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  1. msdesignfoto

    Question Alt Tab not working the first time after GPU exchange

    So I have a strange issue I don't even know for sure if it is GPU related, altough I'm considering it. I have an average computer, i5 12400 F, 32 GB ram, and I had a Geforece 1050 Ti GPU. My favorite game is Skyrim Special Edition, but I have other titles installed. I recently got a new 3050...
  2. Black K

    Question PC freezes when streaming with OBS ?

    Hi, my pc is new, I have been using it for almost a month and the graphics for about 5 days. I just started streaming when my graphics arrived so its a new problem. PC Specs: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700 GPU: ASUS Prime Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB MB: ASUS PRIME B650M-A II-CSM RAM: x2 16GB Kingston Fury...
  3. M

    Question PC freezing bug persists even after PC reset ?

    PC model : Dell XPS 8940 Desktop GPU: RTX 4070 CPU: i7-11700 RAM: HyperX 2 x 16GB DDR4 SSD_1: Kingston SATA DDR4 120GB (OS installed on it) SSD_2: Samsung M.2 NVMe 500GB OS: Windows 10 Pro (updated) So I've got a bug that is related to a specific driver that fails to load (see screenshots...
  4. B

    Question Ryzen 5 5600 + Arc B580 — Low GPU Usage in Games

    Hi everyone! I’m having some performance issues and would really appreciate any help figuring them out. My system: CPU: Ryzen 5 5600 GPU: Intel Arc B580 Motherboard: Gigabyte B550M AORUS Elite RAM: G.Skill Aegis 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 3200MHz Storage: 3 SSDs XMP: Enabled | Resizable BAR: Enabled |...
  5. DudeWithGTX2025

    Question PC freezes when working on Blender light weighted stuff.

    I have an issue where every time I modeling or rendering in my decent computer, it just suddenly lags and start freezing. Even HDD LED not flashing at all. It also happens for the second for no reason. it's either due to my specs are not very high. It was running Blender. Computer: Dell...
  6. preekzy

    Question Microstutters in games and desktop usage – - I've tried almost everything ?

    Hey everyone, I've been struggling with persistent microstutters in games like FFXIV and Tarkov, and I'm seriously at a loss. I've gone through many troubleshooting both in BIOS and in Windows, and even replaced major components, but the issue still persists. I'm hoping someone here might catch...
  7. K

    Question Disabling C-States fixed the freezing issue ?

    Hello everyone, Had a bit of an odd experience recently. Well, its honesty a whole year coming. So a year ago, my system ended up randomly freezing out of nowhere. No matter what OS I was running, Windows 11 (even tried a new install and it froze mid-install), or Linux it would freeze out of...
  8. S

    Question Pc lagging sometimes

    Hello guys, So I'm facing an issue with my PC , let me give you some context first. My pc was working just fine , no complains at all , then I went on a 2 weeks vacation and when I came back and entered cs2 , my PC started lagging from time to time. It feels like it happens most of the times...
  9. archangel_113

    Question GPU dead?

    Hi, Specs: GPU gtx 970 4gb CPU i5 11400k Ram 24gb ddr4 2400 Monitor 1080p 1000w PSU Windows 11 So recently my partners pc was freezing for 1/2 a second and then continues running. It's only used for playing games like valorant, league and stardew valley. Because of this I put her GPU...
  10. gendermutt

    Question Gaming Laptop freezes when starting games ?

    I just made an account here because I couldn't find any solutions to my issue online. Sorry if this is in the wrong forum or if I get anything wrong. More than a year ago I got a new Acer Nitro AN16-41 Gaming Laptop, and in the last year or so I have started to encounter an issue where my...
  11. keuk

    Question I'm getting exception code: 0xc0000005 at certain moments in games ?

    [Update: 3/27 - Moving thread from Systems to PC Gaming.] Hello everyone. While playing games, I receive the exception code 0xc0000005 at certain moments of the game. The game suddenly closes without any error. How can I solve this? These are what I've tried so far: - memory diagnostic...
  12. tonywong2015

    Question lost the signal with any action I do, I open Google Chrome lost signal, I open Discord and lost signal (Fixed)

    A week ago I updated the drivers and I started to smell something burning, and the screen started to turn off when I played Warthunder, then it became more frequent to the point that it turns off with anything I do, (the screen turns off but you can hear the sound of Discord or the game) and...
  13. V

    Question Random second Freezes/FPS Drops/stutter in games that are played in borderless or Fullscreen

    Problem Hello I have a sudden problem with my games fps and im just out of ideas what to do so I hope you can help me. The Problem is as follows: Whenever I play a game in Borderless or Fullscreen the game has random Freezes/FPS Drops/stutter for a second or less. It started as far as I know as...
  14. Tonio777

    Question Windows 11 - Apps/Windows freezing, and taking long time to wake up....

    I am seeing some very odd freezing of windows. It tends to be associated with a specific monitor usually,(I am currently running monitors), and say if I go to click on the top of a chrome window, over on a monitor i haven't done anything recently on, it freezes and doesn't come up immediatelly...
  15. Crimonit

    Question Ryzen 7500f reaching 6.6 GHz in stock, sometimes freezing system

    Bought 7500f about 3 months ago, seeing some strange behavior. First of all, sometimes system freezes for a split second on load, however, never seen it freezing while idling or doing easy work. Second, when using sleep mode, it usually freezes for 10 seconds on wake up, and then it might become...
  16. idk_dont_know

    Question Freeze and hard crash on high-end PC ?

    ive been expiriencing these freezes that happen once in a while. at first one app decides to freeze which allows me able to use all the other apps on the computer that are open at the time, but trying to shut down the computer, searching using windows search bar, trying to close or end the task...
  17. K

    Question My PC freezes when there's a slight vibration on the table. PLEASE HELP!

    I have a 6 years old PC and this problem had been around for 4 or so years. My pc specs: Case: corsair carbide spec 04 Mobo: Asus B360F gaming Cpu: intel i7 8700 Gpu: gtx 1080 ti Ram: 16gb corsair vengeance rgb Storage: 1tb seagate barracuda 1tb adata xpg gammix x70 500gb samsung...
  18. Gianfrancioschio

    Question Laptop freezes semi-randomly, even during memory testing

    Since last month my hp laptop started to incur into black screen freezes during gaming. To me more precise the audio stops abruptly, the screen flashes some pixels but the most of it stays black but still powered, keyboard and mouse become unresponsive and it doesn't lead to a bsod, doesn't even...
  19. nkneshev

    Question DDR5 RAM bluescreens when set to 6000Mhz via XMP ?

    Hi, I recently built a new PC and I have been having issues with running my RAM at the speeds it is rated for. I set it to 6000mhz via XMP mode from the day I got it, and from time to time it bluescreened, figured it was just Windows being weird. After a while the bluescreens turned into...
  20. Ocean111

    Question Ram can't go past 2667(default)

    Hi everyone, I have an issue with memory speeds. I have an Z790 Gigabyte Aorus elite ax DDR4 motherboard, 13900KS, 4x32gb 3600 cas 18 memory, XPG core ii gold 1000watt PSU, and updated to the latest BIOS and microcode. the memory can only run at the default speed of 2667 MHZ, when set to XMP...
  21. linxxln

    Question My PC crashes when playing any Battleeye game

    My computer freezes, the audio in my headphones make a pop sound when it freezes, and after ~15 seconds, it turns off and turns itself back on. I have no idea what's going on. - SPECS: IBUYPOWER Y40 ( Y40BI7N4703 ) got from BestBuy, can't find exact model but this is closest OS: Win11 HOME GPU...
  22. M

    Question PC freezes daily because of two corrupted drivers

    My pc freezes once or twice per day and I have to forcfully turn off my pc each time and reboot the errors from the event viewers are listed in the pictures bellow : View: https://imgur.com/a/T3la3hg Can you recommand me a good driver scanning software ? My pc is up to date (bios firmware...
  23. TitiFitil

    Question Laptop is stuck in EFI Shell and it's keyboard has stopped working ?

    [Moderator edit to break up a solid paragraph of text and long sentences.] Hello everybody! My KMAX i11 2-in-1 laptop with an Intel Atom CPU is freezing after startup.nsh and shell>. Before the keyboard became unresponsive I made a usb stick with Windows10 to reinstall it. The laptop had some...
  24. P

    Question Laptop freezes sometimes, and complains about a USB port ?

    I bought a "refurbished" HP laptop with Ryzen 5 processor a while back. Yes, I know "refurbished" means it was used. It came with minimal resources, so I replaced the RAM with new Crucial sticks and replaced the SSD with a new Samsung 970 EVO. I run Devuan Linux on it. Every now and then the...
  25. S

    Question PC keeps freezing when idle ?

    Hey community, Sometimes whenever my PC is NOT under heavy load (like gaming) it freezes when it is near idle (like downloading games), this has been happening for almost 6 months and I can't seem to understand what is causing this issue. I thought It was a corrupted Windows installation so I...
  26. D

    Question Google Chrome freezes when left-click URL to copy to desktop

    I rebooted. I don't have anything else open. Task Manager shows low resource use. I only have 15 tabs open. I left-click on the URL to drag it to the desktop. The first few times it works. Then, the process freezes on me. It won't release the URL to the desktop. I move the cursor arrow back and...
  27. Bxzza

    Question Random Crashing while playing with no error/log

    Hi all! Any sort of assistance/recommendations would be much appreciated :) I have been having this issue for the last week or so where my game will crash then my entire system a few seconds later and the only error it provides is that the last system shutdown was unexpected. I have checked...
  28. J

    Question PC Problems: BSOD, random Reboots and No Video Signal

    Build: i7-4790 MSI z97m 2x 8GB ddr3 1600MHz Corsair Vengeance Nvidia gtx970 Corsair cs650m For some time the PC had freezes with buzzing sound ending in BSOD. It was necessary to reboot (via the button on the case), in some cases even twice because after the first one there was no video signal...
  29. SleuthX

    Question PC crashes and freezes (apparently), ports stop working while fans keep running

    The crashes are inconsistent, happens in 2010 game, happens in a game as intense as the Finals, happens when I kept Valorant running in the background, happened before when I was watching a Youtube video. Title. Gigabyte RX 6800 XT OC 13700k Z690 MSI A-Pro 4 sticks of Patriot Viper steel 3200mhz...
  30. M

    Question Crash, PC freeze randomly, no display, fans on 100%

    Hello, I have an issue since a few days. My PC randomly freeze up, can happen outside of game or during a gaming sessions. Mostly gaming though.. My display turns off and the computer fans goes on maximum and I need to force shut down (long press on power button). Been happening a bit more...
  31. reza55n

    Question My E440 laptop keeps freezing after heavy processes

    I have a Lenovo E440 laptop (aged 8 years) with Windows 10 and it's about 1 year that when I do a heavy process (or open multiple apps), the app freezes for about 10 seconds and then explorer.exe (and my taskbar and start menu) become frozen and then explorer.exe crashes and taskbar and all...
  32. N

    Question Sudden Massive System Slow Down - Need help identifying the culprit

    System Info : Laptop : Lenovo LOQ CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS w/ Radeon 780M Graphics, 3801 Mhz, 8 Core(s), 16 Logical Processor(s) GPU : RTX 4060 Memory : 16 GB (8 x2) Context : System freezes up randomly after starting download of some file on steam. Sometimes the cursor freezes too -...
  33. D

    Question What is the automated way to stop multiple chrome processes from restarting when you restart chrome?

    I get Windows Explorer crashes and freezes affecting the taskbar, which produces the hour glass when I hover over the taskbar. I know chrome is part of it if not all of it. When I delete browsing data and include cookies etc., it subsides and I have only one or two chrome instances, processes...
  34. L

    Question System with RTX 4060 TI Aorus freezing on login screen

    First of all, as a complement to try and find a solution, here's my current setup: Processor: Intel Core i9-10900K Motherboard: ASUS ROG Strix Z490-F Gaming Graphics Card: Aorus RTX 4060 TI Elite RAM: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro LPX 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4 3600MHz Power Supply: Corsair HX1200i...
  35. tsomek

    Question Windows 10 is freezing and crashing - - - - DistributedCOM Event ID 10016 error ?

    Hi I've had my computer (the Threadripper as per signature below) in the same configuration for years now - and surprisingly it has started crashing since coming back from my summer holidays a couple of days ago. In particular, I've noticed it happens when I run autoCAD or Brave browser -...
  36. 5

    Question PC freezes when launching games ?

    Hey everyone, I'm having an issue with my PC that started about 1-2 months ago. Whenever I launch a game, my system freezes within 30 seconds. During the freeze, I can still move my mouse, but I'm unable to open anything, including Task Manager. I can hear the game sounds for a few more...
  37. RafeM

    Question My 3060 GPU might be faulty but I need advice from people smarter than me to confirm ?

    My system has been going for roughly 3 years now with only minor hitches along the way, but for the last few weeks I've been getting random crashes, freezes, 1 distorted bluescreen(?) and a black screen that rebooted by itself. I used DDU to clean out and reinstall nvidia drivers, no luck. I...
  38. komrade13

    Question BSOD or random freezing except when I'm gaming ?

    Hello, I have a second-hand ASUS TUF FX505DU gaming laptop that I bought in 2020. Since a few months ago, my laptop has been having freezing or BSOD problems that can occur randomly when I'm using the laptop for anything except gaming, including literally doing nothing on the desktop. I also...
  39. Spudledudle

    Question All apps freeze randomly while watching videos ?

    So recently I have noticed that while watching all sorts of online videos on many different players sometimes the apps I have opened freeze for some time (can't tab into them and the app I have on display at the moment doesn't respond) but the audio from the video still plays, and the video...
  40. J

    Question (Tech support request) Weird system freezes when doing anything.

    Within the last few weeks i've been having strange behaviour on my PC. Atleast a couple of times i've been just watching YT, browsing basic websites or playing undemanding games and then go to do something else only to discover all GUI is unresponsive, or the game application will freeze and all...