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My wife has a hand-me-down HP laptop that I've cleaned up and souped up for her (dv6 series). She has been using Windows 10 on my desktop and was comfortable installing it on her laptop. Since installing Windows 10, even lightly touching the trackpad results in a DCP_Watchdog_Violation BSOD...

I'm downsizing somewhat, selling off my 800D case and including the H100i with it. In its place I'm going to be getting an Air 540 case. I'd like to move up to a larger radiator to go with the larger front fans. Which AIO cooler should pair well with that case and size?

My old Epson Artisan 720 has decided to kick the can after years of service. Printer reviews are an absolute crapshoot online - what one site loves, another site hates. Going by Amazon and NewEgg reviews, every printer available is potentially a pile of trash. Where else is there to come...

I'm at somewhat of a loss here. Thanks in advance for your help. I have a relatively new build that's been having major issues with the 270X drivers. It doesn't matter whether they're from ASUS or AMD, there's constant random video shutdown and reload along with the wonderful little "Display...

I'm having issues with my home network and external connection. With no real rhyme or reason, the entire setup will go belly-up This can happen twice a day, or it can go days without being an issue. My setup is as follows Charter Cable --> Motorola SB6141 --> ASUS RT-N66U w/ latest...

I'm sitting at my computer one evening, having just finished off some DDO with my guild and a healthy dose of some Grainger when, without warning, I start to hear the gates click on the sound card. It wasn't a single click such as you get at startup or shutdown, it was random yet rapid for a...

I am wondering if the H90 will fit in the space surrounding the 800D's rear exhaust fan. I know that the fan is 140mm, but I am curious as to whether there is enough room around the fan to support the radiator in a push configuration. Thank you for your help.

I'm in the planning phase for a new sanctuary computer. The general build/guidelines are fleshed already; now, I just need a direction to go with the audio. Long story short, I'm going to be taking premixed line out from our Mackie Onyx24 soundboard and recording the output on the...

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc This system is going to be serving video (mostly powerpoint; potential for video clips down the line) to the main sanctuary projector and simultaneously recording a combined audio stream (single output from sound board)...

Woke up this morning and checked my inbox. Creative Labs is encouraging me to RMA my card. With the full launch not looking like it will happen until later this month, I'm very leery of sending this card in and waiting an extended period of time for one to come back. I've been using this...

I currently have an i5-3570 / MSI MPower Z77 combo, cooled by an Arctic Cooling Freezer 13. With the chip overclocked to 4.4GHz (I'm being safe while I get used to the system), I idle between 32-34C with a room ambient around 22C. When churning away at Thrine or Guild Wars 2, I'm averaging...

I just got my ZXR yesterday afternoon and spent the evening getting everything set up just the way I like it. It's definitely not a $249 card, but it's far better than the onboard POS I had been putting up with and has a little more richness and depth than the X-Fi HD USB I had been using (it...

My motherboard is now headed towards the great silicon pile in the sky; USB ports are going in and out and it's randomly hanging during boot-up. I'm cleared by the wife to look now for a reasonable replacement system that I can resell/part-out when Haswell hits (and re-use the RAM), and I hope...

I am looking to buy a used Socket 775 motherboard, specifically a P45-based board with a variant of ICH10. My current 775 board decided that it no longer wants to bother detecting USB ports on a regular basis. I'm trying to save my cash until Haswell hits, so I'm hoping a decent quality used...

I'm helping a retired friend with a super-budget build to replace a system fried by lightening. I can piece a high end rig together with no problem, but the low end absolutely perplexes me. Here we go: 1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Browsing...

I have a Corsair 800D case with the original fans in the original configuration. I'm looking to move a little more air (hopefully) without adding any more sound - it's quiet now, and I hope to keep it that way. I'm out of motherboard fan headers, so either Molex or fan-to-Molex adapters...

My original plans for my current build was to wait to do anything else until Haswell hits, but the 660Ti seems too damn nice to pass up right now. I've got an EVGA 460 OC card right now, paired with a C2Q 9330 and 8GB of DDR2. I play DDO heavily, and will be jumping into GW2 this weekend. I...

Long story short, I'm trying to finish a repair job that's been elevated to Rush status and I need to buy a Windows 7 key posthaste. Is there a legal, reputable, I-can-print-a-receipt location that I can buy a Windows 7 Pro key from?

I'm about to start my summer travel spree. Several of the hotels I'll be staying at have wired networks but no WiFi. I am looking for an access point that I can basically set up while I'm at home and then plug-and-go once I get to the hotels. Does anyone know if the new Apple Airport...

I'm about to give away my old rig to charity and build another. I'm looking at using a Corsair H100 liquid cooling setup in a 650D case. With a push/pull configuration, how much clearance am I looking at over the motherboard, or will there be some overlap? Thanks!

I'm about to have a little money to spend on components. I already know the rule for system specs - don't post what you need until the week you're ready to buy - but my question is a little different than that. Right now, I have a C2Q 9300, 8GB of DDR2 RAM, and a EVGA GTX460. I play MMOs...

I'm holding off on upgrading as long as possible (was contemplating IB, but Haswell seems to be the sweetie right now) but am finding myself in a situation where I may be forced to make a move. Right now I am using a P35-DS3P motherboard with my Q9330 and 8GB of DDR2. The board is showing...

My old Hitachi 7K250 drive has decided to start winding its way towards the trash heap. I had been keeping it in an external dock on my desk and backing up my desktop manually. My wife is wanting to go with a network attached solution as a replacement so that the desktop and both laptops can...

The thread title covers it pretty well. Every 5 or 6 minutes, there's a whining sound that lasts for about one second; it could also be described as the sound of a creaking door. I've checked and cleaned all the fans and HDD SMART checks show my secondary drive to be working well (primary is...

Best Buy has the Droid Charge for $99 today and tomorrow. My X is having some non-ROM-related issues (screen funkiness and speaker popping) and the $99 for the Charge sure looks nice. What I'd LIKE to do is add a line, buy the Charge, and then move the Charge onto my primary line (where the X...

I'm trying to solve some annoying network issues, and after consulting with some guys at DSLReports it looks like my router is the culprit rather than the DSL modem. If figuring this out means posting the DSL status, let me know and I'll take care of it. My current router is a Netgear...

As I put together my Home Network 2.0 (MikroTik 750GL, Ubiquiti UniFi) I realized that I'm going to need a few more ethernet ports than I'll be left with. I'm not looking for anything super exciting, just a five or eight port gigabit switch to handle my computer repair bench and some other cable...

The wireless portion of my WNDR3700 is going tits-up (covered in another thread - even settings tweaking in DD-WRT isn't saving this thing) but the wired portion is still very happy. I'm considering trying out a Ubiquiti Unifi AP and just turning off wifi on the 3700. Has anyone here tried...

In the past week, my wife and I have been noticing some speed issues with wireless connections at our house. We live a little off the beaten path, with no interference from other routers. Here's a quick map: DLink DSL Modem (bridge mode) -> WNDR3700 (V1.0.16.98NA firmware) -wired-> Desktop...

I'm expanding my networking scope from house-sized networks to building-sized networks and would like some advice to make sure my methodology is sound. This is a church network expansion. Right now, it's a Motorola SB6120 hooked up to a WNDR3700 v2 and serves two offices. We're expanding...

My change jar has been counted, and I've got some fun decisions to make. I can either go with a 16GB iPad 2 and replace my Coolermaster ATCS case with a Corsair Obsidian 650D, or I can grab the 32GB iPad 2 and be happy with it. Decisions, decisions, decisions.... Those of you with iPads that...

I'm looking into a FiiO e7/e9 combo and just have one question. Do you still use the onboard audio for mic input, or is the Line In on the back of the e9 sufficient?

I'm saving my hobby earnings towards an iPad. There are too many educator-friendly apps for me to pass it up, and one of my colleagues has shown me how he's moved from a briefcase full of stuff to just his iPad for day to day teaching. The musician apps (I'm a band director) are top notch...

I'll try to keep this short. I've been having some odd audio problems lately, mostly surrounding my microphone. I have a SoundBlaster X-Fi HD usb sound solution. I have found that the microphone will not function properly unless I unplug the usb cable, wait a few seconds, then replug it...

Last Christmas, my in-laws got me a SoundBlaster X-Fi HD.external sound card to go with the Fatal1ty MkII headset they got me the year before. I'd been getting crackling from my desktop's onboard sound and needed something to bridge a sound board to my laptop for remote recording, so the X-Fi...

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc This computer is going to be used for recording directly from a 24 channel sound board, editing and converting the audio, serving playlists back to the board, and to drive a set of twin projectors. 2) What's your...

I currently have a friend's HP Pavilion a1737c computer on my repair bench; it's power supply (Hipro 300w) is dead. I am looking for a replacement PSU with a decent reputation that can fit in the tight space allocated in the case. Thanks for any recommendations.

I've recently come into a gently used Pentium 4 system and have given thought to putting together a homemade router/firewall. I know that Intel is currently the gold standard for NICs and I do plan on putting in a pair of them after Taxmas, but I am trying to get started on a budget and am...

Since the mid-December snow/ice storms that hit East TN, something odd has been happening with my home network. I have had multiple occasions where accessing websites will grind to a halt, file transfers will stop, and games will hitch and jerk as if there has been a huge lag spike. This has...

I believe my current board (Gigabyte EP35-DS3P, Q9300, 8GB DDR2 [4x2GB]) is starting to give out, or at least the USB ports are. I have been getting numerous "This device can work faster if you plug it into a USB 2.0 Port" notifications lately when plugging in thumb drives, phones, etc. I do...