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Hello, i'm building my own gaming PC. List of the parts: Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition VGA: AMD Radeon Sapphire HD 5850 1024MB RAM Memory: DDR3 16GB (2x 8GB) 1600MHz Motherboard: Gigabyte 970a-d3 AM3 Psu: PowerX3 Pro Edition 800W Psu Hard drive: WD HDD SATA 500GB 7200RPM...

Which one's newer computer of these two similar SONY VAIO laptops? This one (R505): Link Removed Or this one (V505): Link Removed 1. Which one has the better processor? 2. Is it possible to remove the ancient processor and replace it with a modern one? 3. Is it possible to plug in a 1TB HDD...

Hi, computer: Motherboard: P5Q SE / R Processor: Pentium dual core E3300 Memory: 2GB DDR2 dual Drive: Seagate 250 GB SATA I upgraded system with an assistant to the version Windows 8 The update was successful but the system is no longer stable. Freezes during games, web browsing, file...

Hello Windows 7 Home premium, i5, 1T, 3.30 GHz, 6 GB Ram. I was recently reading a Windows tutorial and it said to click; devices and printers, right click the pc, and select 'device installation settings'. Then be sure the choice is default or have Windows automatically...

With its new Start screen made of live tiles and its bold redesign, Windows 8 will have a challenging time getting consumers to embrace such radical change. Link Removed

I have an AMD 955 computer and its 11/2 years old and havebeen giving be nothing but problems. Internet Explorer does not respond alongwith a lot of other programs about half the time and I have to close it andre-open it. I get error messages all the time. I can’t get sound on just oneprogram...

After reading the info on downloading the $39.99 upgrade offer I have this question. For upgrading several systems would I have to do separate downloads and purchases on each computer or is there an upgrade path for this situation with Windows 8 pro during the promotion period?

Hi I am new to Windows7 and have already used WinXP. I wanted to know that what exactly is the difference between WinXP and Win7? How do we check SP on Win7?

Hi, everyone. I had Windows Vista and I upgraded using the 'clean install' to Windows 7. I had been experiencing BSODs (blue screen of death) and I thought a re-install, or an upgrade would solve those issues. However, I continue getting those BSODs now with Windows 7 as well. I can't quite...

Hi, ACER 6530G I seem to have read a bit about this, and it seems to be a problem on certain Acer machines, with the SONY "Optiarc BC5500-S" BD-ROM and Acer Arcade Deluxe Software. "not sure of versions" Some folk say use a certain version of Acer's software,others say flash the firmware of...

The infamous update KB2677070 keeps failing to install and everyday repeats. Anyone else experiencing this?

Hi all I just bought a new case for my pc (CM Storm Trooper) and in the top front there is 2 USB 2.0 ports and 2 USB 3.0 ports build in (plus some other stuff) so i was wondering if there is a way that i can get the 3.0 ports working on my ASUS M4A77T Motherboard, which i don't think supports...

Hi, everyone... I am receiving the same bsods on my PC even after I have tried upgrading every possible hardware that might of been the culprit.. Please scroll to the bottom for tl;dr. I've had this pc for about 2 years now (got it from a friend) and it was working fine until I connected it to...

I have to admit I don't know much about how Ram works (didn't think anything over 6GB made any difference) ..but, was just looking at some matched kit's on Amazon & came across this explanation of why over 6GB of Ram isn't pointless: "I concur with the other reviewers, in that this RAM is a...

Hi, Recently me computer seems to be locking up also having constant crashes with video driver has recovered message and lately BSOD has popped up a couple of times. Im not sure if they are all linked I thought it was a issue with graphics card so i purchased another one then I thought it was...

Over the past couple of months I have been getting blue screens a few times a week. Attached I have a screenshot from bluescreenview giving an overview, as well as each minidump file and info on my RAM from CPUZ. I have also included my msinfo32 extract file for reference. Any suggestions on...

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Hello recently I bought a new computer,no warranty sadly.It's a Dell Inspiron 580 i5 650 Nvidia 220 750GB(I replaced the original 1 TB Hard drive with 750 to sell my other computer better),and 8GB of ram.I have been having these errors mostly when playing games like From Dust and Mafia 2.I have...

hello im new to this forum :). but back to my problem i keep having these small freezes for like 2-3 sec then unfreeze again but i can move my mouse while the "freeze" is happening. this is very annoying when i try to watch a movie or playin games like WoW or left 4 dead 2. this freeze started...

Most of us try and keep our machines cleaned periodically from dust and all that. I just retired last year as a heavy machinist where a lot of the work is cast iron. They used a lot of low end Windows NT and 95 desktops and some lasted for 10-15 years with no maintenance. They were always on and...