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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...

midrange b760Gigabyte B760M A Elite X AX - price 175 Msi mag b760 tomahawk wifi - price 174 Gigabyte B760 AORUS ELITE AX - price 167 Gigabyte B760M AORUS ELITE AX - price 151 Asus TUF GAMING B760-PLUS WIFI - price 140 ASRock B760M Steel Legend WiFi - price 138 or budget budget z790 MSI Pro...

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...

Laptop model: Asus Swift 1 SF114-32 The device previously had a cup of coffee spilled on it. Since this accident, it refuses to stay on without the charger plugged into the laptop. I have replaced the battery with a verified and worked batter from iFixit's website. Even with the new battery, I...

System specs: CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 6-Core(brand new) CPU cooler: stock cooler Motherboard: ASUS Prime A320M-K Ram: Corsair CMK16GX4M2Z2933C16 Vengeance LPX 16GB 2933MHZ 2x8(brand new) SSD/HDD: Intenso SSD Sata 3 Top 512GB(system drive+brand new) + Crucial BX500 480GB CT480BX500SSD1 GPU: GTX...

Hello! I have a maximus board that has no signal at all. Codes go from B0 to B1 after a few mins then restarts. This goes on for a long time as it is a loop. There is no leds on when it goes thru this cycle, I bought this motherboard thinking i can fix it.. Things Ive tried: -Clearing CMOS...

Hello, Starting with a timeline of what I've been dealing with and what I've done so far (system specs are at the bottom of the post): Prior to this week, everything had been generally working fine since I built this box almost 2 years ago. For the past month, I have been doing a lot of...

Working with a brand new Samsung Evo 870, and this pc has had this issue across multiple storage devices. When downloading a game through steam, and ONLY through steam, it will go well for about 15% of the download. After about that much, (It's never a consistent amount) the disk usage steadily...

I am not able to remove the motherboard of my Asus Vivobook N752VX laptop. I have unscrewed every visible screw and I'm able to sort of lift it but it still won't budge.I was able to remove a good chunck of components (HDD, SSD, RAM, battery, cd drive, etc). My goal was to detatch the keyboard...

Hi, I'm encountering pretty annoying problem that I can't seem to resolve. I'm literally hopeless, so I hope you guys can do a miracle. Reboots sometimes are 5 seconds after logging to Windows, sometimes after 20-30 minutes. Background: I recently upgraded my system: - swapping out Gigabyte...

This only happens during gaming however after i force reboot from the power button my pc starts up as normal and is fine processing anything else however only gaming causes it Specs are relatively new: Ryzen 7 5700x RTX 3060 ti ASUS x570 MB 32gb RAM 3200 mhz thermaltake 650w gold standard psu...

Hi all! I'm at a complete loss for what to do. Here's the situation: I wanted to build myself a little NAS from a spare PC I had lying around. This PC's motherboard was a HP Odense2-K and the CPU was an Intel i5-7400. I ordered an MSI Z370-A Pro so that I can have more expansion slots available...

Hi, i buyed a new laptop cause the previus laptop i buyed was having problems (so i have 2 new laptops) ..and this one as well...i dont know what could be...maybe the electricity conections in my house are faulty? can be that? my led lamps last like 8 months...

So I´ve recently bought an i5 14600k and an RTX 4070 super to replace my aging i7 7700k with GTX 1070. I need recommendations for MOBO, RAMs. I live in Brazil, where prices are about 50% higher than US so I managed to get myself those more expensive parts in the US and now have to get the rest...

Hello everyone. I have a DrayTek Vigor 2760n router. I wanted to update it's firmware and when I looked at the official website, I saw that I can update from 3.8.9.4_STD to 3.8.9.6_BT. After the update, the device stays in TFTP mode and does not turn on. So I switched to 3.8.9.4_BT using TFTP...

My ASUS TUF Nvidia 3080 Ti keeps crashing my computer. I'll be playing Baldur's Gate 3 or rendering an image with Easy Diffusion and suddenly the screen will go black because the card itself has crashed and stopped outputting video completely. I then have no choice but to reboot as a computer...

**Computer Type:** Desktop **GPU:** RTX 4070 **CPU:** RYZEN 9 5900x **Motherboard:** MSI MEG X570 UNIFY **BIOS Version:** Latest version **RAM:** 64GB GSkill TridentZ Nero **PSU:** Corsair RM1000x 80+ Gold (I think this is the PSU but I threw the box out) **Case:** Unknown **Operating...

I just built a new PC with the following specs. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/mPjyZJ At first everything seemed fine, but for the past two or three days I've noticed when I'm playing a game (anything from Bloons TD6 to Baldur's Gate 3) and I have a browser video playing, or I'm in a discord...

Hi everyone, first post here. So I decided to upgrade 90% of my pc (everything but the case) and have taken it all apart to finally assemble the new parts. Spec : ryzen 7 5800x rx 6700XT 32gb ram netac ddr4 3200 corsair 80 plus bronze 750w msi b550 tomahawk atx (apparently 5000 series ready…)...

Ryzen 7 5800x 3D RTX 3060 Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB DDR4 3000mhz Asus Tuf Gaming A520M Plus Motherboard Corsair CX650M Bronze 650w Hi if anyone is interested in helping me ive been having this freeze/stutter issue on my pc for the past few months. This basically started after i upgraded my pc...

Which one is the best out of these 3? MSI PRO B760M-A WIFI DDR5 View: https://imgur.com/a/YTtuTuh Asus TUF Gaming B760M-Plus DDR5 View: https://imgur.com/a/4Gllr0f Gigabyte B760M AORUS ELITE AX DDR5 View: https://imgur.com/a/9El2jWs Specs: i5 14600k 6000Mhz 2x16 1660 Super gonna upgrade...

Hello everybody! Yesterday I took my cpu out to clean it and apply new paste. However, after I turned the PC on, and plugged my HDMI to the GPU, my monitor was showing “No Signal Source”. Plugging the HDMI to the iGPU worked perfectly, but my GPU shows no signal. I made sure that I plugged in...