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    Question I may have damaged my nvidia 1080ti strange whining noise but might not be coil whine

    Hey everyone, I think i did something really bad and it damaged my gpu. I struggled to remove it from the slot and it took awhile before I could actually push the lever on the pci slot. Now I got quite rough with it to the point my whole motherboard was bending(slightly). I then cleaned it with...
  2. Edu Sanabria

    Question I am going to RMA it, but I would like to know your opinion

    Hello!!!!! I had this EVGA T2 1000W PSU for 3 years. It works fine, but two months ago started to make this fantastic noise: I am in a RMA process, but the PSU, for this 2/3 months worked perfect. I had to use it for my job. It is not the fan. I specifically bought the 1000 watt to be below...
  3. nvoyy

    [SOLVED] First Build PSU Coil Whine

    Recently finished my first build, everything with it is great but when I play anything that is quite hard on graphics I am getting coil whine. It seems this isn't the end of the world but it can get quite loud and annoying without headphones on. I am pretty sure it is coming from the PSU and...
  4. beefycactusyt

    [SOLVED] [REPAIR] Graphics Card Damage

    Hey, I'm an idiot and recently dropped my graphics card. It is a Gigabyte GTX 1050ti. It was in a loosely protected box and a component fell off. I believe it is an Inductor Coil, a Magic R22. This looks to be the only physical damage on the board Can this be soldered back on? I also have some...
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    Question Unable to make my NVMe m.2 drive bootable/usable, and annoying hissing sound from PC?

    Edit: Added an Imgur Album with pictures I took of the BIOS with info I hope will be helpful to pinpoint the NVMe M.2 SSD issues. PARTS NEW Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix Z390-F Gaming CPU: i9 9900K RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16GB 3600MHz CL18 Storage: Corsair Force MP510 NVMe PCIe Gen3 x4 M.2 SSD...
  6. georgens

    [SOLVED] Asus ROG RTX 2080 TI- Coil Whine

    I have just bought the new GPU and running benchmarks I've noticed this high pitched whining sound coming from the GPU, doesnt happen when idle, so my question is, does this mean that the gpu is broken and should i get a new one?
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    Question Weird noise coming from computer

    Hello guys, I recently bought a new computer and i've started to notice this "coil" or something coming from my computer when I open games. When changing settings etc the noise quickly goes away however, when the setting is applied it instantly comes back. It doesnt say this sound idle and only...
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    Laptop use with High Power outdoor WiFi?

    I need to use a wifi-connected laptop on a vehicle around my property. I am considering a high power outdoor wifi bridge/access point. That part is easy to understand. My question has to do with laptop side of the connection. How does high power wifi work when the wifi connected laptop is...
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    HDMI not working

    My HDMI Port (top half) is not working, I have 1 monitor currently working on the HDMI port (bottom half). When I try to plug my HDMI into the top port It picks up a signal but seems to black screen. I tried using a VGA (bottom half), it worked although I don't want to use VGA. All the other...
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    What happened to my AMD card settings after upgrading to 10?

    In windows 7 my AMD 7700 series graphics card had slider bars to adjust contrast, saturation, and brightness. Today I upgraded to win 10. Everything went well and my computer works great. But my slide controls are all gone from my graphics card, all I get are calibration screens which do no...
  11. mustafa.islam1548

    Afterburner Vs Wattman

    Now i know there are loads of these types of threads but I want to know, now near the end of September 2017, with all the new AMD drivers and updates for softwares, which one is the best for RX 4xx cards? Afterburner or Wattman?
  12. Sloppy Joe

    CPU upgrade,possible PSU problem

    I want to upgrade my i5-650 to i7-860.Given the respective wattage for each is 73(i5) and 95(i7) and since my PSU is 320W and unable to be upgraded(HP Elite 8100),will there be any adverse affects to the 22 watt increase caused by the i7?Also have n EVGA GTX-750ti W/O 6 pin as my GPU.Thanks.
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    veracrypt external usb hard drive question

    I have an external hard drive that has a lot of movies and other media files on it and i watch them by connecting the drive to my bluray player via usb... (it is just a hard drive, non-system, no programs or operating system, just files) i want to encrypt all the files or the whole drive, which...
  14. SlimTimDoWork

    Upgrading Ram on my system

    Hello, I want to upgrade my 8gb RAM to 16gb. My MOBO is: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2PT and the processor is AMD FX-4300 @3.8ghz The video card will soon be a GTX 1050 ti 4gb SC I read on my mobo website that it supports 16gb but I need help figuring out what will work in this mobo. Maybe someone...
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    Cursor freezes and sometimes disappears

    hello, I use an Acer E5-473. Ita a 4Gb laptop. A few days back I tried downloading GTA on my laptop, but the game didn't work so I uninstalled it. Since the uninstalling, my cursor often freezes and disappears when I leave the laptop open. Please help. thanks
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    How future proof is my rig?

    CPU: i5 4690k GPU: GTX 770 2GB RAM: 12GB PSU: Corsair VS650 MOBO: Asus H8M1-e Can someone tell me what I need to upgrade right now for gaming? I want it to last at least 2 years for triple (A) titles. And I am not looking to game over 1080p.
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    How to connect gpu cable to PSU?

    I have a Gigabyte GTX 960 gpu but I only got one 6pin to molex connector. My PSU is a cheap one, I know it, but can I connect my card with only 1 cable? http://imgur.com/a/TtETL Here is a picture. I have that cable which is in the 6pin slot on the right side, If I connect it to the white ended...
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    Which wires go to where when thete is red white greeen blue

    Basically I need a tower that can game w and multi task for as little money as possible since my place was just robbed of two a10 Asus PS and now I'm broke sad and feel hopeless it took me so long to save that money any suggestions...Scotty thx
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    RAM and APU's

    I heard that RAM speed affects the performance of an APU a lot.... But what about RAM amount?
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    Lenovo Z500 won't stay asleep

    Hi all, My laptop is set to sleep when the battery drops below 5%. It does go to sleep, however it powers back on almost immediately. This isn't helpful if I'm away from the laptop as when I next come to use it I get the "Windows did not shut down properly" message. If it went to sleep it would...
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    PC Consistently Freezes 30 Minutes After Log-In, Once per Session

    Hey all, I recently built myself a new setup with the following specs: Processor: Intel Core i7 5820K OS Version: Windows 10 Home 64-bit (version 1511, build 10586.63) Motherboard: MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885) BIOS Version: 1.90 (10/30/2015) GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti RAM: Kingston...
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    Macbook Pro Early 2011 not working

    Hello I have a MacBook Pro 13inch Early 2011. A couple of weeks ago some coffee was spilled on the table I was working on and some (not much) got onto the logic board. I cleaned it off and the Mac worked afterwards. Then 2 weeks ago my Magsafe charger broke so I replaced with another from...
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    Asus R9 290 OC Black Screen HELP!!!!!

    About a week ago my r9 290 while in game my monitor turn black after about 10mins of gaming I don't know the problem but I think it might be the graphics card. After this happened I downclock my 290 to stock settings core clock: 947 memory clock: 1250 and it worked fine after that here are my...
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    Some keyboard keys stopped working after windows 10 upgrade

    Hi, After upgrading my Dell Inspiron 15 3521 to windows 10, my number keys stopped working. I have updated the touchpad and keyboard drivers but they are still not working. If someone could help out that would be great! Thanks
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    H100i pull intake vs pull exhaust

    pcpartpicker.com/p/thzzrH 2 140mm fans in front as intake 1 140mm as exhaust Which one?
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    Where can I find 1x8GB Corsair Vengeance 1866 MHz RAM

    I just recently purchased the Eurocom M5 Pro and got 1x8GB Corsair Vengeance 1866 MHz C10 RAM (CMSX16GX3M2B1866C10) I started playing Witcher 3 and it turns out I could use a little more RAM, I max it out when playing. So I went looking for more of the same and am annoyed that it is only sold...
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    Frequent crashing programs. Windows 8.1 please help!

    Hello I am currently running Windows 8.1. Recently I have been having issues with programs. Not just one, or two, or three, but several. Most notably: Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and League of Legends. They are programs I'm using most often. The issue I'm having with them is frequent...