Monitor resolution poor
I have an HP Pavilion computer with Windows 7, 4 gb Ram and an Intel HD Graphics card. I changed from an HP 19in. Monitor to an Asus 27 inch Monitor. The home page and screen savers are sharp but when...
View ArticleDual Monitors have no display if both plugged in during boot
I recently installed a second monitor for my PC. I have an AMD 7850 and one display is a DVI output (my primary and previously used display) and the new one uses an hdmi output. When I first tried...
View Articletoshiba Satellite P750 will not turn on
I have a Satllite P750 that will not turn on. Connected portable hard drive to laptop and after about 20 seconds had (electrical type) interferrence on the screen and nothing would work. Not mouse pad,...
View ArticleStrange Crash with Certain EA Titles
Hello all! Recently I have been experiencing a very annoying crash after playing either TitanFall or Star Wars: The Old Republic. I will be in-game for about 30-90 minutes and all of the sudden the...
View ArticleAcer Aspire 5570Z won't start after upgrading to Lubuntu 14.xx
I recently upgraded my Lubuntu from 13.xx to 14.xx. The upgrade finished showing of some errors, which I don't recall, but the computer kept running. Then I tried to restart it, but it froze in a black...
View ArticleExternal HDD poor performance: physical or logical failure?
I have multiple external hard drives, mostly full of blu-ray rips, and none of it is backed up. This is the first time I've had a problem with one of the drives. Windows takes a long time to recognize...
View ArticleIs this unacceptably slow?
I have the Lenovo Yoga 11s http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lenovo-Yoga1...pr_product_top I don't use it often and it only have the basics installed. Chrome, MS Office 365, Abode PDF, Skype etc. It's maybe 3...
View ArticleSolved: 3 tb hard drive, formatted as 2, new computer want 3tb
I installed a 3 tb drive and created a 2tb volume, not using the other 1tb. Now I am moving it to a new PC and want 3tb, either as 1 partition/volume or 2, don't care. I don't want to loose the 2 tb...
View ArticleThunderbolt 1 vs Thunderbolt 2
Hi guys. I'm in the market for a 8 - 12 TB Storage device and I have about £850. Speed is important also as I do video editing and shall be doing an awful lot of this over the next year. Heres the...
View ArticleCan't Install Printer
Hi all, Trying to install a Pentax (Brother) PocketJet 3Plus mini printer. I have full admin rights. Before I get into details, I installed this without any issues on two test machines, both also...
View Articlelightning woes
My mother called me about her windows 8 Pc. Yesterday she heard a loud boom (lightning) she said the power was only out for a minute or so. Today, she went to use her Pc, and told me that it displayed...
View ArticleComputer doesnt display anything
This just started happening a few days ago. When I turn on my computer it is as if it cycles the startup over and over. Nothing is displayed in the screen though. I concluded that it was doing this...
View ArticleNo display on windows 8 laptop
One day my display just stopped showing up on my laptop. I have checked that there is no damage indicating that it has fallen or had any other issues. Since I have no display I can't into driver...
View ArticleCMOS setup
I am trying to resurrect an old computer of mind-1995.The computer has a 686 AMIBIOS A039171 (1995) CMOS chips. When the computer boots-up it displays CMOS battery voltage is low. It is trying to...
View ArticleTroubles: Installing Win 7 on Acer W700
First of all Hi, i'm a new user here alltho techguy helpt me out a few times (Searching the forums ;)) but not this time & just didnt make an account yet. Now i hope some of you guys can help me...
View ArticleDrivers=USB headset not working.
Hey, my USB headset has been working for about.........2 years now and it still does work.... My USB ports on the other hand do NOT. I have been searching everywhere and couldn't find a solution so I...
View ArticlePC keeps disabling my mouse and keyboard
not sure if pc keeps disabling the mouse and keyboard or what is or was. Here's the situation: I was changing pc's from xp to win 8, used pc mover program to transfer files etc. got that mostly done,...
View ArticleMicrosoft Bluetooth Keyboard Connection Problems
Hi, I'm using Windows 7 Ultimate and I'm trying to install a Microsoft IntelliType Pro keyboard and IntelliPoint mouse. The mouse installed fine and works well, however I'm having trouble with the...
View ArticleRequest for advice on ram memory upgrade
Hello, I want to upgrade the memory in my HP Pavilion a1520n computer. I have two 512 mb cards in two slots with a maximum of four slots and about 4GB of memory. I was thinking of getting two more...
View ArticleOvercloacking
Hi, Can anyone please elaborate the term "Overcloacking". Thanks, Techvedic
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