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    [SOLVED] Hexagonal standoff screw for CPU cooler stuck in motherboard

    This was the case, the only solution was to break it off, I tried holding it but it didnt help much. luckily I have another backplate.
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    [SOLVED] Hexagonal standoff screw for CPU cooler stuck in motherboard

    Thanks, I will try it tomorrow
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    [SOLVED] Hexagonal standoff screw for CPU cooler stuck in motherboard

    Thanks for your reply. How do I get those off? I tried it earlier but I was afraid of breaking it.
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    [SOLVED] Hexagonal standoff screw for CPU cooler stuck in motherboard

    The hexagonal standoff screw I encircled below is stuck in my motherboard (Tomahawk b450). When I try to turn the screw with a screwdriver it just keeps turning, no matter what direction I try to turn. Here's the screw: The backplate looks like this: How do I get this screw out of my...
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    Question Connecting a very old amplifier with a Philips Smart TV

    I am tired of listening to the awful speakers of my Philips 43PUS7303 so I want to connect it to my old amplifier my dad gave me. Problem is, the amp is more than 40 years old. The amp in question is a Philips 22 AH 561 and I have no idea what to do. Google didn't really help so that is why I am...
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    Vga no signal

    So I was playing Dark Souls and my computer shut off randomly. When I tried to reboot 15 minutes later my monitor said that I didn't have signal. My pc boots normally because I can hear the sound. I turned everything off and reinserted my ram and gpu but that didn't work. Tried a hdmi cable but...
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    Video card getting hot without playing

    Hello, So lately my video card gets hot (80c) when I'm noy playing a game. When I play a game it runs fine, but after like 15 minutes the game starts to get laggy. Even when I exit the game, my video card will still be at 80c. This problem can be temporarely fixed by (clean)installing another...
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    Varying internet speeds on LAN/cable

    I cant do ipconfig /renew -and /release; "The operation failed as no adapter is in the state pernissible for this operation." I changed my DNS to 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4. though.
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    Varying internet speeds on LAN/cable

    I've got an annoying problem. My internet speed can vary between 90 mb/s and a few kb's/s. A few months ago when I first build my computer my internet speeds were pretty consistent. It stayed at around 80 mb/s on average. But now I have an average speed of 50 kb or less. Sometimes my speed...