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    MSI Z170a XPower Gaming Titanium Edition - Freezes on POST

    When I power up my friends computer, It will freeze with the message "A2" on the debug LED. The screen will be awake but completely black. The computer has not worked for about 2 months. Before my friend brought it over for me to look at, it would turn on but it would say that it was trying...
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    Hello,so my cpu is running 60degrees c idle and gpu around 70-80, pc keeps turning off from overheating when playing games bec

    Is your CPU cooler on all the way? You might have bumped it when you put your PSU in.
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    MSI Afterburner Won't Open

    I tried to install MSI afterburner 4.2.0 so I can use the frame limiter in Fallout 4 (I get really bad input lag with v-sync. Also when using v-sync, I am capped at 50 fps with my 144 hz monitor. If I set the monitor to 60 hz, I am met with a frame rate of 30 fps). However, when I run...
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    Can 2 Dual Booted Operating Systems Share a Data Hard Drive

    I was actually able to find out this by putting Ubuntu onto a flash drive and booting it off of the flash drive. I selected try Ubuntu and was able to modify data on the Data Hard Drive. Here is a picture of it. Thank you to all that tried to help.
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    Official Poll - PC Gamers Only: Do you play with Vsync on or off, and which games?

    I usually play with V-Sync on except on Cs:go and Tf2. I have a EVGA GTX 970 so I suffer from Coil Whine if the frame rate gets too high. V-Sync seems to stop that along with screen tearing so I keep it on for everything else.
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    Can 2 Dual Booted Operating Systems Share a Data Hard Drive

    Hello. Since Windows 10 is coming out in a few days, I thought about doing a clean install and setting up a dual boot with Ubuntu. Both operating systems would be stored on my SSD. Now for the question. If I install Windows 10 and Ubuntu on my SSD on July 29th, will it be possible for them...
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    Will upgrading my cooler void the CPU warranty?

    Hello. I would like to upgrade my CPU cooler to the Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo or maybe even the Cooler Master Hyper D92 but am worried that I will void my CPU warranty. Has anyone had any warranty problems while using one of these (having their warranty voided and not able to replace their...