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Hey guys. Wondering if anyone can advise. When I boot from cold, my system seems to display a message on a black screen that details my CPU, RAM Frequency, USB Devices, and SATA devices. Underneath that is the message "All settings were reset to default values. Press F1 to run SETUP, Press F2...

Has anyone had luck with bootcamping into windows 10 with 2 additional monitors? If both screens are plugged in Windows will just crash out on boot, I have to unplug the monitors first to let it boot into windows and then it just aches funny / or doesn't work 80% of the time.

Hi, I need a new laptop. I want to buy second hand as you can get more for your money. I have been looking into MacBooks 2011-2014 ish. I’d appreciate some advice on this. Am I right in thinking that although MacBooks hardware might not be as good as a windows laptops, (for the same price) that...

Hi all. I recently upgraded my mobo ram and cpu. Since then I haven't been able to boot windows. It just goes into a loop. I can't even get it in safe mode. As a work around I was willing to install a fresh Windows. It gets to the first screen where you select region and keyboard style etc but I...

Here's an interesting problem with a keyboard I present so you can learn from my mistake. My mother rang up in a panic because the keyboard on her PC (an Intel NUC) wasn't working. I was busy and my first thought that was that the batteries had failed and asked her to change them. Despite it...

I was just wondering, having installed my new 970 M.2 EVO with windows and using it as a primary drive, I have been getting BSOD's like theres no tomorrow. At first it was the reason: Critical process died, but recently its been DPC Watchdog Violation, followed by me having to hard reset my pc...

I have set it to always record in the background when I'm gaming so I don't miss anything but was wondering if this will have any adverse effect on my SSD with all the continuous writing and re-writing. Or is it not something to worry about in this day and age?

I am looking to do a project into home security, specifically protecting windows. I would like to know if there are people who are concerned about security & intruders accessing their home through open windows. Some people also like to sleep with bedroom windows open at night time and during...

I have Dad's partners laptop here, I get this painful experience from time to time. Its an old Compaq laptop running Vista. It got turned off before it shut down as it was taking to long apparently. Now on boot, it goes to startup repair but does not repair itself. The only way I get it to...

Hi guys, I currently have a post on the 'upgrade advice' forum where some helpful guys are sorting me out with what I should buy for my first ever PC build. In my current build I have a 2 HDDs, one with Windows on it. These two will be coming over to my new build with the addition of an SSD...

I used to use this software 10 years ago when I last had a Mac. Is it still regarded as the best for working with HFS+ drives on Windows? I'm thinking about moving my stuff over to external HDDs in preparation for switching from Windows to macOS but don't want to use "janky" file systems like...

I actually have two of these. On one I installed Windows 7, and the other Windows 10. I haven't had to use Windows 7 much, as nearly 100% of my software is compatible with Windows 10. The problem I have had is, as soon as I get into Windows 10 and open up Windows Explorer, it takes a huge...

Hi, I'd like to build a PC for around £300-£400 (build only, not including operating system, monitor/accessories). This probably raises the question... Why would you bother... I built another PC for around £1500, using the support of this forum to select parts. This is my gaming build...

Hi there, New to the site, but I've just bought a new gaming PC via overclockers UK and the windows key isn't working. I'm getting this error: error code 0x803f7001. Not to mention that I have used a tool to try and find out what my product key is and it appears to be the product key from this...

Hi, I'm looking for a Windows tablet which will be used for browsing the internet, watching movies, connecting to servers with remote desktop, and other basic things. I won't be using it for gaming because I already have a decent laptop for that. It's just going to be for doing work while on...

Hi all, I have had a run in with some bad NVR units bought on Amazon, FLOUREON to be presice, which both died shortly (1yr) after setting it up. I was just wondering if you could shed some light on a way of setting up either a Linux based system or Windows 7 PC for use with a DVR H.264 set of...

Hi all, Which is best to use as a system image backup? Windows 10 Pro tool or Backupper? Note: This will be a system image after updates and a clean install. It will be put onto a USB 3.0 pen drive