan't complete BIOS recovery
Hello, I have asus P7P55 LX motherboard. Yesterday I tried updating BIOS with special asus utility on win10 and after completing the process I got a BSOD. Now my PC does not work. Immediately after...
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Hi I'm no computer expert but I have a new power supply and I didn't realize my motherboard has an ATX 12v 2x4 connector. The new power supply is...
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