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I got my hands on a used Sony Vaio SVF15215CDW Fit 15E and for some reason, the A key on the laptop keyboard is a 3. The 3 key is still a 3. An external USB keyboard works perfectly fine with the A being an A. It's the same whether I'm using Windows 7 or Windows 10 so it doesn't appear to be a...

My wife's rig is hooked up to a Sony XBR-HX950 and if we leave a game running on full screen (haven't tested windowed full screen but some games don't offer that) and we turn off the TV, it minimizes the game. It happened when I updated to Cat 14.12 Omega and at the time, we were still running...

I'm doing some upgrading on my wife's rig but need some advice on cooling. I'm happy with the NH-D14 that's cooling the CPU so I'm not looking to change that. I have an Powercolor R9 290 TurboDuo I plan to pop in there to replace the pair of XFX 5850 CrossFireX but with all the heat that...

This actually happened a couple of years ago and I just moved the drives to the Marvell controller. At the time, I just figured it wasn't fixable but now I thought I'd ask around here to see if anyone else has had this problem. The motherboard is a Gigabyte X58A-UD5. At the time, the...

My wife's rig has recently started acting strangely. She would be gaming and all of a sudden it would restarts and say "DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER" for no apparent reason. The motherboard won't detect the hard drives even if we press reset. It is only when we shut...

When it comes to networking, my knowledge is fairly lacking. I'm currently using a Gigabyte X58A-UD5 with dual NICs but only really using one that's directly plugged to my Moto SB 5100 cable modem. The thing is, the modem is acting up and randomly rebooting. The cable company's tech will be...

I'm finalizing my build and coming down to mobo and case. While I have a HAF 922, I think I'm gonna be going Lian Li this time for a nice minimalistic look. I want to know if the Lian Li PC-7FWB (same inside as the PC-60FWB) would give me enough clearance to give adequate airflow for my...

My buddy's computer is driving me crazy! It would randomly freeze at the Windows XP splash screen and I can't even press CTRL + ALT + DEL to reset it. Once it freezes once, it won't boot again for a number of tries. It will work in Safe Mode though. Sometimes, letting it sit for a few hours...

I was wondering if anyone here knows if Shuttle has found a fix for the 8800GT to work on the SN25P. Been eying the Galaxy 8800GT 512MB since it's down to $168.88 CAD!

I've finally had enough of having a 21" tower in my room so I'm picking up a used Shuttle SD32G2B some time this week. It doesn't have a discreet graphics card some I was looking at getting an X1950 Pro PCI-E for about $130. I don't actually game a lot but I would like to have to power when I...

I'm looking to put together a dirt cheap PVR that's small, reasonably quiet and can replace my VCR. Nothing fancy as it's just being paired up with an old Sony TV that doesn't even have S-Video In. Here's what the used parts I was thinking about getting from a friend or already have...

I recently picked up a used ATI TV Wonder PCI so I could watch and maybe record some TV programs but I'm having problems with the installation. I tossed it into my current machine test it until I can gather a few more parts to complete a cheap HTPC system. Here's the setup: Opteron 144...