Recent content by thebrumby

Yes board and processor both new, Amazingly, I'd got the tiniest fleck of thermal paste between two pins. I managed to clean it gently with a toothbrush and now all is working! Thanks for putting me on the right track.

Hi all, Last week I upgraded my old AS-Rock B450 motherboard for a nice new Asus ROG Strix X470. Unfortunately I have had nothing but problems with it. I started off putting in my G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 16GB (8GBx2) 4000MHz (Part number: F4-4000C18D-16GTZSW). I put the memory in B2 + A2 and...

Thanks for the explanation re the cache and BIOS, it helped me out to know that it should work! I haven't built a PC for years, but dropping a new processor couldn't be simpler, so I can't think I'm doing anything wrong. Based on the previous advice I have put my hand in my pocket for a new...

Thanks for the advice, I might have to buy a new one then -.-

Hi all, This might be a nOOb question, but I would appreciate some advice. Last year I bought a fairly basic PC, containing an Asus Prime A320-MK motherboard. As I saved up money, I have invested in a replacement SSD hard drive, 16gb memory and a 1050 GTX graphics card - all installed myself...