This is just fascinating me. Apparently only for people who can build stuff. That's what I was looking for. Otherwise, everybody would be doing it. https://youtu.be/epIlB49SNTI?t=474 There he is self-critical about his system, but if you zoom in and look at the specs, you will notice it's...

Blue Screen of Death caused by Amazon Kindle for PC software in Windows 8.1, with a modern computer system (few years old). Happens every so often, and I'm fairly certain it's caused by this program, which takes forever to synch, and further fails to download all books properly (some reside on...

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I was looking up a wrestler via Google image links when some malicious software took over my system. (Which is why I'm writing this from the library). Now when my system is connected to the internet the only page that will display is a mock FBI page attempting to extort money from me...

Coming soon is the new Athlon 64 I have a few questions about it. I am thinking of upgrading my system can converting everything into a 64bit system Hardware wise... Besides upgrading my motherboard and buying a new athlon64 do we need to buy new graphics card? sound card? or harddisk? Ram? or...

Host OS: Ubuntu Desktop 12.04 LTS Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth 990FX Power Supply: OCZ ModXStream Pro 600W Modular I am having similar problem (can't wake from sleep mode) as ... Problems waking up from sleep mode...

I am looking to build (or buy) a new desktop. It will be a general purpose machine. The most demanding tasks will be some games and a bit of video editing. I also need to run one or more VMs so will need plenty of memory. I don't need the fastest spec as I am quite happy to run games on medium...

This year I will probably buy a new computer, I will probably wait for the 16 core ryzen, I've wait 13 years to buy a new computer and somebody I know thinks I should wait 2 more months to get the 16 core part lol. For now I will investigate motherboards somewhat better to see which motherboard...

Hello, I am definetly not the only one with probably a dead BIOS chip for the Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe motherboard. (Confirmed by third party bios flashing service) Let's recap: 1. Asus sells a motherboard with a bios version which does not completely support 4 GB.

Which 8xx and 9xx Socket 775 chipsets have Win-98 driver support? Can anyone name any Socket 775 motherboards with win-98 drivers? Are there any PCI-Express motherboards with Win-98 support?

I have a AMD Pro 3100A+ Processor running on a PC Chips M825G MainBoard. ( http://tinyurl.com/47fus ) with 1GB of DDR. Windows reports it as a AMD Athlon XP 2000+ Does anyone know why? BTW, its running at 1.67GHz and its not clocked. --

Ok, so I have a custom built computer that has always worked great until today. Problem description is below. Here are the specs: AMD Athlon 64 3700+ Asus A8N-SLI Nvidia 6800GS 1GB (2x512) DDR400 2 internal Maxtor SATA drives (200GB+250GB), 1 external Maxtor USB drive (250GB) 500w or 550w (can't...

Hello, I am starting to believe that NVIDIA's Fan-Based-Heatsink Designs like the recent GTX 690 are totally wrong ! And here is why: The heatsink fins are placed in the same direction as the airflow. This will cause dust to easily get stuck between the heatsink fins and especially in front...

I've had a powerline ethernet setup for several years at my home. I usually find their performance more consistent than Wi-Fi, especially when streaming video. But right now I'm not experiencing usual conditions. I'm currently using 3 adapters distributed throughout my home. Current iteration...

I'm putting together a dual Xeon 2.66GHz 533MHz system with four 120 GB hard drives, CDRW and DVD +/-RW and 2 GB of RAM. How do I go about sizing the power supply? Should I just get a 500 W and hope that's enough? Thanks, Dave

I had a problem with my system after a lightening strike. The power went out. When I rebooted the system, it froze up. After some tinkering I got it to reboot and everything is ok. But I've come to the conclusion that I need an interruptible power supply or at least a good surge protector....

Hello, I have a microwave, I got it from my family. It's probably something like 600 to 700 watt... I notice how it produces "shocks" in the electricity supply/flow. The lights in the living room flicker a bit.

I built my daughter a PC last year and have never been able to solve the overheating problems. It is an Athlon 1400 on a ASUS a7v8x board, 256Mb, CDrw & DVD the case dimensions are (DxWxH)mm 476x185x443 (cheap case...

Kinda neat - up to x5 my transfer speeds over platters and my fastest USB flashdrive reads (hi-spec'd class 10 mem). No support whatsoever - my OS is too old for their maintenance software, so I had to look around to check it out generically instead. New SSDs have better controllers, so the GC...

Hello, I just saw a dutch technician mention the following possibility of damaging a motherboard when cleaning the PC of dust and I wonder if there is any thruth in it, in short the technician writes the following: "Be carefull not to make the fans spin real fast because then they could start...