Recent content by olblindman

My daughter just purchased a Samsung Monitor, and since installing, she occaisionally gets 1 long and 3 short beeps.....the PC then starts up and runs fine. I am wondering if it isn't the cheap display cord that Samsung supplied with the monitor, as the PC ran fine before? It's home built, with...

FIXED! I pulled the battery, waited half a minute and plugged it, and she fired right up. Had to go into BIOS (EUFI) and check some settings (XMP needed to be enabled, as I pulled the RAM also), but all is back to normal! Why would i have to reset the CMOS? Is it possible we had a power-blip...

I tried the paper clip test, and everything seemd to work.....as I did not disconnect anything but the 24 pin connecter.....the fans all came one (except the one connected to Mobo, others work off a SATA plug). I will try to reseat DDR , and perhaps replace 2032 battery ( if I can find...

New build. Corsair 850 shift PSU, Asus TUF Z790 mobo, I7 13700K cpu, Ran perfectly till this morning. Now, it does not power up at all. The only sign of life is the Ethernet port light flickers. Tested power switch at the mobo by shorting the connections which did nothing. No other lights on...

I am trying to find a way to get my joystick to be seen by STEAM. I have tried both a Logitech Extreme 3D pro, and a Thrustmaster T.16000M, and they are not "seen" by steam. Both show up in Windows11 devices, and both work just fine. I have tried a few suggestions (big picture) to no avail...

I tried the Logitech download. nothing. The problem is with STEAM itself, I think. I did a BIOS update not long ago (always makes me nervous), so I do not think that is the issue. Other Steam users have the same problem, though a few have found work-arounds, I tried all their suggestions with 0...

Running Windows 11. Joystick is detected by Windows 11, but not by STEAM. Tried big picture, etc. Nadda. It does not see the controller at all. Logitech does not have any new 11 drivers for it, but it does see the joystick, and all the buttons work fine. I do not want to invest in another...

I am going to follow that article....thanks. I have been fussing with this thing for a few hours and getting myself nuts! So after I load in a limited windows 11, how do I get the rest of it up to par? Repair?

I tried MS help.......I reset the modem and router, and every PC and wifi device in the house is working just fine, but my new Asus Tuf Gaming z790 wifi board is not seeing the connection. I cannot continue with the install without an internet connection. Any thoughts?

Thanks.....that is what I thought, but wanted to be sure. What good are the piggyback cables for? I don't use them and have never seen anyone recommend using them.

My mobo requires 2 - 8 pin connections. My power supply (Corsair 850 shift) has 1 connection for an 8 pin under the Motherboard side of connections, then it has a bunch under the Pcie/cpu side. Do I use one of those? And can one use a piggy back connector? I usually don't like to use those, and...

Can I download Win 11 from Microsoft and then purchase license keys for the 2 rigs I am building? I could go out and buy a USB with 11 on it, but I don't really want to buy 2, if avoidable. And where can I purchase the key?

I spent close to 2 hours with support. They remotely tried everything, and decided a reinstall of Windows would fix it.....it did not. Running 21H2, fully updated (every time I start up my PC, I have been checking for updates)....ran DISM, uninstalled/reinstalled Store as well as X-box. After a...

Getting this error code when attempting to download a game (state of decay2). I tried the recommended fixes to no avail. What bothers me, is that the game has been on my system for a long time, and ran fine. The recommended fixes all say it has to do with an update, but my PC is updated. I have...

40% of all PC problems are related to bad PSU. If the unit is more than 3 years old, replace it. Bad PSUs cause all sorts of strange problems....very unpredictable