Laptop will not boot
When I try to turn my laptop on, the lights will turn on and the fan will run but nothing appear on screen. Before this happened, the laptop was working fine but suddenly froze. I had to hold the power...
View Articlewhy does it take so long for my computer to shut down?
why does it take so long for my computer to shut down? It takes around 30 seconds to do so. All drivers are updated. I have no third party software My syste does not hang on shutdown. my antivirus is...
View ArticleQHD or Full HD Screen Laptop?
I'm thinking of buying an ultrabook, but the question of scaling of images and text to make them readable is putting me off buying one with a QHD (i.e. > 2560x1440 px) screen at the moment. Could...
View ArticleSpeakers to monitor or PC?
My speakers are currently connected (and always have been) to my desktop PC (not monitor). But, I keep reading that people connect their speakers to their monitor. Not sure if this is a silly question,...
View ArticlePower Supply Cables
I have a Thermaltake Black Widow 850W modular power supply in my current computer. I have been looking for hours trying to find the right product for my question....
View Articlebrother mfc - 240 c software
A friend of mine called me last night with a problem trying to un-install the Brother software for a multifunction printer. This particular printer is no long manufactured, so is hard to find much...
View ArticleSolved: Displayport Daisy Chaining
I have a lenovo x230t computer with Windows 7. I contacted dell asking them if their u2414h monitor support displayport daisy chaining and told me if would. I bought 3 of these monitors. I have...
View Articlewhat type of bios
how can i tell what type of bios manufacturer my dell inspiron 15 (5050) uses such AWARDS, PHOENIX, etc? is it still true that only the AWARDS bios chip can get bios infections according to:...
View ArticleCheapest time/place to buy Laptop memory?
I am in need of upgrading from 8GB to 16GB laptop memory as I am almost maxing out. According to pcpartpicker.com, the prices seem to have increased from 2012... anyone know why?...
View ArticleBSOD, error 116
Hi, lately my computer started crashing with the 0x0000116 error. The BSOD also says that the problem is in the atikmdag.sys file, which is a visual driver (as far as I know). The computer was running...
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DVD Drive
I was drag/dropping small video clips into the small box (D:\) in the left column of the Computer page. My finger slipped and something happened. As silly as it sounds I wonder if I didn't load my...
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HDD Partitions and Partitioning
Hey guys, I have bought a new HP laptop and a new SSD. I have spent the last week trying to transfer the whole installation onto my SSD and now I have everything working how I need it. I also have made...
View ArticleSolved: Laptop Cooling System Needs To Be Replaced ( HP Pavilion DV6 )
For years I have been using my HP Pavilion dv6 and it has got to this point that it extremely overheats therefore I want to replace my entire cooling system on this laptop. But I don't know where I can...
View ArticleWhat's the best audio solution for me?
Hi folks, Not sure what board this should go under, so I picked the closest. And apologies for the vague and indescript title. My wife and I host 1-2 radio shows a week online and as much as I love my...
View ArticleBootable USB
Hi I am looking to create a system image bootable USB factory restore flash drive. I want to be able to boot to the flash drive and restore an image I created that sits on the drive. Without using a...
View ArticleBoard doesn't power on
Hi everyone! First I want to thank you for the great job you do in this forum! I have a PackardBell Vesuvio laptop. I had problems with the previous motherboard (it couldn't power on) so I bought a...
View ArticleNew laptop not recognizing device
I have just bought an acer aspire notebook which has usb 2.0 and recognizes all devices except a toshiba hard drive which my old laptop used to be able to recognize. Could anyone tell me the problem...
View ArticleExternal appliances not registering, Please help
I think a phone call would be easiest, and I am willing to give mine out if you can help me, but here is the deal (also, sorry if this is the wrong forum or my post is confusing) 4 days ago, during...
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Internal Hard Drive help
Hello, I came here hopefully looking for a solution on my issue. A little background on my situation: I recently did a full install of windows 8 which I upgraded to windows 8.1. I have installed all of...
View ArticleUSB Flash Drive Will Not Format
Hi - I have a brand new 16 GB USB drive that I am trying to format in Disk Management and via prompt. Neither way works - keeps giving me the Windows can't format this disk message. I am running...
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