Recent content by msaadeh489

The standoff has always been there, even before installing a m.2. Unless potentially screwing it in there caused the short to actually happen. I did not notice any visible burns or damage to the mobo, but I can confirm that it is in fact the motherboard that’s the problem because I bought a new...

Standoff and screw here: View: https://imgur.com/a/C5QW9S8 I do not have another functional psu to test, but I tested the current one and voltages all seem to be okay

Good point they really are 😭 but yes, besides that I had tested it outside the case by shorting the power pins as well.

No, did not ground myself as I never did, but I guess I learned my lesson and it’s better safe than sorry. However I tested with a GPU I know works and breadboard still didn’t start. Now I still have a hunch it’s the mobo which was about 5 years old. I got a new one and will be testing, and in...

Thanks for this, very comprehensive. Yes, the tester showed all the proper voltages. In the case of breadboarding, I would not need a gpu installed to see fans spin, lights to mobo, etc correct? But I understand that testing the gpu would be wise to figure out if that was fried or not. I do have...

I have to comment now to say that this totally saved me. Thank you.

Hello all, currently at a dead end confused as to what happened. I installed the Samsung 990 evo plus into my system. Note that I used the screw meant for the M.2 WiFi chip, a very small screw, but I didn’t think that would cause any issues. I have this setup, a couple years old: AsRock B550...

Not the most professional benchmarks, but I ran the same OC profile and tested before and after switching slots. Unigine Heaven max settings: Before: score 3740, fps 148.5 After: score 3954, fps 157 UserBenchmark GPU Score: Before: 152% After: 158% So a pretty considerable difference, I'm...

I'm on version 2.40 from 2022/10/20

Hello, I have an ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming 4 (here's the manual for reference) with Ryzen 7 5800x and RTX 3070. After reading the mobo manual again I realized that there is the PCIE1 slot that's stated to be PCIe 4.0 x16 to be used "for PCI Express x16 lane width graphics cards" but this whole...

so what do you think? could i ruin/damage something if i tried to unscrew the stock backplate to test it out? because I tested from the front side, and the Noctua backplate is aligned correctly, it just doesnt fit because of the existing backplate.

I specifically have the HP Omen 870-244. I got the NH-D9L because it's a good lower profile cooler that would also help with airflow, instead of the stock cooler. I didn't realize this until buying that a backplate would be needed on the back of the motherboard. I went through the pain of...

That was very reassuring, thanks.

Thanks for that info. So after cloning and disconnecting the HDD, the system will automatically boot from the SSD? I don't want to be worried about my computer not booting or something like that.

I have not purchased a new drive yet. But now I'm thinking about just getting a 1 or 2 tb drive to avoid issues. My current drive has a lot of games and work programs, game clips, etc. Mostly just programs but I can cut down on a lot of that data. So the samsung tool would copy my entire...