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Poor support experience at your Westbury, NY store
A year ago, actually on Sunday, tomorrow, I purchased an Asus laptop at your Westbury, NY store. One of thousands of dollars worth of purchases I've made from Micro Center since it opened here 24 years ago. And, generally up until today, your staff has been helpful, solving the occasional hiccups in a accommodating manner,…
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Powerspec G167 Ryzen 5 Desktop and Windows 11
I recently picked up a discounted G167 from Microcenter to use as a platform for some minor upgrades etc. Out of the box, great PC with Windows 10. I decided to take the Windows 11 plunge and rolled the dice to see if the TPM microcode issue that plagued older firmware ( 1.3 installed) was an issue and it seems it may be.…
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Cooler Master AIO pump making noise
I bought my Powerspec G436 in Feb 2021. The pump has been making a rattling noise for quite some time, very soon after I bought the PC. I’ve finally had time to look into this and determined the cause to be bubbles stuck inside the pump of the AIO. I have turned my PC upside down which temporarily resolved the issue, but…
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MasterLiquid ML240L cooler
So I've been on these forums before with kind of a similar problem but I just had a fairly simple question, I've had this Pc (PowerSpec G707) for quite a while now (2 years this next June) and the Cooler Master fans are just too whiney and loud to the point where I can hear them through my noise dampening headphones. I was…
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Rgb not working powerspec g470
I'm having an issue with my back and front fans rgb not working properly, the cooler works fine just nothing else. If anyone's had a similar problem or could provide some ideas I would appreciate it.
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Acer Aspire 3 A315-58-59TK 15.6 After 18 days use, Speakers Don't work? At all?
Acer Aspire 3 A315-58-59TK 15.6 After 18 days use, Speakers Don't work? At all? Is this a defect?, I had a previous same make and model from 2019 that I had almost 4 years and had no speaker hardware issues. I bought the 2022 Version and the Speakers on the Labtop they Don't work at all? What gives?
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G365 LAN Specs ?
It looks like the wired LAN on this model is 10/100/1000 Mbps, is that correct? If so, does it have an expansion card slot to add a 2.5 Mbps card?
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No Email Confirmation on Purchase... How can I check my order status?!
I ordered a custom-built PC online today (ordered online, picking up at store) with the "Same Day Pro Assembly" option checked. I made the purchase hours ago (confirmed payment with bank) and have not received an email confirmation, text message, or any sort of confirmation that my order is being worked on. There is no…
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Does the MSI Katana GF66 laptop have DDR5 memory capability?
Not in addition to the current dimms, but if the user wants to upgrade later.
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Powerspec G902 Sound stuttering
Need a little help here, I think I know what's going on, but I'm not positive.... I purchased this computer in April at the Houston store, hooked it up and everything was fine. However, just a week after I had it and had loaded some of my games on it, the sound started stuttering through the speakers. Through the…
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Blank screen/blinking cursor after battery replacement
Hi, I just replaced the external battery on my Toshiba P745-S4320 laptop with a compatible from MicroCenter. Even with the adapter plugged in all I get is a blank screen and blinking cursor. (If I use the old dead battery it's fine with the adapter plugged in). BIOS are latest version. Any idea how to fix this?
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Boot sequence changes on new pc??
I just received my new PC from Microcenter and every so often, the boot manager doesn't hold the sequence of HDD-NIC 1-NIC 2?? I have to go into bios and reset the sequence...any one else have this issue on Windows 11?? Thanks for any help in advance!
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DELL Computer not recognizing the DVD drive. Appears to be in the BIOS
Older Dell Computer. Purchased from Micro Center Mfg Date 20190118 Has CD Drive not reconigized by Operating system SATA-2 Type DVD+/-RW Device ID PLDS DVD+/-RW DU-8A5LH Windows 10 What do I need to change in BIOS to get drive recognized?
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BSOD on my Vector Pro 17
I have a Vector Pro 17 with the following specs: Ryzen 9 5900HX RTX 3080 mobile Two 1 TB SSD in RAID 0 64 GB of ram Windows 10 Pro 64-bit During backups of certain files on my C: drive, I get a Blue Screen of Death with the following Stop Code: DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL. What failed: rcraid.sys I am thinking about…
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Windows 11 Pro keeps crashing my PowerSpec G439
I am a developer and recently bought this machine for just that purpose. I am not a Gamer. I allowed MS to update this machine to Windows 11 because my clients are moving to that OS. Since 11, I have gotten a lot of BSOD (Stop Codes). At first I was not too concerned since I knew it would take a while to locate the latest…
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Anyone know the best places to sell a PC?
I have a pretty nice build with a 5900X and 3080ti that I'm trying to sell, anyone k now where an how I can get the most out of selling it? Thanks
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Looking to buy / make a $1000-1250 VR-Ready Gaming Desktop
Just wanted to do a bit of research before making a decision. While I may not be a beginner, there are still things I do not know about the current hardware scene. Wanted to get a gaming PC with the following qualitites: *Within the $1000-1250 range *Graphics card with at least the capability of an NVIDIA RTX 3050 *>500 GB…
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Is this a good desktop to mod?
I needed a work desktop for photo and basic video work. I want: 1TB SDD boot drive 1 or 2 8TB HDD's 64GB RAM memory. Is this a good computer to get for these mods? PowerSpecB748 I was also looking at this one. Would it work? PowerSpec B734 I'm not a computer builder, I'm just an end user. Is it hard adding an HDD or two…
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The power supply that came with my WinBook TW102 has died. Is a replacement power supply available?
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I'm a creator and a gamer. Which type of laptop should I go for?
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Wrong GPU in prebuilt?
I purchased an Asus GA35 prebuilt with a 5800x and a 3080. All the product images show the pc coming with an Asus TUF 3080 however mine came woth a founders edition 3080. Is this normal or has the pc i purchased been tampered with?
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Network Driver Issue on Prebuilt
I bought a prebuilt PC from Micro Center about 2 years ago and recently I've been having issues with my ethernet adapter. This is a Windows 10 PC, I'm not sure which specs are relevant here but let me know whatever info would be needed. It started with the ethernet reporting "Unidentified Network" with no internet, but…
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The Framework Laptop and Right to Repair vs. Luxury
Now that Framework has released its Intel 12th generation motherboard, is anyone considering purchasing or upgrading a Framework laptop? If so, why have you been convinced to invest in such a product and company? Also, would it be something people are interested in seeing carried at Micro Center? Personally, I've always…
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Do I need an upgraded cooling system?
I have a Dell XPS 8940 Gaming PC (Platinum Collection) and the CPU temp while gaming is hovering around 80 C. The GPU temp is fine. Does it make sense to upgrade my cooling system or is this not really an issue?
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MSI Aegis R 12TE-276US Gaming PC system/case fan not spinning help
Hello, just recently bought this pc over a month ago and its already giving me an issue... the middle system/case fan spins on startup then just stops. all leds and other fans in the front and back are working properly. gpu fans spin when i boot a game up but are idle otherwise. cant find any help online other than saying…
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No Bios display
Asus ROG STRIX Z690 Z690-F Gaming WIFI mother board, Intel processor I9, 32GB Vengeance DDR5 (two 16 GB modules), power supply is 850 Watts. Drive is a Samsung 980 M2. Corsair case with a water cooler. PC building was simple and smooth with all components working without any problems. It took me while to learn the Bios…
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Graphics Card for PowerSpec G223?
I have a PowerSpec G223 with a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB card. I'd like to update my graphics card to the GeForce RTX 2060. How hard is it to do this on my own? I've added hard drives to this computer in the past...
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case swap
I have a prebuilt pc that i bought from microcenter exactly one year ago and I was wondering if you guys do a case swap, I wanna swap my case because it doesnt have space for many fans (it is a factory ROG case), and I was wondering if this swap will make my pc Quieter. thx
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Can I add a second M.2 SSD on my prebuilt PowerSpec G511
I was under the impression when I purchased the machine I could add a second M.2 SSD but when I took it home and tried to add the second SSD I did not see the port. Am I just blind or is this not possible with this machine?
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PowerSpec G470 Gaming PC ... what does receipt call it?
My son will be doing high end video editing and probably CAD in school. I want to buy something that has lots of power and graphics, but have it bundled so I save a bit. I have tax accounts that can buy computers but I would rather the receipt not say "Gaming PC". What does the receipt call it? Hoping just "PowerSpec G470"
