Recent content by BrainHurty

Thanks! To anyone else looking to buy a laptop, stay away from HP Envy laptops! The 2nd hinge just broke. This is worst product of all time--It's just unbelievable that HP would allow such a horrible product to be produced.

Back in ~2011, before going to college, I bought a used laptop--a HP Elitebook--for maybe $300. It seemed like the perfect laptop: fast, super long lasting battery, looked very professional, did not overheat. Then in early 2022, I bought my current laptop, an HP Envy x360 15, for $600-$700. For...

Looks like American Megatrends Inc, 4602, 2/23/2023. My PSU is ~ 1 month old.

I have kind of a weird and rare problem. While streaming on YT, my internet disconnects randomly after a while. Usually, it happens approximately 1 hour in, but it sometimes happens after 30 minutes or after 2 hours. Other times, I can stream for 4+ hours no problem. At first, I thought it was...

Is it fair to say that my next step should be to buy a different GPU (or otherwise try to fix this 6800 XT GPU, if that's a thing)?

I tried putting in my Radeon RX 550 from my other computer since that was faster than changing the CPU and I got something on the screen to show up. https://ibb.co/CMQw9fz It seems (I'm guessing) that likely my Radeon RX 6800 XT is the issue. I don't intend to use the Radeon RX 550 in this build.

Flashing BIOS is pretty tricky and I'm trying to be careful about it because I don't want to mess up the motherboard. For example, the manufacture website says: "Before running the USB BIOS Flashback tool, please rename the BIOS file (R570EGW2.CAP) using BIOSRenamer." But the Manual has...

:oops: There's a USB specifically labelled BIOS on my ASUS ROG x570-e and then right above it there is reset-like button.

It does say "When downloading or updating the BIOS file, rename it as SX570EG.CAP for this motherboard." I didn't do that. I'll try again.

I did this for my MB type: View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb6FbJwVg8Y&t=1s . But with the monitor not showing anything, I have no way of knowing when (or if) it is downloading to the MB. I guess I'll just leave it for 15-20 minutes before taking out the flash drive.

Yes, I have it plugged into the 24-pin one on the right side of MB and also the 8-pin ("EATX12V_1") on the top left of the MB. I don't have anything plugged into the 4 pin one that is labeled "EATX12V_2" and that is to the left of that 8-pin one. I will try this next. From the YT video I just...

I am hoping to get some practical ideas on what I can try. This is my first PC built and I am, more or less, a complete noob on this. It would not be at all surprising if I was doing something completely dumb, like not connecting an important cable or something. Basically, after I turn on the...