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Port forwarding with an Xfinity gateway goes based on machine name, so I don’t even manually type in any proper ip’s. Nat type was open last night before slotting in the nic, then after, it’s coincidentally moderate.

Hey all! I recently installed a 2.5 gig NIC, which is running the RTL8125B chipset. I updated the lan drivers to the latest from Realtek's website, and configured the network adapter settings for best speeds. However, when I launched COD, both Vanguard and Warzone have moderate NAT type. I port...

Update: New chipset drivers did in fact not solve the issue. However, I updated the bios to a much newer beta version and have had no issues since.

I think this may have fixed the issue. I updated to the latest from MSI's support website, however those were still wildly out of date. Updated from AMD's website, and from the small sample size of one test it seems to be alright. Unfortunately I don't have time to run more since I have to go...

Hi all. I recently upgraded my system to a Ryzen 9 5900x, Corsair Vengeance Pro 2x16Gb (model number CMW32GX4M2D3600C18), and an MSI MPG x570 gaming edge wifi motherboard. I was running some very basic benchmarks before and after enabling A-XMP with 3DMark timespy to see exactly how much my cpu...

Yeah the new cpu solved the issue. The memtest just made me feel more at ease confirming that there actually wasn’t anything wrong with my ram.

The memory test came back clean. It let me reapply the 3200 mhz setting and actually boot without posting into safe mode and the system has worked fine since I installed a new cpu. Thank you everyone for the help and suggestions.

Never heard of memtest before but I’m about to run a test. Thank you for the suggestion

Everything was connected properly to the surge protector. Everything connected to my pc was also connected to the surge protector (so really only the monitors)

Short update: I got a spare cpu in today to test the fried cpu theory and I’m posting into safe mode still. I can only get into windows when i set the ram speed to auto rather than overclocking it to 3200 MHz like I normally do. Could bad ram actually be the issue?

I’ll actually be looking into that. I read on Philips’ website that they have a limited warranty for equipment plugged into the surge protector. Thank you for the heads up

I know surge protectors aren't the be all end all but it would have been really nice if it did it's job literally the only time we've lost power since I built my system. To add to the irony it's a Philips surge protector, which is the company I work for. Go figure.

Thank you for the insight. The irony is I even had the pc plugged into a surge protector so I’m thoroughly upset over the damages.

There was recently a power outage at my house that damaged my computer. At first I thought that it was only the power supply so I switched it out with another one to test my theory. Unfortunately that was not the issue. I wasn't receiving any kind of display output despite the all of my...