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  1. Hardware
    My PC has been making an occasional grinding sound so I decided to clean it with some compressed air in case dust was clogging the fans again. While carrying my PC, I could hear something tumbling around the inside, which I later identified as a cable dangling from the HDD. The label on the...
  2. Games
    Hello! Recently I've dug up my old game cube and turns out I'm missing the cable that is the rare Nintendo Component AV Cable (red, green & blue) and I don't have the ability to spend $300+ on a cord. Does anyone know of a HDMI converter? For reference this is the cable I'm missing...
  3. Hardware
    Hello! I recently got a problem that goes like this. Everytime i start up a game that is kinda heavy my pc restarts it could be because i dont have a amazing cooling system, but i also found out that there is a cable inside of my pc that is loose. There are 2 ports that it can be plugged in to...
  4. Do It Yourself (Not Computer-Related)
    Have a Samsung Series 8 Smart TV and a Spectrum Cable Box. What is the easiest way to exit Netflix and go back to watching CATV? Unlike other Apps, the Home button doesn't work, and I have to use the previous screen button several times to get back to the Smart TV Home Bar and than arrow to...
  5. Networking
    Hello, I just moved into a new apartment and my desktop pc and router are in different rooms. My desktop spec: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit Gigabyte H170M-D3H-CF MOBO Intel Core i5-6500 @3.2Ghz CPU 16 GB of RAM AMD Radeon R9 380 4GB GPU 600W Cooler Master 80-Gold PSU The problem is my (long) UTP...
  6. Networking
    Currently with Vodafone broadband, but there is no internet on the top floor of my house We an ethernet cable running from the router upstairs and was wondering what the best device is to either - plug into ethernet cable to allow wifi access on top floor (preferred as I presume it will be...
  7. Hardware
    I cannot see the computer running from the monitor(no signal coming to it) - despite both the monitor and the tower running fine. I have figured that there might be a problem in the (SCART) connector between the monitor and the tower. However it was working the day before this problem happened...
  8. Hardware
    Trying to find this cable but have no idea the name just the picture
  9. Hardware
    Sorry, I am very naïve with computers. Basically my old laptop died and I bought a new one. I was hoping to connect my old internal hard drive to a cable and copy old files, photos etc to my new laptop. The old internal hard drive was a WD1600BEVT a 160GB WD Scorpio Blue. I removed it from my...
  10. Networking
    Hello and thanks for reading. During a 7 month long period from 2017/2018 I found an odd page on the Diagnostics menu from my Cox Communications set top box (STB). On a page set aside for 'DSG' filters, each with an assigned "Tunnel ID, application ID, MAC, Ports, Destination IP and Source...
  11. Hardware
    i have 2 old hard drive's with some data in them and im trying to retrive it back to my current computer. one of the drive's works perfectly, but when i connect the second drive it kills the cable totally. i cant use the cable anymore.. even for the first drive. it happend for the second time...
  12. Hardware
    Hello! So I built my first PC a while back and there's this one cable that I can't seem to connect anywhere. I believe it is for the fan on the front of my case, but I'm not entirely certain. I've attached a picture of said cable and I'm wondering if anyone knows where cables like this are...
  13. Hardware
    Hello, I have a personal computer with 2 monitors and i would like to be able to watch movies etc on my tv which is near, i have got myself 4.5m long HMDI cable, when i pluged it to my pc and to TV nothing seemed to happen, did i do something wrong? Thanks
  14. Networking
    My home internet has been working fine for years for me and my roommate. Our setup is that we get internet from Time Warner Cable/Spectrum. We have a cable modem connected to a router. My roommate connects his laptop to an ethernet port of the router. A Roku streamer is connected to another...
  15. Networking
    Hello,I need a huge help to plug just two cables into a phone wall socket,accidentally i disconnect two cable (red and black) and I have already connected the blue and the white one,I Just try to plug randomly the cables and check if the phone is working..but I didn't find the right...
  16. Hardware
    Hello Tech Support Guy Community, [heads up, this may seem like a problem in the game thread but I strongly believe this thread will do better] Before I start here are my specs: Windows 10 Home Intel Core i7-3635 QM CPU @ 2.4GHz 8 GB Ram 64 Bit Operating System Touch Support(10 points) 1TB...
  17. Do It Yourself (Not Computer-Related)
    Anybody here ever open up or is familiar with the internals of a Garmin GTM 25 power adapter with real time traffic FM receiver? I have a Garmin Nuvi 1350 GPS unit that came with the GTM 25 that is out of warranty. The power output became intermittent when the cable was flexed where it entered...
  18. Hardware
    I am going to get an ADSL router but I have cable, will I be able to connect my router to cable to get WiFi
  19. Apple Mac
    Hello all, I will attach photos to this thread from where the FireWire ports of both the MacBook Pro and the Sony handycam. The MacBook Pro was born in 2007-2010 and uses OS X Yosemite. The Sony handycam is a Carl zeiss vario-tessar mini dv dcr-hc26. I'm trying to upload footage from the...
  20. Hardware
    Hello, I am currently attempting to run a new run with 2 new cables and an existing good cable. This run extends about 100 feet and runs through 2 cheap connectors (https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/31Ev02nrFsL._SY300_.jpg). This run connects 2 different routers at opposite ends...
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