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    Question TPM Pin layout matches mobo but doesn’t fit housing.

    The pin configuration of this TPM matches my motherboard, but my motherboard has a plastic raised border around the pins which blocks the TPM chipboard from fitting in its place. I could take a pair of needle nose pliers and break the border so that the TPM will fit, but I don't know if that's...
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    Startup/Shutdown freeze on fairly new computer

    No, when the screen goes black during startup, the monitor is still on, there is a diagonal flicker every so often, and the light on my tower is still on and I can hear the fans/hdd spinning. It appears to be shutting down/starting up like normal until it freezes. The shut down is from clicking...
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    Startup/Shutdown freeze on fairly new computer

    Hi, I recently built a new desktop and for the most part, I'm very pleased with the results. However, every now and then I get a very strange error. Three times in the past two weeks the computer has frozen right after the "Starting Windows..." screen. The screen is black with the occasional...
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    Computer freezing on startup and shutdown

    I forgot to note I'm running Windows 7
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    Computer freezing on startup and shutdown

    Hi, I recently built a new desktop and for the most part, I'm very pleased with the results. However, every now and then I get a very strange error. Three times in the past two weeks the computer has frozen right after the "Starting Windows..." screen. The screen is black with the occasional...
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    Just built my first PC, monitor says no signal

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    Just built my first PC, monitor says no signal

    Here are my specs: Mobo: ASRock FM2A75M-DGS FM2 AMD A75 (Hudson D3) SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard APU: AMD A10-5800K Trinity 3.8GHz (4.2GHz Turbo) Socket FM2 100W Quad-Core Desktop APU (CPU + GPU) with DirectX 11 Graphic AMD Radeon HD 7660D RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (2 x...