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  1. Astral570

    [SOLVED] BSOD/DPC_Watchdog_Violation error recently

    So I've been getting this error since around the 11th/12th of this month after a thunderstorm knocked out the power in the block while I was playing a game (I kinda feel asleep before it happen and didn't know until it already happened). Now its been freezing and then crashing a few minutes...
  2. Bigshoots

    Question Displays losing signal randomly ?

    Both of my displays seem to be losing signal for whatever reason for a few seconds and then come back on like nothing happened. It's been driving me crazy and this has been happening since January While I though this was a Nvidia problem with drivers or with my new GPU which is a 3070, it isn't...
  3. Barkadij

    [SOLVED] PC is restarting with no Error at all?

    First my Specs.: i just bought the whole things 3 days ago. CPU: i9-10900k MB: Asus ROG Strix Z490-F Gaming RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO 3600 CL18 Dual Kit GPU: MSI GeForce RTX 3080Ti Gaming X Trio PSU: Gigabyte P750GM, 80 Plus Gold, modular Case: Lian Li 011Dynamic XL Cooler: Alpenföhn...
  4. R_t3

    Question PC does not start after shorting cpu power pins

    Hi, I have an issue where my PC won’t start when I press the power button. However when I tried shorting the power pins on my motherboard even then my PC won’t start. I thought that my motherboard was broken and I was about to call a repair guy, suddenly my PC booted. I did a load test...
  5. M

    Question Hardware or software problem? (gaming stuttering/delays after cleaning and resetting)

    Hi! My pc was dusty so i decided to clean it (i used an air compressor blow machine). I accidentaly loosened the cpu cooler and it overheated/shut down untill i fixed it. I opened the chassi several times since the pc would not start but got it to work after resetting cmos and...
  6. PAFF

    Question Windows Files Get Corrupted

    Hi everyone, i installed my gaming setup and for 2 days im trying to install windows on my system. Every single format had a different problem, I think main problem is the windows updates, before updates system works fine. After the installation or while the updates i get errors or corrupted...
  7. B

    [SOLVED] Good PC Underperforming Please Help!

    Hi guys, I was just wondering if anyone could help me figure out why my PC is underperforming in games. My current components are: X470F Motherboard 16GB G-Skill Tridentz 3200Mhz RAM Ryzen 7 2700x CPU RTX 2070 Armor GPU Crucial MX500 SSD 750W EVGA 80+ Gold The problem I'm encountering in games...
  8. Foolsfortea

    Question Is there a potential bottleneck in my computer?

    Cougar MX330 Windowed Mid-Tower ATX Case Cooler Master Hyper 212 LED Turbo CPU Cooler - Red Top Cover MSI Z390-A PRO LGA 1151 ATX Motherboard Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x 8GB) DDR4 CL14 2400MHz Memory Black Sapphire Radeon RX 580 NITRO+ OC 8GB Video Card Thermaltake Toughpower 650W 80+...
  9. P

    [SOLVED] "Last BIOS Time" really high

    My PC used to turn on in less than 10 seconds. Some days ago, it started to take a really long time in BIOS logo screen (around 80 seconds). I didn't change anything in BIOS settings and I only have 3 startup programs, that were able since I got my PC more than a year ago. I'm really worried...
  10. R

    [SOLVED] Should i buy this cheap thermal grease? is it safe?

    https://www.amazon.com/Heatsink-Compound-Soft-Stars-PACK/dp/B0716GHFG9 any suggestions?
    • Rahat_
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    • Forum: CPUs
  11. A

    Question Windows Wont Boot To New SSD After Data Migration

    Hello Toms Hardware! as the title suggests I am having difficulty booting into my new SSD. I recently purchased a new NVME SSD. I wanted to migrate my current OS and some storage to my new drive. Both drives are Samsung. I downloaded the Samsung data migration utility and proceeded to run it as...
  12. A

    Question Help me determine which component is faulty.

    Pc: Ryzen 5 3600 Gigabyte B450 Aorus Elite Corsair Vengance RGB PRO TUF 16gb(8x2) 3200mhz (new) EVGA 700 GD Galax Rtx 2070 super EX 1TB Adata sx6000 pro 1TB Western Digital Blue 7200rpm (old) 240gb Kingston ssd (old) Ever since I've built this pc I've been having random BSOD's, the error...
  13. Darthdefault

    [SOLVED] BlInitializeLibrary Failed 0xc00000bb

    Hi Guys, my Pc isnt working anymore. Since a couple of days it always froze on the spinning circle when windows first booted and i had to shut it down. Then it worked after. Since today i dont even get there anymore as it just dispays BlInitializeLibrary Failed 0xc00000bb and thats it. I...
  14. S

    [SOLVED] Something (not sure what) crashes while watching videos on new PC and screen turns black for a few seconds then resumes normal

    MSI MEG Z490 UNIFY ATX Intel® Core™ i7-10700KF BOX Crucial Ballistix RGB 32GB (2 X 16GB) DDR4 3200MHz C16 - Black Gigabyte GeForce RTX™ 3070 VISION OC 8GB GDDR6 Kingston A2000 1TB PCIe Gen3x4 M.2 2280 SSD Toshiba DT02ABA400 4TB 5400rpm 3.5 HDD Thermaltake Toughpower GF1 850W 80 Plus Gold TT...
  15. B

    [SOLVED] I have a good gpu but the other components are average. My PC lags and I have Fps Drops.

    Hello everybody! I would like to understand why my PC lags very often and has problems. My PC specs: GPU: RTX 2060 6gb CPU: Intel i5 7400 3GHz RAM: 8GB SSD: 124gb(or something like that) (15GB free) HDD: 1TB (570GB free) Yesterday I tried to play GTA V on medium settings and I had 60 FPS and it...
  16. C

    [SOLVED] Multiple BSOD despite RAM passing tests?

    Hello, recently built a new rig and have been running into different BSOD and all look to be because of RAM. Some of these errors from the dmp files include : stop code memory management, hardware.sys, one just said RAM, dxgmm2.sys However, I have ran memtest86, hci memtest, windows mem test...
    • Cv22
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    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Memory
  17. Ace52

    [SOLVED] Gigabyte Z170X Gaming 5 - B2 Error Code when trying to play games

    Every time I open a game it would load up just fine but as soon as I start playing, it would freeze and give me a blank screen. I can't alt tab or ctrl alt delete. The only way to turn it off is to either flip the switch or press the restart button which gives me a black screen and a code B2 on...
  18. FeelsGoodMan243

    Question PC turns on but keyboard and mouse dont work, and no monitor signal

    My pc turns on but monitor has no signal and mouse/keyboard no power what’s weird is that the speakers turn on, my nintendo switch charges plugged into pc, but my mic doesn’t work I have an extra monitor arriving tomorrow. Do i need a new monitor for some peripherals to work? or is it the pc...
  19. Blase369

    [SOLVED] Freezes no matter what I am doing on my PC

    My current issue is that I have a PC that I built, and am extremely proud of, that just is not performing how I want it to. Whether I am playing games or typing out this post, it freezes up for 10-30 seconds at random. I really wish I could provide more information as to what causes the freezes...
  20. tagxboxliveuniversal

    Question Going from Windows 10 - to Windows XP for software purposes

    Hello, would it be possible to uninstall windows 10 and go to windows XP? The reason why I ask this question is because for a business we are required to run XP OS for a $4,500 software called Cepheid Software. This software requires only windows XP to operate, or that is what I was told. My...
  21. E

    [SOLVED] HDD no format option

    I got a new hard drive and plugged it in ive already checked the cables everything's fine the hard drive even pops up on my disk manager already but for some reason I don't get the option to format it and I just said screw it and tried making a spanned volume and it didn't do anything. Is there...
  22. H

    Question M.2 SSD makes my laptop microstutter even when replaced..

    I bought the Silicon Power 512GB NVMe M.2 SSD for my gaming laptop to have a quick boot time and I did a clean install of Windows 10 as well. When installed all my drivers and everything, I started encounter the stutter when watching a video. The audio would do a quick distort and occurs while...
  23. StoneyOD

    Question CPU utilization dropping in game

    This is a new problem. I was playing arma fine for hundreds of hours and now I get random CPU drops causing giant stutters. It's not thermal throttling as I've checked all my temps and they run at 40c while gaming. I have also went into my bios to make sure nothing is being throttled there. I'm...
  24. P

    [SOLVED] I cannot find an answer anywhere. Please help with driver issues possibly.

    Hello. I bought a prebuilt PC a while ago. I have always had issues with microphones that stop working seemingly out of nowhere. They still show up in control panel and sound but they seem to give off a constant light noise. I also have to uninstall and reinstall my realtek audio drivers for my...
  25. C

    Question Pc freezes randomly

    Hello, For the last two weeks I've encountered a problem (its increased in frequency today) with my pc freezing randomly while doing anything. The cursor stops moving and I notice that the caps lock key doesn't light up/turn off when i press it. The screen also becomes unresponsive, but the pc...
  26. C

    [SOLVED] Windows 10. Frequent hangs/crashes. No BSOD or .dmp files associated. Please help

    Hi there, hoping for some help on this issue. I’m pulling my hair out! My PC keeps freezing (hanging?) then crashing to blank screen (no BSOD or other error messages shown), and then restarting. I have repeatedly checked BlueScreenViewer and there are no .dmp files - I opened up the folder...
  27. Empathy1996

    Question Horrible FPS In all games and blue death screens

    Hello Recently my pc started stutter in games and causing a blue death screen sometimes when I would power my pc on. I've tried so many things but the only thing I can come up with is a hardware issue. I did run a user benchmark test and it showed my CPU (i5 84000, GPU (GTX 1060), and Ram (16 GB...
  28. Seiznosus

    [SOLVED] Games keep crashing to grey screen.

    My issue has been plauging my PC for a long while now. During games my PC graphics drivers stop responding and the game crashes to a grey screen while audio still plays in the background. During fullscreen the game crashes and I need to restart the PC, on windowed games it takes me back to the...
  29. L

    [SOLVED] Black Screen on monitor with brand new PC

    Black Screen on monitor when connected to my brand new pc, but works fine when plugged into my Macbook Pro 2014 13"? Hey everyone, So today I built my first PC, super hyped up and started building it with these brand-new components (not sure if it makes a diff but I used a low strength...
  30. N

    Question What is going on with my GPU and Sapphire TRIXX?

    I just built my first PC and I am having a few issues with my graphics card and the software that is supposed to pair with it. I am new to this so please forgive me if I am missing information. The PC Specs are: Gigabyte Aorus x570 Elite Wifi AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 5700...
  31. R

    [SOLVED] Graphical issues and "device removed" crashes

    Specs: ryzen 5 2600 msi b450 tomahawk max motherboard sapphire nitro+ rx580 16gb 3000mhz corsair vengeance lpx ram (kit of 2x8) corsair tx750m psu (750w) 500gb m.2 form factor sata ssd with windows 10 and fedora 32, and 1tb mechanical drive with an ext4 partition and a shared btrfs game library...
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    • Thread
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Systems
  32. Jastaxx54

    [SOLVED] Graphical demanding games keeps crashing without any errors.

    Hello guys, my name is George (Jorge) and first at all sorry if you find any leaks in my english (Just learning it). Also I'm a new user in this community so hi! So, as the title says, this is an issue I've been having one month after I mounted this PC (It's just 3 months old). Anytime I try...
  33. TrYhard-001

    Question Bluescreen crashes

    Hey I just built my first gaming PC , specs listed bellow. Unfortunately It crashed three times already, each time with a bluescreen and another message. -Page_fault_in_nonpaged_area -IRQL_less_or_equal -system_thread_exception_not_handled PC Specs: -i9-9900k -Asus strix rtx 2080 ti...
  34. Ta1vecs

    Question Boot Problem

    Hi guys, My name is Mark and i got a big problem with booting my pc: There is my pc specs MSI B75MA-P45 ASUS GeForce GTX 1060 TURBO-GTX1060-6G Intel® Core™ i5-3450 Processor RAM 16 GB 400 W PSU I got this PC 2 years and back days it works normally So i tried everything, i clear Cmos jumper i...
  35. K

    Question Really bad FPS When screen sharing and playing certain games.

    My computer lags when video editing and playing minecraft. I have a 2080 super, i7 9700k, 1tb m.2 drive, asus z390 motherboard, corsair cx750m, 32 gigs of corsair vengance ram. I cannot get over 40 fps on minecraft and when using premiere pro I start to freeze up
  36. D

    [SOLVED] My pc is doing things by himself

    Hi there, so my pc is doing weird things like pushing videos forward and if i click on something to drag he just starts to drag itself and dont stop Antivirus said its clear no threats, malwarebytes the same thing
  37. Trin2G

    Question New install of windows makes my entire system lag

    Hello I recently upgraded and had 0 problems. I went from a ryzen 2nd gen build to a ryzen 3rd gen build. However when I also wanted to make the jump from 3rd gen nvme SSD to 4th gen. I did this a bit after the upgrade so around april I bought a 5700XT and a 3700X. I bios flashed a asus...
  38. I

    [SOLVED] Do I have a Windows 10 or a hardware problem? Dell Inspirion 15 5567

    Do I have a Windows 10 problem and/or hardware problems? Please give me some ideas what I can do? I have a Dell Inspirion 15 5567 that has had the Windows 10, motherboard, hard drive, key pad, touch pad, numbers pad, dvd drive, LCD touch screen replaced all more than once. When the last...
  39. PinaCaroline

    [SOLVED] Ssd not detected?

    My pc parts fixed Hiya, I built my first ever pc now but I cant get the BIOS to detect my ssd card. I have tried moving the sata cable, rebooting to UFEI, and so far nothing. I am at a lost as its my only hard drive and i cant install windows without it? At least it wont let me giving me an...
  40. Subham2

    [SOLVED] BSOD | DPC WatchDog Violation

    Recently, I have been having these BSOD. From my little troubleshooting I found this from the event manager The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x00000133 (0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000501, 0x0000000000000500, 0xfffff80773573358). A dump was saved in...
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