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  1. G

    Please Help. Stopcode and PC won't reset

    I upgraded to a 1070 graphics card yesterday from a 670. I played a couple games no problem but then my PC completely powered off during a game. When I turned it back on, it started updating (I had an update scheduled for not in use hours), but crashed and got the BSOD stopcode 0xc000021a. It...
  2. L

    Pc heavily underperforming

    Hi, about a month ago I build a gaming pc but now it's heavily underperforming. In csgo my framerate is only 45fps when normally it plays on 200-400fps. I benchmarked my pc after that and my cpu and gpu both work fine.Temperature also isn't a problem because, both my gpu and cpu reach a max temp...
  3. M

    PC crashes with buzzing sound while gaming

    Hey Guys I hope someone here can help me. My PC crashes regularly while gaming (usually when there's a transition between gameplay and menue/loadingscreen). There's no Bsod, but a buzzing sound coming from the speakers. I have to shut down my PC manually. I've read tons of forum posts and tried...
  4. Lin

    Unable to Connect to Internet

    Hello all, I don't know what the exact problem is so I wasn't sure where to post this so here we go. Yesterday night my MSI GT70 laptop was no longer able to connect to the internet. I tried everything, the router was fine as multiple other devices (I have roommates all of who's devices were...
  5. J

    Screen Crashes Black and Unresponsive forcing restart

    I have been having this issue for over a year now, and have been living through it trying to be patient as long as I can until now. My computer monitor will randomly flicker and then crash, and if I'm listening to something when it happens I just hear a buzzing noise in my headphones. The PC...
  6. T

    Trouble with inlay laptop - Please help!

    I have a hp 15-ay039wm laptop. It has an inlay keyboard. I don't know how to get to it to replace it. Or clean it. Some small amount (about a thimble full) of cooking oil spilled in it by accident. It was sunflower oil. Long story. I feel really stupid (please don't rub it in). The PC seems...
  7. roger hawke

    Solved Win7 Startup

    When I switch on PC I get to the desktop in approx. 50-55seconds. I then have to wait about a minute or so for the Internet icon in system tray to show internet access. Why does it take so long? Is it possible to speed this up?
  8. Captain

    Solved Start-up Black Screen Issues With Blinking Underscore (Desktop)

    Hello, I've had PC start-up issues for maybe two months now (I've had the desktop for close to 6 months now possibly) and I figured I should ask for solutions because it clearly won't go away by itself. When I start my PC up sometimes it pops up with a black screen with a blinking underscore...
  9. A

    Solved New Windows 10 PC wifi not working

    I just built a new pc and everything works perfectly, except my wifi. I bought a cheap usb wifi adapter from amazon and it was trash so I returned it and bought a netgear one, It was getting 50mbs down and 5mbs up, it was great, I left it running to download games and applications when I went...
  10. T

    Solved Help with removing adware

    Yesterday, i found google chrome to be redirecting me to other webpages and spamming me with adverts, so i looked around and found that this is called adware. So i followed a few threads and installed malwarebytes which found an adware program along with some other stuff. So i removed them...
  11. T

    Problem with PC after Formatting.

    Hello, I have an HP ProBook 6570b that used to run a lot of games smoothly (I used to play The Walking Dead on it.). However, One day, I was forced to format my PC and I took it to someone who did it for me. After this process, and after getting my PC back, I downloaded The Walking Dead to...
  12. Ward

    LOW fps on PUBG with a new gaming laptop

    Hello, My laptop (student/gaming) came in yesterday and I quickly bought PUBG, because my other laptops were pretty bad for gaming. Is there any way to boost my fps or graphics with specific settings? Or is it normal that I only get a max of 30fps (settings on very low). I know PUBG isn't...
  13. B

    Solved Where did my icons go??????

    I accidentally extracted a rar file onto my desktop containing 100's of pictures and now half of my shortcuts are gone, and i have 100's of pictures on my desktop now, but 90 % of them I can't access becuase it seems like they are on another screen or something. How can I,I guess move my desktop...
  14. MrSadPants

    Trying to boot windows from external hard drive to my new ssd, but i have no down button to select.

    i have no down button to select my external hard drive in the boot menu. Is the only way forward to replace the keyboard? I have tried pressing all sorts of keys but it seems the only one that works for down is the one im missing. Also, will getting a new keyboard mean that I will have to...
  15. A

    Missing (E:) and (D:) after memory repair/update on laptop

    Hi there, I need help trying to find missing drives (E and D) on my laptop after it updated or did a memory repair since it has detected a corruption. I've searched online on how to fix this. I already checked Disk management and I think it removed the drives. Anyone know a way to fix this? or...
  16. S

    Gaming Computer for around $600

    https://pcpartpicker.com/list/9Kw2M8 cannot find good motherboard that is compatible with an Intel i5-3570k 3.4ghz and need someone to look over my parts since this is my first gaming computer build
  17. David Williamson

    Dell xps 1647 help

    Hi. I updated my xps 1647 to Windows 10 with no issues. When trying to upgrade to 8 gig ram (2x4gig sticks) but it doesn't seem to want to work. I bought the same make as the RAM that was already in the laptop. I've had to put the 2 gig sticks back in. Any help would be great.
  18. T

    Solved Is my pc clean?

    I ran anti malwarebytes, zemana, junkware removal tool, adwcleaner, zhpcleaner,rogue killer and eset online scanner. Nothing was found, but i am still curious if there is anything left, since i've had a trojan svchost.exe virus that i removed instantly after i got it. Logs from FRST: Scan result...
  19. V

    Huge issue with applications and games stuttering on windows 10

    Hello there, I will try to explain my issue as best as I can. Yesterday my pc updated to the latest windows 10 update the creators one. Everything worked fine until nvidia experience messed up and some games had direct X issues. But more importantly the main issue I am having is that when i...
  20. M

    I can't run some games, help!

    Hello there. This issue has been bothering me for months now. There are certain games I for some reason can't play. I'll give you the full list of those games here: - Rocket League (competitive) - Blacklight: Retribution (fps) - Ghost Recon: Phantoms (tps) - American's Army Proving Grounds...