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    Question Monitor 1 showing artifacts

    Ahaha I never got to post the text :cry: The issue doesn't seem to be there, I tried the 2nd one exclusively for a very short time and saw nothing. The flickers don't happen when I'm playing CS or a windowed game (unless I let the monitors suspend for a long time while open). They don't show...
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    Question Monitor 1 showing artifacts

    Hi, I did overclock for quite a long time now, both at 65Hz though it often reverts to 60 after some update or change to Nvidia settings. I swapped both the adapters+cables.
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    Question Monitor 1 showing artifacts

    Hello all, I have a NVidia RTX 3060 OC, using both HDMI cables with DVI adapters for: Monitor 1 - Acer X243HQ 1920x1080 --- Monitor 2 - Chi Mei Optoelectronics CMC 22 W 1680x1050 For a month or so the first one has been flickering at the bottom-mid of the screen. This is very annoying because...
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    Question HDMI port dead, need advice

    It always worked by just plugging it in, I even plugged consoles and another laptop and worked. I also tried with 2 working TVs and none detected any signal from the laptop. My laptop doesn't have an integrated GPU, only the bare minimum Intel and already tried every option related to software...
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    Question HDMI port dead, need advice

    Hi all, recently my laptop's HDMI port stopped working. It's been plugged into a TV every once in a while weekly and one day it just stopped detecting any TV/monitor. I tried working cables, re-installing Intel Graphics, cleaning the port with alcohol, installing updates, nothing. It only...
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    Blank screen after sudden shutoff

    Problem solved I guess. I switched to a different monitor and I saw a boot screen, switched to mine again and it's working flawlessly now :D I checked the screen connections before, I even used this same screen to test the other PC and worked fine then, switching after didn't work. Since I...
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    Blank screen after sudden shutoff

    Hello all, recently I've been seeing weird behavior from my PC. The screen would sleep during the boot process, I couldn't go to or even see the BIOS after creating a new profile with settings both for my Win7 OS and Win10 OS. The display would come back once I booted into the OS just fine so I...
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    Question CPU LED is lit when PC is not powered on ?

    Hi there! I read the manual and it also states: "if the BOOT LED is on, that means you haven't entered the operating system yet." Maybe this is what you're seeing? The manual doesn't detail much about this unfortunately. Also, have you connected the 2-8pin connector from the PSU to the top of...
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    [SOLVED] Alt-Tab doesn't work properly in older games ?

    After trying some other stuff, the problem seems to be fixed now. Here's what I did that's new: I did a DISM via UWT Reset Winaero Tweaker's settings Disabled/closed Open-Shell And nothing changed but I left them off until the next step. I then made a new user account and launched the game...
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    [SOLVED] Alt-Tab doesn't work properly in older games ?

    I am playing the original games; the mod is optional and only affects one of them. The thing is, now I cannot use a basic Windows function without it freaking out whenever there's a lower resolution game running. Here the problem seems to be Windows or even NVidia and not the game because the...
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    [SOLVED] Alt-Tab doesn't work properly in older games ?

    The modded version is the only thing that fixes the issue because it puts the main game at 1080p and I can alt-tab there just fine (exception is the menu that's at 800x600, cannot be modded). The problem with the alt-tab isn't the usual: Game gets minimized; Can't resume game, black screen...
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    [SOLVED] Alt-Tab doesn't work properly in older games ?

    Hi all, I'm in a bit of a pickle here... So, I am trying to play old games that ran fine previously, Battlefield 1942 and Vietnam mainly. I'm using a desktop, Win10, double monitor setup. Firstly, I'll say I suspect it's some resolution aspect issue that causes this because I installed a...
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    [SOLVED] External Disk reporting different SMART values

    Thanks for your answer! I'll set this drive aside and let it rest or just use it for temporary stuff like page files. I've never had a young disk run as bad as this... :sweatsmile:
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    [SOLVED] External Disk reporting different SMART values

    Hello. I have a 2TB Seagate Expansion+, bought 3-4 years ago, and recently I noticed through Acronis Drive Monitor that it had a bunch of bad sectors, 80 to be precise and 40 for both Pending Sector and Uncorrectable Sectors. Another day passes and the bad sector count jumps to 192 and the...
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    Question Can't open/drag-drop files in programs

    I've tried that, the problem is uploading/importing files, not downloading them, I also never use the Downloads folder and the permissions work for other older files