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    Question Firefox makes things blue

    So recently I have noticed an issue with images, or videos on my browser. Some pictures, were blue, or have a blue tings, or totally artifacted. I discovered that swapping from DP to HDMI and back would fix this issue. But today no luck. It stays blue. So a friend recommended trying another...
  2. anonymousgoated10

    Question Why is my monitor randomly cycling through red, green, blue, white and black screens ?

    As the title suggests, my Dell S24S21HGF monitor is cycling through these colors. I was playing a video game, and I got a tad bit too upset and tapped my display many times. I did not punch hard. I would like to reiterate that. It was fine until the last tap and since then it has been in this...
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    Question Computer giving Blue Screen & Restarting

    Hello, I am having a problem with my PC, will be grateful if anybody could help. First,i built this current PC that i am talking about nearly 2 years ago,i didn't have any problem until a month back. Second,a month back the PC suddenly started giving Blue Screen & restarting. I formatted...
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    Question PC frequently BSOD after RAM upgrade

    Hello, I've built my own pc in 2019 and in July this year I decided to upgrade my ram. I've upgraded my corsair lpx vengeance 2x 16gb kit 2666mhz to corsair rgb pro sl 2x 16gb 3600mhz (exact serial numbers: CMK16GX4M2A2666C16 to CMH32GX4M2Z3600C18) After this my computer started frequently...
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    Question WD Blue 4TB SSD keeps disappearing from Windows/BIOS

    I purchased a 4TB WD Blue SATA SSD three weeks ago, and its disappeared overnight from Windows 10 file explorer (and BIOS) 3 times after formatting and being placed into service. It’s the third disk in my system and replaces a 2TB spinning Hitachi (a secondary, non-bootable drive). I used the...
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    [SOLVED] BSoD Loop So Bad, Can't Even Move Around In BIOS

    I have no clue what's going on with my computer. I was playing games yesterday, then I went to go grab something and then I come back to my PC blue screening with the IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL, it threw the tcpip.sys file saying that was the culprit, but I haven't even been able to get back into...
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    Question Blue Compass boom arm wont stay in place

    I'm pairing my Blue Compass with my Wave:3 which is a fairly light mic. My problem is I cannot get the middle joint of the blue compass to stay in place, it ends up just flying upwards. I've tightened the friction plate as much as I can and I've loosened the screw underneath the boom arm as much...
  8. Prad_Bitt

    [SOLVED] 970 Evo vs A2000 vs Blue NVMe

    So I'm looking for a 1TB NVMe drive and I narrowed it down to these because rest are either too high priced, bad service brands where I live, or QLC. The A2000 is $130, Blue is $128, 970 is $155 Im leaning toward the Samsung because I already have 3 Samsung SSDs, (the m.2 860 I'll probably...
  9. Dirakia

    [SOLVED] Constant "WHEA_Uncorrectable_Error" unless gaming or watching videos ?

    Ive had this Problem for so long, i cant even remember when it started Basicly, my PC Bluescreens with WHEA Uncorrectable Error 24/7 on a Loop, meaning it Reboots itself and after some Minutes, crahses on its own, rince and repeat, unless im either watching Videos (even then its not guaranteed)...
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    [SOLVED] PC BSOD's when idle. No error message.

    Hello! I have this issue, that when I leave my PC on idle, or even if I put it to sleep, after a while, I always get a BSOD that goes by so fast that I can't even note the error code to try and troubleshoot what exactly went wrong. I tend to game on it heavily, and when I do, I don't really...
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    [SOLVED] Blue Screen :(

    Ok so here goes. Earlier today I clicked on a download link that was quite peculiar, my windows defender flagged it but I didn’t think it was harmful as Windows defender usually flags anything I download. But I was wrong. Afterwards random pop ups started opening for example CMD, Disk cleaner...
  12. Masterpayne4

    Question Random blue pixels on screen

    Okay so I have not used my PC in over a year and have decided to reboot it up. It all seems to be running smoothly but after i get past the BIOS many blue dots appear on the screen and move about, I know it isn't a problem with the monitor because I am able to use my ps4 on it. I have tried...
  13. geckovic02

    [SOLVED] Is this a good combo? (+Question)

    Hi! I want to get myself a new microphone (my current headsetmic is pretty bad) and I was thinking directly going with an XLR setup instead of USB. So I was looking around, watching reviews and comparing prices until I ended up with following setup: Mic: Blue Ember Interface: Presonus...
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    Question HELP - Computer Won't Boot: CRITICAL PROCESS DIED

    Issue: right before it gets to windows on boot-up, my computer blue screens, getting the error "CRITICAL PROCESS DIED" Exact details of how it occurred / what happens: about an hour after my computer was turned on one day, my screen had white horizontal lines on it. i restarted it, and the...
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    Question Strange Color Distortion

    Upon further inspection, I've found this is actually a display issue not a GPU issue. To reiterate, these blue lines have started showing up on my monitor but only when certain colors are present and contrasting. For example the CMD window is pure black when maximized, except blue lines at the...
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    Question Red/Blue horizontal lines from HDMI out

    View: https://imgur.com/z22quf3 So this happened ! Im on an MSI GE62 VR Apache pro laptop with a GTX 1060 inside and these lines appear on the monitor connected with the HDMI the other output (display port with HDMI adapter) on the laptop does not have any issues. I tried different monitors...
  17. chibamarco

    Question Which microphone should I buy?

    Hello, humans. I really need to buy a new microphone, hence my crappy built-in microphone in my headset broke, but thats good because it sounded horrible. My absolute maximum budget is 100$, and I cant go more than that. The Blue Yeti is currently at 120$ discount, but I cant buy it...
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    [SOLVED] Major differences between lga 1150 vs lga 1151

    hi guys someone is selling their used gaming PC with an i7-4770 CPU however, it has the LGA 1150 socket and I am only familiar with the 1151 socket. My current PC has an i5-4440 processor with an LGA 1151 socket. But again, it comes down to the awesome specs of the used pc that have me...
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    Change HP Processor

    Hi Everyone, I have a HP 14-am085tu laptop. and i have Intel® Celeron CPU N3060 @ 1.60GHZ with 4GB installed memory and 64bit operating system Can i change my laptop PROCESSOR to a BETTER one? OR should i change it with my motherboard as well? I shall be very thankful to any answer!
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    Configuring network for use with two routers

    I am running into some problems when trying to connect two routers to my existing internet connection - I have two TG797n v3 routers which I am trying to run separate networks on. The existing setup consists of a switch connected to the ISP modem. The two routers are plugged into the switch...
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    PC slow to post

    My motherboard is about nine years old and the peripherals are getting up there too. Lately, I've found that it takes a while before the motherboard will post. When it was new, it would post so fast, I couldn't even read it. Now, it takes about three seconds before the screen even shows up. I've...
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    Looking For Component Upgrade Suggestions (Gaming)

    Current specs are a GTX 970 OC (+175 core clock OC and +325 memory clock OC) , i5 4690k (4.5ghz OC with watercooler) and 12 gb ram. I play at 1080p 144hz and struggle in some games to stay at 144fps+ i wanna upgrade my system to the point where i shouldn't have any problems reaching 144+ frames...
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    Cannot get my new RAM Upgrade to stop crashing

    Hello, I’m having an issue with my new RAM i purchased. Right now I had 8gb of Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz RAM, I decided to buy another 8 GB(most games require 16gb nowadays) but my computer will just not stay on for more than 1 hr without crashing! Then bios loads my RAM at 1333mhz. I have set...
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    How much is my PC worth?

    I'm trying to sell my gaming rig from last year because at the moment, I'm unable to keep it. HP ENVY Desktop - 750-170se CTO Specs: GPU: 980 Ti CPU: i7 6700k MEMORY: Crucial 32GB DDR4-2133 DIMM Motherboard: HP Motherboard PSU: Thermaltake 600w HDD: 1TB Seagate 7200 RPM Drive: SuperMulti...
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    z420 Windows 10 install problems

    Hi, i have an old Z420 and trying to install windows 10. I followed the HP website instructions and use a USB win 10 installation media. after this successfully installs on a SSD SATA it reboots, however it does not follow through with the windows 10 configuration. All I get is a error "no...
  26. Crestfallen_12

    Which PSU should I get?

    So I was in doubt about 2 PSUs and now I have no idea which one to buy , My Build will be Ryzen 5 1600, 8GB DDR4 and RX 470 4 GB.
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    ROG Front base With Asus maximus viii impact .

    I just bought Asus Rog front base . When i checked compatible on rog website , it support . But i dont know how to connect two cables with mobo . Any ideas ?
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    Corsair Hydro Series H100i V2 Extreme Performance

    Hey All, I'm getting a Corsair Hydro Series H100i V2 Extreme Performance to use with a i7 7700K. My question is this cooler say's it has the thermal compound already applied. Should I clean this off and get the Artic compound or is this compound that's on it be ok? THANKS!
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    Best HDD, SSHD For ps4 pro

    idk what to look for when switching my hhd in my pro I have a 2tb hdd but when I put it in my ps4 pro it sound like its a moter so I put the stock hhd back in. I want to know what would the best option be for it to run smoothly but also have 2 tb with either an SSHD or HDD
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    CPUZ shows that my GPU 980Ti using only PCIE 3.0 8 x lanes instead of 16 x

    MotherBoard: GIGABYTE Z170-D3H CPUZ shows that my GPU 980Ti using only PCIE 3.0 8 x lanes instead of 16 x . When i check it in Nvidia control panel there is 16 x . I updated the newest bios of version F20. In BIOS i can set AUTO / GEN1 / GEN 2 / GEN 3 for general PCIE standart, but I cant see...
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    Mounting graphics card causes my unit to not boot.

    Just bought a Zotac GTX 1060 Mini. When I mount it to my mobo, my unit does not boot. It's locked in place and the 6 pin is connected as well. Specs of the unit are: i5-6400 http://ark.intel.com/products/88185/Intel-Core-i5-6400-Processor-6M-Cache-up-to-3_30-GHz Thermaltake Smart SE 630...
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    Switching Nvidia to Radeon

    i have a geforce GT 730 and getting a new R9 290x Sapphire tri-x card what should i do in terms of pre switching cards out, and post switching card out
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    Horizontal lines on screen after watching a video.

    Hi all, I have had a weird problem occur over the past couple of days that I was hoping someone might be able to help with. Whenever I watch a video full screen, be that netflix or youtube or whatever, once I close the video I am left with lines all over the screen which I have posted a screen...
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    gtx 970 or 1060

    Which one should I buy they're about the same price Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 WF 3X OC 4GB or EVGA GeForce GTX1060 SC 6GB
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    No Output for New Build

    Okay, so I have a brand new computer I've built: Mobo: MSI z170a SLI Plus Memory: Vengence DDR4 3000mhz CPU: Intel i3 6100k VGA: Nvidia GTX 970 PSU: EVGA 750 Watt G2 Hard drive: SSDnow Kingston Optical Drive: Samsung Everything starts up, fans all spin, so I plug the HDMI cord into the...
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    EVGA 970 SSC always getting below 60 in h1z1

    I have had my 970 since Christmas and have been experiencing very bad fps even after following every guide... I have wiped my pc 2x and have always installed the latest drivers. I can not wrap my head around the problem. Every game I play I get strange performance... In h1z1 just survive I...
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    wrong chipset on my GPU?

    I bought a AMD Radeon R7 250 2gb ddr3 3.0x16 desktop card from newegg, plugged it in and ran the correct drivers....went to check the settings on the new card and realized it was showing as a AMD Radeon HD 8800M ..... any ideas ?
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    XPS 8500 GPU upgrade, World of Warcraft f

    Hello all, I am fairly new to computer hardware upgrades, I am looking to upgrade my gpu on my XPS 8500 (2012). I'm also looking for information on what the right choice may be for my current situation. Let me give you my specs. Dell XPS 8500 i5-3350 3.10 GHz (3rd gen) 8.00 GB RAM AMD Radeon...
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    Is this system a bottleneck or a good combo?

    Okay, so i have recently put a system together. Here are the specs: CPU: X4 860K (4GHZ) MOBO: F2A88XM-D3H GPU: R9 270X TOXIC RAM: 1X8GB HYPER X CPU COOLER: ARTIC FREEZE 7 these are the most vital components. What do you think? Also can i push the cpu oc a little more? The temps at idle are...
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    ASUS laptop won't turn on. No lights

    My ASUS V301L laptop won't turn on and no lights are showing. This happened after I held down the power button while the computer was restarting. I also had my phone connected via USB chord at the time. I've tested that the charger is working. I've tried holding down the power button for 30+...