Recent content by xiuxiueig

Years ago I spilled some thermal paste (I think it was Artic but I'm not sure) on one of the RAM slots of my motherboard (ASUS Z-97 Pro Gamer). If there's RAM installed in that slot, the PC wouldn't boot. If there's no RAM in that slot, the PC boots normally. I was afraid of cleaning it so I...

Recently my PC stopped working so I had to take it all apart. While waiting to figure out what's wrong (I need to get my hands on another compatible mobo or cpu) my video card, power supply, ram and hard drives are sitting around in my desk. This kind of worries me as I don't want the components...

I live in Spain. As for budget, I'd rather not go over 50 euros but if it's necessary I could. I was thinking of replacing it with the same kind of PSU cause my brother has a lot of spare ones. But they're super old, they come from like early 2000s PCs I think. Maybe it's better to get a new...

It's an old one from another computer. You're right it's failing, I just turned on PC again and it only stays on a few seconds, then turns off, tries to turn on again and it can't, repeat process I will replace the PSU tomorrow!! It's def that. Thank you!

My PC turns on, lights are on, I can hear ssd and fans spin, but the mouse and keyboard don't work and the GPU fans stop spinning after a few seconds of working (the lights in the gpu, however, remain on.) I hadn't been using my PC for 2 weeks, my mom used it to check some documents a few days...