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    Question Dead PCIe slot?

    My GPU hasn't been working on one of the PCIe slots (works fine on the other lanes). I am assuming that the lane is dead. How can I check this to make sure?
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    Question How do I connect this cable to my motherboard?

    But they’re both male connectors. Do I need to buy an adapter?
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    Question How do I connect this cable to my motherboard?

    The mobo is asus prime x470-pro. The block is a Phanteks PH-GB1080FE_CBKLD_01 Phanteks G1080 GPU Full Cover Water Block for Nvidia 1080/1070 Founder Edition
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    Question How do I connect this cable to my motherboard?

    My Phanteks GPU block has this cable hanging out. How do I connect this to my motherboard?
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    [SOLVED] Home power tools for cutting aluminum?

    I am just trying to cut my aluminum plates to proper dimensions. The band saws are very expensive though...
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    [SOLVED] Home power tools for cutting aluminum?

    Is there any jigsaw brand you would particularly recommend to a beginner like me?
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    [SOLVED] Home power tools for cutting aluminum?

    The plate is 1/4 inch thick. Am I doing it wrong...? I am cramping the speed setting max and it is barely making a dent.
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    [SOLVED] Home power tools for cutting aluminum?

    I don't know if this is the right section to post this thread... I currently have a GOXAWEE rotary tool, but its cutting wheels are just not strong enough to cut through aluminum. Can someone recommend me a home power cutting tool for this?
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    Question MIGHT have forgotten to apply thermal paste

    The temps are within safe ranges. I am indeed using a hardline...
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    Question MIGHT have forgotten to apply thermal paste

    I’ve finished my custom water cooling build for about a month. Today, it suddenly came to me that I might have forgotten to add thermal paste on my CPU... I am using a ryzen 9 3900x, and it averages 45 degrees idle. The high temps have perplexed me for a while, and not having applied thermal...
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    [SOLVED] Effective memory clock speed confusions

    So it’s 1750 times 2 times 4?Why don’t other gpus have an effective memory clock 8 times the actual clock? Rx570, for instance, also has an actual clock of 1750mhz, but it’s effective clock is only 7000mhz.
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    [SOLVED] Effective memory clock speed confusions

    If GDDR is quad pumped, why is my effective memory clock speed 8 times the core clock speed?
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    [SOLVED] Effective memory clock speed confusions

    Rtx 2080 has an actual clock of 1750mhz, but its effective memory clock is 14ghz. Don't you calculate the effective memory clock of graphics cards by multiplying the actual clocks by 4 (quad pumping)? Why is it octo pumped on the rtx 2080?
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    Question Wireless card not detected on win10

    I bought the asus rog strix x570-E, which has Ethernet and WiFi cards preinstalled. Win10, however, doesn’t seem to be recognizing the WiFi card (it’s not shown in device manager) and keeps prompting me to plug in an Ethernet cable when I run the troubleshooting feature of windows. Is this a...
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    [SOLVED] cpu running for a few seconds with just a waterblock

    will ryzen shut down when the temps go past safe ranges like intel processors do?