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There was a storm, and after a lightning strike I heard a loud pop sound, now my computer does the above. Ive tried switching cables, different outlets, etc. I managed to actually see my desktop so its not completely bricked, but I don't know if its strictly a power supply issue or a short on...

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Storm fried my psu, need to install new one. It was an 800w powering gtx 1070, i7 6700k, 32 gb ram, 240gb ssd, and 1tb hard drive. I have an extra 650w (let me know if thats not emough) But it doesnt help that its an ibuypower (I know, I bought it years ago) and the insides look like this...

Specs: 17 6700k 4.00ghz 32g RAM DDR3 GTX 1070 8gb VRAM It feels like my pc should be smashing games like Fallout 4/Garry's Mod/ETC out of the water but my fps still dips into the 30's and 40's.

I have four memory stick slots on my mobo, but when I put all four in it will only recognize either 8 gigs or 12 gigs of it depending on the order in which I have them. I've heard something about increasing or decreasing voltage to make it work, and if so, how would I do that? (in terms of...

I got it to work.

I can't find password to my Arris router, it doesn't even have it on the back of the router like my old one. I've tried all the defaults and every set of numbers on the back, it just won't work. I don't know where to find it, please help!

I've tried everything, reseating cpu and changing thermal paste, disabling Cool n' Quiet, Turbo Core, and every power saving option under the sun. While replacing the Thermal did make the throttling MUCH less infrequent when idle, it's still there and especially prevalent while playing games...

So I have an AMD-8320 and an ASrock motherboard, and if my processor state is set to 100% (cool and quiet disabled) i start getting clock drops every 30-60 seconds consistently. I have tried disabling every power-saving bios option under the sun, nothing works. Its weird because most people get...

I've connected the second monitor(The brand/type is Viewsonic) to my PC via HDMI-DVI adapter (The HDMI end is plugged into the actual computer and the adapter end is plugged into the monitor). But it just says no signal when I turn it on, help?