Hardware & Software

Hi everyone, I bought a new HP spectre with windows 10 yesterday and noticed the screen flashing black a few times. It only happened within the first 20-30 minutes of setting everything up and lasted anywhere from about a second to 2-3 seconds. It was similar to what happens when you change your...

A couple of questions. Are there External Tabletop Interfaces with both XLR and 1/4 inch I/O? Would it better to settle with the the first option or should I get a decent PCIe card and run instruments through a Mixer? What are the best Internal sound cards I should look for? Cheapest and...

Hello, I am in the process of trying to decide whether to buy the new Macbook Pro 2016 (No Touchbar) or the old MacBook Pro 2015, however, I feel I don't have the full grasp of the hardware side of things to make an informed choice. Furthermore, every website I have been on has not really...

I need some help troubleshooting. I think it is a hardware problem. Here is what happened. I have an Acer M5-583P-5859. My little cousin had a remote controller in his hand and I had my laptop open. One thing leads to another and he ends up throwing the controller fairly hard on my laptop...

After dropped laptop - how to determine hardware vs software problem?? My son has a Toshiba Satellite c75D-B7200 laptop OS Win 8.1 (not sure if 32 or 64bit) which he bought a few years ago (he did not make a recovery CD or USB). About a year and half ago, it fell out of his backpack onto...

Hello guys :) I have for some time now had the interest to get better with computers. And what I mean with that is getting to know general stuff about hardware, software, graphic cards, what resolution is good, the difference parts that make up a computer and what their function are. I figure...

Hey guys, if you guys would mind a couple of minutes helping me with a problem that I'm having. The problem is that people could hear my game sounds through comms like Discord, Skype or even voice comms on Overwatch. At first I thought it was a Discord bug but it happened on other platforms as...

Hi I've really wanted a game called Overwatch (even though I highly doubt any of you don't know what it is) and since I'm about to buy it (say in a week or two) and right now I only have this really shitty laptop which I call my Craptop (yes I do call it that) and I took a test for all my...

Hello. I have added the application to the nvidia control panel and i can't change the setting which is "High performance". Still running the application says the intel 5500 is used. ugh. How can i force it to use the preferred card ? This is on a Lenovo Yoga 3 14".

Hi, Looking for the cheapest and smallest solution to run 'just' football manager 2016 and 17 (when it comes out). I have a laptop capable now but want something smaller which is windows based and the cheapest price even second hand..So I can operate on the move and whilst doing my hobby...

I wouldn't give a damn, but this popup bothers every time I try to browse my hard drive. I can't delete it through programs&features because it shows that this app is too old to delete. I don't know what to do, HELP!! This is the popup that bothers me all the time http://imgur.com/a/sFkeo

my samsung galaxy core prime will only charge if powered off, it doesn't indicate that its charging just vibrates every few seconds, I've tried different chargers and tried connecting it to my pc (pc doesnt even detect it) i cant see any debris in the charge port. could this be a battery...

My custom built gaming PC has all of a sudden stopped downloading or running any of my games and most of my programs ever since a couple of days ago. I already tried analyzing my hard drive and defragging it. I ran a full-system virus and malware scan on it and it showed 0 infected files. It...

Greetings everyone, I am confused which laptop to purchase. We hear so much of dell xps 13, macbook 13 inch air, lenovo yoga convertable series but most of these laptops don't offer a dedicated gpu. Reasons i want to purcase a laptop for: 1)working on softwares like eclipse ,CAD-CAM softwares...

So suddenly one day my laptop turned off for no reason, it didn't shut down but entirely turned off like when we remove power cable for a desktop. It seems to be working fine after that and it didn't turn on but when I removed the battery and plugged it in it did turn on but it used to shut down...

I'll be using the laptop for coding and application development. Most important qualities needed: 1. Solid Build. 2. Good Display. 3. Good Battery life. 4. I rarely game, so gpu doesn't matter. 5. Budget 700$ I'll be putting a 512gig SSD and ubuntu into the laptop once I get it so storage...

Hello, guys, my laptop is Dell Inspiron 15 3543. Some of you may have heard of, or even experienced the number of defects the 15 series laptops come with, which from Dell refuse to fix or replace. Many people with this kind of laptops face performance issues, lack of wireless connectivity...

Hi...everyone, when i installing sp2 for office2010 for 64bit giving msg there is no product affected by this package installed on this system 2010 anyone can find solution?? plz let me know thanks CB

I have a laptop that is a few years old. About a week ago it was dropped and since I have been having problems with it. I'm almost positive it is the heard drive causing them. The computer will turn on but freezes at the starting windows screen. Sometimes it says can not find bootable device...

Hi guys and girls ......... Long time observer first time thread writer having trouble with my asus laptop works fine but cant use Nero on it have had Nero tech look into it and nothing someone suggested update firmware and or software but no idea how to do this as i stated just learning about...