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Hello guys, I need your help. Yesterday I was messing with my bios and I wanted to disable the onboard graphics without thinking that I don't have a dedicated gpu so my pc wouldn't POST. After that I tried resetting my cmos and everything went perfectly fine as my computer POSTed and i was in my...

Case: Metallicgear Neo V2 Processor: Intel Core i9-11900k (8 core) Cooling: Asetek 670LS High Performance liquid cooling (240mm Radiator) Motherboard: Z590 Chipset WiFi GPU: GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB PSU:EVGA 750 Watt 80 Plus Bronze Condition: 1 1/2 years old new I can’t seem to figure out what’s...

the aux connector got bitten by my cat. I haven't been able to find a replacement cable for the headphone online but i have found an aux splitter i think it's called. The cable is long enough to be used as replacement, but then i have to cut the female aux connector. One odd thing about the...

At first i couldn't access to one of my 2 sdd's (the one i installed for games not the system one), i restarted my pc and then blue screen of death BSOD showed, even worse problem its crash when trying to access recovery mode so im stuck in this loop of BSOD, im amateur in bios setting and...

Processor: Intel® Core™ i9 24-Core Processor i9-13900KS (Up to 6.0 GHz) 36MB Motherboard: GIGABYTE Z790 AORUS MASTER (LGA1700, DDR5, PCle 5.0, Wi-Fi 6E) Ram: 96GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB DDR5 5600MHz (2 x 48GB) Gpu: 24GB ASUS TUF GEFORCE RTX 4090 OC EDITION OG - 2x HDMI, 3x DP SSD: 2TB SAMSUNG...

I switched from a nvidia gpu (1070) to an amd gpu (rx 6650 xt) and when powering on I get to the asus splash screen, with the text at the bottom saying press f2 or del to open the bios, but then it does not get any further than this. My keyboard is functional but when I press F2 or Del nothing...

Hi Gays! I have Z400 Workstation Pc and i was try to solved this problem and using branding cable for display but problem not solved and my pc is only 1 month old. First i found the problem display Screen vibrate and then screen goes to blank but screen vibrating problem solved but Screen Black...

Hi! I bought a new used pc a week ago. The same day that I bought him, while I was installing Gta V at night it made 4 beeping sounds and it turned off. I did my research and found out it could be a ram problem. So I took the rams off the other day and It worked. A week as passed by, and today...

Please excuse my ignorance, I am not the most "tech savvy" human I just recently bought a prebuilt IBUYPOWER PC on Black Friday. I have had dozens of freezes since then. I installed two M.2's in it one being brand new and one being from my old laptop. The freezing feels kind of random, the only...

Here is the issue: I have a PC that is maxed out on internal drives and as games get bigger and better, I need more space to store the game files. I researched and purchased an ADATA SE900G 1TB External SSD. Great now I have space, to play my games, the problem is, after maybe 15 minutes...

I bought this : OLOy DDR4 RAM 16GB (2x8GB) Warhawk Aura Sync RGB 3000 MHz CL16 1.35V https://www.amazon.com/OLOy-Warhawk-288-Pin-Desktop-MD4U0830160BE0DA/dp/B08922VXHN?th=1 and my motherboard (H410M Pro) is limiting it to 2666mhz, but thats okay for me, anyways i opened speccy to check my ram...

Hi! I had a company install a media cabinet for me but there were no hooks/straps that came with the cabinet. There is also no identifiable brand name on the cabinet. Does anyone know what type of screw or hook I can get to strap each piece of equipment in? I tried using zip ties but they...

So a relative of mine gave his used HDD to me for data transfer, I have connected it to my PC through sata port. When I powered up my pc the motherboard leds were on (I guess it was the cpu and dram) and computer didn't boot up so I quickly turned off the pc and removed that HDD. PC is working...

Hello Tom’s Hardware, This is possibly my first ever internet post for computer trouble. I apologize if I’m not following proper standards or rules. I’m also on mobile right now, so sorry for the lack of formatting. Background: Just to establish some background, I’m a long time tech person...

So I recently switched from intel to amd5 & got a msi b650 tomahawk wifi with a ryzen 7 7800x3d, 32gb ram 6000, but my pc keeps freezing to the point that nothing works, not even if I try using task manager to close programs still is frozen. While gaming, it crashes in 1-2 min.

Hi! I'd like to ask something about one of my laptops, the "VN7-571G", which is behaving abnormally. It turns on and I can use it for a while. I upgraded the hardware of the laptop to be more responsive and reliable, but it turns out that it's not reliable at all. It originally had 8GB of RAM, a...

I am new to building computers and I don’t really know what I’m doing. The whole thing seems quite confusing. However I know a bit about specs as I had a gaming laptop which I’m replacing now with a desktop PC. I’m building it as I heard it is cheaper than buying a prebuilt and more reliable...

I was using my computer and it suddenly shut off and died. I tried to restart it but it won't restart. When i unplug the power and plug it back in and try to turn on the fan starts for a split second and the rgb lights on the fans flash and then its dead again. The power light on the mother...

I wanted to clean my PC and apply some new thermal paste. I used isopropyl alcohol and canned air spray. I disconnected two fans, unscrewed the cooler and applied the new paste. I also disconnected the graphics card, opened it up and applied new thermal paste because I’ve had the 1080 since...

Hello everyone, I'm considering upgrading my editing PC. It's been five years since I built my current one, and it has served me well. I believe it's time to give it a performance boost. Please note that I am a professional designer and editor, so the new machine I want to build needs to meet...

Hello All, I purchased a Dell XPS 8650 over a year ago and the dreaded noisy fan started up in the PSU. after doing some research, i discovered the proprietary nature of the power supply. Instead of paying out the nose for a "new" one from eBay, i decided to replace the two cheap fans with...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

:) 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...

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...

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...