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I just invested in my first "expensive" headset, the Sennheizer Game Zero. When removing this product from the audio and mic jack, can I just rip it out or should I "safe" eject it from the computer? With this being a pricey item (for me), I would like to ensure its longevity and premium condition. Thanks, George C. Romfh

Hello, How would I remove Windows 10 from Windows Updates? I've tried several methods and nothing is working. Thanks in advance.

The screws in question are screwed into springs in a square formation around the GPU chip, while there are some normal screws on the corners of the PCB. I guess you could call these spring screws retention screws? IDK how to even look these things up. I have a small bit attachment for the smaller than normal Phillips head interface the screws have. The corner screws come out easily, but the ones in the springs won't budge. The screw will turn from the leverage, but the screw won't come up with the tool because the spring is holding it in place. I've tried screwing sideways to have more gravity on my side with no success. I was interested in doing some maintenance for dust and such because I've concluded it's been making excessive noise the past few months and the temps aren't that good either. Maybe I could reapply some paste after 2 years. I actually have done this before on this same GPU 2 years ago, but I didn't have this issue with the spring screws. I wonder if these can get irreparably jammed.

I need to remove my motherboard heatsinks so that I can mod them to match the color scheme of my build, I just can't figure out how to get the damn things off. They're the pushpin spring style of motherboard heatsinks and I don't know how to go about removing them.

A little while ago I saw an interesting thread (post? article?) about seperating the copper and aluminium in an Intel stock cooler like this: I mentioned this to someone recently and they wanted to read it, but I can't seem to find it. If anyone knows where to find this info I would really appreciate it if you could share it. Many thanks

After KMSpico was recommended by a friend, I foolishly installed it. After this installation, I read up about it online and it seems to be pretty shady. I deleted the exe that I downloaded, but I know that there are more files to kill. How might I get rid of all of them?

Ok, so my friend has a hard drive that is now really slow, obviously because it's an hdd, but slower than usual. He has an insane amount of pop up ads and banners on chrome, and stuff will pop up even when browsers aren't open. I need something that will remove EVERYTHING that could be causing this. I told him to just wipe the drive, but he doesn't want to. and hes not that great with computers and stuff. ANy suggestions?

Okay, so everytime i open my computer this gameharbor.org site keeps opening, is it some kind of malware or something and how do i get rid of it?

Hello, This is a result of an idea I just thought, and is something I think would be rather useful here in this subforum. My idea is this: A kind of "database" for how-tos or resources related to drivers and general system maintenance. What I see a lot of in toubleshooting is "did you remove the drivers?". To a lot of us, this is a trivial task as we've done it a 100 times. But to others, if its not a one button click and go, they're lost (no fault of theirs, most people shouldn't *have* to remove drivers often). So what I'd like to have is either a single thread or a series of threads started by any of you with guides on how to properly do them, or links to existing resources that may be hard to find. While I understand that telling someone to go look it up on google can teach them, sometimes it just frustrates them because I also a see a lot of "well i searched all day on google but nothing I did worked" kind of posts. So I'd like to take some of the searching out of the equation, and replace it with more solutions. A thread of this kind should be titled like this: [Manufacturer] + Relevant piece of hardware or software component + Desired Task ..... This will make it easier to find and categorize the threads. (This isn't relevant if condensed to a single thread). Take the title of this thread for example: [Amd](Manufacturer) Display Driver[product or software component) Removal(desired task). The body of the post or thread starter should be simple if just a link to a resource, and as simple as possible if full blown how-to or guide. <--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------> Here's a link to a really good guide I've found to properly remove AMD display drivers, and prevent the "CCC wont start" issues caused sometimes when running just the uninstaller for AMD Drivers: http://www.overclock.net/t/988215/how-to-properly-uninstall-ati-amd-software-drivers-for-graphics-cards I've linked it before, but its kind of an older thread over there so it may be hard to find. Figured I'd save at least one person the trouble unistalling caued me. Good idea? Yey or Ney?

i have looked for many hours on how to do this. i put Linux mint 14 on a Asus EP 121 32gb a while ago one day i got windows 8 and wanted to put it on the unit. I couldn't figure out how to remove Linux so i randomly started changing stuff hoping that it would randomly disappear (i know not smart), It would not let me simply plug a USB stick with the OS on it because of some random hitmanpro thingy. Now every time i turn on the unit the error below happens. error: unknown filesystem. grub rescue> _ i looked it up tried some solutions nothing worked. So now i have a windows os that i want to put on it. everytime i plug in the usb stick i get another stupid phenomenon as described below HitmanPro.Kickstart 1.3 © 2012 SurRight USB Boot Options: 1 bypass master boot record [default] 2 Regular boot (when bypass did not work) Please enter choice: *i have tried booth* when i put 1 HitmanPro.Kickstart booting MBR Read Failed to boot! when i put 2 I don't remember but it something like unknown file system. The main goal is to remove Linux and put windows back on. I have thought about trying to crack open the unit to remove the SSD and plug it into a working computer and reformat it there but the unit is so tightly put together its incredibly difficult to pull apart without damaging it. I have also used the bios to try and boot from the USB stick and the same hitman pro :angry: bs pops up. I have tried using the same ISO image that is already installed on the unit but the same hitman pro comes up. there is only one OS on this unit due to the size of the drive.

Hey guys, I'm new to the forum, now I don't usually do forums because I cant keep up with the many usernames and passwords, but seeing as I watch Tech Tips so often I thought why not. So, my topic... I have an 800D that I will hopefully be modding soon, I currently have a full water cooling loop (cpu, mobo and gpu) with a triple rad in the top, and a single in the bottom. Now I am currently using an i7 980X, Rampage 3 and a 680 2GB, and this is plenty of cooling, but I want to upgrade some stuff when Haswell lands, now do you guys think its possible to remove the mid plate on the 800D without affecting its structural integrity too much? I haven't seen this done on any 800D cases, but personally I think the cooling zones restricts the airflow more than it is meant to. Thanks guys, look forwards to hearing some replies and ideas :)

Hello, I believe I'm having some troubles with my .NET framework installations. It first started when I installed the latest AMD 14.1 Drivers. Catalyst Control Center ("CCC") fails to start every time now (I've made another topic in this section with the errors received as a result, will link). After digging just a little deeper, I noticed that in my Task Manager, I've got two process for "mscorsvw.exe" running(if you're not familiar with this, its the background service for compiling assemblies for the GAC after you install or update .NET Frameworks). One is for the 64bit the other is 32. In order to get rid of them, I right click the process, "Open File Location..", then shift-click to open a command window and run the following: ngen executequeueditems What I get as a result is somewhat bothersome and probably isn't good. Nearly everything it tries to do fails with some kind of error, usually "The system cannot find the file specified" or "Fail to load dependency <dependency name>" <error code>, and nothing actually gets compiled successfully, and both of the mscorsvw services are still running after every reboot. I suspect that there may be a PATH issue, and it can't locate the files it needs to compile, but Im really not sure. Also, nothing but .NET 1.1 and 4.0 show in "appwiz.cpl"(see screenshot). This is above my expertise. I'll attach the ngen log file as soon as its done running, and hopefully that will give us a place to start. In the mean time, does anyone have any ideas as to what is causing this to happen? Its one thing to not have ccc loaded correctly, but with everthing else failing like it is when it tries to compile, i think there may be a bigger issue going on here. ngen_64.txt ngen32.old.txt ngen32.txt ngen32_service.txt ngen64.old.txt ngen64_service.txt

I have PNY Optima ram (which is the only 8GB DDR3 kit I have) and I want to change out the heatsink to better match my system's color scheme of black and red (this ram is gold and sticks out like a sore thumb) and I have been having trouble figuring out how to take off this particular heatsink. Please help.

This is my personal preference on removal or spyware and what I found to work the best. If you have a difference of opinion please keep it civil and don't post (while having a heartattack) to tell me how wrong I am. These are steps that I've done daily, for many years, while working in computer repair shops. These are also great steps for those of us that are more computer savvy, because the junk files still accumulate up on our computers even if were extra cautious. Step #1 - I prefer a clean boot into Windows NORMAL mode. You only need to boot into Safe Mode if there are things you want to avoid from opening at startup. Disable your anti virus to make sure no conflicts happen. Step #2 - Program time. I run a few different programs depending on what I need. They are all small programs and live on my flash drive. #0 RKill - http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/rkill/ - Mainly optional. It runs real quick and kills processes. #1 AdwCleaner - http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/ - Run this, it's a pretty fast scan that will restart your computer. #2 Hitman Pro - http://www.surfright.nl/en/downloads - Choose the 32 or 64 bit option. I run this as the second scan, it finds most of the things were searching for. I always enter a fake email for the 30 day trial version. Normally in a shop, I won't need to use it again. #3 JRT - http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/junkware-removal-tool/ - It's a basic command prompt tool, it's found things others have not and it made it's way into my tool kit. #4 TDSSKiller - http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/tdsskiller/ - Normal and quick rootkit scanner. #5 Combofix - http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/combofix/ - This is my last scan. It normally finds the rest and all of it. It's the longest scan and will also sometimes restart your computer. After it's done, press Windows Key + R and type combofix /uninstall Not badly infected? Do just steps #1, 2 and run CCleaner Ad Block Plus! This is a great browser extension that stops a lot of the ads, etc that lead to malware. For Chrome > https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/adblock-plus/cfhdojbkjhnklbpkdaibdccddilifddb?hl=en-US For Fireox > https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adblock-plus/ For Internet Explorer > http://www.google.com/chrome Just install chrome already... Step #3 - Malwarebytes & Kapersky Rescue Disc @ Stubborn infections This is a great step if you have a USB dock or able to hook up a drive as a secondary drive. Malwarebytes Anti Malware Thisis where Malwarebytes shines in my book. Program can be found here > http://www.malwarebytes.org Being one of the few programs able to scan a chosen drive makes Malwarebytes a go to program when a drive is way to infected to even get into Safe Mode on. By clicking "Perform Full Scan" it gives you the option to choose which drive. So if you have a drive hooked up as G: by usb, you can elect to scan only that drive. This scan does take a decent length of time, but it's worth the wait when you need access to the drive. Kapersky Rescue Disc This is another great program to have, and since it's a bootable enviroment, it's a great CD to have in your arsenal. ISO can be found here > http://support.kaspersky.com/us/viruses/rescuedisk This boots into a comfortable setting where you can scan the drive without having to boot into Windows. All you need to do is down the 500MB or so ISO and burn it to a CD. Simply press F12 or your designated Boot select key, and boot to the CD. Wait for it to boot into a friendly UI. Open up the program "Kaspersky Rescue Disc" on the Desktop and hit Scan Computer Step #4 - Clean up time. This is the fun part of removing junk programs, temp files and the such. CCleaner - https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner - Great basic file system cleaner. Removes the junk temp files. Revo Uninstaller - http://www.revouninstaller.com - Program uninstaller. Pretty self explanatory. PCDecrapifier - http://pcdecrapifier.com - Great and fast tool to remove trash programs. Honorable mentions: Autoruns (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx) is another great tool to check the system auto runs as the name mentions. Lets you see some goodies Please do read up on how to use it before going and clicking on stuff. Web of Trust (https://www.mywot.com) Recommended by brownninja97 - WOT is a browser extension based on a review system for bad websites that will give informed decisions about whether to trust a website D7 (http://www.foolishit.com/d7/) is an all in one Windows malware/tweak tool that I've used like 3 times but it's still cool. That's it. Nice and simple malware removal for the every day person. There really isn't much to the process, takes a whole 10 minutes, maybe more depending on the speed of the system and how much Combofix finds.

Im trying now but I need a way to diagnose virus problems; but with my PC running I don't feel 100% Plan on Installing Linux Mint to my HDD and using it to diagnose virus problems, not just on my PC but any that can boot from usb essentially. Is this a good idea or am I crazy? I am going to use ClamAV/ClamTK @BoatNigge Random: If you are not using a SSD as your boot drive then you need to make that purchase ASAP people !

I've been looking around on the internet for a ghetto way of removing pins from my molex connectors so that I can give them custom sleeving. I've tryed the method with a pen but that doesn't seem to be working for me :( Any ideas/solutions would be much appreciated :)

I just saw this interesting video but I'm wondering if it's work the risk or even works. What do you guys think of it?