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    FS: G.SKILL Trident Z Neo (2 x 8GB)

    Hello everyone! G.SKILL Trident Z Neo F4-3600C16D-16GTZNC Never overclocked just didn't like the RGB after a while. Original packing and i still have the G.Skill sticker too! LF $80 OBO. Trades welcome (looking for a nice NVME) Pictures and mem ID on request.
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    Cleaning Keyboard

    I have a Logitech G710+ that i may have spilled beer on it and it sorta broke. After some cleaning it kind of works but it likes to scroll down at random points, whenever it feels like. I looked up some videos and guides on how to fix mechanical keyboards but nothing worked. I hit the sucker...
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    So my Samsung SSD caught fire

    So while i was sleeping my computer decided to catch fire. i ripped it out of the wall and put it in the sink and inspected the damage. Entire SSD had caught fire, then melted the plastic mounts on all my hardrives. 6 hardrives melted, case destroyed, all psu connectors melted. Also probably a...
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    Reallocated Sector Count

    I checked crystal disk info today and found that my storage drive had a big yellow CAUTION over it. Under reallocated sector count i have a nice warning next to it. It's 1TB Barracuda i've had for about a year, and its about 99% capacity (2GB left). I'm just wondering is the error because its...
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    WTB Sennheiser H-91581/EH350 Cables

    Looking for these cables in WORKING undamaged condition for my headphones. These are the same cables used for the EH 2200, EH 2270, EH 250, EH 350, and HD 200 closed back headphones. Will pay $15 shipped to 30114 via Amazon Checkout.
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    Budget video cards, what's good these days?

    Looking for a good budget oriented upgrade for roughly 100-130 bucks to upgrade my dated 4870. I game at 1920x1200 and am looking for some power efficient. My budget is pretty hard and shouldn't take mail in rebates into consideration. I've heard some people say the 7750 and the 550ti were good...
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    Question about voltage settings in BIOS

    I upgraded all of my old C2D rigs with some bundles from microcenter and got the hardware listed in my sig. Only problem is i haven't touched an AMD CPU in years so im not sure how to set up the voltages in the BIOS. There are many settings on AUTO but this board seems to give alot more power...
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    Best 1TB drive for the buck?

    Looking at some new 1TB storage drives on directron when i noticed theirs quite a bit to choose from. The Seagate barracuda, western digital green/blue, and the Hitachi deskstar all come in at around the same price. I'm pretty much looking at bulk storage, but i'd like a bit of reliability as...
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    Poor downstream signals, whats the deal?

    Over the past month, I've been getting some seriously poor downstream signals. I called up comcast and had a tech down to take a look at it. Of course, during the hour he was here the line was as perfect as it ever was. He replaced my docsis2 modem with a arris docsis3 modem and left. I've got 1...
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    J-B Weld for fixing N/B heatpipe?

    I have a loose heatpipe on one of my motherboards chipset coolers. The one that transfers heat from the northbridge to the heatsinks near the cpu. I don't have any thermal epoxy but i do have alot of this J-B weld stuff, and i loosely remember using this back in the day to stick heatsinks to...
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    FS/FT 22" Acer LCD for Video Card

    For Trade: Acer AL2223W 22" Newegg Link Amazon Link Purchased in 2008, Warranty good till 4/9/2011 registered in my name. Has no dead pixels, no scratches, in good condition. Since Amazon has 3 of them listed used for $135 i'll just guess and value this at $125 shipped. Looking for...
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    Flickering problem with old nvidia card.

    Having a peculiar problem with my old 7800GTX card, every couple minutes it likes to flicker both monitors. I can only describe it at the same kind of blinking that happens when you would change your resolution. The monitors are 2x Acer AL2223W connected via DVI, and they are both in good...
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    Mid range PSU choices

    I was looking at a few PSU's on newegg this week for an upgrade. I have my eye on two on particular, but i was looking for a little more info before i whip my credit card out. Antec Neo Eco 620c http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371031 I've never seen any reviews on this...
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    Win7+Ubuntu dual boot issues

    I'm trying to set up a dual boot configuration with Ubuntu for my nephew but I've been running into a few problems. I have W7 installed first, and i made a 30gb partition with the windows tool. After installing Ubuntu to the partition and restarting i am greeted with the grub screen to select...
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    4870 Artifacts

    Just in this past week my 4870 started spitting out artifacts while gaming and has been progressively getting worse. I was wondering what the best course of action would be in attempting to fix this problem. Some time back the fan broke on this thing and i replaced the cooler with a Accelero a...
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    Win7, not all ram usable?

    This is only something i just recently noticed, but what the hell is going on here. What part of my system needs 770Mb all to itself? edit: Using W7 x64
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    Replacement cooler for 4870

    The fan that came with my crappy HIS card pretty much seized up completely and im looking for a replacement cooler on the cheap. I just need something simple that would at least perform as well as the stock cooler did when it was working. Everything i looked at that supported a 4870 was far too...
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    Explorer.exe crashing

    This is something that has just occurred this week that's really bugging me. I'm using Windows 7 and periodically for no apparent reason explorer crashes and restarts. After explorer crashes i check up on the error in event viewer and i get an MMC error and asks me to restart my computer...
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    Cap repair?

    So to make a long story short i knocked off one of the caps on my 7800GT while moving some parts. Is it safe to use JB-Quick weld to put it back on? Circled the one that fell off
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    Zalman cooler, missing LGA775 backplate

    So one of the 939 rigs around here was put out of service and it's got a Zalman cooler on it. Since it was purchased some years ago i can't find the backplate that mounts it on LGA775. Is it safe to just to mount it sans the backplate or and i gonna run into trouble. I have an old Golden Orb II...
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    Purchasing 4850 card, which to buy?

    I'm looking into purchasing a 4850 this weekend but im lost as to which cards to choose from. The newegg page has the same cards ranging from 130 to 200 bucks, and i can't tell the difference between any of them other then heatsinks. I've been using hand-me downs for a while and haven't...
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    Overclock causes freezing, northbridge to blame?

    So I've been getting these freezing problems for a long time. I've been assuming they were related to the board not being stable with 4 DIMM's populated of 1GB G.skill ram. To remedy the crashing caused by the ram i had to bump up the NB voltage to 1.30v(1.25 stock) so it's pumping out quite a...
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    An annoying problem, random freezing

    So for the past several months i've been experiencing an annoying problem with random freezing. The screen freezes with whatever im doing and the sound goes crazy (picture is still their but nothing is going on) and my USB peripherals lose power. The real problem is nothing im doing really seems...
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    Problems running software under VMware.

    I was trying to run sold old games under VMware with XPpro on it when i kept getting errors saying "Sorry, this application cannot run under a Virtual Machine". Is it a problem with the way i have set up the guest os or is it some sort of software protection put in by the developer? Either way...
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    Woot thermaltake RMA

    So about a month ago my old TT PSU generally crapped out on me after 4 years of use. I sent it off to TT for an RMA which luckily it still had a few months left on the 5 year warranty. After i got an e-mail saying the item was discontinued (was discontinued shortly after i purchased it) they...
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    FS: Complete system + moniter

    Computer has been sitting around for many years pretty much unused and i could use the extra cash. Looking for local pickups in the Canton Georgia area, 30114. Specs: MSI Nforce3 motherboard (not sure exactly what model) Hitachi Deskstar 7k250 250GB SATA Asylum GeForce FX 5950 Ultra...
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    FS:Gigabyte GA-945GM-S2 / Solar Charger

    Gigabyte Product Info Revision 3.x Slightly used, bought for an emergancy board during an Abit RMA. Contains Manual/Driver Disk/Cables. Still under Gigabyte Warranty. 45$ Shipped --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brando...
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