Damage

Placed an order with Amazon, and they elected to put electronics in a box with magnets for shipping. Only proposed separation was a bit of wadded paper. When I previously ordered less intense magnets from overseas, they wrapped them in about 8cm of foam (aside from the magnet packaging...

I recently bought the parts to build a completely new computer, and today the last missing part arrived, which was the processor cooler (I had already bought one, but had to return it because of an error on the store's website, the cooler wasn't compatible). But now with the new cooler I have a...

The cable management I did was a little messy behind the case, i grabbed a cable very similar to PWM 4-pin connector that I thought are for the fans so i connected that into the motherboard chasis fan header (after disconnecting PSU Molex cable from the fans) without noticing that it is coming...

My apartment was the source of a fire which came from a small bedroom used as storage. I have a massive desktop system for Windows and a Mini-ITX cube for my Hackintosh, both located in the living room which was next to the small bedroom. The living room and other rooms only suffered smoke...

I was looking at a laptop I was given and noticed this? is this normal?

Hey, recently I had a chance to finally get my dream pc (rtx 4080, i7 13700k) and unfortunately when I was plugging hdmi cable (my monitor didnt show bios with displayport, had to switch to hdmi) I accidentally tried to push it into another display port slot and the plastic on right edge has now...

I have just upgraded my system with the RTX 3070 and have only now realized that I could pay about 100 euros more for the newer RTX 4070 that has just been released. I could still get my 3070 refunded and get the 4070 instead. However, my concern is my CPU which is only the i7 9700 (non k...

An object of greater weight fell on top of my Mac Mini 2018. At that moment, the screen stuck at a distorted state, and the sound that was currently being played by a video on Youtube kept repeating (a tiny fragment of the sound). I was waiting, speculating whether a kernel panic would occur but...

So my question is this, is it dangerous for the CPU if you start your newly built PC just to check if the BIOS is updated for Intel 13th gen without the mobo having the 13th gen BIOS update? Tomorrow I will receive a delivery with Intel Core i7-3700KF and Gigabyte Z690 Gaming X DDR4. I've done...

My Specs: i5-3570 (Will UPGRADE CPU in February) Zebronics H61 Motherboard 4GB * 2 DDR3 RAM CM 550W 80+ Bronze PSU 250GB SSD + 500GB HDD I am considering these GPUs: RTX 2060/ RTX 2060 12GB/ RX6600 Are these GPU compatible with my PSU and motherboard? They will not burn/fry/damage my...

Hi all, this may be a silly question. Would you trust having a hardrive shipped to you? would you be worried that the box was thrown around and risk damaging the HDD by the time it gets to you? or do you insist on buying it from the store in person?

Hello! First time poster so sorry if I break something. I had some accidental damage to a Samsung CHG9 Series C49HG90HMN Ultrawide Monitor that is under Geeksquad Protection, which however does not cover that kind of damage. Does anyone know a way to just prevent the monitor from turning on so I...

So I was having an issue where my PC would just randomly crash across a variety of "normal use" situations (Browsing Chrome, watching movies with VLC, using file explorer). Sometimes it would hang for ages before crashing, sometimes it would just switch off. Event viewer also logged it as a...

Recently, I have been having odd issues on my computer. Occasionally (maybe 40% of the time) when I start it up from being fully shut down, the right audio channel is completely silent (I have tested different speakers, so it's something with the system). If I restart the machine, it remains...

In the afterburner program, I mistakenly set the fan speed to a constant 50% of max RPM. I played maybe 2 - 3 hours, didn't monitor the temperatures, the next day I found the card heats up to 91C. I immediately checked the settings and went back to the defaults. I have the card for two days, I'm...

Dear all I have sometimes used my laptop and USB drives in maybe humid conditions. 1. What would be considered a harmful level of humidity, for a laptop and/or USB drive? If a laptop or USB drive is exposed to a harmful level of humidity: 2. How long exposure is required, for hardware damage...

I bought the Legion 7 6th gen last November. There have been many times where I'd leave it plugged in for hours at a time with a high performance game running in the background. Fans would be on high with hardly any air intake with temps in the 90s C due to me stupidly leaving the laptop on my...

Hey! I am trying to boot from my intel 660p M.2 NVME but when I install it into my motherboard, BIOS doesn't launch. When I boot without it installed, BIOS works fine, until I insert it again, which then freezes BIOS. This SSD has windows 10 installed and worked in my previous PC, which I...

I haven’t diagnosed the problem yet I just bought a bunch of new parts. Although, my new motherboard, cpu, and psu won’t boot up with my old gpu, but my new gpu boots up. my questions If I want to test my old gpu in the new motherboard, are there any risks to damage to the new motherboard, if...

So I was swapping my CPU the other night and even though I used the twist and rock method my cpu came out with my cooler but only on one side. I then decided to just pull it off which in hindsight may have been not the best move. I got it out though and I didn't see any bent pins on the cpu I...

I've just got my hands on an RTX 3080Ti, however I've only got a 750W Corsair RM750x. Judging from the TDP of my CPU and new GPU, there isn't really a way for my system to go over 750W as far as I would know. If my system were to crash due to power limits, could this damage the card? Also, can...

Hello all, I just ordered a replacement battery for my laptop. It's a BI03XL rechargeable battery and the side of it looks cracked along the edge. It looks like it's just the label but I don't know batteries & want to make sure that it's safe to install & won't cause any damage or hazards. Thank...

Hey there, bought TX550M Gold last year. Worked like a champ until the last 3-4 weeks i noticed the 12V had degraded down so bad. Today, GPU made a reset and incidentally I had hwmonitor open and saw that the 12V went down as low as 11.3. I roughly moved the big cable at the PSU end and it went...

I was just rearranging some stuff in my room, including my computer. Once I was done, I plugged the power cable for my PC back into my power board. There was some static noises while I was trying to plug it in, and I kinda felt the static throughout my body, but I managed to plug it. I turned...

Hello. I’d been having issues with fan noise on my graphics card (RTX 3070, Alienware R10). The other day I opened up the PC case while it’s running so I can pinpoint the noise, & was back and forth trying to figure things out. Then I came over and applied some pressure to the bottom fan and...

As one might expect, the worst result. Jamming noise, and therefore I opened the flap. I managed to get the heads moving by carefully spinning the platters, and installed the cover back on. Tightened the screws to similar torque, and plugged it in. The HDD spun and immediately Windows recognized...

Hello So I was running a system with a msi h110m pro vd plus motherboard inside it with a pentium g4560. I bought an i5 9600k and forgot to check that my motherboard was compatable. both cpu's run the same socket lga1151 so it fit in the socket. I then tried to start the computer but it...

Hi, I recieved 2 NVME drives from a friend, when I came to install them I realised that I was missing some stand off screws so I ordered some from online. The screw heads on these screws seemed quite big however they fit although when installing one drive the screw head knocked one of the metal...

Hello. I wrongly connected 2x CPU 4 pin atx to Dell proprietory 8 pin mobo power socket. After that, only fans are spinning, no display and no response from the pc. Belatedly, I know I should have used 24 to 8 pin adaptor. What damage could that have caused?

Hey guys I have a quick question about a screw up I had the other day. I'm not a very experienced builder ( 3 including this, last in 2013). On a whim I decided to put together a new PC because microcenter has good prices on CPU's right now. I wasn't planning to do any serious overclocking so...

Red small line in my laptop monitor, same blue in right top corner. Sometimes it goes, sometimes it comes. What is the reason it goes away if i switch laptop off for a while, but comes back after sometime. even if it comes back, it disappears if i open a white background, green background or...

Hello everyone! I hope someone could at least tell me what's going on :( I was just normally on twitch when suddenly ocurred a Power Outage, for some minutes. After my PC boot, started to show Vertical Purple Lines all over the screen. If I uninstall the drives the lines dissapear, if I...

Hello everyone, I just received a motherboard, it should be brand new but because the box looked old, unsealed and a slight tear in the anti-static bag, i did some close inspection. I found one of the capacitors to look damaged. Would this be an issue in the long run? I'm not sure if it works...

Well I just got my mobo... and I had no idea about ESD because im a noob and i layed it on my bed for a few minutes to look at it. Does anyone think I fried it ?

I've been trying to replicate an error that I came across about 2 years ago. Me being the dummy I am never took a screenshot or even a picture from my phone. I had connected my laptop to a rather large flat screen television with an hdmi cable. Nothing happened at first so I did it again about a...

Hi as u can see from the title, ues im careless i know please im. ot the most affluent or anything and it hapenned like 20 mons ago and im freaking out what do i do i turned it upside down and let it drain out and im leaving it theree now tp dry tomorrow im going to clean the motherboard which...

(This is the monitor I have btw https://www.amazon.com/LG-27GL83A-B-Ultragear-Compatible-Monitor/dp/B07YGZL8XF/ref=sr_1_6?dchild=1&keywords=lg+monitor+144hz&qid=1617722643&sr=8-6) For some reason after I removed a few cables from the monitor since they were malfunctioning, my hz dropped from...

Hello, i built my pc 2 days ago, yesterday i ran a cinebench multicore test, since by default ryzen fans do not work over 50% (i think) , my cpu temp has gotten to 102.5 degrees celsius, the temp was above 100c for about idk 6-7-8 secs probably, i measured the temps with ryzen master. My...

I recently acquired an RTX 3080. However, it arrived with a damaged PCIe power connector - one of the pins inside the connector was damaged. Specifically, the top-right pin on one of the connectors. While I successfully inserted the 8-pin, this ended up embedding the connector deeper inside the...

I have an ASUS Crosshair V Formula Motherboard AM3+ and it is not posting or giving me any beep codes. The dram light is on. I know most of the components for the system work. FX 6300 (Confirmed worked in a different build) ASUS Crosshair V Formula Motherboard AM3+ (MAIN ISSUE) 1 stick of 4GB...