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Last year, I built a computer with the following specs: MSI MPG B550 Gaming Plus MOBO AMD Ryzen 7 5800x 8-Core, 16-Thread CPU MSI MAG CORELIQUID 240R CPU Cooler PNY XLR8 16GB (2x8) 3200Mhz DDR4 RAM MSI AMD Radeon RX 6700XT 12GB GPU PNY XLR8 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD MSI MPG 650W 80-PLUS Gold Certified...

ISSUE # 1 - Boot time : Hi, my computer is having a myriad of issues for a few months now. Around 6 months ago, boot time went from taking 5-6 seconds to almost 20 minutes. Originally when I booted up, The black screen would go to the windows log in immediately. Once I entered pin, it loaded...

Hi, I've had this issue with my PC since I built it at the start of 2021. When I play games, for some reason, my computer will randomly turn off. To be able to turn it on again, I have to turn the power supply off with the little switch (or unplug the cable), wait for the motherboard lights to...

ok, so both my pcs have started doing this. one is my main system and it is an rtx 3060, i have a computer monitor and a 55inch tv as my displays. my other pc is a sim setup and it has an rtx 2060 and it has a single 43 inch tv as my display it is also ran through a surround sound reciever. so...

Hey! So I bought a computer 3 years back and I am now noticing some problems, every once and awhile my computer freezes and the audio will bug, or the screen will turn black, or the audio will play while it is frozen. Then I have to reboot the computer for it to work. I've tried updating...

Hi, first timer on this website. I've had this gaming pc for atleast 3 years and had no problems in the past. I recently bought a new aio cooler, Asus rog ryujin 240mm. I tried to install everything according to the manual. It lights up and displays asus on the oled screen. However the case...

Hello forum, I seem to have a pretty severe issue with my hp elitedesk 800 whatever pc, which contains the following specs: Gtx 1650 I5-4590 Some brand hp mobo Brand hp 240w psu 1*8gb ram I got this pc from my team mate and put an ssd and a hdd in it and put it up for sale. After 2 weeks of...

My computer has a new issue in which randomly the screen will go back and then return to the motherboard screen, this happens at random times with no correlation. Specs - Ryzen 3 2300x Rx570 8gb 16gb ddr4 ram

While moving my new pc, my hands kind of got sweaty, not dripping sweat sweaty just moist to the touch. I didn't check for any sweat deposits or anything I just turned it on and there was no problem, it has been 7 hours and it's still working, I'm just asking this question since I remembered a...

i got a b450 aorus pro wifi rev 1.0, the bios version on it is F60. it doesn't support Ryzen 7 5700G, so i need to update it to the latest bios version, the latest bios version on the official Gigabyte website is F63b. is it ok if i jump from F60 to F63b? or do i need to install the previous...

Hello! I am planning to buy a new pc for streaming League of Legends. I could be okay with 720p/60fps too but it would be better if I could get 1080p/60fps. In general, I will be using few basic processes(such as browser - few tabs) along with League of Legends and stream(at twitch.tv) open. For...

Hello. There is a Windows 7 computer I want to check its total runtime. I want to know the runtime, not the boot time. Boot time - the amount of time the computer is turned on since it was booted. Runtime - the total amount of time the computer has worked for since it was bought. I want to...

Hello all, I am not a computer savvy person so I bought a prebuilt computer about a year ago. I’m slightly panicking since my computer seems to turn on but none of the peripherals or screens turn on. I was just gaming on it last night and turned it off before bed. This morning I went to turn it...

Hello, so I have this problem with my computer for almost a year now which I still don't know how to fix at all... I'll try to describe my problem in detail. This mostly and randomly happens when I'm playing a game or watching Twitch livestream, although I noticed during which games it crashes...

I have very important files on my laptop , and I want to keep them safe from viruses and ransomware that can encrypt them and steal them from me. I have several back-ups, but I'm still paranoid. My question, is how to have absolute certainty that my laptop definitely doesn't have viruses? As...

Hi Guys, I really need help since im losing my mind at the moment. I've upgraded my PC with a new graphicscard and new RAM. and not sure if since then, but my games keep freezing, not responding, and crashing by it self, or needing to be ended via taskmanager. Yesterday I have done a...

I have a Dell Precision T5500. The specs are 2x 6core 3.0Ghz processors. 48GB RAM. K2000 quadro video card (somewhat new). 875 watt PSU. Added in 1 gig network card. Added HBA (for tape drive). Soundblaster 7.1 soundcard. 15 HDs (3 are SSD). I was on a video site (this isn't the first time...

Hi, I was looking to get some laptop recommendations which I will mainly be using for graphic design work but also for things like computer 3D animation software (such as Blender)? Ideally, I am aiming for a 15.6 inch screen as a 17.3 inch will be too big for me as I currently have an HP...

Hi all, I've been playing some Minecraft and noticed an issue with my PC that I wasn't having before I left for college. While playing whatever is selected freezes (other applications don't, they continue working as normal), my lights in my PC turn off then back on, then whatever was frozen...

Yesterday I reset my pc like 7 times trying to turn on secure boot in bios to play valorant. After playing for a few hours in secure boot, I shut it down and went to bed. Now when I try pressing the power button the gpu blinks and then nothing happens at all. I’m so lost and what I should do bc...

My PC is not working properly sometime it will turning off for unexpectedly I think there's a problem in my computer but I don't know the exactly wrong in this computer because I only very little knowledge in computer. I'm asking if I Should upgrade or buy a new one. (Im not good at English...

Hello, Up until recently my monitor + TV setup was working fine, all of a sudden i cant have monitor 1 on without monitor 2/TV being switched on. When i duplicate displays or even try to have monitor one only on it wont work without switching on monitor/TV 2. As soon as i turn off monitor 2/TV...

gpu not detecting on my mobo even though it was working fine before??? computer crashed (no blue screen) wouldnt turn on, finally got it to turn on, half an hour later it wont shut off. i come back and it now cant detect the gpu. i shut it off so many times and i sent back the gpu but apparently...

I have APC Back-UPS Pro BR1500G-IN, 1500VA / 865W, and recently I also setup Luminous Cruze+ 2KVA Sine Wave Home UPS with two 220 AH Tall Tubular batteries however my house load is not that much so I connected this APC Back-UPS Pro - BR1500G-IN on a power plug which has my home inverter supply...

About a week ago I built a new PC with completely new parts. It booted up nicely, and it has been running perfectly for the whole week. However, yesterday I noticed a weird burning smell (almost like an exploded firework smell). It was very subtle, but definitely noticeable when I smelled near...

My pc won't turn on at home . But when I took it the repair shop it turns on without any problem. When I took the pc back home it worked for a while and after 4 hours of when I try to turn it back on it won't turn on . So i took it back to the shop, and what do you know it turns on without any...

I was using my computer then suddenly, it starts to show white squares and goes to black screen. I was just using it normal, no heavy applications or games. I did a cleaning on the pc and it wasn't dusty. Tried to restart many times, but the screen is still black and the GPU fans spins. The Mobo...

i got this dell g7 2 - 3 years ago and the fps on say beamng, grand theft auto v and garrysmod would run 60 - 230 frames or more max, now most games run around 50 and under and theres also alot of stuttering and throttle issues but even when cooled it still doesn't run the same, I've tried...

Hi Everyone, I was looking to get myself a new PSU but am not too sure what I should get. Currently, I have a Cooler Master GX 750 W. I was looking at maybe getting an 850W or 1000W. I have seen that the Corsair HX850 Platinum and Corsair HX850 Platinum are pretty good, but not sure what would...

Hello, So I have a PC and it's my brother's old one and it is coming to ten years old. My question is will it break in the tenth year or can it last much longer than ten years when my brother gave it to me he said not to worry about it breaking and he still says it. So can someone tell me when...

my specs are Cpu Amd fx 9590 Gpu msi GeForce 1060 6 gb gaming x Motherboard asrock 970a-g/3.1 Psu evga 700 b 80 plus bronze Cpu cooler thermaltake water 3.0 240 argb sync tt premium edition Storage multiple ssds and hdds Ram 24 gb My problems. I built this pc in let’s say 2016 Only played rust...

So I don't really know if my rig is built correctly or not. I put it together and have reinstalled windows over a hundred times. My computer has been experiencing trouble with running games like the elder scrolls online and even basic games like minecraft. When i play these games i experience...

If i leave my laptop turned on and plugged in 24/7, will this lead to damage, if no overheating is happening, and the temperatures of all components are normal? Should i expect damage to the battery and shortened life-span and durability of the battery?

Recently, I've been using NVIDIA GTX 1050 in my older PC and it was always connected to my monitor. My monitor was connected with a VGA cable connected to the motherboard and the HDMI cable connected to the GPU because that's the only way that my GPU will be displayed on the monitor. Yesterday...

Hello! When the computer freezes, everything freezes on the display as it was. No inputs work, no sounds, no nothing, just a still image of what was on my screens at the time of the freeze. Ryzen 9 5950X AMD RX 6900-XT Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB G.SKILL F4...

My previous mobo died a couple of weeks back and i had to buy a new one, this started my absolute goddamn nightmare My build: Ryzen 5 2600x 2x8 gb ram Kingston 2666mhz Seagate 1 terabyte SSD B450M-AC Rx 570 8gb phantom gaming PSU: Antec 750w Gold The PC just flat out doesn't give any...

Upgraded my motherboard and cpu 4 weeks ago. While playing games, my pc would have the screen turn black, I lose audio to game immediately and then discord/YouTube 10 seconds later, then the system reboots. (This issue happens maybe once after every 1-2 hours while playing any random games...

This morning I decided to mess around in the BIOS under the memory tab. Adjusted DRAM Frequency has a ton of presets, so I started out with 3733MHz, and it was stable. Then, I tried 3866MHz and that was also stable. As soon as I tried 4000MHz and saved the settings, then restarted it boot to...

hi i own a GP 66 laptop from msi which has a RTX 3080 Laptop GPU in it. now for the first few months the laptop normally but all of a sudden 3 days ago the graphics card has become worse than a 700 series. note i have never used the card for mining but i do use the computer a lot heres a sc of...

So this is a really weird situation I'm having. I can run games perfectly fine in VR and demanding games fine but the minute I launch certain games such as COD vanguard or Roblox my PC instantly restarts itself, I have no idea why this is only happening on these two games. I did not OC anything...