Solutions to video and graphics card problems
How to find out if a PC’s motherboard and power supply provide graphics card support for an Asus Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 Ti card Problem My PC has a Gigabyte GA-H81M0-S1 motherboard. I need to know if it provides graphics card support for an Asus Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB GDDR5 card, which I intend…
How to fix Windows 10 upgrade graphics card problems Numerous problems can occur after a computer has been upgraded to Windows 10 from Win7 and Win8.1. There are several Windows 10 upgrade graphics card problems. This article deals with display problems involving the graphics card and monitor/display. The following Windows 10 upgrade graphics card problems…
Useful free PC diagnostic tools/utilities that provide useful information on a computer’s components, diagnostic tests or that monitor their activities There are several very useful free diagnostic and information and monitoring tools that are either provided as part of Windows XP/Vista/7/8.1/10 or by third-party developers. The following list of free tools can provide useful…
Using diagnostic flowcharts to diagnose and fix hardware problems with PC components As you can see from looking at any of the diagnostic flowcharts made available from the following link, there are no photo-illustrations or explanations of basic computer functions. The intended audience is the hobbyist or technician who already has some experience of repairing…
ANSWER: Your slim Media Center PC has either a micro-ATX or mini-ITX (SFF) motherboard that provides only a few adapter slots and most graphics cards capable of playing the latest games at 1080p screen resolution and high detail levels are too large for the slim case and they have big cooling units, which means that…
Troubleshoot monitor and video card problems – “Display problems are among the most common difficulties people have when upgrading either Windows or their computers. Here are solutions to some common display problems.” – The following page on Microsoft’s site says “Applies to Windows Vista”, but the information is relevant to any version of Windows. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Troubleshoot-monitor-and-video-card-problems…
PROBLEM: My ageing Dell Dimension C521, upgraded to Windows 7 Home Premium, won’t display video all of a sudden. The monitor works fine with another PC, the keyboard lights up, the hard drive can be heard whirring and the DVD writer appears to be working properly, so I am led to the conclusion that the…
PROBLEM: I have a problem that I can’t find the solution to so I’m asking about it here. My PC runs normally but when I play any game there appears a 1-2 second lag or freeze. When i play the game it freezes for a 1-2 seconds an then it continues to run smooth and…
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