Recent content by Dukeofthedurty

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    Question Can a power short / surge cause issues with ethernet port?

    Backstory: Ever see lights flicker when you have a light on and then turn the ceiling fan on or plug in a vacuum cleaner. I noticed this for the last 2 years in my condo and now after some random PC issues, I believe that I am getting power shorts or surges (help me find what to call that) that...
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    Pc Powers on but no display or keyboard, second reset powers on fully...

    I turned off fast boot, However now it boots first time, but it keeps changing order of harddrives to Toshiba hdd first, and not my ssd.... wtf. Is my power supply not booting my ssd before my hdd? Or why does it keep auto changing it? When I power on, i get a black command prompt looking screen...
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    Pc Powers on but no display or keyboard, second reset powers on fully...

    I hit power button, and display, keyboard, and mouse dont turn on, I reset and it turns on... Whats going on? I54690k MSI SLI plus mobo 8Gb ram 256 crucial ssd 500gb hitachi hdd antec htg 750w psu
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    Which brand/model gtx 970?

    EVGA has started an Advanced RMA process for me, they will be mailing me a new FTW, and then I send my other one back with free shipping. Good guy EVGA! Fingers crossed for less coil whine on the next card.
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    GTX 970 Annoying sound - Coil Whine?

    Any fix to this issue yet? EVGA said they would return my card for a new one, but what are the chances of two cards with whine? After reading these post... seems very likely.... :/
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    Asus Strix 970 Coil whine Far Cry 4

    Any luck or solution to your coil whine? I have EVGA 970 FTW, awful whine on AC:unity, H1Z1, and small amount of whine on GTA4 and Alien Isolation. It seems to do it when the power goes over 70%... If i tone it down to 50% power it runs great... should have just stuck with my 750 which runs the...