Recent content by azurin

I managed to get it out a few minutes after posting. You can delete this post, sorry I was simply running out of ideas after spending quite a lot of time on this. Have a nice day.

Hello good people of Tom's Hardware! I have this desktop PC where I wanted to remove the video card for cleaning accumulated dust. It's a small PC case and I didn't see there was a butterfly lever. Now most of the card is out, except for the small part that is stuck near the lever. I tried...

Hello, As the title says, it concerns thermal paste for my laptop. When it comes to desktop PCs, I've learnt to do it on my own and have always been able to do the job myself, but I have less experience with laptops, and the way gaming laptops are made aren't the simplest way. I have an ASUS...

I cannot agree more with you. Unfortunately many work environments use Messenger as a communication medium. As far as I'm concerned I keep it to a minimum and mostly use emails (not Google/Outlook ;) ) but there are things like job that I just can't impose it on them. Believe me I approach...

Hello, I've had this odd behaviour from Facebook/Messenger, but now it's getting a bit of a hassle. I believe it began since Facebook started to encrypt its messages. I wholeheartedly agree with this (even though I still don't have a huge trust in Facebook) but whenever I try to look at my...

FIXED - Nevermind. I've been given new info concerning recent use of msconfig.exe. (Not my PC) It's fixed now. Have a great evening.

Hello ladies and gentlemen, I have no start menu on a Lenovo Legion desktop PC, windows 11. Also, I tried running windows update, but now it's stuck on a failed update loop every time I restart the PC, both before accessing Windows when starting, and before closing it. I do have a desktop...

Ending the year with clarity! Thank you very much to both of you. We'll proceed the way you've suggested. Cheers!

Hello everybody, and first of all, happy new year! :D🍻🥂 A close relative of mine wants to buy a new gaming PC, and he went to a BestBuy shop to buy one on discount. The PC has Windows 11, and the technician told him that there are a few things on Windows 11 that suck energy on the computer, and...

Up. No dust in the case or the PSU, connections are top-notch, no sign of burning anywhere. Cables doesn't touch anything, CPU water-cooler isn't dripping. Does the RM650x tend tend to run hot? Nothing runs hot when I check the temps, (CPU 30-50, GPU 50-70) but I don't have other fans venting...

Hello, Just as the title says, my fairly new PSU has this occasional burnt smell. The smell only lasts for about five minutes when doing something mildly demanding, then it goes away. It happens from time to time, but nothing more serious. Would you be worried about this? It is neither "new"...

Oh, I see. Thank you for the explanation. After two days, strangely enough, the smell did not come back. It can be worth noting that the PC runs nearly 24h/7 days, and that 24 hour break is something quite rare for the engine. In a way, the problem no longer seems to be there, but what I've...

Hello, Sorry for the late reply, I just came back home since yesterday. The PC wasn't on, so as soon as I get it on, and it gets a bit hotter from activity, I'll do just as you suggested. I'll give you news whether the back of the motor is hot or not, and has a specific smell. I understand...

I used both Malware Bytes Free and Bitdefender Free. Both did the job nicely, without eating ressources too much. Plus, I believe they are alright on the privacy question, too.

Hello there! I'm getting burnt smells coming from my PC whenever I do moderately intense gaming. (Rather old games, but just enough to make the PC work harder than, say, video streaming) I thought for a while it might be the PSU, but the smell was rather strong this afternoon. I put my nose...