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[wierd]

Just a quick look on playstore shows Intel bluetooth keyboard app. the description says it controls keyboard and mouse on windows 8.1 systems.

[Thief^]

Is it time for me to get a new graphics card?

Probably. January sales would be a good time.

[crazysheep]

Ah darn, I was hoping that wouldn't be the case, but I guess it's due for an upgrade.

[wierd]

if you are getting kernel panic errors, then yes. the gpu is dieing. replace it.

[miauw62]

So I installed my new fan but it's not spinning. The power connector is plugged in firmly.
Any ideas?

E:
I put the old fan back in...
I think one of the wires on the new fan might be damaged because it's such a tight fit

[Bouchart]

So I turned on my home computer this morning and I can't go online because of some DNS error.  Everything was working fine the night before.  Apparently my computer is connected to the network but I can't actually go to any internet sites.  Any idea where I should start?

[TheBiggerFish]

Network Diagnostics.

It might fix the problem.

Then, try the below.

[wierd]

I would see about setting your DNS to say, the Google DNS, temporarily just to see if you ISP's DNS is being goofy.

For reference, it has an address of 8.8.8.8

If you can ping out to internet addresses (Like the above google DNS server) then your network stack is working, just the DNS server is not responding to requests.

If you cant ping out, then start looking deeper.

[Bouchart]

The first thing I did was a network diagnostic.  That's what told me there was a DNS problem, but it didn't offer any options to fix anything.

How do I change my DNS?  I've never messed with it because I have never had need to do so.

[TheBiggerFish]

Huh.  Normally when I have something going "Network access - No Internet" it gets fixed when I do that...

[gimlet]

First thing to try is turn off all the routers and modems and your pc.   Then turn them on in the order they are connected to the internet - service provider modem/router, wait a few minutes til it looks nice and blinky, wait a few MORE minutes so you're sure it finishes all its initialization, then turn on any wireless or routers you've added, then finally your pc.   

If that fixes it, great, either way once you get it working find and DOWNLOAD the copy of "how to look at the lights on the modem and use them to help diagnose problems" it saves a LOT of time.

[Bouchart]

Also I'm not sure if the problem is with my computer only or all the computers in the house.  Will check when I get home.

[wierd]

The place MS hides the DNS setting depends on what version of windows you have.

Typically, it is hidden under the TCP/IP protocol's configuration window. Instead of "Set DNS automatically", set it to "manual", then put 8.8.8.8 as the DNS server, and the IP of your router as the secondary DNS. (most routers will forward DNS requests to the DNS server they get autoconfigured to have though DHCP from your ISP. Setting the secondary to your router's address is a round-about way of getting the ISP's DNS in the lookup process.)

[Bouchart]

Turns out that I couldn't connect to the internet this morning because someone unplugged the cable box's battery backup since the battery was dying and making a noise.

[wierd]

That would have resulted in not being able to ping out, and would have warranted "digging deeper".

You only suspect DNS when you can ping outside hosts, but cannot resolve friendly names.