Recent content by Jabber92

My Ryzen 3800X did a similar thing, and it was because the memory control module on the CPU failed, which means the CPU failed. It would not surprise me if a similar thing happened here. I tried it in another motherboard and had the same result. I had a similar problem as well with crashing and...

When you say infinite boot loop, does it just start up and shut off immediately? Or does attempt to boot up at all?

What resolution? You probably need to lower settings way down. Also, technically 25-30 FPS is considered "playable" if you compare to a console platform. You cannot expect high FPS with this build.

So it sounds like its overclocked? You'll want at least 2-3 more fans I would say. One of the bottom and another on the front minimum should help. I would also double check the airflow direction of the CPU cooler fans. Sometimes people have them on the wrong way and they blow inside the case and...

So you may run into a CPU bottleneck with a newer card in some games, which means you'll have to OC the new CPU. I'm talking mainly on an RTX 2000 series card and much newer games, less of a problem on older ones usually (depending on the game). If you only plan to game, an OC'd i5 is going to...

If you have a bad power source with inconsistent voltage, you could try using a UPS to have a cleaner voltage. It may fix issues with stuttering.

It's possible that after the BIOS update you may need to tweak something. It could be that it's defaulting to the integrated graphics instead of the main GPU. I've seen that as being an option in the BIOS setup. Can you plug into the CPU GPU instead? Do any USB devices work in BIOS? Can you...

They're all really quite similar. I trust MSI and Asus the most from my builds, but others will swear by Gigabyte or Asrock as well. Last I read, modern mobo's have less than 2% failure rate out of the box on average. Set a budget and list of features you want/require and just choose one based...

What happens exactly when you boot up? Just a black screen? Fans spin? Any indicator lights or beeps from the mainboard? There's a whole slew of possibilities. If you replaced the CMOS battery, then most likely the BIOS was cleared/reset assuming the battery was dead and the memory of the BIOS...

Oh yes, that can cause problems as well. Usually most PSUs are fairly efficient (especially Gold rating and higher), but it can still be sensitive at times. So you could try another PSU or possibly look into getting a UPS to power both the PC and monitor to help maintain a more consistent...

In my experience, this type of stuttering with a Ryzen CPU was due to how the RAM clocks/timing is set in the BIOS. Basically, if the RAM is clocked ahead of what the CPU normally would support, it would cause micro-stutters in games and so I had to run everything just right to make it not...

If you want to save money, consider a DDR4 board over DDR5. Both the board and RAM should be slightly cheaper and so far the performance gains between DDR4/DDR5 is very small compared to say a better CPU/GPU which is where you'll want to put the extra money. For MSI, I'd suggest the MPG series...

I diagnosed the problem. There's a pin sheered off in the USB 3.0 header on the board, and it's breaking the initial P1 power phase during the boot up, and so it's going into a boot loop because the circuit can't be completed properly to put power through the rest of the board. I believe when I...

Super frustrating! Never had a problem like this before so early on. Usually after many years. Seems like a big drop in quality or I've simply gotten bad luck. I'm really thinking motherboard because it almost seems like it shorted out each time and now it just won't boot at all after working...

Hi all, I recently built a new system and had it up and running for around 2 days and it seems to have died, after working on 2 occasions. First, I'll post the spec: Motherboard: MSI MPG Z690 Edge WiFi DDR4 CPU: Intel i5 12600k GPU: Sapphire RX6800 RAM: Corsair 32GB DDR4 3200Mhz PSU: Corsair...