For all help regarding PC hardware, ask your questions here. Sat, 15 Aug 2026 04:21:24 +0000 Sat, 15 Aug 2026 04:21:24 +0000 AfterDawn Discussion Forums https://forums.afterdawn.com/forums/pc-hardware-help/ Wed, 04 Mar 2026 22:57:05 +0000 https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/laptop-second-screen-randomly-goes-grey.801955/ https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/laptop-second-screen-randomly-goes-grey.801955/ invalid@example.com (keebles) keebles 15 Sat, 17 Aug 2024 03:49:03 +0000 https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/dell-optiflex-computer-will-not-boot-up.801644/ https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/dell-optiflex-computer-will-not-boot-up.801644/ invalid@example.com (Kafka) Kafka
Dell Optiflex computer will not boot up]]> 1 Fri, 26 Jan 2024 01:49:15 +0000 https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/ssd-drive.801430/ https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/ssd-drive.801430/ invalid@example.com (James Durkin) James Durkin 1 Sat, 20 Jan 2024 02:31:32 +0000 https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/optical-drives-yes-or-no.798760/ https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/optical-drives-yes-or-no.798760/ invalid@example.com (Sophocles) Sophocles
Optical Drives, yes or no?]]> 13 Wed, 29 Nov 2023 00:41:42 +0000 https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/question-electrolytic-capacitor.797235/ https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/question-electrolytic-capacitor.797235/ invalid@example.com (gamer1987) gamer1987 26 Wed, 29 Nov 2023 00:30:03 +0000 https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/windows-operating-system-overwritten.801200/ https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/windows-operating-system-overwritten.801200/ invalid@example.com (Kafka) Kafka 15 Fri, 03 Nov 2023 02:24:38 +0000 https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/tv-hdmilla-pc-n%C3%A4yt%C3%B6ksi.801214/ https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/tv-hdmilla-pc-n%C3%A4yt%C3%B6ksi.801214/ invalid@example.com (JesusLovesYou) JesusLovesYou SONY KDL-40D2810 töllötintä mutta näytöllä lukee"tv ei tahdistu".
Vgalla saimme toimimaan samantien. Missähän vika?
Ja miten tuo tv päivitetään kun en ainakaan löytänyt nytten ethernet paikkaa tv:stä?

Kiitti!]]> 4 Tue, 31 Oct 2023 00:32:48 +0000 https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/media-for-archiving.801201/ https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/media-for-archiving.801201/ invalid@example.com (gamer1987) gamer1987 1 Mon, 30 Oct 2023 17:01:52 +0000 https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/doubt-hdd-test.801203/ https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/doubt-hdd-test.801203/ invalid@example.com (gamer1987) gamer1987 2 Fri, 27 Oct 2023 22:01:37 +0000 https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/reformat-dvr-hard-drive-for-pc-use.732154/ https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/reformat-dvr-hard-drive-for-pc-use.732154/ invalid@example.com (Vejeta77) Vejeta77 101 Mon, 11 Sep 2023 20:00:00 +0000 https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/the-official-cooling-thread.295507/ https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/the-official-cooling-thread.295507/ invalid@example.com (mastaprk) mastaprk 1211 Sat, 10 Dec 2022 17:12:38 +0000 https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/computer-printer-etc-do-not-power-up.800187/ https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/computer-printer-etc-do-not-power-up.800187/ invalid@example.com (Kafka) Kafka 12 Thu, 27 Oct 2022 03:28:34 +0000 https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/boot-up-problem.800078/ https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/boot-up-problem.800078/ invalid@example.com (Kafka) Kafka
Boot up problem]]> 22 Mon, 04 Apr 2022 01:26:22 +0000 https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/usb-external-hdd-got-wiped-unreadable.799240/ https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/usb-external-hdd-got-wiped-unreadable.799240/ invalid@example.com (melani78) melani78 its a 930 gig HDD I hade family photos & videos - 610gig of all gone
computer disk management - says 930gig Unallocated . so this means its Unrecoverable , right ??
Also the drive letter does not show anymore in Explorer- do I have to reformat the Harddrive ?? or is it possible to still recover those 610gig family photo & video ?? and How ??]]> 1 Sat, 02 Apr 2022 01:34:06 +0000 https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/hp-deskjet-1050-j410-will-not-print-help.799230/ https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/hp-deskjet-1050-j410-will-not-print-help.799230/ invalid@example.com (melani78) melani78
2- The printer takes scans ok - Just printing problem - what do I do ?

3- The name of driver I installed is - Full_Webpack-1333-DJ1050_J410_Full_Webpack.exe

4- when I took the color cartridge out I noticed that it was full ,but some of the ink had spilt onto the connection.

5- when I took the Black cartridge out I noticed that it was almost Empty - so the program is Not functioning with the Level indicator either.



what should I do ??]]> 4 Mon, 06 Sep 2021 20:03:20 +0000 https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/hards-disk-badblocks.794668/ https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/hards-disk-badblocks.794668/ invalid@example.com (gamer1987) gamer1987


Seagate and Western Digital did not answer my doubts]]> 32 Sat, 14 Aug 2021 21:33:20 +0000 https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1650-super-freezing-computer-with-single-colored-screen.797956/ https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1650-super-freezing-computer-with-single-colored-screen.797956/ invalid@example.com (bkrueger1979) bkrueger1979 I just bought my first "gaming PC" and it's been a real disappointment.
I got an:
HP Pavilion Gaming Desktop, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super, Intel Core i3-10100, 8 GB DDR4 RAM, 256 GB PCIe NVMe SSD, Windows 10 Home a little over a week ago.

The computer itself works great..until I try to game with it.
After 5-25 minutes, the screen comes up monochrome, Pink, Black, White, and everything freezes, making me do a forced shutdown. Sometimes I still hear sound, sometimes I do...

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super freezing computer with single colored screen]]> 6 Sun, 18 Jul 2021 23:02:45 +0000 https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/pc-just-doesnt-seem-right.797774/ https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/pc-just-doesnt-seem-right.797774/ invalid@example.com (mrcapdown) mrcapdown So as the story goes my bulid was as follows.

Intel I5 6600k OC to 4.8GHz
(ID Cooling 240mm aio water cooler with 2x upgraded fans Enermax T.B. RGB Advance 120mm )

4X Enermax T.B. RGB Advance 120mm fans

MSI z170a krait gaming motherboard

Corsair Vengeance ddr4 28GB mixed speed ram.

Asus Strix RX580 8GB graphics card.

Samsung SSD 960 EVO 256GB nvme

Samsung SSD 970 EVO 256GB nvme.

2x Kingston SATA SSD In RAID 0

2x Weston digital 1TB SATA 2.5"
mechanical drives.

Corsair...

Pc just doesn't seem right]]> 16 Thu, 08 Jul 2021 15:52:40 +0000 https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/nvidia-geforce-1070-overheating-in-chrome.797661/ https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/nvidia-geforce-1070-overheating-in-chrome.797661/ invalid@example.com (retroborg) retroborg I have the following setup:
Win 7 Ultimate 64bit
Intel Core 2 @9500 Quad 2.83GHZ
8GB
MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Gaming X
Driver 441.87

Whenever I'm using Chrome Browser and then run MSI Afterburner, I noticed that that the GPU & Memory frequency and temperature are quite high as if I'm playing some game!
GPU Clock: 1582MHZ
Memory Clock: 4006MHZ
Temperature: 59C


If I close Chrome, they drop down to normal idle settings.
GPU Clock: 139MHZ
Memory Clock: 405MHZ
Temperature: 46C...

Nvidia GeForce 1070 overheating in Chrome?!]]> 15 Wed, 31 Mar 2021 00:10:20 +0000 https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/printer-error-1681.797028/ https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/printer-error-1681.797028/ invalid@example.com (James Durkin) James Durkin 3