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    Alienware 18 No sound from the speakers :(

    Greetings readers, First i'm going to describe my problem as accurately as possible. This is what I assessed so far: [Problem] No audio from the speakers [Cause] A faulty headphone jack that makes the system think something is always plugged in. Because of this sound does not go through my...
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    Ellipsis 10 won't turn on...

    Ellipsis 10 won't turn on. It froze. I turned it off and tried to start it again, but it wouldn't turn on; so I tried to charge it. When I return about two hours later to check on it, the device was really hot and still wouldn't turn on. I waited until it cooled down and tried to charge again...
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    HELP stuck in APTIO

    http://m.imgur.com/a/lf0RO I am having a hard time doing this on mobile. I hope somebody could help me.
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    macbook batter life

    my macbook pro battery life just reached 1000 cycles, the people at the apple store says nothing will happen, the performance of macbook might be effected but i should be fine. what i want to know is that will i be fine? should i go to the apple store and get my battery change?
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    HP x2 10-p005na can hold external hard drive ???

    see this link for the specs and details of the laptop--> http://store.hp.com/UKStore/Merch/Product.aspx?id=Y3V57EA&opt=ABU&sel=NTB I was going to buy this laptop today and i was asking questions for general information and than the seller told me what is the purpose of the purchase i said...
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    Audio Technica LP60

    Hi I have a problem I wondered if you could help with please. I know nothing of speakers and such like. I have the audio technica lp60 turntable but I also have Wharfdale diamond 9.0 speakers, I do not know how to connect them to the turntable though, the wharfedales have +/- screws in the...
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    norton antivirus not installing

    i tried to install norton antivirus but its giving me a message that there was some sort of error but won't tell me why. when i try to send the error report to norton tells me that another error occurred and the error report wasn't sent
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    HELP! BSOD every 5-30 minutes KMODE_exception_not_handled

    Hi there! i've been getting quite a few BSODs lately (Driver_not_less_that_or_equal, KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED "intelppm.sys") and don't quite know what's causing it. I've done a memtest, with no peculiar results, as well as updated my drivers. My hard drive isn't making any weird noises...
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    Blue Yeti sounds horrible even from half a foot away?

    Now I didn't have this problem for that long. But it is really annoying me. As you can see in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lkl7p5w7xuo The guy has the yeti a foot away from his mouth, and it sounds pretty good. But when I try a set up like this, The yeti sounds really bad. And...
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    Used laptop- NO operating system found-help me please :(

    I purchased a used laptop from somebody online and now they are not answering any of my messages. She claimed the laptop was working and just deleting her files when she dropped it off to me. I think maybe the battery died or something because when i went to turn on the laptop i immediately...
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    New bought Asus GL752VW-T4232T

    I just bought a new Asus GL752VW-T4232T laptop. i7 6700HQ, 8gb memory, nvidia gtx 960m. Getting low fps on CS:GO and other games. Anyone can help me? :(
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    Best Equalizer For Music

    Hello, I'm wanting a good equalizer that I can mess around with for my headphones? Mainly since i'm getting a new usb to 3.55mm and people complain about high pitches and mids are loud.. Even though I have bassy headphones. I use the Razer app right now but it seems like I could use something...
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    My keyboard has a bulge around the hard drive space.

    I got this laptop from my brother, and as far as I know this has been there forever. It had a 2.5 inch 500gb Seagate Momentus thin before and that drive failed when he had it (hence why he gave it to me). I fixed it and got a generic 750gb 2.5-inch drive (only 698gb dammit). I have an Acer...
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    my laptop screen will turn negative.

    my laptop screen is showing negative and/or weird colors but only if there's a large ammount of white on the screen, external displays work fine, Color appears to be mostly normal if there's a large amount of Dark Blue on the screen. Pressure on the lower left side seems to do this as well...
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    need video on how to build a desktop with my parts under $500

    hey there id like to get advice from you about building this monitor with these parts on this youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxk6pwCiJRc i would love if you made a video on how to build it it would be much appreciated and if possible can i get one by october 13 2016 thank you...
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    Repair or replace Toshiba laptop?

    http://tinypic.com/r/2sbmm4h/9 I don't know what to do. I mostly use it for video editing in Sony Vegas Pro 13, light gaming and a lot of web browsing. I went to a repair shop and the guy fixed it at first, saying it has malware and it was overheating (Like mad, I know I'm stupid for using it...
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    Laptop Won't Turn On, Power LED's Blinking

    Laptop: HP Stream 11 Alright so here's the problem in short words, It was working but all of a sudden when I tried to turn it on today and it won't turn on but the power led blinks instead. Solutions I tried so far and none worked 1. Got a new charger 2. Took out the battery for 5 mins and...
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    which remote desktop software to use....?

    after the issue with teamviewer whats a good replacement...? is this issue with teamviewer just with registered accounts?
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    firefox adblocker issue

    my adblocker in firefox doesn't work right away when i open firefox, it takes a few seconds for it to work but when i go to other websites with ads on them afterwards the adblocker works fine.
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    Game graphic issues

    Ive recently downloaded assassins crees brotherhood on my pc. My computer is more that capable to launch this game as i can play call of duty black opps 3 at a hight amount of fps. For some reason when i play this game though the screen shakes or shall i say flikers. It makes the game very hard...