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I was looking to reformat my Y70 Touch laptop with a USB install media I created of win 8.1. When i booted to install media expecting 1 maybe 2 partions there are 7! It is a single sshd hybrid drive. Can I delete all these and just put one partition on there? crap now I think I just read...

Hey i was looking to reformat my Y70 Touch laptop with a USB install media i created of win 8.1. When i booted to install media expecting 1 maybe 2 partions there are 7! It is a single sshd hybrid drive. Can I delete all these and just put one partition on there? crap now I think I just...

So thr owner asked me, a tenant if i ckuld help with wifi complaints. Wifi analyzer on my phone said congested channel. I changed channel to less used one annd now wifi doesnt work even if i change channel back to auto. Help lol! Please and thanks for any input��

I was wondering if you have a psu installed in a pc, is it ok to short ps_on to ground and leave it shorted to keep Computer on or is that ok but it could be momentary or has to be maintained short? Anyone know? Was wanting to have a N.O. contact from a 120 volt relay to keep maintained short...

so i've been locking up computer in sig when I go to plug USB devices into front panel this winter. eventually i put a PSU plugged into the wall next to the computer and i tap it before plugging anything into computer. then this morning i sat down and reached for my G500 mouse and i felt...

I have this z77a--g43 MSI mobo and always had this software installed where i could turn on its crystalizer. It made music sound twice as good. Its now nowhere to be found anywhere online. What do people use to get a crystalizer effect turned on on their onboard audio?

Hey a coworker wanted me to look at a $900 build he is about to order online. 1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? Virtualization. VM Workstation 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? $900 total after tax and shipping 3) Which country do...

Title says pretty much everything. I like to reformat my computer about once a month. Win8 oem disc 64-bit is what I use. Having searched for quite some time i decided to ask you guys, is there a way yet to somehow make a bootable flashdrive with win 8.1 on it using a win 8 oem disc?

So I built this computer in my signature about a year ago and it hangs about twice a week where I need to hard reset the computer. I'll leave for about 30 minutes and come back to a black screen (no signal) and my mouse and keyboard are also not working. I'll reset the computer with the reset...

Hey ive been having some issues with a win8 64bit system with z77a-g43 MSI motherboard. It keeps giving me kernel power 41 (63) errors filed under the critical tab in event viewer. the POST always shows 2 mice, 2 keyboards, and 2 hubs plugged in when all i have is a wireless logitech...

Hey I am reinstalling my OS after a few months and am kinda being driven nuts by the amount of drivers on MSI's website for this z77a-g43 mobo. they have a drivers tab which has: Intel VGA Driver. Description VGA Driver Type On-Board VGA Drivers Intel Rapid Storage Technology...

Selling a computer in La Crosse, WI. Pickup only. $1100 3rd Generation Intel Core i5-3470 $200 Radeon HD 7970 3gb video ram $400 Windows 8 64-bit $100 MSI z77a-g43 motherboard with USB 3.0 PciExpress 3.0 Sata III $105 16gb ram $90 Samsung 840 PRO 256GB solid state $200 Lian-li black...

I've been having an intermittent problem with my Asus VW246 monitor connected to my radeon HD 7970. I leave my computer on 24/7 and when I wake in the morning sometimes the computer and monitor will be on but just a black lit screen. Nothing will wake it. I usually hard reset the computer...

Hi I have a system I just built with a CORSAIR Professional Series HX650 PSU . I have been having stability issues and want to rule out my PSU after a long time troubleshooting with no success. I have searched google for testing a psu with digital multimeter under load (computer on with PSU...

So i was running memtest 86+ because im having stability issues. with an i5 3470 CPU memtest shows that it is Generation 2 instead of 3. anyone know why this might be? could this be an indicator of some sort of cpu problem that is causing my overall crashing? thanks

Was wondering if anyone else having problems with shockwave crashes in Chrome. All the stuff I google basically says to access "about : plugins" and make sure there is only one entry for flash. Mine just has the pepperflash one which i guess is just Chrome's proprietary version. I tried...

Hey guys i just built this comp http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fclick.hardforum.com%2F%3Furl%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fsecure.newegg.com%252FWishList%252FPublicWishDetail.aspx%253FWishListNumber%253D16043006&h=2AQHYiiJd I just have been getting crashing out of games. got a bsod win 8...

Hey guys, I'm going to be building a computer in the next couple of days with this card XFX Double D FX797GTDFC Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card I was curious, will ANY newer 1080p monitor work in a 3 X 1 landscape...

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc youtube/hulu/netflix. Also games such as planetside 2 and newer FPS's coming out 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? ~$1500 no 3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the...

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Gaming - League of Legends, Eve, Mass Effect 3 (Highest settings) SWTOR 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? 600-700, yes 3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and...

Hey guys. My mom's Linksys WRT300N Wireless-N router died. This had a DSL modem plugged into it. Then it wirelessly connected to a windows laptop close by, a windows desktop in a building 75 feet away from the router. This desktop was using a satellite dish type Hawking adapter that will...

My sister emailed me with this laptop she said she found in store for $300 and comes with a mouse (at least the one in the store did). Assuming she's willing to order online it goes as low as $268 on Walmart website here...

Hey I was wondeirng if anyone had any thoughts on what 7.1 wired/wireless headset would be best for new FPS and things considering I already have a SB 7.1 titanium fatality sound card installed in my system.. Should I just pick up a USB one anyways? I would like to be able to use the mic on...

emusic.com if you sign up for the free 14 day trial you get $10 credit for mp3 downloads and things. You have to enter credit card but I just downloaded an album and canceled right away. As long as you cancel with in 14 days and don't go over your $10 you're set.

hey i was wondering if anyone knew what how these wires went together i have for example the end in this photo that is before the Y split that becomes the two headphones. it has 2 red signal wires, 2 blue signal wires, and 2 common wires. then in this photo of the left headphone's wire...

Anyone here ever seen this checkered type glitch? It usually happens when I go from full screen Hulu or Youtube video to default size while the video is playing.

Hey can't seem to find anything online regarding this yet. I have a 500Gb WD external USB drive that i use to transfer data from pc to pc in my room. it has all of a sudden become write-protected and anything i try to do says it is. My one and only user on this main computer (in sig) the...

Hey guys I've looked around and eventually came here to ask about my phenom II x4 965 black edition. I've had it for about a year and it's in the system in my signature. The max temp seems to be 61 Celsius from what I've read and AMD overdrive and CoreTemp apps both report that it goes up to...

Me again. this should be it for awhile. Just did Win 7 reinstall/reformat with system in sig.. Can't find anything of too much help on Google. What do you typically do to get latest video card, sound card drivers direct from manufacturer's websites installed right after a reformat (after...

Hey, gonna write this quick so my computer doesn't shut down again. im using the system in signature. im in linux right now, win 7 my primary OS with american megatrends 2001 bios wont boot anymore, cpu overclocked it says. BIOS has been checked and everything has been set to default by me...

I had out together the system in my signature about 6 months ago and it works great except for a crash that occurs that will cause Chrome to be unresponsive sometimes like 20 times a week. Windows Explorer crashes couple times a month though I don't use it that often. Battlefield bad company 2...

I am trying to help pick out a video card for my brother. He got an Asus m4a89gtd pro/usb3 mobo with 4 gb ram, phenom II x6, 650 watt PSU, WIN 7, etc. He will be playing battlefield 3 and diablo 3 with it. The motherboard supports hybrid crossfire but we're scratching that because it has a...

Say I have a solid state or 10k RPM harddrive as a primary in my computer and has OS on it. If i put a 7200 or 5400 RPM in as a secondary drive for storage and movies and stuff, will the second hard drive affect the performance of the machine in Windows 7? and gaming and shstuff?

I was wondering if anyone knew of anything free (like software) that would extract any audio coming from the computer and turn it into an mp3 preferably. I'm trying to extract SFX and music from some video game emulators. Thanks. Kind of like the Windows Snipping Tool but for any audio...

Computer not posting with new mobo I bought: a Foxconn G31mxp-k mobo to replace an older diff. motherboard because EVGA said it's memory controller died. This was in a core 2 quad ddr 800 mobo. With this new mobo installed nothing will post on its onboard video and i get these loud medium-fast...

So I'm picking up a new mini atx mobo for an older computer. One question though, does anybody here know what makes an Intel G41 chipset better than an Intel G31 chipset?

I read through the ram faq but can't seem to figure this out. I have the ram in my signature ddr3 1333 4gb g skill ram and it's set to 1333 mhz in BIOS and everything but CPU-Z and AMD overdrive both always say 669.~~ as the frequency. Is there a reason for this or bad stick or something I'm...

So I walked across my bedroom floor the other day and go to take out my headphones from the front connector while my computer is running and hear and faintly feel a shock and my whole computer freezes while making a loud buzz through the speakers until I have to press the reset button. The...

I had recently upped my freq on this cpu on computer in signature from 200 to 216 and moved the multiplier up to 17.00 in the turbov evo tool on my Asus motherboard in sig. Then when I go to the CoreTemp 0.99.8 App for check temps and speeds the multiplier seems to go from 4.0 to 11.0 then to...

I built the computer in signature using video card, sound card, netgear wireless adapter and hard drive from my old computer that died. I have all the chipset drivers and antivirus updated and everything and this windows 7 install is only like 4 days old. Why would different programs already...