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I managed to find this thread, which is about the same issue: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-3522717/sleep-mode-problem-blinking-pattern-screen.html I'll have to wait for a while to see if the solution really helped.

Hi, for a second time now, a weird bug has occured on my PC and it's giving me a scare. I usually don't turn it off, just sleep it, and everything has been fine until very recently. When I woke the PC up after a longer period of sleep, the screen was just blinking black and white vertical...

Well, it is solved. It turned out to be the MB - I don't really know how it could've died, but it happened somehow. So if you ever run to a problem like this, try going through similar steps that I went and try to determine what is broken by logical increments - there's a great guide HERE...

Hello. Three days ago, I've built myself a new PC, consisting of these main components: PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G2 MB: MSI Z170 KRAIT CPU: Intel i7 6700K RAM: Kingston DDR4 2666MHz CL15 HyperX Fury Black (2*8GB) It's in Fractal Define S case, my CPU cooler is Enermax ETS-T40-W, HDD is...

Hello everybody! I'm building a new i7-6700K-based build for myself and I'm having a really hard time choosing between these two CPU coolers: NZXT Kraken X31 vs. Enermax ETS-T40-W Performance-wise, they should be pretty similar with X31 being slightly better. There are a few more factors that...

Should I build a 4790K-based PC now or should I wait for Skylake? I mostly play games, code stuff and render 3D models. How much of an improvement will it be? Will I lock myself out from new platforms going with 4790K, since Skylake is going to have a new chipset?