I have a question concerning my Monitor. I have an Acer AL1916W (4years old) 1440x900 19", that nowadays just loses signal to the Computer for 5~30 seconds (sometimes it doesn't even regain the signal). I bought a new VGA cable, however the problem persists. My GPU is; ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series (3826Mb) When I touch my screen (after it loses signal) it's really really hot. When I check my GPU's Temperatures (via AIDA64) while playing Starcraft 2, WoW, DayZ, Combat Arms, Diablo (etc..), it reaches 90ºC. From what I've been told this GPU card can reach really high temperatures. So, what's the problem here?
P.S: The computer works fine, except some frame loss issues in some SC2 games.
Hey Guys, I have bought a ton of headsets but after a few months or even weeks of using them one of the speakers stop working, for example I just hear the left/right side of my headset and the other one doesnt work anymore, anyone knows why this happens or if there is a way to fix this?
Posting this for a friend, i gave him my cm hyper 212 evo because i didn't it for now. He installed it normally, no problem, computer boots up, but then it just shuts down. Cannot turn it back on for some time, after some time he does it again, same thing. Over and over again.
Now first thing i thought about wash is temps, but he checked them and said they were at 49°C ... which shouldn't be a problem, ambient temp almsot at 30 here.
And well, i don't see what else could be causing this.... any idea?
Only conclusion i got for now, his temp readings aren't good, and his cpu is indeed overheating because of a bad installation....
I dunno, even if the ambient temp is 30 degrees that is still rather high for what I assume is a stock system. I'm in Australia so we deal with even higher ambient temperatures in the summer. And even my system* doesn't get that hot.
The deltaT when idle should be around 5-10 degrees depending on the processor you are using.
*i5 750 with a Noctua U12P. All fans are running at 500RPM.
Definitely. The Hyper 212+ and Evo heatsinks are absolute bastards to install because of direct heat touch and that awful, awful retention bracket. I would not be surprised if he installed it incorrectly or he knocked it loose or something.
On July 08 2012 04:18 HyDrA_solic wrote: I have a question concerning my Monitor. I have an Acer AL1916W (4years old) 1440x900 19", that nowadays just loses signal to the Computer for 5~30 seconds (sometimes it doesn't even regain the signal). I bought a new VGA cable, however the problem persists. When I touch my screen (after it loses signal) it's really really hot.
Does the problem still occur when connecting the monitor to a different computer? If it does, that strongly suggests something is wrong with the monitor itself.
On July 08 2012 04:18 HyDrA_solic wrote: My GPU is; ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series (3826Mb) When I check my GPU's Temperatures (via AIDA64) while playing Starcraft 2, WoW, DayZ, Combat Arms, Diablo (etc..), it reaches 90ºC. From what I've been told this GPU card can reach really high temperatures. So, what's the problem here?
This seems to be the case. I googled for a random benchmark of this card, and even a brand new one went all the way up to 84 degrees. Nevertheless, it isn't exactly a healthy temperature, and will probably have a negative impact on the thing's durability. If your graphics card is also four years old, it's not unthinkable that it is starting to show some quirks.
At any rate, it'd probably be best to connect your monitor to a different PC first, in order to isolate the problem.
I need to buy a cooler for my cpu and also need to pick a psu
Currently i have these: i5 2500k plan to overclock to 4,5ghz asus p67 sabertooth motherboard palit gtx 560ti
For cpu cooler i have this in mind - Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo , will this be enough for a stable 4,5? For psu - PSU Cooler Master ATX GX 650W , note - i plan on getting a 2nd gpu for sli, so will this psu be enough?
Are my choices good or would u guys recommend something else?
Easy one: where should I look to buy a cheap laptop, and which brands? I will not be gaming on it at all, and will be using it for trading/investing when I'm not at home. Thus, I don't need too much graphics power, but it would be great if it could reliably drive an external monitor at 1080p. One random thing that drives me crazy is electronic noise/buzzing/humming (not of fans but that high-pitched whining poor construction and cheap components can cause) which seems to plague a lot of laptops I've borrowed from friends, etc..
Budget can be flexible depending on options but $600 seems reasonable?
I haven't used a PC laptop in forever so I am totally lost on which are decent.
I'm looking for a USB 2.0 VGA/DVI input capture card that can also take SPDIF-in from my sound card so that I can use my laptop to stream and my desktop to play, avoiding xsplit capture performance loss.
I have terrible internet connection so I don't need any HD capture card.
On July 09 2012 06:15 Ingenol wrote: Easy one: where should I look to buy a cheap laptop, and which brands? I will not be gaming on it at all, and will be using it for trading/investing when I'm not at home. Thus, I don't need too much graphics power, but it would be great if it could reliably drive an external monitor at 1080p. One random thing that drives me crazy is electronic noise/buzzing/humming (not of fans but that high-pitched whining poor construction and cheap components can cause) which seems to plague a lot of laptops I've borrowed from friends, etc..
Budget can be flexible depending on options but $600 seems reasonable?
I haven't used a PC laptop in forever so I am totally lost on which are decent.
Asus and Lenovo are cheap and sure bets. All monitors can drive a 1080P display without any trouble so long as they have the relevant ports like HDMI.
Stay away from consumer HP. The only good thing about them is their price vs. spec ratio.
On Lenovo's website, you can purchase a T420 (last generation's model) for around $675. You can also get a 1600x900 screen upgrade for $50 and I do recommend doing so. Its a bit over your budget but pretty much everything about it will be better than your typical Best Buy laptop.
On July 09 2012 06:15 Ingenol wrote: Easy one: where should I look to buy a cheap laptop, and which brands? I will not be gaming on it at all, and will be using it for trading/investing when I'm not at home. Thus, I don't need too much graphics power, but it would be great if it could reliably drive an external monitor at 1080p. One random thing that drives me crazy is electronic noise/buzzing/humming (not of fans but that high-pitched whining poor construction and cheap components can cause) which seems to plague a lot of laptops I've borrowed from friends, etc..
Budget can be flexible depending on options but $600 seems reasonable?
I haven't used a PC laptop in forever so I am totally lost on which are decent.
Asus and Lenovo are cheap and sure bets. All monitors can drive a 1080P display without any trouble so long as they have the relevant ports like HDMI.
Stay away from consumer HP. The only good thing about them is their price vs. spec ratio.
On Lenovo's website, you can purchase a T420 (last generation's model) for around $675. You can also get a 1600x900 screen upgrade for $50 and I do recommend doing so. Its a bit over your budget but pretty much everything about it will be better than your typical Best Buy laptop.
Really good point on the higher resolution screen. That would actually be extremely beneficial for me. Thank you!
Is it worth spending a few bucks on a DVI cable? Currently I have a gpu and monitor both of which supports DVI, but I could care less if the difference is subtle. The reason I ask is because my 1080p monitor seems a bit fuzzy when reading.
To be more specific, the gpu's input is a DVI-I and the monitor's input is DVI-D. What exactly is the difference and what should I watch out for in terms of inputs when looking to buy a DVI cable?
You have to get a DVI-D cable. The graphics card can output digital and analog variants of DVI, which is why it uses DVI-I. The DVI-D connector can get into the DVI-I of the graphics card, but a DVI-I connector cannot go into the DVI-D of the monitor.
When I got my first LCD monitor, I tried out VGA for fun, and there was a noticeable difference to DVI-D at sharp borders between differently colored areas. This was years ago, so I may remember wrong, and it was a very cheap graphics card, which maybe influenced the quality as it was perhaps never intended for a good VGA signal in high resolutions.
On July 10 2012 09:57 Lifan wrote: So per the recommendations of the forum, I got Malware Bytes (or whatever it's called), and I scanned for viruses, (found a lot
Anyways, when I click to remove, it asks me to restart, but when I restart and then scan again, it still shows the same viruses.
Are the viruses gone, am I doing something wrong? What's going on here
That means the computer is infected pretty badly. Try going back to a system restore point from before, scanning again in safe mode, and so on. You probably want to consult a more tech support-oriented forum (there should be many that focus specifically on this kind of thing—look up the names of any malware you have) if it isn't resolved easily.
On July 09 2012 06:15 Ingenol wrote: Easy one: where should I look to buy a cheap laptop, and which brands? I will not be gaming on it at all, and will be using it for trading/investing when I'm not at home. Thus, I don't need too much graphics power, but it would be great if it could reliably drive an external monitor at 1080p. One random thing that drives me crazy is electronic noise/buzzing/humming (not of fans but that high-pitched whining poor construction and cheap components can cause) which seems to plague a lot of laptops I've borrowed from friends, etc..
Budget can be flexible depending on options but $600 seems reasonable?
I haven't used a PC laptop in forever so I am totally lost on which are decent.
Asus and Lenovo are cheap and sure bets. All monitors can drive a 1080P display without any trouble so long as they have the relevant ports like HDMI.
Stay away from consumer HP. The only good thing about them is their price vs. spec ratio.
On Lenovo's website, you can purchase a T420 (last generation's model) for around $675. You can also get a 1600x900 screen upgrade for $50 and I do recommend doing so. Its a bit over your budget but pretty much everything about it will be better than your typical Best Buy laptop.
Really good point on the higher resolution screen. That would actually be extremely beneficial for me. Thank you!
If you can't afford the higher res screen/T420, consider picking up a thinkpad Edge E430/E530. It will run you around 5-550$. They aren't as well built as the T series, but you get ivy bridge, and they will still be built above average compared to most/all 500$ laptops available. You're stuck with a low res screen though, although you do save the money, which you could always use to buy a monitor. (Although maybe you have one already I think?) If you do, you could just pocket it.
The T series is definitely better if you can afford it, just thought I'd throw out another option.
My only question was regarding sound cards. I am planning on getting the ASUS P8Z77-V PRO as my motherboard, and I was wondering if the ASUS Xonar DX had better sound than the included card. Money for this is not an issue, an I know most people would say "You don't need a sound card...", but this question is purely for reference purposes. Thanks!
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