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external drive not recognized

Hi! I have a relatively new (6 months old?) Samsung laptop, and I want to attach an external Seagate hard drive for backup. I'm running Windows 8. The laptop has three USB ports, and each port accepts...

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Do most motherboards offer MCE (Multi-Core Enhancement)? Turbo boost in all...

Hello. I was considering getting a Xeon E3-1230 V3 and saw that it can go up to 3.7ghz with Turbo Boost feature on motherboards but someone mentioned looking for motherboards that have MCE (Multi-Core...

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Do You Want to Format / Raw Format on External Drive

Hello All, I'm new to this forum seeking help for the issue below. I've searched for similar threads but all are either very old or not specific to my problem . . . I/O Magic External USB Hard Drive...

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What is the highest proccesor my motherboard can have?

There was an older thread for this motheboard but I don't think Pentium D's were out then. It's an old motherboard but I'd like to put enough RAM in it so that it can run Chrome with ease. What's the...

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Pansonic DP 8035 MFP

I have a panasonic dp 8035 mfp, the mfp could detect all pcs on the network via network scanning interface but of recent it could only detect 2 pcs and even the 2pcs can only scan but not print via...

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Older Laptop Running Slow

I'm still using my five or six year-old Compaq laptop for (mostly) Chrome, OpenOffice, VLC, and Evernote. The computer is very slow on boot-up, about seven minutes recently. Applications also most come...

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web cam not found toshiba satellite

I replaced the screen in my toshiba satellite l775-s7243 and i c do not have my web cam plugged in right. It doesn't find it. How is this plugged in??

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Regularly Occurring Blue Screen Error

Hi All, Almost everyday when using my Samsung laptop I get a blue screen error message which means that I have to restart and sometimes ending up losing what I was working on. It seems to happen...

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DVD Drive changed into CD Drive

Hello again people more trouble with my comp! I ve just noticed that my dvd drive has turned into a cd drive and cant figure out whay or how to fix it? Could someone maybe help please?

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external hard drive

if i connect a flash drive that has RAT malware on it, viruses, etc, to an external hard drive connected to my computer, can those viruses, malware, etc get onto/ infect my working internal hard drive?...

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Windows 7 Driver...which one?

Hello everyone, I recently aquired a new hard drive and put it into my laptop (Dell XPS 15 L502X). I installed Windows 7 Home Prem. x64 and everything went great, but when I came along to installing my...

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Graphics card and onboard (Intel) Video

Would anyone happen to know if the onboard video should be disabled in the BIOS when installing a new graphics card in a PCIExp slot. If it is left enabled, the PC should find the new card and boot...

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Better Trackpad Driver

Hello, I just bought a refurbished Asus S56C (running windows 8) to use at work at although the trackpad works, it is not very pleasant. I have adjusted the settings as much to my liking as possible...

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Building a CPU need advice...

Fixing to build a new computer, I mostly use it surfing the web, occasionally watching videos, and occasionally Microsoft office programs. Im not much of a PC gamer but I do play one game pretty...

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[help] hard disk problems and random BSOD

hey guys! this is my first post here and I really need some help/advice about the problem I recently experienced. I hope you don't mind reading a long story. it happened about a month ago, I wasn't...

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Universal charger for laptop

Hi, I am looking to buy a universal laptop charger for my Sony Vaio Flip 14A. I just wanted to get some opinions on whether these are normally safe and if there are any risks associated with buying...

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5.1 Audio from HDMI

Hi guys/girls I have a 7800 Series HD Radeon Video Card and it's connected via HDMI to my Sony BDV-E280 Home Theater (and the Home Theater to the TV). I'm only receiving Stereo Audio through the Home...

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PC Turns on BUT my screen is still black/blank?

Hi guys, Basically as the title suggests, when I turn on my PC it powers up, I hear fans spinning yet my screen will stay black. To add to this when it stays blank my keyboard also does not light up....

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recommended inner parts for iStarUSA rackmount case

Hi Guys, I am putting my computers in rackmount cases, and I bought an OEM version of this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...tent-_-text-_- which did not have a hard drive cage (an internal one,...

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Inspiron 1545 cannot see SSD in BIOS

I have a Dell Inspiron 1545 notebook that came with a 500 RPM HDD (Toshiba or whatever), so I decided to replace it with a Verbatim 3SSD240 drive. All well and good, swapped the drives, re-installed...

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