hardware

Hello. I have been having issues with my PC restarting at random periods of time depending on what games I am playing. It is very bizarre as with certain games such as Space Marines 2, Stalker 2, Diablo 4, there is no problem I can play as much as I'd like. But certain games like Dragons Dogma...

Hi. For the past few weeks, I have been having this weird issue where my PC freezes with the screen turning black. If I am doing something (like watching a YouTube video), I can hear the audio but nothing shows up on the screen so I have to reboot. At other times, the PC just reboots itself...

[Moderator note: Moving thread from Networking to Storage. More applicable.] Hello, Im building NAS from my previous gaming PC. Use case is not typical because my goal is to use 6/7 devices on 2.5Gb/s CAT6 (sometimes few on remote acces as well). Every day 100-300GB will be writen/overwriten...

What could be the issue if my display keeps dying if I launch a game? I just played genshin impact and display would die. But I still can hear people on the discord and pc is still running but display would just say no connection: Things I already Did: Reseated RAM and GPU Cleared CMOS Check...

Hi, I'm new here and I have a problem. The fans are working but the RGB isn't working, none of them, including the liquid cooler fans. My dad's friend set this PC for me and I don't know much about hardware and stuff so I hope you guys can help me with it. The RGB is working for like 0.1 second...

Hello! Wanted to see what others would change about this PC build. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/j7xmfy I have about 2800 and want to build a really good new PC for gaming , and i want to stay with intel/ Nvidia. Any recommended changes to make it better for around the same price would be...

GPU: ASROCK RX6750XT MOBO: B450 TOMAHAWK MAX PROCESSOR: R7 2700X MONITOR: OLD 1366×768 SAMSUNG During a gameplay screen went green tinted. Closed the game, the dextop was green tinted too. Tried to record the screen with amd adrenaline and the colors were fine but it was pretty dim (attached...

Hello all! My friend has been slowly building a PC and has it completed, here are the specs: Msi Tomahawk x570s Ryzen 5950x Msi 4070 super 1TB 980 pro 2TB 980 pro 128gb DDR4 3600 corsair vengeance Win 11 Home Original parts before issues: CPU MB RAM 1 Tb 980 Around May, he purchased the...

Problem: I installed new hardware (CPU, RAM and Mobo) a few weeks ago and been experiencing fairly frequent application level (can be several an hour, or little as one per 2 hours) and occasional system level crashes (maybe two times a day from 5ish hours of gaming but can be none). Both...

Hello Everyone, i am posting this because i am quite stuck on this problem. My hardware consists of: GAMDIAS TALOS E2 ELITE MID TOWER ASUS PRIME Z790-V AX THERMALTA 700W 80+ ATX PSU the three preinstalled fans do not work simply cause i cant figure out how to hook them up. im pretty new to...

View: https://imgur.com/a/9bMK68c Long story short, power went out and ruined computers power supply unit. Some people here and reddit helped me diagnose it being the power supply unit. Swapped a corsair rx500 for a corsair rm750e and it fired right up when beforehand it would just beep 5...

For about a year now I have been having issues with my games connecting to online severs. My browsers work completely fine and my internet on my pc never loses connection. Also I plan on getting a new rig so I need to know if these problems will persist I use powerline adapters PC: I5-9600k...

I dont know anything about computers other then what ive learned today trying to fix mine. Idk the specs other then it is pretty basic and has a cx500 power supply. My power went off for a millisecond and PC would not turn back on but instead beeps 5 times in a sequence of 5. I've tried to take...

I have Helios 300 PH315-52 Recently i corrupted my bios. so today, i flashed new bios using ch341a programmer. but my graphics card is no longer working Need help fixing this i might have damaged the winbond chip containg the gpu data while trying to desolder it (thought that it was the bios chip)

Hey folks, just finished my new gaming rig build (specs and software versions [1]), and I'm experiencing disappointing system instability. I'm a longtime computer engineer and deeply technical, but I'm a complete novice when it comes to Windows 11 (or Windows in general, to be honest, I'm a...

Error: Exception Code: c0000005 (Access violation) Faulting Address: 0000001404034b50 Faulting Module: NBA2K24.exe Instruction Causing Error: movzx ecx, byte ptr [r9+rax] in NBA2K24+0x21193d0 Details: I asked 2k Support for help and they told me its an hardware issue System: OS Name...

Friends prebuilt PC is driving me insane My buddy got a prebuilt from ABS. It came with a 13400f, 4060 ti, 16 GB RAM, and a 600w PSU. He upgraded his cpu to a 14700k and didn't touch it for a while, and then 3 days ago he goes to try and play some games. Now for the problem. PC stays on for...

MSI Raider GE66 12UHS The right screen hinge broke. How can I fix it? (It doesn't have to be pretty afterwards). See the image. In the middle, the top 3 screws are no longer attached. The bottom screw is. At the bottom, I've removed the screws and pushed the (now free) hinge downward)...

So I am having some very annoying issues with my PC. It randomly freezes where I can no longer move my mouse, talk to people on discord or hear any audio (the audio always stops like 10 seconds after everything freezes). The only fix for this issue is to hold down the power button on my case (or...

Front and back sound jacks on motherboard "Board Explorer" show as "Disconnected" as opposed to other slots' "Empty", and no audio output or input I have encountered this problem after buying this computer on facebook marketplace, and I didnt think to check the audio. PC specs. MBD: MSI...

[Moderator edit to break up one solid paragraph of text.] Can someone help me figure out the problem I am scared and can't get a nap. Basically in the morning my PC was running fine i shutdown my pc and turned off PSU, after 2 hour next time i turned on PSU and pressed power button PC turned...

hello, 2 days ago i started having an issue with my PC, when im playing (mainly rainbow six siege because thats all i play) i get a black screen, sometimes the gpu fans go on full speed, sometimes the rgb on the gpu starts flickering, so i have to shut the pc down from the power button on the...

Hello, I recently bought a used motherboard because my old one got wrecked. I managed to set up my two SSDs and two HDDs on the motherboard slots without any issues, but I've run into a problem with my GPU, an RX 580 4GB DDR5 Sapphire Nitro. The SSDs have slots right in front of the VGA slot...

Hi all. I built a PC a few months back and have been trying to figure out what's causing my stuttering when loading new data when playing games. For instance if I open up a menu for the first time in that gaming session I will stutter or if a new player joins my party in WoW dungeons and raids I...

I bought a new ram for my laptop, when I turn on the laptop after installing it, the computer starts however it does not boot. Maybe the ram is not compatible but I do not see which aspect of it causes an issue. Here are some information : CPU-Z Mainboard Memory Speed Memory Spec Laptop...

First, I have to question if Microsoft has some agreement with PC makers to make obsolete perfectly usable computers. I have 4 in my home which are perfectly functional for their purpose but all say that they have unsupported hardware. For me, it's less the money than the months it will take me...

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Hey everyone, I'm reaching out because i feel like my computer is lacking in performance. When I contacted the store where I bought the computer, they just said there's nothing they can do about it and that it’s normal. Asus said the same thing. But here's the thing: Cyberpunk struggles to get...

Monitor won’t post or get any signal after I reapplied new thermal paste to cpu and re-slotted my new ram. It’s showing DRAM/CPU lights atm (red led then quickly changes to yellow for longer) …It was working just before I reapplied thermal paste. Already tried clearing CMOS, checked for any...

I have a Samsung NP730QDA. It was in my backpack when the fan suddenly kicked on and spun very loudly. As I was taking it out, the fan quieted down and stopped. I don't remember feeling the computer being hot. It still runs and does all the things it used to do, just now the CPUs get extremely...

It started a few months back when I'd be watching YouTube videos and I noticed the audio was very staticy/stuttery every few seconds. I thought my headset was faulty (As it was a few years old) so I got a new one. Upon receiving the new headset my audio was still stuttering. I ruled out the...

Recently my PC was working as normal and i decided to remove my graphics card to clean it since it had a lot of dust. However when putting it back in and trying to boot up the computer starts fans and everything turns on but displays can’t recognise any input. I have tried removing and putting...

Hello everyone, I have a problem with my PC. I decided to assemble a budget gaming PC with the help of a friend who has more experience in the field than me. We then ordered the components and then once they arrived we assembled the PC. The components are: CPU: Ryzen 5 5600x RAM: 16 GB 2x Klevv...

I have a cheap laptop from 6 years ago. As far as I can remember, the motherboard was replaced once. I wanted to maybe upgrade it and use it as a home server to stream. Can you please help me identify where the RAM is located? I am new to this kind of stuff. Thanks in advance.

Hi guys, this is more of a general help post but i wasn't sure where to put it. I have a PC that someone built for me last year. I know hardly anything about tech. I was excited but i was soon to find out that it does not smoothly run ANY games or software. It isn't strong enough to run Windows...

This started happening about a year ago but it was only when I would play Baldur's Gate 3, only that game, I could play other games on max settings and would have no issues with shutdowns or anything. For context, my PC was prebuilt by HP but a family friend upgraded it after I started having...

Hello, I have a feeling that my internal desktop storage HDD is agonizing. Would you mind giving your thoughts about the CrystalDiskInfo report I've attached? DEC Raw Values, btw. FYI: I already have 3 x backups, so chill :) Thank you!

So I used to DJ quite a bit back in the day….I have two Seagate Wall Powered External Harddrives and Two LaCie Wall Powered External Harddrives These drives haven’t been on for at least 8 years. I try to plug them in and nothing. They don’t power on or anything. Tried different cables...

I am having a strange situation. I deleted all of my partitions and formatted my hard drives for a fresh install. Some of these saying I had important device manufacture installs. I wasn’t 100% sure what that actually meant when I did this but.. I hope I didn’t brick my video card because I went...

Hi all. I've been having a heating problem with my custom PC for a while. The gist of the problem is that the heat of my CPU gets incredibly high (like, between 85-100°C high) for no apparent reason. I'll have Discord and a couple of Chrome tabs open, or just one app, and my fans start blowing...