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    [SOLVED] Are my motherboard's ram slots dead?

    Power supply is a Thermaltake smart series 700w 80 plus. The only storage I had plugged in was a 250gb samsung 860 evo ssd. I tried with and without the ssd plugged into the motherboard and power supply but the pc only turned off and on when ram was installed didn't matter what else was plugged in.
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    [SOLVED] Are my motherboard's ram slots dead?

    I am trying to build a computer with the old parts I own but when I turn the pc on it only stays on for about 5 seconds then powers off then turns back on then back off again in a cycle. The parts are 4 to 5 years old but when I built my new pc about 7 months ago the parts were working perfectly...
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    [SOLVED] How do I properly wipe my HDD and SSD for my new motherboard installation?

    Do I do all this when I have the new motherboard installed and have my hard drive plugged in or do I do it on the old motherboard and then move the hard drive to the new motherboard after it has been wiped and windows reinstalled?
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    Question Can I install my new motherboard and do a fresh wipe of a hard drive on that without messing up windows?

    I am upgrading my cpu to Ryzen and installing a new motherboard. I have read that you should fresh wipe your hard drives and reinstall windows to make sure there are no errors. Can I just install the new motherboard and plug my hard drive in and then do a fresh start to wipe everything and...
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    [SOLVED] How do I properly wipe my HDD and SSD for my new motherboard installation?

    I am upgrading my cpu to Ryzen and installing a new motherboard. I have read that you should fresh wipe your hard drives and reinstall windows to make sure there are no errors. Can I just install the new motherboard and plug my hard drive in and then do a fresh start to wipe everything and...
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    [SOLVED] How do I properly wipe my HDD and SSD for my new motherboard installation?

    I am upgrading my pc from an intel cpu to a Ryzen cpu and have to also put in a new motherboard. I have read that when you put a new motherboard in you should reinstall windows. However every time I have fresh wiped my hard drive and ssd in the Windows settings it always has windows already...
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    [SOLVED] Should I upgrade my i5-7500?

    I noticed that I'm getting 100% cpu usage playing games like cod Cold War and that I am only getting around 60-90 fps while playing. I recently upgraded to a gtx 1660ti and installed 16gb ram and feel like I should be getting more frames. I do not know a lot about cpus or really a lot of the pc...