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tried this and didn't really notice a difference unfortunately. thanks though! i think i may have fixed it... i tried running sfc /scannow via an elevated command prompt and it actually found some corrupted files that it repaired and things seem to be working again? the desktop icons are still...

i am almost at my wit's end trying to figure out what is going on here so any advice is greatly appreciated. to sum it up, i have a dual-monitor setup where i use the primary monitor for playing games and the secondary monitor for watching youtube or browsing the internet. today i turned on my...

hello again, just wanted to pop back in and say that i finally fixed it. i followed all the suggestions in johnbl's post but still got a few blue screens; finally went out and bought a brand new USB stick and was able to get memtest working. tested the corsair sticks first and they came up with...

thank you both for your help. the two different type of memory were due to me accidentally purchasing the wrong type of memory when i went to expand, but since i didnt experience problems for several months i didn't think anything of it until now. i'll remove one set of sticks and see how it...

i already updated the BIOS to the most recent version (its an asus ROG STRIX Z490-H GAMING so it was version 0901 as of the end of november). since then ive also updated the chipset and the LAN drivers. im currently updating the Intel ME as well. i couldn't find any other firmware updates for...

hello a number of weeks ago (sometime in november) my system started experiencing frequent blue screen errors, particularly when doing memory intensive things like rendering in blender or other 3d apps. nothing about my computer was changed immediately prior to this (no hardware/software...