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Of all the gadgets you've bought, which one was the most waste of money? For me, I was one of the lucky few who was invited to purchase a Google Glass. It was an *amazing* experience for me (before my move to silicon valley), going to the NYC google offices …

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Over the past few years, I've switched from a super-powerful Dell workstation tower to a Macbook Pro hooked up to my dual 4K displays and mechanical keyboard. I just about never use my laptop undocked. How about you guys? Still use a desktop if you don't plan on leaving your …

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Mine was an Apple IIGS, Woz edition. These days I am lucky to live just up the road from Woz. We spot him in his car from time-to-time driving past our block.

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So I was just asking ChatGPT for some good discussion starter ideas, and it came up with asking the community what your keyboard layout is (QWERTY vs Dvorak? AZERTY?)? And I thought, **REALLY**?! Do people (in English-speaking countries, at least) really use non-QWERTY keyboards? What kind of question is that? …

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Hey everyone, My current desktop tower is getting old and frankly, it's huge and noisy. I'm looking to replace it with something much more compact that can still handle my workflow, which is mainly web development (multiple browser tabs, code editor, local server), some graphic design work (Figma, Affinity Designer), …

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I want to run AE rendering on my computer, the configuration is DDR4 3200mhz RAM, I feel it is enough for me to operate but why is it always so laggy?

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So I recently bought a whole bunch of computer parts in hopes of making my first build. Specs: Intel LGA1155 DDR3 1600 ATX BOXDH77KC Corsair Vengeance Blue 16 GB DDR3 SDRAM Dual Channel Memory Kit CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9B Intel i7-3370 Quad-Core Processor 3.4 GHz 4 Core LGA 1155 BX80637I73770 GeForce GTX 550 …

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From my understanding, LED monitors turn each pixel on sequentially at such a high speed that the human eye can't observe it, but how does it make the necessary connections? For example, for a monitor made with a single color of LED across a standard HD resolution (say 1940 x …

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How to translate the satellite in PC to a TV screen. What cable will be needed? How can the satellite show on the TV screen after the connection?

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Hello People, I am not much oif a techie guy. I got fed-up of using laptops for about a dacade now and so reverted back to pc. PCs in Europe last 5 years with no hardware issues but here in Asia you are lucky if a part does not fail …

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Using the test board, one 74138 Decoder chip and two 7404 Inverter chips, connect the circuit shown in Fig-3. The inputs A0, A1, A2 & E must be connected to switches to implement the various cases of the inputs. The outputs must be connected to LEDs. Connect the circuit to …

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I've just installed Win XP pro, clean install - the problem is the computer will not shut down. When I click Shut Down, the lights on the tower will flicker a bit, might get a hourglass which then returns to a pointer, but I do not leave the desktop. Everything …

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I Bought HP J6057A I installed it with my system but it's not working. It is not showing anywhere in control pannel. Please help me in solving this issue.

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recently I got a CPU upgrade taking my Ryzen 3 3100x to Ryzen 5 5600x. So after I installed the CPU ran into thermal issues no problem added some thermal paste and boom my pc booted ,but it wasn't the same before I could run Elden ring on a smooth …

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I've only been on OS X for 2 days! So I am pretty new. Basically when I plugged in my Targus USB mouse it popped up that I was replacing the keyboard, it said if I wasn't then just to ignore the message and carry on, so I crossed it …

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I bought a high end laptop off a guy I met in a pub he showed me the laptop and it was working fine and everything seemed absolutely fine, however 2 weeks later I goto login and it has been locked by the company it has been stolen from so …

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question mark is Éé and so is comma. my brackettes are ¨¨Çç and my back slash is Àà and my greater than and less than are ' " PLEASE HELP Ièm SICK OF THIS HOW DO I FIX ITÉ

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Hey guys, I have a Compaq presario C700 which is quite old. There was a power fluctuation at place due to which the laptop was shut down suddenly. It is not starting up now, nor is the fan working. When I switch it on, the led lights pop up, but …

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Would it be bad to use a aio cooler (even if it is a reliable one like corsair) for 10 years or more? I would not have the pc running constantly, only when I am using it for gaming. Also, does it increase the chances of the water coming out …

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Hey guys, I finally found what was solving my crashing of my computer and it's been determined it's the graphics card (onboard Nvidia gforce 6150se.) Now the problem is looking for a graphics card that can fit in my system (computer is pretty darn compact.) Computer model is a Emachines …

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I have a Gateway P-6822 that I recently upgraded from Vista 32 bit to Win 10 32 bit and fitted an ssd. There are some unexplained BSOD's I am troubleshooting. The current bios revision is 94.25. There is a new bios in the downloads section for this machine listed as …

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Would anybody have any information/software tools for reading/writing on a smart chip using a HID OMNIKEY 3121 R31210320-01 Smart card reader?

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I bought a "MMOBIEL 4 Port USB 3.0 Data Hub voor Macbook" It worked the first time I connected it, but now it doesn't anymore. What can be the problem? Thanks

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I don't do a lot on my computer anymore and on the odd change that actually play a game on it it's usually and older game so there's not problem. However there is one part of the game Dieing Light that I can't play because the game becomes too choppy, …

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Hey my power supply blew I’m wondering if there’s a way to check my gpu or cpu etc if it’s fine. I’m hoping nothing happened to them cause i just finished upgrading them. My fault for using a older psu But is there a quick way to check.

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So I recently purchased 2 5k2k monitors to improve workflow for game development. I noticed once I run both displays the GPU gets hot and eventually the display goes black and the GPU fans go crazy. I also noticed that before that happens the GPU fans do not turn on …

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I have an iBasso DX50 high res digital music player and the auxiliary ports are wearing out. How can I pop these off without damaging the device and what will I need to attach the new ones that I just got from Amazon? Image attached...disregard that I don’t see a …

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I am currently working on my HP Pavilion g6( I do not know that there is a rule regarding mention own laptop's brand so you can edit here if you think it violates your rules). So I have two basic issues in which one is my laptop always shut down …

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i love reading books in many area big fan of hardware and daily updates of the field❤️

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Hello guys.I have a problem with my pc.It actually works good but after about 4-5 days when i restart it he won't boot up and shows me message on the monitor no video input check for cables.Then i have to shut it down and when i boot up pc works …

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According to research from data recovery specialists Kroll Ontrack, some three quarters of those workers that had lost data on a broken device didn't attempt to ensure that information was irretrievable before disposing of the hardware. ![dwebdatarip](/attachments/large/0/dwebdatarip.jpg "dwebdatarip") It doesn't matter whether the hardware itself is a PC or laptop, …

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What would be a good choice for a graphics card for a HP DC7900 Windows 10 64bit because of the low power supply? Here is the specs..... https://h10057.www1.hp.com/ecomcat/hpcatalog/specs/provisioner/05/KP721AV.htm Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

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Hello Everyone, I have an FPGA application that has some function (i.e: Matrix Multiplication) now I want to create the memory interface for FPGA communication based on the model pushed into the FPGA? For example, If we have the size of 1024 and the size of data is 10 bit …

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Hello, Everytime I connect my 1920x1080p monitor to my pc I always get a blurry display, the colors are washed out and look fake, I've tried different cables (DVI and HDMI) but I get the same results. When I look at my 1080p monitor It doesn't feel like it's a …

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My dad has an older laptop that I intalled Linux Mint on a long time ago and he loves his Linux Mint. For Father's Day I got him an SSD but when I would get to the part of the installation where it needs to format the drive it would …

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My laptop's fan often works fine when the laptop isn't heated. But when i indulge it in some heavy activity and when it starts to get heat up. The fan stops automatically even though when the fan stops the laptop isn't heated that much. When the fan stops the laptop …

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An oldie but a goodie, for you Canadians out there. I thought I'd make the solution provided within [this thread](https://www.daniweb.com/hardware-and-software/hardware/threads/94301/help-my-keyboard-does-french-instead-of-question-marks) a bit easier to discover for those still suffering from the problem. To switch between English and French keyboards, press `Shift+Control`.

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So the the longest time I had been struggling with popping and crackle when using HDMI audio on my GPU out to my TV. I've tried different cables, different graphics card drivers, new Windows installs, not using the nvidia HDMI audio drivers, uninstalling nvidia experience, even a new GPU, lots …

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Hi, i'm using ***lenovo b570e Intel Core i3 (2nd Gen) 2330M / 2.2 GHz and 4GB ram***. But i can't run android studio on it as it is not only slow but its too slow. Currently i don't have budget to buy higher specs laptop i just want to ask …

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Hey lately i have currently been looking for a new cpu cooler considering that i still have the default stock cooler that came with the cpu and/or case... Which isn't really doing its job too well not cooling and extremely loud (doesn't help that the computer is in the hottest …

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ASUS Computers I recently had dealings with Asus. The situation was regarding a malfunctioning keyboard. The computer is a several-year-old (no longer under warranty) Asus K53E laptop. It belongs to my father-in-law and because he is somewhat careless with food (he is 91 so this is understandable), something eventually got …

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Hi guys. I can't figure out how to setup a macro like this "S+F" . someone explain this please. Also, i have a alienware 15 if that helps.

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I could easily buy a liquid cooler and call it a day, but unfortunately this is going into a 4U rack server chassis. it has a double 120mm fan but its covered by drive bays. the only other fan is 80mm, and i dont know any liquid coolers with a …

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I am using an ASUS H110-E/M.2 motherboard on my desktop with an ADATA SX6000 120GB M.2 drive installed as a system disk, with a 1TB Hard Drive as a storage disk. The system has worked fine for several months, but recently I installed an optical drive and moved my machine …

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Hi, I have a little problem with my PC. This 'America Megatrends' screen pops up unpredictably when playing/using my computer. Is there a way I can stop it from popping up? This all started 2 weeks ago while playing Fortnite and ever since, I have this screen showing everyday. I …

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i am trying to add two external monitors to extend screen on my toshiba laptop through vga and hdmi port . But only one is working. i cannot detect second monitor. if i plugout one other is working then. how to add two monitors? display card is :intel(r) hd graphics …

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I've just bought a stand/sit desk 70cm x 120cm which because of lack of space has to fit almost up against a wall. I need to buy a monitor arm for my 17" monitor and there's room enough for any clamp but not for overhanging arms. So I will need …

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Hi, i have problem with my PC. He can't turn on. My computer is Acer Aspire with Acer Inc. N1996 motherboard. When I press button, computer don't communication with monitor. Beep code is 2 x 3 beep. Thanks for help.

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Hi, I’m currently looking to write a program, most likely in Python. Now, I have an odd question. Is it possible to limit this program to running on specific hardware? Could I prevent it from running on a computer that doesn’t have a certain piece of hardware?

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