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Hi, I just finished building a pc today but the motherboard is setting the VCore on the new CPU to 1.74~. I tried removing the battery from the motherboard and leaving it out for a few minutes before putting it back in but still the same settings. I tried to reset it to the default settings...

Hi, Hope this is the correct forum for this, if not sorry. I recently got a new PC, about 2 weeks ago, first week I have had no problems with it, everything was running fine. But about a week ago I have come across a problem where my PC's screen will turn black and the sound will keep playing...

Hi everyone, I am going to be ordering a PC very soon (end of the week hopefully) and need some help making sure I picked out the right parts, I have gone through the list and everything looks compatible to me and fine, just wanted a second pair of eyes to double check and also if any of you...

Specs are Intel 2600K @ stock currently MSI P67 Board (Forgot which one it is, can find out if needed) WD Caviar black 1gb HDD Gainward GTX580 Phantom @ stock currently Asus Xonar DX sound card Mushkin blackline 1600Mhz 4gb (2x2GB) Corsair TX650M Last night I was messing around with my...

Hi, I bought an overclocked bundle from Aria.co.uk recently, and want to add some more RAM to my PC, I was wondering if I bought an identical set to add on, would it affect the overclock at all, or would I be better off getting some other RAM (2 x 4GB) instead, because at the minute 4gb isn't...

Hi, Recently I bought an overclocked bundle from Aria.co.uk, it came with 2600K overclocked to 4.8Ghz, a MSI P67A-GD65 motherboard and 4gb of Mushkin Blackline RAM. If I buy another 2 sticks of RAM which is identical to what the PC already has, will this affect the overclock of the system in...

Hi, Going to try and build a computer from scratch by myself, and need some help because I don't know fully what I'm doing :s Here's the build I am thinking off: Case: BitFenix Shinobi https://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/BitFenix+Shinobi+Black+with+Window+Midi+Tower+Chassis+?productId=44844...

Hi all, I been playing Counter-Strike lately, and my CPU has been lagging a bit recently when I have been playing it Usaully it uses 40%~ of CPU power when I'm on although lately it goes all the way up 100% and my frame rate will drop to around 20 sometimes, and it lags heavily so I will end...

Hello all, I installed the APB beta, so I restarted my PC and while I did that I thought I would set the CPU clocks slightly higher (E8400, was running at stock then put it up to 3.6Ghz) and my motherboard, MSI P45 Platinum automatically adjusts the RAM and the voltages too, but then...

Hi, My CD / DVD drive has stopped appearing up in My Computer. The motherboard can't detect it either and I have tried putting it in different Sata ports on the motherboard as well and none of it worked. Does anyone know what the problem might be or if its completely broken and I need a new...

Hi all, I get this wierd symbol on my desktop, never seen it before except for this morning, and I don't know how to get rid of it. Everytime I roll my mouse over it, it comes up with an arrow (the one for making windows bigger or smaller) and I don't know what is it or why its there...

Hi all, I have an old hard drive sitting around doing nothing, so I was wondering if I could sweep all the data off and plug it in to my PC so I could offload music and work etc onto the second hard drive, sorry for being noob but is this possible and if it is... How do I sweep everything off...

I need some help, my mum's pc sometimes gets stuck on the motherboard splash screen and its only happened recently. Her computer is about 2 / 2.5 years old and it just seems kind off random to do this all of a sudden considering no settings have been changed lately. Specs are Asus P5D...

I'm thinking of upgrading my E8400 to a quad core soon, and I don't think I will be able to afford an i7 and also I don't want to replace my motherboard because I'm scared I won't be able to wire everything up properly again (Had help last time) I have been looking round at some Quad cores for...

Hi all On MSI Afterburner, I can't overclock my 4870 over 800Mhz Core because I can't adjust the voltage on it. I have selected for voltage to be unlocked / for me to control but it still won't let me change it. Anyone have any suggestions on how I can unlock it?