Recent content by Noxian

My monitor connected to an UPS died and I want to replace it, but my PC (connected to the same UPS) is running. I'm wondering if it's safe to unplug the monitor and plug a new one into the UPS while it's on (but not running on battery power). I couldn't find anything about it in the UPS manual...

Yesterday my monitor (Samsung SyncMaster P2370) started flickering after being powered on. It will flicker intermittently for about 4 minutes and then stop. It only happens after the monitor has been off for at least approximately half an hour, if I turn it off for only a few seconds to few...

Turns out it's called StarForce Protection and it must have been installed alongside some old video game and it ended up causing conflict for some reason. Deleting the sfsync02.sys file solved it.

Everything was working fine up to this point when I rebooted my computer today and now it's stuck in startup repair loop. Windows reaches the starting Windows screen and then it goes into startup repair. I scanned it with Malwarebytes right before I rebooted and no malware was detected. I...

Hi There are frequent power outages where I live so I need a UPS to power my PC for 6-8 minutes in case of a blackout so I can hibernate my PC to save my data. It needs to be sufficient to power my PC under full load when gaming (my old UPS for my old system couldn't do that and was instead...

Does anyone know if the CMK32GX4M2B3000C15 RAM is good and compatible with Z170 Asus Maximus VIII Hero with i7-6700K? It's not listed on Corsair's website hence my confusion. Or should I just go with 4x8GB?

Here's the specs: Asus P7P55D-E PRO Nvidia GTX 480 Intel i5 655K I've been using this system for over 5 years without replacing any components and lately I've started encountering random Nvidia display driver crashes. They never caused the entire system to crash though until now, and now...

Update: figured out how to uninstall the display driver, wiped out all remains of Nvidia drivers and then clean installed Nvidia drivers yet the problem still persists. Still can't boot to Windows no matter what with Nvidia drivers installed. It doesn't BSOD anymore, it just shows a black screen...

Hello My PC crashed and now very time I try booting into Windows normal mode I get a BSOD saying there's a problem with nvlddmkm.sys (which is the Nvidia display driver). It only lets me boot into safe mode. I downloaded the recent driver with the intention of doing a clean install but it won't...

Hello I'm building a new PC soon and I'd like to know which of these CPUs would be better to get. I'm confused whether a DDR4 build with LGA 1151 is worth it yet. I'd like it to last at least 5-6 years if possible. I'll be using it mainly for gaming and digital art. Current CPU: i5 655k @ 3.2 GHz

Hi, I'm looking for headphones with very good sound quality for music and gaming with volume control. They have to be comfortable to wear. I don't need a mic so I'd prefer headphones without one or with a detachable mic. I don't know if surround sound means better quality than stereo in...

I'm thinking about upgrading it to i7 880 but I don't know if it's worth it. Unfortunately ASUS P7P55D-E PRO doesn't support any newer i7s and I really don't want to change my motherboard.