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    Question PC Shows No Display After Rebuild

    If you boot to Safe Mode, do you get a display?
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    Question Scratched my motherboard, how bad is it?

    Put some nail polish or thin strip of electrical tape on it to avoid something shorting on it
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    Question My PC is going nuts at completely random intervals ?

    Also, have you tried running MalwareBytes ?
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    Question New build stopped working after a few hours. Lights on CPU, DRAM, VGA. Reboots itself every 15 sec. No display on both GPU and Mobo.

    For a new build, your thermal paste looks like it's seen years of service making me think your cpu is running very hot! What does cpu temp show in bios? Did you remove protective plastic film from the bottom of the cooler?
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    Question Windows 10 new windows or notifications are showing behind other windows

    Try this: Press Windows+Ctrl+T to make the current window always on top. A blue border will appear on the window, and a sound will play. Press Windows+Ctrl+T to undo your change and make Windows treat the window normally. You can customize this behavior by launching the PowerToys Settings window.
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    Question Problems with front panel power-button on PC case ?

    An easier way to test the switch is to use a multimeter set to ohms (resistance). Remove the switch's 2 prong header from the motherboard and place one probe to each pin of the plug. It should read OL indicating no conductivity. Now press and hold the power button switch. The meter should read 0...
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    Question I bought a new cpu for my PC and now it won't boot up

    1st thing I'd try is resetting your bios
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    Question JBL Soundbar and Sub turn off after 1 second of no sound

    How is the speaker system connected? Have you tried another cable? Have you tried using a different input type?
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    Question JBL Soundbar and Sub turn off after 1 second of no sound

    Two thoughts.. 1) have you tried a factory reset? 2) have you checked to see if theres a firmware update?
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    Question Weird noise from motherboard - - - - may be the RAM ?

    That's an odd situation. I'm just guessing, but I don't think a cpu can cause that sound. I'd be tempted to say it's a component on the motherboard at that location doing it..perhaps related to powering like a voltage regulator say. All your psu cables are fully connected and snug? You might try...
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    Question Weird noise from motherboard - - - - may be the RAM ?

    Not necessarily..there's probably quite a bit less load on the system at that point
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    Question Weird noise from motherboard - - - - may be the RAM ?

    Roll up a sheet of paper or get an empty paper towel tube, place it to your ear and try to isolate the sound that way. I'm tempted to think the psu is making that noise
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    Question Need help, PC randomly shuts down.

    Just a thought..if you swapped mobos and it's not the same as yhe original, and youre using the same Windows installation that ran the old board, then you could see issues that may confuse your results. As it is, it does sound like some power issue
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    Question Odd large X's through start menu graphics.

    Is this your web browser? Have you tried a different browser?