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I bought a used Asus N580GD laptop. Previous owner said he wasn't able to install Windows because he didn't know how. After turning it on for the first time it was having problems to boot Windows. always getting BSOD or sometimes screen just freezes. I tried to boot with a USB flash drive but...

Hey all I have a H3m01 H mother board Recently i wanted to buy a 4GB ram stick to upgrade my speed. I couldn't get hold of the ram type so I had to open up the pc on doing so I cut of the power supply and carefully removed the ram checked it's version and reinstalled the ram stick into the next...

Hey all I have a H3m01 H mother board Recently i wanted to buy a 4GB ram stick to upgrade my speed. I couldn't get hold of the ram type so I had to open up the pc on doing so I cut of the power supply and carefully removed the ram checked it's version and reinstalled the ram stick into the next...

I have a custom built PC. It's been working fine for 2 years. One day I shut if off and now it won't work right. Here is what I tried. 1. Disconnecting Nvida graphics card to boot from internal GPU. 2. Tried a different OS drive 3. Tried a different Power Supply regardless of what I try...

Im trying to get Windows to be the default option when turning on the PC instead of going through the BIOS I have an ASUS motherboard and every time I want to turn on the PC I have to: Hit the power button Hold the power button to turn off the PC (the monitor says that it is not recieving any...

Issue description: After a system restore, Windows stopped booting correctly. It now throws a Stop error CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED on boot. The boot logs indicate that the error occurred after the point where CLFS.SYS was loaded. The restore was done in WinRE, and therefore the restore could not be...

Swapping drives from old pc to another... Windows 10 Desktop C: Drive (from original PC) not being recognized. Get non system drive error. Can reboot with USB windows but can't access Drive Drive appears as a "Windows" drive when checked on other PC Any suggestions? Tried swapping cables...

Hi my mom's pc has got a hardware problem. it's motherboard is Asus PRIME H310M-R R2.0. This mother board just have 2 ram slots and i have two DDR4 hyperx 4GB rams. Today my mom told me her computer has no image. I checked my mother's computer First I took out two RAMs Then I put the first RAM...

Hi, I have over the last 6 months had trouble with constant crashes and being unable to boot, and I have so far failed to identify the cause. My setup is: GPU: AMD Radeon RX 5700 CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz with stock cooler Boot drive: Samsung EVO Plus 970 500GB (previously Samsung EVO 970...

Hello! so essentially i’ve been unable to boot at all for the past couple days or so, i’ve had this issue in the past and resolved it by getting a new ram kit but there was nothing wrong with either kit as they are both QVL certified and both full memtest86 ram on them, but here i am again I’ve...

Hey there! I've been struggling with a hardware issue and i've made a deep search on the web but i had no luck at all. I changed my components recently, and I bought hardware from a friend and i've been using the new rig for over a month: motherboard, psu, gpu, and cpu. Note: GPU and PSU were...

Hello everyone, I am looking to get help about my cpu error light on boot. In order to fix this issue I have to physically push on the cpu cooler towards my cpu sometimes also having to loosen / tighten my cpu cooler. And then it boots fine. Sometimes I get a WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR. Then I...

Recently swapped cases, SSD booted up without issue and went smoothly for a day or so. I forgot about my LED strips so I installed them etc and it seems that caused something. Ended up connecting the power from the controller into a secondary power slot on the same cable used on my SSD. After...

Hi, I built a pc about 4 months ago, it worked fine until yesterday. I was playing then had a black screen, I had to force shutdown and when booting windows froze on loading screen. Now every time I boot it freezes on the loading screen even in repair mode. I tried to plug a windows usb but it...

My Macbook Pro required some maintenance as it was overheating on the most basic tasks. So with some help we cleaned the heatsinks and fans. And swapped the crusty dry paste for some fresh noctua paste. After the swap we reconnected everything and started the mac just fine. Gave stuff a quick...

Specs : Asus Ex A320M Gaming Ryzen 5 3500 Circle CG Raw Power 550W 80Plus White Problem : I push the power button and the system doesn't boot up. I can see that motherboard's RGB are lit up. After sometime (approx 30 min) the system magically boots up. What have I tried: 1. I did the paperclip...

Hi, I remove my NVIDIA GPU from my Dell Precision T1500 with Ubuntu Server 22.04 LTS but after doing it the pc won’t turn on anymore and plays 4 fast bips in loop. What can I do?

Hi, I am having this issue. My (desktop) computer takes several attempts to boot properly. When I try to turn on the PC, the CPU fan, the LED light of casing, and the casing fans do seem to run fine, but nothing is shown on the monitor. I am quite sure its not a graphics card issue since...

Hi! Thanks in advance! What I have now: A) ssd 0, an 1 year old Samsung 980pro, 2t with 800gb free; B) ssd 1, newly purchased WD Green SD350 1t, windows 11 just installed; C) a usb flash drive with windows 11 installation media; D) a few HDDs… In short: after a forced shutdown, I can’t boot...

I was doing some work on my PC and left the room to grab a drink - when I came back, my computer had restarted itself which I'm assuming means it crashed. Now, there is a message that says "Reboot and Select proper Boot device". I have 2 M2 devices, a Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB (Windows...

Hello, having an issue with my motherboard not recognizing one of my hard drives on boot sometimes it sees it while booting sometimes it doesnt see it while booting but then it is recognized by windows but acts a bit slow and funny sometimes it is not recognized on boot, recognized by...

I'm not sure what's causing this or even how I could describe the problem. I recorded a video that clearly shows what happens. Any help is greatly appreciated. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/19F6inrWoOfbqq2jCXLl8dmVgFXECnCKl?usp=sharing Thank you!

Some time ago, I purchased a couple of same RAM sticks as the previous one. But whenever I install these new RAM sticks, PC turns on but monitor recieves no signal from the GPU and on the motherboard VGA light stays on. When I remove the new RAM sticks, everything works fine again. Which means...

Hello! So as the title reads, I recently purchased another M.2 drive, the Samsung 980 PRO 1TB. Before, I was using Samsung 970 EVO 500gb with Windows installed on it. Now I have reformated my old M.2 and installed Windows on my second one (980). I get this message on startup "Reboot and Select...

So last night I was playing CSGO and after I finish the game I wanted to go to sleep, I shutdown my PC like normal but for some reason after I shut it down my PC still turn on but the monitor is complety off, I was thinking maybe it need sometime to completly shut down, so I just slept until the...

Running into quite an issue here. I was randomly browsing on my computer, a Windows 11 system, when it randomly shut down and restarted by itself. Then, it was about to boot into the OS, until it restarted again and did the same thing. Eventually, it would just freeze on my motherboard logo and...

I just installed a new PSU, 80+ bronze 700w to a 80+ gold 750w, after installation my pc wont display and the VGA debug light is on, please help Specs: CPU - Ryzen 5600x GPU - RTX 4070 ventus 3x pc RAM - Corsair vengeance lpx 32gb (2x16) Motherboard - MSI A520 M A Pro PSU(New) - Corsair RM750x...

So I moved across the country and my PC that was working perfectly now has issues. It wouldn't even post when I moved to my new house. The red LED for the CPU was on (on my mobo) so I took my CPU apart and cleaned it. I then put it back and my computer posted, but now my screen would freeze a...

Specs are at the bottom of this post. This happened twice, but I have not found a solution this time. The first time, I simply forgot to turn off my computer overnight, and had to force shut down in the morning. Then, when turning on, it would freeze after BIOS when trying to load the OS...

Hey! Very short intro: I move back and fourth twice a year, and bring my pc with me I have done this for 3 years with this system. At the same time I apply new thermal paste and do a deep clean. After the latest one of these a strange new behavior has appeared. Specs: MOB: msi x570 mpg gaming...

Hey! So as the title reads, I can't boot anything, not even my USB stick which has a fresh Windows installer on it. Before all this happened, my PC was working fine. So how did this start? Well, I recently picked up my new ram sticks and plugged them in my computer. I noticed that the speed...

Hi, System was working fine for 2/3 years then 2 days ago my lan port stopped working. I was looking to try and fix it restating pc etc then after 1 restart it just didn’t display anything anymore. Opening it up I noticed the ez debug leds are lit up on the vga and boot. Specs: MSI MAG X570...

The problem: I can't tell if my ASUS motherboard is truly the problem since any google search gives me round about answers that do more gas-lighting that it's the RAM or CPU and not the motherboard. The symptoms my system is experiencing: Depressingly slow boot times Slow screen refreshing...

> I got a PM9A1 2TB Drive from Samsung (It is the OEM version of a 980 Pro) > I cloned my OS from my old 870 QVO 1TB with a random software > Drive worked absolutely fine for a couple days > Started showing BSODs frequently so I decided to clean install Windows. > Windows installed part way then...

Hey there! So I just bought and installed a new M.2 drive, cloned my old drive to this new one, but I can't seem to boot from it (triple checked the OS DID copy over). The new drive shows up in disk management, Speccy, Windows explorer, and I can use it like normal, but it does not show up in...

I recently put together a system with the following components: Motherboard: ASUS TUF Gaming Z790-PLUS WiFi CPU: Intel I9-13900K GPU: Nvidia Quadro P4000 Memory: Kingston DDR5 KF552C40BBK2-64 (2x32) -- meets ASUS compatibility System is on a Crucial 1 TB M.2 SSD (in slot 2) with a 2TB Crucial...

There is a adaptar for use a usb as internal IDE hard disk? Or i can use the existant IDE to USB in reverse? I need it for install SO to a PC without USB boot support.

Hi, So I recently upgraded my CPU and motherboard along with it. My new motherboard is the ASUS Prime Z790-P WiFi. When I first started the PC after installing the components, my Windows boot drive was broken/corrupt or something so couldn't launch into Windows. I tried resetting the drive...