Hi, I’m very new to PC parts so there may be missing detail.

My PC uses an Nvidia Geforce RTX 1660 super, it’s less than a year old and I haven’t noticed any issues leading up to this.

Today I loaded Skyrim with a big mod pack for the first time, I was in game for 5 seconds before my whole PC crashed. It now only boots when the GPU is unplugged, and I don’t have a spare to test, so I can only conclude that it’s fried.. However googling and Reddit deep diving has made me feel it’s unlikely that the game was enough to instantly fry the graphics card? Is it possible, or could there be an issue with another part?

My MacBook Pro has been on the version Big Sur 11.7.10 forever it seems. It is set to automatically check for updates, but when I check the software update, it states that my Mac is up-to-date. But now my Outlook and other Microsoft apps will not work unless they are upgraded, which requires a system update to the most current macOS version.

I admit that my MacBook Pro is several years old, but other than this it continues to work great.

I am looking for some clarity/reassurance here as I am left a bit confused at this time, Here is the laptop I am looking at getting firstly.

https://www.microcenter.com/product/682862/msi-sword-16-hx-b13vgkg-649us-16-gaming-laptop-computer-cosmo-gray

Specs are amazing for my needs, it has great cooling. It will be stationary and not moved often. Everything seems amazing and like a perfect fit. Now here is where my concern rises up. On the AC adapter it is only a 200w... any other laptop with hardware near this is pushing at least 230 if not 280 and there is a dell that is similar pushing a 330w AC adapter. My question is with the max TDP being 115w for the 4060/4070 GPU variant is this something that is underpowered from the start or am I just being too critical? I ask because google says this:

The maximum power draw (also known as "PL2" or "Turbo Power") for an Intel Core i7-13700HX processor is 157 watts.

Now add this:

Both the 4060 and 4070 laptops have a "Total Graphics Power" (TGP) range of 35-115 watts, meaning the power draw can fluctuate based on the demands of the application.

That I understand is obviously a spike usage and not a constant however my worry is that it will damage or possibly damage the AC adapter/Battery. Please someone tell me if I am simply over thinking this or if I am giving it a good investigation.

I also was looking at the same laptop that had a 4060 variant over the 4070, however both have a max / same TDP.

My other choice is https://www.microcenter.com/product/683131/lenovo-legion-5-16arp9-16-gaming-laptop-computer-luna-grey and upgrading the ram to 32GB, but at least it comes with a 230w. Can someone please educate me?

i have a toshiba hard drive (extrnl-storage)500gb msip-remtsd-dtp2, dtp 205, that for some reason, while connected, i unplugged the cable connected from the drive than the computer, and now it dont work...

plz help me

We are using Dymo label 400 i have it connected to universal printing but when i install the software for dymo it cant see the label printer, is there a workaround for this, does anyone have ideas?

Im going to replace and clone a HDD to an SSD for someone, but how much would be a fair price to charge for that?

Hello, so basically my phone ran out of battery and then after I charged it and turned it on it wasn't playing any audio, no Youtube, alarms, ringtones, notifications, anything. The only thing that did work was a phone call from the ear speaker. I have restarted multiple times, updated the software and yet the issue persists. There was no fall, or water damage that happened recently so idk what to do. Samsung Galaxy A04 btw

Hello, I have no experience with using facebook messanger. Could messanger fail to flag the virus which could have been hidden in the docx file? What should I do to secure my self? Thanks in advance! I am on an android phone

They work perfectly fine, but when I try to use the aux port with the sensory bass, it only works in one ear but perfectly fine on both when using wireless, anyone know what's wrong with it?

Last week, we started to see an issue with a number of users having an issue with trying to open an Excel off a local disk, file server and as an attachment in Outlook and they would get a pop-up stating that it can't open it because there wasn't enough memory. We have found a work around, by removing checkmarks from the Options>Trust Center> Trust Center Settings> Protected View in the three boxes above the security settings. We noticed that this started after a scheduled task for Microsoft to push Office Features Updates. We were just wondering if anyone else has run into this issue as well.

I never stopped to analyze the task manager, until recently when I was about to reset my oc and saw a bunch of duplicate process (even quadruplicate) from several different programs and well... Since I was going to reset anyway, if it was a problem it would be solved. However, when I finish the reset, I find the same duplicate items (not all fo them now). Is this normal? If not, how do I solve it?

Just got new earbuds (only listed as C3 Tech Wireless Earbuds online) and I have no clue how to connect them to my phone (iPhone XR). There's no multi-use button to press, and nothing happens when I take them out of the case. I've charged them for hours, still nothing. Does anyone have any idea on how to connect them?

It's a Ctrl + Alt + B shortcut in Razer Cortex
If you don't use Razer Cortex keep closing apps until the combination works again and then check out what shortcuts the app has
I couldn't find a solution anywhere online so this is an archive for future sufferers

I want to back up my PS4 to my NAS. The PS4 uses USB to external HDD for backups, is there a USB device or adapter that will make the PS4 think I'm backing up to USB, but instead the files are being transmitted to a folder on my NAS? I imagine a USB device that can access the wifi network, and then be set to access a specified directory and then when plugged into the PS4 it just looks like a regular storage device.

P.S I don't care how slow it is.

I just got this new computer and I can connect my bluetooth devices but when they are connected it'll cut out randomly for a few seconds and I'm sure what to do about it (I did troubleshoot and updated the drivers but it didn't help)

I haven't been able to figure out what the issue could be. When I play in windowed mode, my games run smooth and look great. When I switch to fullscreen, it becomes very choppy and laggy. My GPU drivers are updated, my display cable is plugged into the GPU, and I've messed with priority and affinty settings on the games that are giving me issues (Stardew, Turmoil, Graveyard Keeper are the ones I can think of right now.)

What do you guys think? I built this computer about 2 months ago, and this issue only came up whenever I started playing Turmoil.

I got this Bluetooth dongle but uses its own BL link Bluetooth software/drivers instead of the default windows Bluetooth settings. I want to know if I can use a different driver altogether. Their software works just more inconvenience. It’s a Hoco UA28

Whenever I fullscreen something, or alt tab from a video game, my main monitor goes dark for 1-2 seconds, then back to showing the screen, why? Tried resintalling nvidia graphics drivers, still keeps happening, Windows 11 pro, RTX 3060TI, I5 12600K, 16GB DDR4 RAM

I was doing a clean install on my dad's XPS, didn't realize it wasn't fully plugged in and the battery died towards the "finalizing setup" part.

Went to boot from the USB I had just used and it won't load. It's set as the boot option in the BIOS but it loads to the half-installed windows every time and then errors out on me telling me to restart the install.

I'm not having much luck googling. Help pls.

I moved some games from my friend pc to mine Then when I tried to play these games I couldn't find them The files are on the F drive but I can't access them I tried get to them as administrator but I couldn't

For some reason the Monkey App isn't recognizing my zv-1 camera and I've looked at youtube tutorials on how to fix it and nothing is working. I disabled/enabled the camera in system settings, I've done virtual camera on obs, nothing is working. Anyone know how to fix this problem or have experienced this??

So I’m managing a network at a local auto shop and they have 2 networks

1st network is a series of computers connected through LAN/Wifi on network (upper building)

2nd network is ran off a 100ft+ cat cable from the main router to another router in the other building

Computers in the lower building connect to (lower building)

I need the computers in the lower building to be connected to the “same network” so the computers in the lower building can talk to the Host computer in the Upper building.

Any info is appreciated. I’m pretty much at a roadblock as there is very little info on the program itself

Program:Mitchell SE (just a vehicle/customer DB)

It’s all ran off 1 internet service, is it the 2 routers that are fucking everything up?

I just bought a headset with a microphone that can be plugged or unplugged, but whenever I plug the headphones on my computer realtek audio shows up and asks me what I plugged. I put 'headphone', but then the mic doesn't work. I tried plugging the mic alone on the front jack socket and it works, but it's too far for me to use. So what do I need to do?

I'm downgrading from my newer phone due to the fact I only use a select amount of apps like Discord and Instagram to talk to my friends who are long distance, ect. As well as Tiktok, Cash app and not much else besides a few apps I could probably access online.

However, before I even think of switching, I wanted to know not only what I can and can't download. Including whether or not my current micro sim card is compatible with the Nokia, my sim card is a micro sim and it's from cricket, I'm aware it's from America, but I need to know how that's going to affect the Nokia and my SIM card.

I'm too scared to test it out and ruin my sim card and lose all my data. Thank you to anyone that helps me out!

I have a 5.1 audio system and for some reason my bluetooth dac isnt producing sound to my rear surround. I checked and there is power and it works with my l and r cable with my dvd player. Im appalled at the issue. It worked for a while before and the 3 speakers and sub are fine. No high resistance in surround speakers. Just no sound on bluetooth input. Its an older av receiver and other input devices work with all.

Hello, I am trying to get my PC to connect to my Wi-Fi on the 5GHz channel but i simply can not.

1. Another laptop it is connected to the WiFi on this channel as shown on the network's properties tab. So, I know that the modem is ok. I have also signed into it online and confirmed it has both 2.5GHz abd 5GHz.
2. I have used the cmd prompt "netsh wlan show drivers" which shows my adapter supports 802.11ac. so it isnt the adapter.

However when I go into the advanced properties of my adapter and change the wireless mode to 802.11a or 802.11a/n - it disconnects from the WiFi network entirely and cannot find it at all when I search for my WiFi network. I am at a loss. Assistance is appreciated.

So I'm the type of person to keep their PC tower on all the time due to revolving around it for work, and lately this week I've had issues where if I reset my windows session I'd be stuck waiting for it to attempt to reset my PC. I haven't tested it on how long it'd go but 2 min was my breaking point till I turned it off via power button, and I've been having issues as well as my TP link T4U pro USB wifi adapter has been disconnecting by itself and even when unplugging and plugging back in it won't turn on unless I hard shut off my PC and this is where all my reset problems started.

I didn't update windows drivers in January at all but when I got a chance to connect online I did so and even reset the PC for updating and it worked, yet this issue is still persistent even with running sfc scannow commands and chkdsk ask for a reset in which I doubt will go by well. I'm at my wits end, do I just buy a new wifi adapter and for now on just shut down my PC by OS or button instead of resetting?

Hey guys,

I work from home and have a triple monitor setup for my PC (noted as PC) and use two of them for my work PC (noted as WPC) when I'm working and the remaining monitor for my PC at the same time.

Hardware info:

Monitors are all AOC - G2 Series:

1. Central, main display, 27", Display Port for PC, HDMI for WPC

2. Right, 24", Display Port for PC, HDMI for WPC

3. Left, 24", HDMI for both PC and WPC (graphics card only has 2 DP slots and my monitors don't have a DP output so I can't daisy chain them).

PC Graphics Card: Gigabyte AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT

WPC is a Dell Latitude 7440

When I have WPC connected to monitors 1 and 3, my PC still extends the display to 1 and 3, but I want to only function on monitor 2 while I'm working. Is there a way to have my PC automatically disconnect from monitors 1 and 3 when WPC is selected as the input on those monitors? WPC is not connected to monitor 2 at all.

TLDR:

I want to have my work computer connected monitors 1 and 3 while my PC functioning only monitor 2 and not extend to 1 and 3 during this time. I also want my PC to automatically extend to/stop extending to monitors 1 and 3 when my WPC is on/off. Is this even possible?

I have a Google Nest Audio and I'm trying to turn on my TCL google tv, turning it off works but turning it on doesn't (I have CEC on)

Hi, i already tried it a few times but get pass the Bios and everything an at the point you normally could choose Profils at Windows, I just get a black screen and when I move my mouse I just get that blue loading ring and that's it. I think it could be the latest Nvidia update, after I read a little bit, but I don't have a clue how to get past this so I could reinstall the driver or anything else. Thankfull for every advice.

I would show a video cause I'm terrible at describing tech problems but poorly I can't.