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Hi all, Hope this is allowed by feel free to delete if not. A friend has a very old PC and is just looking to get a graphics card RAM to give it a bit of a new lease of life. I told him to consider a new PC but he just wants to upgrade a few bits so.... His motherboard is: Gigabyte Technology...

Hi all, Having a few strange issues with my computer lately. Firstly, when turning it on, it lights up as if booting up correctly but then it powers off. This all happens in about 1-2 seconds after pressing the power button. Once it powers itself off, it then powers back on after a 2-3 second...

Hey guys, I’ve just purchased a new 4K TV (LG 49SJ81) and plugged in my pc via HDMI as I used to with my old TV however when I do, it won’t let me go above 1920x1080 resolution. I have a GTX 570 graphics card and from research it seems this doesn’t support 4K? I’ve also read it may be because...

Hey guys, Been a while since I've had any issues but recently on startup, the ethernet doesn't work. Instead of the ethernet / PC with cable symbol at the bottom right, it just shows the wifi symbol with a red cross (as I have no wifi hardware, all goes through ethernet). However, after one...

Hey all, It's been a while since I've posted here, most of which I put down to PCS service being first rate and rarely needing further support! However as per the title, I do need some now unfortunately. Several weeks ago I started receding a 'CPU Fan error' on every single startup. As...

Hey guys, So recently I've noticed that the audio is slightly ahead on my PC when watching video. This applies to the following that I have tried: YouTube, VLC Player and Kodi (XBMC) It is 100% not an issue with any files as they were fine a while ago, but I'm not sure what I've changed...

Hi guys, So I'm just over 2 years of having my PC Specialist desktop and yesterday things went downhill. The PC slowed right down to the point of clicking Chrome (or any program for that matter) and nothing happening for a good minute or so. I've ran anti virus (norton) and malware scan...

Hey guys, So here's the problem. Every now and again when watching a video on YouTube or Facebook (the only sites I have noticed it on) the video will freeze and then a grey circle with white exclamation mark will appear and the video stops. Sometimes refreshing the page fixes it, other times I...

So my laptops hinges that were on their last legs have finally gone, so there is now no resistance whatsoever, the screen literally swings from closed to 180 degrees. I have a feeling the parts that are gone are the ones highlighted in red in the picture below, but I just wanted confirmation of...

Hey guys Random question! How can a company tell that you have downloaded a program onto your computer before? And is there any way of making them forget I have downloaded it? cheers!

Hey guys I've been looking into getting my two monitors to act as one, so the wallpaper stretches across the two, more for fun than anything else to be honest :) I have a GTX 560 running two monitors (Iiyama and Acer) and can get it do the whole duplicate and extend etc but cant seem to find a...

I'm getting a new HDD and I've been reading that it may not come with the required cables. I have CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE and from what I can see I can just click the new HDD into one of the extra slots on the power cable coming from the current HDD to the PSU if...

Hey guys Im looking to purchase an additional for my desktop. Currently I have a 1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm) which is almost full up. My question is should I go for an SSD or a HDD? Obviously storage is the main concern so I was thinking of a 2TB as im not...

Hi guys Heres my pc spec: gtx570 quad core i5-3550 @ 3.3ghz 8gb ram 24" IIYAMA E2473HS Running Far Cry 3 in 1080p My question is what sort of graphic settings should i be running on this setup? Iv been fiddling around with it but am interested to know what others think? For those that arent...

Woke up this morning and turned the pc on only for it to freeze on the 'asus motherboard - please press DEL to enter UEFI BIOS setting' screen. Checked inside the PC and the Boot Device LED is on solid red (the on just to the right of it is solid green, as it usually is). I have the P8Z77-V...

Im sorting out how to package my PC to take to uni. I have kept all the original packaging, the only problem is that the box is SO big that it wont fit in the car, and i dont have any other boxes that will fit the PC and the polystyrene packaging in it. So i was wondering is there any harm in...

So the past few days iv been noticing the two above mentioned issues. The first is that task manager, when opened, closes after 17 seconds 90% of the time (but ranges from 5 - 20 seconds). Iv only noticed it doing this recently. I have scanned my pc with norton, and have uninstalled a few...

So this is the third time my homeplugs have messed up, one minute all is fine then all of a sudden the internet goes down! It allways seems to be the 'powerline LED' that doesnt work, it just doesnt light up. Either that or the LED it solid (so not sending or receiving data! Any ideas how to...

For a while now theres been a slight 'humming' noise from inside my PC. It seems like a tiny loose screw or something similar vibrating. If i put a small pressure on the top of the case the sound dissapears, but returns fairly quickly. Iv read up a little on this and often is a screw a little...

So im trying to find the best place to pre-order borderlands 2! So far gamestop appears to be the best at £21, and on BL2 website it says you get the following: •Gearbox Gold Gun Pack - A package of unique Gearbox Golden Guns to help you start your journey on Pandora! •Golden Key - Unlock a...