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As the title says, I built two really similar 5930k based systems at work. Main differences is one has an asus x99-a and the other an asus x99-deluxe. Memory is a bit different though with one being a little faster. However, while I loaded both systems with optimized defaults (have never...

Just built a new PC and I've noticed that sometimes I will turn on the PC from cold boot and the boot time will be so fast that I won't even see the "login screen" and the desktop will just pop up. Other times it seems to take a long time on the login screen alone. I don't have pending...

Hello, Just built a new system with an msi x99a raider mobo with a 5930k. It's working fine however the Bios reports the cpu temp as ZERO degrees. HWMonitor appears to be working fine, but MSI command center also displays a wrong reading. Here's a pic...

Hello, I have a small htpc that I like to "put to sleep" when I'm not using to save energy since that's most of the time. I had an intel 1156 motherboard and decided to swap it so I could have a newer socket and I also found it on sale... The new motherboard is this one...

Been using windows 8 for a few weeks back........no complaints so far except... When I open a folder with a large amount of files, especially photos with thumbnails, explorer will crash. It quickly restarts but it closes any windows I had open and cancels all my file transfers which is...

Hello, My school sent me my win 8 enterprise license key...however, to download I have to be inside the campus and i'm currently away from the city. Are there any legal download sites for the iso? like the ones from digital rive/win 7? I saw the MSDN trial but it states that it...

Hello, I was asked to install a content filter for kids in a small classroom (2 imacs and 2 ipads). I was wondering if any of you had any recommendations? I'm pretty sure the iPads are gonna have to be filtered with a DNS solution? Cheers

Hello, So i'm behind a fiber 100mbit connection, and for the past few weeks i've been noticing overall slowness on everything video related, from youtube to any kind of stream using flash video. If I try to watch a video on youtube it will constantly buffer, the same with stuff like...

Hello, I've had one of those nettop atom based mini pcs hooked up to my HDTV for a couple of years now. I always have it on since it doesn't make any noise and uses very little power. Well a few days ago i've had trouble with it. To put it simply... If i'm using it and I turn the TV off...

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Hello, I'm building a small video kiosk for a friend and it needs 2 buttons outside for forward and backward. I wanted to use 2 simple arcade style buttons. What would be the quickest and cheapest way to connect them to the computer? Most interfaces out there are for arcade cabinets...

Ok i'm gonna keep this short. I built a custom computer for my aunt who is a graphics designer, I copied all her personal files and stuff to her new computer. I'ts got a 1TB hard drive, and I got her another 1TB JUST for backup. I decided to keep things simple and just let windows back up the...

Hello, I've been running my setup that's been rock solid for the past couple of years... I haven't had major trouble till now. Its a sapphire 5870 running on a corsair 750tx psu. You know that annoying flicker that plagued the series when running dual/triple monitors and that ocurred when...

Hello, My computer has been working fine but I wanted to boot into safe mode to run driver sweeper and clean some amd drivers...but as soon as I see the welcome screen the computer restarts.. normal boot works OK though :confused: win 7 pro 64 bit any ideas?

My last Creative card was a first gen x-fi back in 2005, while it sounded good, I had so much trouble with the drivers that I said to myself I would never ever buy a creative product again. Onboard sound was getting better at quality and CPUs are so powerful that a dedicated sound card does not...

Hello, Im looking for a service online that offers printing of artwork in high quality adhesive vinyl. So far i've tried local places and the printing quality is just plain crap. So I wanted to see if theres a place that specializes in this type of stuff. The vinyl is for a mame arcade...

Hello, I've got my uncles computer with me for trouble shooting because he told me that after succesfully installing some windows updates then the monitor would go black after the windows boot logo... It's really odd, I turn the computer on and everything appears to be normal, except that the...

Hello, I've noticed a lot of people selling xperia plays on ebay for quite a premium price and they claim they work with GSM networks... I thought it was only available with verizon. Does anyone know where can I get one thats unlocked and will work with ATT frequencies? I'm also want it...

Hello, Building a mame arcade cabinet and im figuring out how to neatly mount this psu on wood... The only holes that seem to be usable are on the bottom part of it...using the ones in the front/back is not really an option as far as I can see. Any ideas? Thanks ;)

Hello, Believe it or not my launch ps2 was working fine till about a few months ago. Although in the last few years it was more of a dvd player for another room rather than a game console. Now I know how easy would it be to replace it and all but its got a little bit of sentimental value...

I already found a mini ITX model, but I need a heatsink model too to figure out height, maybe ram modules too... I've seen several people here use models, I was wondering where I could get them... Thanks

Hello, I'm building a mini wood case which will fit a miniITX mobo, I was wondering if there's someplace I can get some blueprints for the mounting holes and the exact position of the I/O shield... Thanks :)

Hello, Something just happened to me that has never happened before... I was talking to a friend on skype and I was actually helping him with some stuff so he was sharing his desktop, suddenly windows gives me a pop up that the system is running slow :S... So it switched to windows 7...

Hello, I turned on my computer this morning like I do everyday and went out of the room for a few mins and when I come back I see the POST screen and im like..wtf...should be in windows already (SSD for boot). So when it tries to go into windows again it gives me the screen that windows...

Hello, This problem started recently after I installed my SSD. When windows loads, my ethernet connection stalls for 1-2 mins in the "identifying" phase. This does not happen everytime, probably like 1 out of 5 times but when it happens its really annoying since I get popups from all...

Hello, I had an idea for a really simple app but I don´t have the time or patience to learn the sdk... I was looking for sites where you can hire freelance developers, there seem to be quite a few but im not sure which one to trust (regarding NDAs and that sort of stuff) and I would...

So like most people today, we live in a digital world and its reaaaally easy to fill hard drives up, and I mean EASY. Videos, photos, music etc. What i've been doing for a few years now is to just save all my personal data to a big 500gb internal hard drive and having an external 500 hd just...

Hello, Well yesterday night I turned off my computer and installed a bunch of updates then it shut down. Today I turn it on and it finishes the update process and everything goes normally but somethings wrong now. There are some services I can't log into. Mainly MSN messenger and Skype...

Hello, I have Guest accounts enabled on my system but since I moved "my documents" folder to the D drive and I have another hard drive with that back up, the guest account can access the files and see everything. Is there a simple way to hide both drives from the guest account? I've never...

Hello, I decided to get a new keyboard since my g11 was all worn out, and I was at best buy and was almost gonna get a g110 but I saw the lycosa and I liked the mushy feeling of the keys. I installed it 2 days ago and so far it was good, however yesterday keys would just stop responding...

Hello, I wanted to ask first where you guys might get your eyefinity wallpapers? I always have trouble finding wallpapers for 3 monitors, with at least 1080p res on each screen... I made a quick wallpaper from one of my favorite racing games, trackmania united forever... Maybe someone...

Hello, I'm looking to see if theres another software that streams games sort of like streammygame.com... I've got a powerful core i7 desktop for gaming and would love to stream my games to my 42 to inch LCD using my HTPC. Before I would just run a long VGA cable from my pc to my tv but...

I just got a HAF 932 AMD edition, although I'm not a fan of phenom I did like the red color on the case... So far I like it, a lot of space to work with. First thing I did was put the fill port to use, i'm sure a lot of people have done it already but I ran usb cables from the back through...

So today I turn on my computer as always, I see the windows loading screen... When it gets to the desktop, my 3 monitors (eyefinity) start turning on and off repeatedly and I notice windows is switching between aero and classic over and over, after like 4 times of all the monitors turning on...

Hello, A friend brought me his computer because the fan on his 4850 stopped spinning, he says he was cleaning the computer with compressed air and that he thinks he blew dust to the inside of the fan... I already took apart the heatsink and fan, it won't rotate freely, it feels like its got...

Hello, My APC UPS has got "ethernet protection"... Is it worth using it even if my router is already plugged in to the surge protector? What kind of damage can it prevent? Reminds me of old voltage regulators which had the line in/out too but I never used them either...

Hello, Ive had eyefinity for a couple of weeks now, works great except with the annoyance that my displayport monitor (using active dp-dvi adapter) does not wake up always when bringing the monitors back from sleep... Its really annoying especially since the power buttons on my monitors are...

Ok this is really really getting frustrating... I setup 2 servers running server 2003 and after I finally got them working good I enabled wake on lan... I set them up with static IP addresses, they are behind a belkin router. Thing is, when I send the magic packet 1 or 2 mins after...

Hello, My brother retired 2 HP proliant dual xeon servers from his office and gave them to me... I went ahead and stuck them in the garage since they are noisy as hell, I gave them a clean install of server 2003 and they are working pretty good except for a performance issue. Right now the...

Hello, I switched from a gtx 260 to an hd 5870. Ran a driver cleaner and installed the 10.3 preview drivers. I can't seem to be able to run 3d mark vantage now, when it gets to the second CPU test I get an exception saying something about PhysX. I already uninstalled vantage and...