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  1. K

    Question What is causing these crashes to my pc?

    Hi guys Recently i started having problems with my pc(R5 3600 3.5ghz, gtx1650, 16 ram, m.2 500gb from kingston, sata 3 ssd kingston 480) The problems consists of random restarts with no error, BSOD with different error codes, game crashes, game freezes, launchers like steam or epic don't want to...
  2. K

    Question Computer crash

    Hi, I have a fairly urgent problem with my computer assembled less than a year ago. Over the past few months I've had a problem that has always bothered me, and the problem in question is a PC crash. I'll explain: simply when I'm using the PC, (sometimes even at rest) it suddenly turns off, as...
  3. SeaPumpkin

    Question Bright spots on laptop that are more noticeable when dark, and invisible when bright

    The Spots on the laptop suddenly appeared last night after I took my laptop out of my backpack. I am careful with my laptop, and don't remember hitting it on anything in the given time frame where they could have appeared. When I apply pressure to the screen near the smaller spots, they seem to...
  4. S

    Question Compaq CQ-42 Display Problem

    My Compaq CQ-42 laptop's display cut off on the right side. previously my resolution was 1366x768 now it's showing 1280x800 this problem is everywhere like laptop startup, bios, and windows. for this problem, I have changed the display and its flex cable. but the new and old both display's are...
  5. Jamie_Kinman

    Question New build PC - Crashing a few minutes into playing games

    As the title suggests, I've recently built my first ever gaming PC and so far have been really happy with how it's come together. That is until I've started testing it with games. I started with a run through on Total War: Warhammer. Whenever I enter a battle, the game lasts for roughly 4...
  6. D

    Question Please Suggest Monitor / Display [Request Faster Response]

    Hello Everyone, I am looking for Monitor Suggestion for: Total 2 Monitors needed for different persons Bit of Gaming & Specially 3D Work/Productivity Use : Below INR 30k (USD 370) | Size 27 to 32 inch | Resolution: min 2k kindly suggest an alternative 4k monitor too for slightly higher...
  7. Bastian Hidalgo

    Question Upgrade advice for better VR performance ?

    Hi Everyone, I'm looking to upgrade my PC for a better PCVR experience, i currently use the Quest 2 with a cable or sometimes airlink. My system specs are: CPU: Ryzen 5 2600 Ram: 16gb 3200mhz GPU: Gtx 1070ti i've been playing a lot of vr games lately and the performance is fairly good but...
  8. Eksoduss

    Question PC keeps crashing whithout any noticeable pattern ?

    Surprisingly, it doesn't crash while playing demanding games, instead crashing seemingly randomly everywhere else. So far, these are the details: - The PC doesn't crash when I don't do anything (i.e. don't move my mouse) - The PC crashes without a blue screen and restarts - Event viewer...
  9. WhirlBarbarian

    Question Computer making extremely loud sound.

    My computer has been perfect. The last component I added was my x52 kraken AIO. And that was back in December. Nothing was wrong. And then I decided to download MK1 because I've been really wanting to play it. It starting making an ear piercing sound. I thought it was coil whine but everyone I...
  10. R

    Question Feel like my I7 10700K and 3080TI FTW3 setup is under performing. Not sure why

    My system specs are: RM850 850 Watt 80 Plus Gold ATX Fully Modular Power Supply Trident Z Neo Series RGB 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3600 PC4-28800 CL16 Dual Channel Memory Kit F4-3600C16D-32GTZNC I7 10700K EVGA RTX 3080TI FTW3 Asus Prime Z490-A motherboard A samsung 970 EVO 1TB SSD I also have a...
  11. H

    Question Win11 frequently freezes / crashes - but not when VM is up

    Hey all, I'm running into very weird problems and before pulling off the great reset, wanted to ask whether anyone could figure out the root cause - it seems rather unique from the symptoms... So, running Win 11 on a ryzen 9500x here (full specs at very end). System is freezing more and more...
  12. daeczy

    Question My PC doesn't have display

    Please help me, my PC doesn't have display at all after I wake up My specs are: GPU: GTX 1060 6 GB CPU: Ryzen 5 3500x RAM: 2x8gb 3200 MHz MOBO: ASUS TUF B450-PRO GAMING PSU: Seasonic S12III 650W 80+ Bronze And I did all these methods to fix my unit but still no display: Reseated my RAMs...
  13. shellmazine

    Question Plastic Film on Z790 AERO G MB near heat sink

    There is plastic film wrapped around a white plastic enclosure for the MB's in/out jacks. This plastic and plastic film rest next to the heat sink shown. Finger points to plastic film. Does this film need to be removed for proper MB function? The user guide for this model does not specify...
  14. CynderPC

    Question PC shuts down and/or game crashes randomly ?

    I (somewhat) recently built a new PC, only items I reused were the PSU and SSD. I got on the Starfield hype train because I got the game for free with my AMD purchases. Had about 16 hours in game and suddenly my PC rebooted, no BSOD, no nothing. Monitors and peripherals turned off, and the...
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    Question I can hear infrequent beeps ?

    Hi everyone, I have a three month old or so ASUS laptop and recently I can hear infrequent beeps a couple of times a day. Do you think it's related to the laptop or more likely to be something else in my environment? I wanted to ask is it possible for laptops to make a quick beep sound without...
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    Build Advice Upgrade/New PC on a €2500 Budget - Spain ?

    Approximate Purchase Date: Old components where bought in october 2018 Budget Range: 1500- 2500€ System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming(eve online, black desert online) , Virtualization, Developing web/desktop apps, android emulators etc Are you buying a monitor: Yes, but only 1...
  17. S

    Question Is it possible to use "Disc" from failed external hard disk into new external hard disk ?

    :) hello, greetings.. I want to know if i can use the disc from my failed external hard disk into new one ? I have this sony 1 tb external hard disk which failed in 2021 due to some power issues i guess, it started to sound like tik-tik , no more readable or anything however some software...
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    Question Cannot get sound at all

    I've been having a problem with my system thats progressively gotten worse. It started with my creative stage soundbar no longer playing sound through Bluetooth connection. the stage would connect to bluetooth. all drivers up to date and everything is working normally according to the computer...
  19. T

    Question Frequent, persistent crashes, cause unknown ?

    Hi all, my friend whom I built a PC for used it smoothly for about a year. A few months ago he began experiencing very frequent crashes and BSODs. These would occur during both light tasks and gaming with and without streaming. We clean reinstalled Windows and that fixed it for a time but he...
  20. S

    Question CPU upgrade recommendation

    As of now, my PC consists of the following components: CPU: Intel Core i5-4570s GPU: RX 580 8GB RAM: 2x8GB DDR3 SSD: 500GB HDD: 1TB PSU: 620W MOBO: Gigabyte H86M-S While my PC has served me well over the years and still it's not that bad, I have started to notice some performance limitations...
  21. N

    Question PC reboots but not on stick

    PC was working fine until the other day, when i had to force restart it. Now it keeps on restarting whenever I try to turn it on the normal way (I'll get to that in a second). Before the force restart I had windows 10 installed in it; after the tragic day whenever it had the windows logo...
  22. jnjnilson6

    Discussion Core i7-990X VS Core i3-1215U

    The great and legendary Core i7-990X, the CPU which had captivated the CPU world upon its release over a decade ago, stirring within our memory, effortlessly subdued to the vision of stark superiority and thunderous boisterousness, now sits within the shaded drawer of the past and makes us feel...
  23. R

    Question Apparent electrical failure in my newly built PC, could use some advice based on indicator lights from motherboard

    Hi, so I thought I would ask in this community about a recent PC build of mine. I am using some dated parts for this PC build, but they are all new. Background is that a friend of mine just had these unboxed parts on hand and decided to sell them to me as a bundle for a steal. I made a list of...
  24. C

    Question Reusing old TV Box devices

    Earlier this week my current TV/Internet provider came for a maintenance on my home. I've set aside the TV box (as it's unplugged anyway) just in case they might need to replace the whole set up, but they only replaced the router/decoder and left the TV hardware here. I've been thinking about it...
  25. papothesnek

    Question Low score on Time spy and fps in games (rtx 3090, ryzen 9 5900x)

    Can anyone help me with my graphic? I feel like its too slow. i had 7k score first time trying it and after DDU reinstall drivers i got 10k. But it still feels really weird mainly in games. Hunt shodown 2k full settings only 60fps. https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/97114989? can even send u my saved...
  26. T

    Question Monitors showing "No Signal ?

    I have a deal monitor setup and sometimes when I would turn it on one or both of my monitors would not work. They are on but will say "no signal". I could just unplug and then plug back in and it would usually fix. But a couple of days ago one of them would not work no matter what I tried. I...
  27. Y

    Question Home NAS and available options

    I have recently picked up a pre-loved mini pc from HP and upgraded it with few readily available hardware with me. The system is quite solid with i5 12 gen (10 cores and 10 threads) and 32 Gig of RAM. Its come with one NVME slot, multiple USB2 and USB3 ports but lacks SATA ports for me to boost...
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    Question External nvidia gpu not recognized by both windows and linux

    To be honest I do not know how long this has been an issue, since I haven't been using my laptop for hard (visual) tasks in a long time. Today however I wanted to play a game again, but then I came to the discovery that linux wasn't recogizing my nvidia card. I thought it was just a linux issue...
  29. jnjnilson6

    Discussion Pentium to Pentium III - The Forgotten Days

    Have you worked on one of the CPUs mentioned within the title? Have you got a synonymous system today? For what would you use such a system currently? The clicking of whitened keys, that superior and unrivalled moment, when to have 256 MB RAM sent you rocking through exhilarating moods and the...
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    Question I9-13900K Throttle itself to 3Ghz despite good Temps.

    Hey i have a Problem and i cant fix it. Please Help. So, when i start my pc the CPU sits around 5-5,5 Ghz as it should. it stays there for most Games too, however if i run Fortnite, Rocket League or Cyberpunk and probably many other Games the CPU goes down to 3-3,5 Ghz and wont even go back up...
  31. amn1779

    Question PC randomly restart at one place only

    Hey everyone, My PC has been restarting randomly over the past few months and I can't seem to find a solution to fix it. No BSOD, just turns off and turns on again. It always restarts every time I open intensive stuff like Photoshop and sometimes randomly restarts during normal use. I've tried...
  32. O

    Question Hardware scan error

    Hi all, I think there’s a problem with the Lenovo hardware scan option. On my V15 the time changes to 00:00 very quickly and then goes back to the correct time and then passes fully. With my Legion 5i Pro the time changes to 00:00 and gets stuck on the test and then pops up with an error...
  33. The_Stormbringer

    Question PC takes several attempts to boot

    Hi, I am having this issue. My (desktop) computer takes several attempts to boot properly. When I try to turn on the PC, the CPU fan, the LED light of casing, and the casing fans do seem to run fine, but nothing is shown on the monitor. I am quite sure its not a graphics card issue since...
  34. N

    Question boot device not recognized / chkdsk write protection

    Hi! Thanks in advance! What I have now: A) ssd 0, an 1 year old Samsung 980pro, 2t with 800gb free; B) ssd 1, newly purchased WD Green SD350 1t, windows 11 just installed; C) a usb flash drive with windows 11 installation media; D) a few HDDs… In short: after a forced shutdown, I can’t boot...
  35. AlaskaLips

    Question PC keeps restarting

    So I got a prebuilt PC a couple days ago, and today it keeps restarting or shutting down. When it restarts it makes a strange clicking noise at the bottom of the case. Specs are Ryzen 5 3600, Asus Prime A320, Radeon RX 6600, 32 GB RAM set on 2666 mhz, 1tb ssd and a 600W power supply with 75+...
  36. shreyas31

    Question PC freezing and restarting on its own

    PC Specs - Ryzen 5 3600 16GB DDR4 GTX 1650 GIGABYTE B450M - H Corsair 550W Below is the MEMORY.DMP file Running current GPU drivers ******************************************************************************* * *...
  37. krisztiantobias

    Question Changing Hardware causes crash

    Hello guys! I upgraded my pc partially Same: GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 WINDFORCE 2X 8G Corsair VS 650W Old: New: MSI Z97-G43 MSI MAG B650 TOMAHAWK WIFI INTEL I7 4790K AMD Ryzen 5 7600X Kingston DDR3 2400 16GB HyperX Savage CL11 KIT (2x8GB) G.SKILL 32GB KIT DDR5 6000MHz CL36 Trident Z5...
  38. Skyrosa

    Question Internal SSD disk around 70 degree C at all times

    My SSD shows around 70 degree C temperature on CrystalDiskInfo, Could it be a cause of FPS drops in games? And How do i prevent it? Do i need to put thermal pad or additional fan? Or should i keep my case open? (I have at least 5-6 fans in my case, and fan outside in the room.) On the picture it...
  39. GamerGuru420

    Question Please help :(

    I recently cleaned and wired up my pc but then it started acting up by randomly shutting off, so i redid the wiring making sure everything was properly connected but it was still acting up by randomly shutting down whenever it was idle (yes i checked the power plan) today i decided to look back...
  40. jnjnilson6

    Discussion When Did It Begin? 386 to i9-13900KS

    When do you think that moment first started to take place, inadvertently at first, later massively and boldly, onto the exponential cadence of hardware and software development? Say, in the early 1990s there was a lot of software doing synonymous things the software of today does. Yet you could...