Recent content by Maxijmj

Hi there, My computer began acting up about a year ago now after I upgraded from 8gb (2 sticks) to 16gb (2 + 2 sticks of exactly the same model and speed) of RAM. After a few days, the computers performance dropped so rapidly that I couldn't even launch basic tasks, and it would shut itself...

Tested the GPU and PSU yesterday on another machine - both are working fine. Have ordered a new motherboard so hopefully that solves things

Actually, just tested the usbs to charge my speaker instead of my phone and they do all work (I guess phones just don’t charge unless you’re logged in?)

Yup, I tried charging in front and back USB ports without gpu installed and no response from my phone in any of the ports. The only thing I have got response from is my keyboard which when I plug it into the computer for the first time the lights do there startup and then turn off. I’m going to...

Alright, I will see if I can take my gpu to a mate and test it in his system. I was just wondering, however, does the fact my motherboard isn’t charging my phone through usb indicate power issues or motherboard issues?

Something I should have probably mentioned before is that last week, during the hot weather, my pc overheated and cut its power for the first time ever - it was about 5 days after this that my gpu died on me. Could the overheating have caused damage?

Just tried charging my phone through the usbs, nothing happened. Unfortunately I do not have a spare PSU which I can test, which makes it hard for me to try and figure out whether it’s psu or motherboard

The unit is about 5 years old - actually turns out that it was only making so much noise because i was turning the pc on while it was on its side. The rattling is gone now that I have put it upright. It does say that the minimum psu requirement is 450w, so do you think its more likely to be a...

I have not, since there is no way for me to fit the card into that slot with the positioning of power inputs in the motherboard For what’s its worth, what’s more concerning is that it seems the motherboard usbs are properly working either which seems to point to it being a motherboard issue...

CPU: AMD FX6300 GPU: Sapphire RX 570 Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 PSU: Corsair 500w PSU should be fine given the card requires 500w. Also, given the fact that it is also my old card that is having this issue, I personally am ruling out the PSU to be a problem

So for a bit of context, my old graphics card died after 5 years, and yesterday i installed a new RX 570 - Initially it would not be detected by the monitor and thus I would get no display, but after suggestions on these forums and some troubleshooting it turned out this was a result of the...

Yesterday, my old r9 270x finally failed on me - it still works somewhat, however i cannot install drivers with it without it crashing and so it is basically unusable I ordered an rx 570 in replacement, and installed it today to some success: it worked just fine to start with I then began the...

When booting up computer just goes to a black screen. Nothing happens before this it just goes straight to a black screen with nothing on it. The screen and mouse don't turn on, neither does the keyboard. I am running windows xp 32 bit, 2.7gb ram