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  1. Benri

    Question I bought a new GPU because i thought the old one was broken... problem NOT FIXED :(

    Ok so I had an GTX 970 in my Computer for like 4 years. I went to holiday, came back and when i turned on my PC the displays (1 DisplayPort, the other one is HDMI) stayed black. I was confused and changed the HDMI to my Motherboard GPU a Intel(R) HD Graphics 530, that one worked and i was able...
  2. MaGistiK

    Question Whats going on with my card?

    CPU: Intel Core i5-8400 @ 2.80 GHz(6 CPUs) GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Motherboard: PRIME Z370-A RAM: 16 GB PSU: 800W(I don't remember the name, can check) So, I bought a PC like a year ago. In the beginning, everything was going as expected until I got some crashes while playing World of...
  3. E

    [SOLVED] Is my GPU dead?

    Hello, I was wondering if there is any way to check if my GPU is dead for sure? Lately it has been running very hot (70 degrees in For Honor on lowest settings) (close to 80 degrees in the divison 1 on medium). So let me fill you in, today I was playing Need For Speed Heat and I was creating a...
  4. T

    [SOLVED] Why does my computer crash?

    My computer crashes to a random solid color while I play certain games, so far it was on R6 and Rogue Company, the same thing happened on my old computer My Newly Built Pc Specs Ryzen 5 3400g Radeon 570 8gb ddr4 500w thermaltake psu ASRock b450m 240gb m2 ssd 240gb ssd 1tb hdd Could it be...
  5. S

    [SOLVED] HELP! My Parts Are Rapidly Slowing Down!

    When I first got this computer in August (custom built, might I add), I had great benchmarks. Great, smooth, and silky speed. Benchmark #1 Lately I've noticed that I've been getting 40 FPS in almost all of my games and usages were high and things were quite laggy. Benchmark #2 To my ALARM my...
  6. D

    [SOLVED] New screen for BenQ XL2546

    Hello, how much would a replacement screen cost for that monitor ? Picture of the screen Is a replacement even possible? greetings
  7. Moth254KF

    [SOLVED] I think my ethernet cable is broken

    I connect th ethernet cable, blinks orange wich means is recieven data but my pc does not recognized. I try to plug the same cable to my xbox but it didn't work either. Is the system is failing or the answer is obvius?
  8. carterjandrew

    [SOLVED] HELP! Half a year with an oddly behaving PC.

    About 6 months ago I was loading into a GTA 5 online game when my power went out. When I rebooted my computer it was full of broken drivers and half working programs. After re-installing just about everything I got my pc working again. Kind of. For the past half year most modern AAA games have...
  9. lightupsocks

    Question Broken USB 3.0 Port, USB ports wont work, doesn’t display anything

    This is my very first build. I’m using a Prime B450M-A mobo and a Phanteks 300 Mid Tower. The graphics card (Geforce GTX 1080 super) and all fans run fine - the motherboard lights up, cooler fan runs. Case USBs dont work because USB 3.0 port is broken (a pin is out) and the USB’s connected to...
  10. H

    [SOLVED] Front Audio Jack is Broken

    I can't connect my headset in the front anymore because the audio jack stopped working. I hear the sound only in one speaker, so I have to use the auido jack that's on the back. But I want to use my speakers and my headphones in the same time, I don't want to keep plugin and unplugin, so I want...
  11. def_function_404

    Question Screen glitching and flashing with RTX 2080 Super + BENQ 1440p display

    Hello, I picked myself up a 1440p display the other day as my third monitor and now I'm getting tearing/glitches whenever my computer comes out of the sleep mode or when the monitor is woken up in any other way. The 1440p monitor is connected via display-port(No issues when using HDMI, no...
  12. Skorp_

    Question My PSU exploded, pls help

    Nah it didnt explode, just a small component did. Can somebody help me fix it? It is a corsair CX750 m 80 plus bronze I cant find the exact piece that exploded, maybe i could solder a new one in. On the other side its around here.
  13. V

    [SOLVED] Is my monitor, or gpu broken?

    Hello, since a few months my monitor has been acting very weird, but it started having problems more frequently. I have already changed my hdmi cable. Do you guys know if its my monitor thats broken, or my GPU? I recorded a short clip of these glitches: https://streamable.com/deytrs btw: video...
  14. B

    [SOLVED] m.2 screw nut broken into the MB

    I started to build my very first PC yesterday. Everything was fine until the last piece when I tried to insert the M2 drive and fix it with the screw. I used the screw which was given by the ssd. It was a bit hard to rotate but I thought its fine, until the nut was broken down with the screw...
  15. hamishadams

    Question cpu speed changing when gpu is used

    My specs are amd fx-8350 gtx 1050ti 8gb ddr3 ram <Mod Edit> asrock mbo as you can see from my specs i dont have the fastest computer so i resort to overclocking both my cpu and gpu however even when i should be able to run games like valorant without problems however im faced with lag that...
  16. bobjackieson

    [SOLVED] Ram running slow?

    Cpu-Z frequency: 798.4 Mhz (DDR4-1596) Its ddr4 3200mhz ram and only running at idk... I enable XMP profile 1 like a guy told me on a forum and still running slow?
  17. T

    Question Realtek audio driver disappeared and i cant reinstall it

    When I was playing Valorant, it crashed my PC and I started it back up, but my audio was coming through my monitor. I checked my drivers and Realtek audio driver was gone. I tried to reinstall it, but it never shows up in my drivers. I have also tried restarting my pc, but nothing helps. Specs...
  18. H

    [SOLVED] WTH is going on with my PC... PSU failing?!?

    I have a Corsair CX 750M and regularity use it for gaming. Recently, I have had problems with my computer randomly shutting off, randomly restating, receiving BSODs, and freeing with the off button not working on my case or motherboard unless I hold it for around 15 seconds. These problems occur...
  19. Sitd13

    Question Asus monitor not working, blueish fuzzy screen with quiet sound happens instead.

    Hi folks, I turned my laptop on today and my external monitor suddenly was showing a strange fuzzy blue moving screen, it's hard to describe and I'm not sure what to search for to Google it! Picture and video below help. The power button doesn't do anything once it's plugged in. It does the...
  20. 2allu

    [SOLVED] Desktop very laggy after computer dropped

    Yesterday i dropped my computer and somehow my cpu pins bent. I bent them back and my computer is working again. Today i noticed that my desktop is "laggy" and if i choose a shortcut and try to move it around, the desktop or is it called "explorer.exe" crashes or at least freezer for a while...
  21. Qaztar

    [SOLVED] XSPC Raystorm Water Cooler Failed - Any way to fix?

    Hey there, Today I was playing a game I play pretty often (Planetside 2) and noticed that my frames were unusually low. Whereas I usually get 70-80fps, I was getting around 30-40fps. I started up CoreTemp, and saw that all my cores were at around 90 degrees celsius. I closed the game and the...
  22. C

    Question game crashed and all of a sudden all games frames are stuck on 30-40 plz help

    about 4 months ago i was playing eft and my computer crashed i turned it back on and all my games frames were broken the games loading screen will be one 120fps but once you get in the frames drop to 30-40 i play rust,siege,csgo etc. plz help
  23. JayChenoweth

    Question Faulty Graphics card?

    Ok so recently my computer has started doing this thing where when I attempt to boot the CPU led lights up white for a split second and then about 2 seconds later the white VGA light comes on and stays on solid white with no signal on my main monitor and a black screen on the second one. The GPU...
  24. sadmanwithbrokenpc

    [SOLVED] Power supply or motherboard?

    I have a question with my power supply. I use the paper clip test on my PSU. its providing power but the PSU fan is not spinning. I know it's providing power because I did not remove the HDD cable and fan that connected directly to PSU and my HDD is operational and the extra fan (not the CPU_FAN...
  25. Ozzypride69

    Question presumably broken mobo or cpu

    Alright so this is about a friend's computer but it's been sitting there for months so I figured I would help him if I could. So he dropped an external harddrive on the top of his case (close to the CPU) and after that the computer won't show any displays on any screens but it's registering...
  26. N

    [SOLVED] Really poor performance

    As of very recently my 1660 super has been performing really poorly. For example last week I could pay starwars battlefront 2 at around 110 - 150fps on the high preset. Now my pc wont even achieve 60 fps. This is consistent with many games. I've made sure v sync isnt on. My monitor is...
  27. galaxyhq

    [SOLVED] Graphics card no longer works / PCIE issue?

    I have a GTX 1060 and I recently opened up my prebuilt computer to fix some of the terrible cable management they did. As I was removing my graphics card the little clip on the PCIe slot to hold the card it broke off. Now when I plug in the graphics card and power on, the monitor does not come...
  28. B

    Question I broke pcie slot motherboard

    Hey guys so i.broke the pcie slot when.i.unplug the gpu by acciedent , the slot is just.came out from motherboard , the question is , i have a dual gpu slot , is it safe if i put the gpu.on the other slot? Thanks
  29. squib

    [SOLVED] I think my HDD is dying

    Hello, I think my Seagate 2TB Barracuda is dying after just 4 months. It's been making noises similar to a Geiger counter, and I could swear that I've heard it click at least once. My PC specs are: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X @ 4.3ghz GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Mobo: TUF GAMING X570-PLUS...
  30. T

    [SOLVED] Help! Bsod then black screen.

    Hello, so I was downloading Battlefront 2 and when I started it up, it said I needed to update the gpu drivers. I have rx 580 4gb by the way. So I go to AMD's website and I attempt to download the GPU drivers.So I tried to download the drivers But in the middle of it when it started downloading...
  31. M

    Question PC just died and need to know why

    I recently upgraded my pc with a ryzen 5 3600 and new ram. Everything worked fine for a couple of days until today while playing fortnite and messing with settings the screen turns off but fans and stuff still spin. I turn off the pc and then turn it back on. Fans spin, leds light up on...
  32. Y

    Question Gtx 1070ti Problems

    Hello! I'm a tech heavy kinda person but clueless when it comes to GPU's. My friend gave me his 1070ti when he bought a whole new pc and I plugged it in, Image was fine, games ran perfectly fine but no fans spinning and no LED's working on the plate. I reseated it, reconnected wires, redid...
  33. D

    [SOLVED] Computer won't boot

    One day I started getting a bunch of blue screens. I could start up my pc, go to the the desktop. But once I launched an app or something I'd get a blue screen. I tried taking my ram out and back in but when I pressed the power button, the fans spin and the leds go up but nothing goes to my...
  34. T

    Question How do I know if my CPU or RAM is bad?

    When I turn on my PC, nothing shows up on the monitor. Even though all the case fans and CPU fans are all working, nothing posts. I have already sent my motherboard back to ASUS and they said the problem cannot be duplicated, so it must be my CPU or RAM. CPU: Intel core i3-8100 Motherboard...
  35. U

    [SOLVED] Excessive fps problems. Help?

    Hello all, I built a PC for my brother about a year and a half ago and now all of the sudden it's having issues while gaming. I ran multiple benchmarks, updated all the drivers, and windows, and can't seem to figure out the issue. All the benchmarks and temps seem fine. I have a similar system...
  36. tralph3

    [SOLVED] Bad hard drive hangs diskpart. How to fix?

    Hi, I recently bought a SATA bay drive for my laptop to get a dedicated drive for booting Linux. I didn't buy an extra hard drive as I already had one from a previous laptop that died a few years ago. So I plug it in and the speed is atrocious. I tried to format it with Windows, I tried Gparted...
  37. J

    Question My computer keeps on randomly shutting off and I dont know why

    My specs: Ryzen 3 2200g GTX 1650 Super (New) 2x8gb Hyper x furry ddr4 2666mhz (1 stick brand new) Asus Prime a320m-e (brand new replacement) Cooler Master 550w modular MWE 80+ gold 240gb BX500 Crucial SSD 2tb Firecuta SSHD...
  38. R

    Bought a broken r9 390x for cheap(duplicate)

    already made another thread on this cannot delete
  39. J

    [SOLVED] Broken fans

    My Corsair front Af140 fans are broken. They are making loud noises and don't run well anymore. I want to replace them but my knowledge of fans isn't that great. My question is if anyone can help me with some sugestions to replace the broken fans. I've seen some noctua fans etc.. but there are...
  40. T

    Question Is monitor worth repairing?

    Hello, There is something odd with my monitor. The left, upper corner is reddish and kind of distorted (like every pixel would be super visible) while left bottom corner is so far not affected. I have checked this monitor with two devices and by both HDMI and DVI, the problem is the same on...