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[Off-topic] ShadowLea:
Sadly, no. The graphics are entirely determined by the GPU. The CPU only does the math for the gameplay, it doesn't render the graphics.

So long as you're using that nightmare (IntelHD is something that should've been banned from the market decades ago) you'll never see any decent graphics.

The i5 is pretty decent, you'd be better off looking into the posibility of adding an Nvidia or AMD GPU.
[Off-topic] Yottahertz:
Well I can't upgrade my GPU, and I won't be able to upgrade until about next year. I do however have some money for a an external GPU. Could that be done? I hear the only problem is bandwith but I have ExpressCard Slot and a eSATA port which provide plenty of bandwidth.

Edit: Never mind its not cost effective.
[Off-topic] ACHILLES R32:
So I sent in my Asus laptop in for hinge repair. Which they messed when they replaced the LCD on a previous RMA. Get the laptop back, same issue. Upon further investigation it looks like Asus and Toshiba. Contract a company called BizCom electronics to do repairs. These guys are terrible, left hairline scratches on brushed aluminum , misaligned edges etc. Avoid them. Don't think i will be getting another Asus laptop as long as they hire these idiots to repair their products.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/bizcom-electronics-milpitas-2

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Off-topic] Yottahertz:
Never had issues with ASUS, I sent in a laptop once for repair and got it back pretty well although it did had a few issues with cooling but that was fixed with some new thermal paste. I guess it depends on the ars* who does it.

By any chance does anyone how to over clock the Intel HD 3000? I looked online but they say it depends on system and varies by CPU. Like stated before I have a Core i5-2430M. The iGPU has an effective turbo clock rate of 1200MHz but I am looking to see if I can possibly extend it to ~1400MHz. I know its not much but it can boost frame rates to about 5+ on similar Core i5's, that's a win. Yeah I know its not recommend but I have an external cooling system to deal with the extra heat.
[Off-topic] Saurabh K:
ORIGIN makes tons of profits on their PC builds. Like , for a 300$ PC they will ask no less than a 700$. RIDICULOUS. no one wants their service (atleast not me)
[Off-topic] ShadowLea:
So... You send your laptop in for repairs with an unaffiliated third party shop... (One quick look at their website and I know more than enough about their level of professionalism.. Or the sheer lack thereof.)

They messed up....

And then you blame the company who had nothing to do with the repairs? :confused:

I don't see how this is ASUS' fault.
[Off-topic] ##W4TCH0UT##:
Can I upgrade a laptop's graphic card? It's hard to do it manually, I know. I have a gtx 850m and want to upgrade to a better graphic card. I use my laptop for gaming.

Can you guys suggest some good laptop graphics card? And also any easy way to install it.

TIA

Regards
[Off-topic] ACHILLES R32:
Asus contracts them to do repairs in the U.S. Since my laptop is under warranty that's where I sent it. Maybe Asus should hire a company that's more professional to do their repairs.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Off-topic] ShadowLea:
So contact ASUS and tell them.

Until a customer informs them of the issue, ASUS won't know about it, and is unable to take action against the shop. They're not psychic.
[Off-topic] ACHILLES R32:
All ready did, as if they care. Lol

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Off-topic] SublimeFoxTheater:
My moms circa 2007 HP laptop was crashing during backup and corrupted the backup I had. :eek:

The thing has burned out a fan and when I replaced it I also replaced the thermal paste on the graphics chip and processor.

This bought me a few years of not overheating but now it can't handle a backup or chkdsk without turning off.

The only way I could back up an image was to take the hard drive out of it and place it in an enclosure and back it up with a pc that's not falling apart.

Eight years is a great run for a laptop and glad I protected the data so now time to retire her.

It was a customized business class machine she paid top dollar for then, I thought she was wild for spending so much but it has lasted beyond our expectations.

Maybe if I replaced the heat sink while adding the thermal paste I could have had it longer but whatever, at least there was no fire or shock.

The replacement will be an off-lease refurbed desktop with windows 7 and new drive, memory, fans, etc.
[Off-topic] happymfeet:
Hey everyone,

So my desktop just a randomly decided last week that it would crash and not start up. So it prompted me to go into startup repair so I did. This was Thursday evening last week and it still hasn't finished. Does anybody know how long should take? Also, I had decided I wanted to do a system restore and wanted to try that but if I try to hit cancel it says the action cannot be performed at this time. So does anybody have any ideas or suggestions at this point? Any and all help is appreciated.
[Off-topic] ShadowLea:
:eek: Last week?!

Anywhere between 15 minutes and 3 hours....

Well, it's already dead anyway.... I would probably just pull the plug. It's been days, the startup repair clearly isn't working. Then try the restore.

If that doesn't work: Do you have a bootdisk? Portable windows? Linux on a stick? (A usb stick, not an actual tree). If so, use that, grab the data that's important and reinstall the OS or try to fix what's broken. (last time it happened to me, boot.ini was corrupt. That was an easy fix.)
[Off-topic] SublimeFoxTheater:
maybe boot into bios and run hard drive and memory test to see if it's a hardware problem.
[Off-topic] Yottahertz:
It may be hardware problem. How old is your PC? I generally have problems when doing this to computers with legacy hardware.
[Off-topic] cevi:
Hi guys. I need a professional advice. I want to ask if someone could help me setting up 4 ram modules.

Today i bought two new additional ddr3 4GB 1600 ram modules. I already have two ddr3 2GB 1333 sticks installed.

The new ones are GEIL dragon 4GB 1600 single chanel, which are able to work with 1600mhz frequency and latency of 11-11-11-28 and 1333mhz wifh 9-9-9-28 latency.

http://www.geil.com.tw/products/show/id/345

The old ones are 2 x kingmax 2GB 1333mhz. 9-9-9-24

My mobo is G55 UD3L and I have i5-650 Intel processor.

With the old ones (the kingmax) my PC is working totally fine but when I add the new ones the bios read's them all together as 12GB but just as the Windows logo appear on the screen the PC freezes and then restarts.

On the specifications for the GEIL ram modules, my mobo is under the supported motherboard list.

I've tried every single combination on the slots and no luck. Even with only one GEIL and both modules the PC restarts.

The both GEIL and KINGMAX, work on 1.5V by default.

I'm a low end with computer hardware knowledge, so please be more clearer. :)
[Off-topic] Yottahertz:
I am not a Pro but it seems your motherboard does not support 1600MHz but either way it should down clock it to 1333MHz because you're mixing RAM. If you can run your onboard Diagnostics or download and run MemTest86.
[Off-topic] Sami Kabir:
Can anyone please recommend me a decent and affordable gaming laptop or a notebook? (under $1000-$1400 dollars)

(able to play games that were announced in E3 on medium/low graphics settings)
[Off-topic] cevi:
It was my mobo after all. It is too old. :( I've take it to the pc workshop and after few tries, the guys quit and told me that the motherboard is too old for this new ram modules. New one is the key. :) Thank you for your time.
[Off-topic] happymfeet:
I want to thank everyone for your help and advice and to apologize for replying so late.

I'll keep it short: the startup repair and the system restore both failed so I attempted to run the memory diagnostic. After doing that it said it found no problems and asked me if I would like to initiate startup repair or boot windows normally. I said screw it and attempted normally and everything functioned as normal. Idk what is exactly happened but it has worked. Thanks everyone for everything!
[Off-topic] T10NAZ:
HAs anyone done the EVGA Advanced RMA?

How long should it take?

So far they have been promising the 1-3 day processing and shipment.

At the moment im sitting on day 4 with no notification of it being shipped yet and a reply saying the warehouse is slowing down a bit and should ship sometime this or next week
[Off-topic] T10NAZ:
How cheap can I source Panasonic Toughbook parts?

My friend is going to buy a lot of 5 toughbooks and they dont have batteries, hdd caddy, cords, dvd drives.
[Off-topic] 404-Not Found:
I used to own one, turns out I didn't need the extra toughness. EBay will have the cheapest, I bought the battery for around $60USD last time I had mine but they might be cheaper. Consider looking in craigslist, I've seen some complete toughbooks for around $150-ish but those were the older 2009 models
[Off-topic] 404-Not Found:
Hey does anyone have any experience with Dell Latitude motherboards? I want to switch to Ivy Bridge from Sandy Bridge. As I already know the E5420 supports only BGA Ivy Bridge CPUs. However the the E5430 supports Ivy Bridge PGA CPUs. I was wondering if I could switch the motherboards (Install the E5430 motherboard on the E5420 chassis). It would be much cheaper than buying a new notebook, since I saw some E5430 mobos for about $80 and compatible Core i5 for $128. Both the E5420 and E5430 are pretty much identical and the motherboards seem to be the exact same design.
[Off-topic] Elya_Dragon:
Hi there!

This is how my collection of machines look like:

Dell laptop 1: Cloudready/Chrome OS custom built

Dell laptop 2: Linux Mint/Chrome OS

Samsung TV screen: Kodi LINUX

Dell laptop 3: Lubuntu 12

My third laptop is really old but the wifi card and the ethernet are not working anymore but every 4th or 5th time i reboot they show up sometime.

How can i stablize this?
[Off-topic] nochkin:
Not sure why do you think it would help to know other laptops. You also did not provide any information about third laptop.

Anyway, I would try another WiFi card to make sure it's not hardware issue (it possibly is).
[Off-topic] Elya_Dragon:
Hey sorry for my previous message i was on a rush.

It probably is an hardware issue since sometimes the wifi swoops in and sometimes it disablea itself.

I thought maybe someone knows a workaround.

Thanks though
[Off-topic] nochkin:
There is no work around if your WiFi card does not work properly. You need to replace it.

The only possible work around is to keep rebooting like you do it now.
[Off-topic] wolfen69:
I have a Dell Latitude E5520 running Ubuntu 15.04.

Intel i5

8GB RAM

256gb SSD

Very nice laptop and runs Ubuntu like a champ.
[Off-topic] Notchr302:
Laptop recommendation

Looking to get my wife a new laptop but have no idea what's good these days. She basically prints coupons, Web searches, prints other documents and my kids sometimes do school projects and download things. Nothing to extensive. Hope you guys can lead me in the right direction
[Off-topic] android_fen:
Hi,

i can suggest you to buy a Lenovo.....it the best deal as quality=price,its working smooth and the cool down system is made properly.
[Off-topic] zawy.:
yes, lenovo is the best, i have lenovo too
[Off-topic] josip-k:
Asrock LGA1151 H110M-DGS mobo

>Corsair 4GB DDR4 2133 Value 2x (8gb)

>Intel Core i5-6600 Soc 1151

Ordered 1 hour ago.

Pairing with XFX 8650 GPU and Enermax NAXN PSU . what do you guys think?
[Off-topic] Michaela Joy:
Asus P8Z77-VPRO MoBo

Intel Core I7 3770K Unlocked Extreme...puttering along @3.9GHZ

32GB PC2400 RAM

Samsung 830 500GB SSD.

Windows 7 Ultimate.
[Off-topic] heinrichkaiser:
Sony VAIO SVS15125CNB

i5- 3210M @ 2.50 GHz

12 GB RAM Onboard 4GB+Crucial 8GB

nVidia GT 640M LE

SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB

Toshiba 1TB HDD

Windows 10 Insider Preview

And a question for you guys. Please suggest me a motherboard with a ATX or E-ATX form factor compatible of dual CPU config and can be run with using a single CPU. I will be using Xeon E5-2630 v3 along with a GTX980Ti for graphics
[Off-topic] Jay Rock:
Upgrading to SSD

I've been thinking about upgrading my ultrabook (Toshiba Satellite E45t-A4300) to an SSD. I currently have the default 750 GB drive that came with it but I am only using about 170 GB and was thinking maybe I could upgrade to a 250/240 GB SSD (I know actual storage may be around 220-230 GB). I've come down to these three and was just looking to get some opinions on them if any of you have used them. (Image attached).

http://amzn.com/B00OAJ412U

http://amzn.com/B019H3B3OW

http://amzn.com/B00S9Q9VS4

If you would like to recommend other ones, that would be great.
[Off-topic] AymanDev:
intel i5 2500k @ Stock

MSI GTX 670

8gb Ram Kingston Hyper X [MENTION=1796504]1600[/MENTION] Mhz

Intel 320 GB SSD

Forgot what kind of motherboard I have tbh... Some MSI Z87 board

Corsair k70 vengeance keyboard

Logitech g700s
[Off-topic] jsawyer:
Hi all, I need some help still a newbie... I own a Acer C710 and wanted to change OS so I installed boot-stub and Ubuntu and tried it. I didn't like it so I want to go back to chrome OS but I'm stuck on a chrome error screen reading "an unexpected error has occurred" and I can't get it to boot the recovery disk I created. Stuck in seabios and can't get it out of seabios can anyone help?
[Off-topic] ilikekpk:
Asus P8H61-M LX3

DualCore Intel Core i3-2120, 3300 MHz (33 x 100)

ZOTAC GTX650

OCZ Vertex450 ssd 128 gb
[Off-topic] berggames:
4ghz 8 core amd, 4 tb of storage, 16 gb ram, 256 gb of ssd, gtx760.

fun stuff
[Off-topic] ShadowLea:
Just when you think your day can't get any worse, you're being told you have to work on an old macbook....

This isn't old, this is ancient.

How the bloody hell am I supposed to work on something that freezes to the point of death the second I open Photoshop?
[Off-topic] vanessaem:
Acer V15 Nitro laptop- Black Edition (purchased recently)

Intel Core i7-6700HQ Processor 2.6GHz

Microsoft Windows 10

16GB DDR4 RAM

1TB 5,400RPM HDD

128GB SSD

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 4GB GDDR5

15.6" Full HD Widescreen LED-backlit IPS Display

So far so good.
[Off-topic] TheKindleMCPEGuy:
I actually upgraded my laptop to Windows 10, very recently. Very snappy, fast and fluid (unlike Internet Explorer). 11/

10
[Off-topic] DroidFreak32:
[HELP] Can't install kali linux light, Monitor doesnt suport.

I keep getting "Input Signal Out Of Range" Error!! Whenever i use live mode or install and load kali linux (64bit , light as well as the full version).. how can i do anything if i cant see my display?? :(

pc specs:

fx 8350

gtx 970

hp monitor which supports 1600*900 res [MENTION=218088]Max[/MENTION] 60hz
[Off-topic] :
I currently have msi cx62 with skylake and nvidia 940MX.

I'm currently on Ubuntu, would u guys recommend me to switch back to windows 10.
[Off-topic] DrakenFX:
I have the following Laptop Specs :

-* Lenovo Y50-70 (Touch)*-

- Intel Core i7-4720HQ Processor.

- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

- 15.6" (1920x1080) WideScreen TouchScreen Display

- Microsoft Windows 10 (64 bits)

- 8GB DDR3 RAM

- 1TB SSD

I have Remix OS Running on a 16GB NTFS Partition (TEST DRIVE), I can Run Remix using Intel Graphics Card (Disabling the Nvidia Card via BIOS) but how to you got it working with the Nvidia Card? in my case gets stuck in " Checking Data Patition " , please any help will be appreciated.

LoL, i just realize this thread have nothing to do with my question LoL, sorry :p :( :D
[Off-topic] vanessaem:
1TB SSD? Wow, nice. That's hard to find. I see the 512GB most of the time.
[Off-topic] Domdo:
colossus :)
[Off-topic] DrakenFX:
not really, you can find them at Crucial.com or any other electronics site, the one i have is from Micron and so far is been great.

P.S. all the 1TB SSD drives go from $320 and more and i'm thinking on selling my Samsung EVO 850 - 250GB SSD
[Off-topic] vanessaem:
Well yeah, since I made that post, I found a 1TB I'm thinking of getting. I hope it's fully compatible with my system though.
[Off-topic] ozoratsubasa:
Hello guys! I am a Windows 10 64bits user, I noticed some strange behaviors with my program windows. Sometimes somes programs stays stuck on "always on top" mode, that way even I clicking on other program the window doesn't come to foreground. For example, one of the programs in use, after some minutes, it stays on "always on top mode", so to see other programs I have to minimize that windows program.

Any know that problem and any solution?
[Off-topic] Arry87:
Should I trade my laptop?

Hey guys,

I'm stuck in a dilemma here,

I came across a guy selling a Alienware laptop, and I'm very interested in getting a gaming laptop as I travel alot and always miss my games whilst I'm away from my desktop.

I currently have a 2010 edition Macbook Pro 13" which works flawlessly for what I need it to do, I can play the games I want but with poor FPS most of the time.

I contacted the guy selling and offered him a trade as he mentioned he needs a new laptop for school, hence the reason he is selling. He accepted my offer but after a bit of research I'm having second thoughts, the alienware laptop is bulky, heavy and very big (17 inch).

Does anybody have any experiance with alienware laptops that could offer me some advice?

Specs for Macbook:

Intel Core 2 Duo Processor 2.66GHz

4GB SDRAM RAM

320GB 5400RPM Hard Drive

13.3-Inch Screen, NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics processor with 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory

Specs for Alienware Laptop:

Intel core i7

4 Gb RAM

AMD Radeon hd 5870

17" 1080p HD Screen.

Space for 2 Mobile GPU's (1 Taken up)

Space for 2 2.5" HDD/SSD (Both taken up)

Okay condition.

Customizable LED (Built in program)

Bluetooth + WiFi

DVD RW + Card reader

500 GB HDD + 128 GB HDD

Built in Webcam + Mic

High Power Speakers

Face recognition software A.K.A Auto login

Ports: 4X USB 2.0, 4 pin Firewire, E sata, Ethernet, Display port, HDMI, VGA, Mic Jack + 3 Headphone Jacks,Pcie Express.

I came across this website that helps compare the two, Alienware wins on most parts.
[Off-topic] :
If the price of the Alienware is extremely compelling, then you can consider it.

However, there is always a risk with buying second hand laptops, since you can't gauge how many years it still has left.

I've diagnosed many laptops and desktops, so if you are going for it I highly recommend you tell the seller to take it somewhere where it can be put on diagnostics to check if the hardware is still OK.

Most of the time, the hard drive will be close to finished at that age, so it might fail that part of the test.

A new one can be bought easily, so it can be used again.

Battery life will be horrible, and even a new battery won't make it better than the Macbook.

Don't expect to run every game at max tilt, but do expect a lot more punch than the 320m the Apple has.

By the way, most gaming laptops are big, heavy and bulky. If they aren't, they are usually less powerful and more noisy. If you want a proper gaming laptop, it has to be big, period.

I personally don't own an Alienware, but I have used a few 17.3 inch laptops, and I'll choose that size over any other, anyday. You will appreciate the space a large display will offer. Personally, I wish my 15.5 inch display grew overnight to 17.3 :)

Good luck!
[Off-topic] Arry87:
Very informative, thanks you. Ive never been a fan of gaming laptops but seems ill be on the move abit, itll be a nice feature. I will miss my "all rounder" macbook but i dont really use it to its full potential, its just a really nice looking facebook, youtube and email machine...
[Off-topic] dakunclear:
Would it be worth it for me to trade my surface pro 3 with 4gb ram 128gb ssd I5 for a HP elitebook 840 i5, 12gb ram, 180gb ssd 1080p screen the guy said it's the late 2015 version which doesn't tell me much
[Off-topic] alvster:
Guys please tell me what these letter means, asus k501 (lx), k501(ub),. those letters in brackets what do they mean?
[Off-topic] Saber:
Asus has pretty strange model naming (probably because they have heaps of different products and variants). I guess specs are the best way to tell the difference between laptops. For example, I have the ux305ca, which is updated from the ux305fa, so it isn't really obvious in the naming, but from the specs.

gsstudios
[Off-topic] harshagopal:
Can u tell me which skins are these? I need one, it's good looking ?
[Off-topic] dakunclear:
I ended up going with the trade but the screen resolution is only 1600 x 900 but with a 40gb of more space and 8gb more ram it's a step back and a major step forward
[Off-topic] goldchang:
Lower resolution means bigger fonts :)

Not bad?
[Off-topic] Gravemind2015:
Likely omnimo suite. I used to use that on my win7 back when windows 8 was released.

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[Off-topic] harshagopal:
Thank you?
[Off-topic] dakunclear:
Haha viewing angles suck on the screen, so I am buying a 1080p led screen part from a hp parts dealer on the other side of the country and installing it once I get it
[Off-topic] dakunclear:
Should be here tomorrow so the dissecting can commence
[Off-topic] Mawesome:
Alienware 17 R2

Intel® Core™ i7-4980HQ 2.8GHz - 4GHz

128GB M.2 SSD

1TB HDD Storage

NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 980M 4GB DDR5 (OCed)

16GB DDR3L 1600MHz RAM

17.3" FHD 1080p Touchscreen Display
[Off-topic] dakunclear:
So I ended up going with the glossy IPS 1080p screen over the TN screen only cause I use Photoshop more then major gaming but anyways took me about 20 minutes to rip the laptop apart to get the screen off and then another 4 minutes to put the new screen in......so much better then the 1600 x 900 screen even though I didn't mind matte I prefer glossy and the viewing angles are 100 X better as well on the new screen.
[Off-topic] tigerzen:
what‘s the software name of clock world?

what‘s the software name of clock world?

I really want it:D
[Off-topic] easy_rider13:
games wont load on pc......

I have Windows Vista with a Nividia G210. I have downloaded some games but when I click on them the screen goes black and returns to the menu. Can anyone help me out with this? I got 4g of RAM.

If this is in the wrong area pls move so I can get some help, thank you.
[Off-topic] Saber:
What game are you trying to play? Those are some really old specs so if you are trying to run modern titles, you should consider upgrading.

gsstudios
[Off-topic] easy_rider13:
Its an old computer that I put together for my autistic son, he wants to play Angry Birds. That is the games that Im having trouble with. If you know or not know anything about autistic children when they get upset they get REALLY upset. He threw the keyboard at the 32 inch monitor and busted it so I had to go out and but a 19 inch just incase he does it again. Any help, will be greatly appreciated. thanks again.
[Off-topic] Saber:
Unfortunately I couldn't find much information about Angry birds on PC.

The only games I could find were only for Windows 8+ which has an app store much like our mobile devices. A suggestion would be to try an emulator like AndY or MEMU so you can run the games as if you were on a mobile device. If that's not what you were looking for, I would suggest double checking the system requirements of the game as you may have missed something.

gsstudios
[Off-topic] easy_rider13:
Im using Memu but to no avail. Ive got enough of the system requirements but cant seem to start games. Always black screen when I click on the games. Im "trying " to use Memu on PC.
[Off-topic] ShadowLea:
Sounds like either a GPU driver error or a DirectX error to me. Did you install the latest videocard drivers? And Direct X 9.0C?
[Off-topic] SRIHARI_GUY:
i3 @ 3.30 GHz

NVIDIA GT-610

500 GB HDD

8 GB RAM DDR3

LG E2042

Gigabyte Motherboard

Virtual RAM - 30 GB

Virtual Graphics - 8 GB

Operating Systems (running/runned) : Android x86 6.0 - Windows 10 x64 - Kali Linux x64 2016.1 Rolling - Windows 10 Technical Preview - Windows 8.1 - Windows 8 - Windows 7 Ultimate

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Is anyone using Kali Linux here ???
[Off-topic] Gravemind2015:
I am a Kali user :) I run Haiku, PC-BSD, Windows 7,10, Ubuntu 16.04 too on the same pc.

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