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It wouldn't surprise me. Any extra read/writes can potentially shorten the life of the HDD. I'm not exactly sure how that software works, but if it's causing the swap file to be used more, it could have shortened it's lifespan. More than anything though, if you're referring to the Hitachi...

Hyperthreading, cache and clock speed. For most people, you wouldn't even notice the difference between an i5 and i7. Both overclock nicely and unless you're doing heavy multi-tasking or multi-threaded apps, hyperthreading offers little benefits.

Given the specs mentioned, that laptop isn't going to run very cool regardless. Be sure there's plenty of elevation and breathing room around any and all vents. As for a software issue, that isn't too far fetched. Laptops can struggle to keep themselves cool. Check task manager and see what...

I have had mixed results with Asus boards. We sold them where I used to work as our high-end boards. For the most part they were fine but had issues with our Corsair RAM (at least when running at 1600MHz). In general, I would stick with Gigabyte. My current board has been rock-solid and my...

I've not been too keen on these recent Corsair power supplies. I had a 650w who's fan never kicked in and it began "smelling" hot. I ended up reusing my previous Corsair PSU and it's been fine... But to your current problem, it's almost certainly going to be the GPU. I'd go ahead and try...

I seriously doubt a virus is preventing the laptop from charging. Try fully shutting it down or going into the BIOS (should be F2 for that) and monitor the battery there. If it is a software problem, this would bypass it. Otherwise, you can monitor it charging and confirm it gets to an...

So does it ask if you want to format? Have you tried it in another machine?

Sounds like a short in the display cable. Don't bring it to them. I'd suggest doing some research and try to locate a highly reviewed local computer shop. Where I used to work, we repaired laptops (bad screens and LCD cables). The charge for us to do something like that would typically run...

On my desktop, I have my frequently used programs (Windows, Office, browsers, etc) on the SSD and games and general storage on the HDD. Though realize SSD's are able to take a fair bit of abuse now of days so with a proper configuration and management (IE no paging file, limit read/writes where...

If you have any other issues, try removing the save/preferred networks and re-connecting to yours. I have the same tablet and it's been doing well online. The only issues I've had are from it waking up. Upon a reboot it's fine. However mine is running Windows 8.

Contact the person and make them look at it again. If you paid someone to repair it, they better warranty their work or at least refund for the faulty work. Honestly, to me it sounds to me that something was either damaged. It could potentially be a software issue but typically replacing a...

Hauppauge usually has high quality cards but the software can be "iffy" at times. But still, I'd probably stick with them or Avermedia. However, be sure you split the output. Most any capture card has some form of buffer lag. My WinTV PVR-1800 has around a 5 second delay so it's impossible...

As far as I can tell, the primary difference is the onboard GFX. Probably nothing else that would be noticed under normal usage.

I personally use my laptop almost exclusively anymore, occationally using my desktop for gaming or rendering. I know many laptops today are quite stout and could probably handle anything your previous machine could (though specs would be nice :P)...and that's mostly referring to CPU...

Connect the netbook to the projector and once it's in Windows, hold down the Windows key and tap the "P" key. The first time will bring up a menu; I'd say tap P four times to do "Projector Only" and see if that works. Once you know that at least works, maybe try some of the other settings...

If the card is bad, the system should still boot without any GPU installed. Confirm you have a PC-Speaker/Buzzer installed (that one may have one built in) and try to run the system without the GPU installed. If that's the only problem, you'll get the no video beep (what was that, one long...

HD headers on your motherboard have two wires, + and -. Unless this case has additional wires to allow you to pick/change your color, the color will be consistent. I'd look at the wires going to the header and confirm everything is plugged in correctly... Also, were the SATA cables moved...

Honestly, unless you really want to mess with bootloaders, what I'd do is disconnect the current drive and leave only the new one installed. Load Windows, then plug them both up. At this point, you can set one as the primary in the BIOS then either swap them there OR use the boot menu (usually...

Yes and no isn't enough to cover the changes with Windows 8. As a whole, I hate Windows 8. The UI is terrible. It's poorly optimized with many metro applications running very slow on my Acer tablet (IE video playback, but MPC runs great). The desktop portion is bad too... While I do like...

Is the disk an original Windows disk or a downloaded/burnt copy? How long have you left it sitting at expanding files? Is the PC frozen or just never progresses past a certain point?