Recent content by Steve Kerry

Thanks unclewebb, I had figured (by playing what-does-this-button-do?) that BD PROCHOT was somehow involved, but I was a bit cautious about turning it off altogether. When I call up Limit Reasons, I get the box with yellow tags show below. If BD PROCHOT is ticked, I get the box with red tags...

Thanks Boju, I'll try it tomorrow - it's 1am here and time for bed...

It could be the motherboard is dead. But the mobo won't start if it's not getting any power. Does the mobo have an LED that lights up when power is applied, even if the PC is turned off? Is the PSU working? Unplug it from the PC and look at the 24-pin plug, use a bit of wire (like a...

Just a thought - what happens if you remove the GPU and then turn the PC on?

This is my PSU... http://www.overclock.co.uk/product/NesteQ-Asm-Xzero-700W-XZ-700-Heatpiped-Cooled-Semi-Fanless-PSU_45668.html

My bad, I said it's a Z97x, it's actually a Z87x-oc. There is a 4-pin socket (ATX-12V) and an 8-pin socket next to it (ATX-12V_2x4), I have a 4-pin lead plugged into the right side of the 8-pin socket (which is what the manual says to do). I have spare outputs on the PSU (Nesteq 700), if one...

My PC has been getting slower, and I was always going to get around to fixing the problem. Last week I reinstalled Windows 10, figured that would fix it. It didn't. I have now consulted all manner of software, and decided I don't understand most of what it is telling me. What I have...

I just had a strange event while running a 3D render in Daz Studio. I had Task Manager up on another screen (to keep an eye on memory usage) and MSI Afterburner (to keep an eye on temperatures). And I got this: Task Manager says the CPU is running at 22%, of which Daz accounts for 8%. This...

It's working again, but I'm not sure I should flag this as Solved because I'm not entirely clear what caused the problem in the first place. I picked up a spare 2GB card of DDR3, installed that alone, and got into BIOS where I reset everything to factory default. Reboot, everything loaded fine...

Just over a week ago, my PC died. I hit the start button, the fans turned, and that was it. No beep, no POST, no signal, nothing. I still had power because the LED on the mobo was on, and the lights on the GPU were pulsing. My rig: i5-4670K, Asus Z87-K, 32GB DDR3 (Corsair Vengeance), GTX...

Again, start with the simple things: remove the fan from the heatsink, make sure it spins freely without rattling, and remove any dust or pet hair from the heatsink - it's amazing how much debris can get stuck in there. The fans are turning so at least some power must be getting through. But...

That 375W PSU should be plenty, you're pulling well under 200W with just the mobo and CPU. Do you have another PC handy? Swap bits back and forth between them, you'll soon know which component is causing the problem because the PC won't start! Start with the power lead, most of us have...

Alternatively, if anyone knows where to get a reasonably priced USB 3.0 upgrade kit for the R3, that would do nicely :)

I damaged the front panel connectors on my Fractal R3 case by tripping over the headphone wires, and pulling them out. I know some people will have upgraded their R3 case to USB 3.0, so I'm wondering if anyone still has their old USB 2 front panel connectors? I looked at buying a replacement...

Thanks, dongle has been ordered :)