Recent content by srqpcfix

Glad to find this post.... NOTHING anywhere about it....even in the manual. . I didn't notice this 8-pin thing and my PC has been mysteriously shutting down during gameplay. Hoping this is the issue. Does this just require 8-pin pwr cable plugged into it? The manual only describes it as "8-pin...

that's an amd socket

Is it possible to maybe bend these into proper position? Am I wasting my time trying to do so?

What's your opinion of these socket pins? Are they bent too far out of tolerance to use? I tried to bend a few of them back with a hobby knife. It was shipped to me this way. Are these CPU socket pins too bent to use? I tried to bend a few back but it's too hard to see . Socket Image Socket...

OK... thanks you guys. I did not know what m.2 was till now. I see it on the mobo.

Where? I took the mobo out of the chassis

i'm fixing a gaming PC. : MSI Z370 SLI plus with 3 graphics cards. All the specs arent necessary for this post because I removed everything from the chassis and sat the mobo on the counter. Hooked it to power, monitor, keyboard & mouse. Powered it up with no drive and yet windows 10 loaded. I...