Recent content by GodspeedFx

I just wanted to update this thread--as it turns out, I was focusing on the drivers for my GT 650 and completely skipped the HD 4000 drivers. I assumed windows update would have kept me at the latest version for it, but that's what I get for assuming.. the drivers I was using for the...

I know, it's weird.. at first I was worried that it was a hardware issue, but it has never happened while in-game even when I left a game open for 12+ hours. I'll keep fiddling! Haha. Thanks for your time =)

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Unfortunately, if you want an ultrabook, you're not really going to be able to get one that is optimal for 3d modeling + animation for that price =( If you are willing to get something a little bigger in size than an ultrabook, you can get something a lot more powerful. The HD 4000 is actually...

Lenovo is owned by IBM, so they aren't a small company.. they have gotten pretty big in the retail market lately. This Lenovo u410 is $799 and has an i7-3537U (2.0ghz) and 8 GB of ram and a 1TB HD+24GB solid state cache. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834312445 If your...

Laptops with intel HD graphics and nvidia cards use something called "Optimus" which causes the laptop to only use the intel HD graphics while in windows, and only use the nvidia card while in games. This saves you a LOT in battery usage. This is why dxdiag will not detect your graphics...

I did a lot of searching around for anyone else with this issue and I couldn't find anything.. I consider myself a professional google searcher and an advanced computer technician so that tells me that it's not too common. Tom's Hardware was the first place I thought of to find help. I know...

No problem! =) You could try plugging in a USB keyboard and see if it defaults to that one instead so you can avoid the beeping.. other than that, there isn't much you can do >_< If you pop the key off, you can still press the button.. it will just feel funny, haha. Take care if you do...

Issues like that are really really hard to diagnose without physically being with the computer and having the proper tools, so there isn't a whole lot of help that many of us can offer over the forum for this particular problem.. If you get the same issue even AFTER doing a completely clean OS...

If you're running on windows vista, which is the OS that I most often see this issue on, try the following: Turn off your computer. Turn it on and begin tapping your F8 key once every second until you see a list of options appear on your screen. The very top option should be "Repair your...

I have actually encountered once before, and you might be surprised how right you may be about the sticky control key! If you get a very fast rapid beep when you start the computer, it most likely IS because one of the keys is stuck down. The customer's computer I was working on was the victim...

A "blue screen" or "blue screen of death" (bsod) can be cause by many many different things.. if the computer is only 18 months old, it is less likely to be a hardware issue although still possible. That being said, I would try to cover all the software issues first. Typically when I work on...