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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...

I purchased a new Dell G15 5520 laptop with i5-12500H and RTX 3050 (95 watts)) 2 weeks ago but I'm facing a problem here. When I'm playing any game the GPU wattage is normal but after 10 minutes the wattage is capped to 30 watts and its not increasing. This leads to performance issues and...

Whenever I push the power button on my PC, there is no POST or display, resorting in me having to kill the power switch. But, whenever I clear CMOS, that's when things start to appear. It shows the POST screen telling me to push F1 to boot into BIOS. When in BIOS, clicking on the “Save and Reset...

Hi all guys, I have a little problem with ps1 (premise it has modification, so I put in a burned game). Basically the play station turns on correctly, it shows correctly, but as soon as you start the game and get to the first screen of the game the video starts moving going from up to down all...

Hi guys, just built a new pc 2 months ago and now I’m facing an absolute nightmare. Sometimes when gaming my PC would just randomly crash. Basically I lose the signal on both monitors but the LED on my pc are still running and sometimes I can hear my fan go full throttle. I have a brand new GPU...

I have the Gigabyte B760M DS3H AX motherboard. I set up all the components and ran the benchmarks. All the components are showing above the expectations bench. I even played a few games for some time without any issues. But the motherboard has some orange lights active (steady static light...

Ello there, I am looking for suggestions to upgrade my CPU and possibilty graphics card and other parts if need be. All of my parts except the PSU and ram are 8 years old( graphics Card not sure cause I got it used off ebay(. I want to upgrade so I wont have to buy/upgrade again for at least...

Hello, this is my first post on tomshardware so please be forgiving. I got this good deal on i7 3770 and i asked for pictures and i noticed, there are a LOT of capacitators missing. Please help.. is it ok? Will it work? Thx for the answersReddit post with photo

Hi Guys! I brought everything new from store. From the first time I powered up my pc, it's always slow. It takes a lot of time to boot and when Windows finally starts up, I have to wait for minutes before I can click on something because it freezes. If I want to open something like Google or a...

I have Lenovo IdeaPad l340 gaming for 3 years now, and it was perfectly working, but recently the CPU stuck at the base speed which is 2.6 GHz this only happens when playing a game, and the weird for me that when pressing alt+tab the speed goes up to 4 GHz when back to the game become 2.6 again...

As the title says, a few days ago I got an USB power surge warning as I was charging a few too many VR accessories through my USB ports. Unplugged all the devices and everything seemed normal. However, when I tried to start the PC the next day, it would refuse to boot. The fans spun up and the...

So just came home from work today and tried to start my PC. Right after pressing the power button, it started and about 1 second later it shut down again. It kept doing this process over and over unitil I had to plug it off. Im trying to figure out if the problem is my PSU or the MoBo, or...

hello guys hope anyone can help me with this problem, my pc from time to time turn off by it self when im playing games. it turn off just black screen like its just shut down. here are my pc spec. Processor: 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-11900 @ 2.50GHz (16 CPUs), ~2.5GHz Memory: 16384MB RAM...

Hi everyone, thanks for taking the time to look and maybe help me out with this one Here are my specs; Ryzen 3600 Asus ROG B450-f 4 x 8Gb 3200 Corsair vengence 3070ti 850w PSU (recently replaced) Okay so I had the issue the other week where the computer just wouldn't turn on, I left it a...

I have this psu for my pc. ( https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B08NHVW71G?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title ) My pcie cable that connects the psu and gpu has been damaged and needs replacement. Will this one work. Without frying my GPU (rx 6900xt)( core i5 1100k) 16gb ram. If not are there any...

Motherboard: msi mpg gaming plus CPU: ryzen 3 3100 GPU: gtx 1070ti PSU: corsair 800w gold RAM: ballistix 2x8gb ram sticks When booting, all the fans spin and the ram sticks light up. The cpu light on the motherboard turns on for a few seconds and then turns off as the vga light turns on and...

I have a PC with Intel Core i3 4130 and Gigabyte H81M Motherboard which was running for 2 years without a single problem. I have UPS also. But suddenly it stopped working in my home. I took it in PC Shop but there it turned on without an error. Then I returned home and turned on, OMG it worked...

Hey i got this website recommended from chatGBT to fix my hardware issue ... i bought my rig in the early of 2020 i experience an fps drops in an old online game named crossfire and latency issues .. keep dying bhind the wall and enemy moves fast on my screen .. i have a nvidia thread from 1 and...

Hello, My brand new PC is turning off randomly. Without a blackscreen nor other error signals. It happened the first time around three weeks after building it. And since then I have been having this problem. I've sent it to the store that sold me the components twice, but there, it seems to...

I have a problem with my PC, I installed a new CPU and motherboard but after the installation I get a blue screen when I start my PC: DRIVER_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL. After that it restarts about 50 times and after that I got into windows and everything worked normally but after a while I got the blue...

So yesterday I was casually gaming on my PC and suddenly bios stops recognizing the drives. So I re-attached all the cables and as soon as I turned it ON smoke started coming out from SSD. I immediately cut the power. I searched on internet and found that the SSD was connected to split cables...

Hello! New member here. Please be gentle with me cause I'm not the best when it comes to computers and parts, I just like to play games on them. I'm hoping to get some advice on upgrading a motherboard or if anyone has recommendations on what I should get because I honestly don't know. I do...

SPECS: 12700kf 4070 Ti ZOTAC 32GB RAM 3600Mhz MSI B660M MAG Mortar, RM850x Corsair 80 Gold PSU 970 EVO 1TB SSD Z NZXT Flow case Hello everyone. I’m making this thread because I’ve been having problems with my brand new pc I built. When I first built my pc, I had a 750w psu in which I...

If you didn't see my last post my pc has been having intermittent crashing issues. I tried reinstalling windows last night which resolved most of the errors however one still persists. Event viewer now spits out "Dump file creation failed due to error during dump creation" Before the system...

Hello, I tried a lot of things, but nothins seems to help me. Problems: I have stable FPS (150+) with full graphic, on low is possible to go 200+ But game feels weird and if I move my mouse - screens doesnt feel smooth (not tearing or laggy, just not smooth) Monitor on 165Mhz, 144Mhz or...

I recently bought a 'Lenovo ideapad gaming 3 15ach6 amd ryzen 7 5800h/16gb/512gb ssd/rtx 3050ti/15.6" '. For what I read/saw online, it was possible to add an HDD. Also the laptop came with an HDD tray and screws for it, so I assumed that was the case. When I opened the laptop here's what I...

I just made a new pc, I downloaded Windows 10 install media onto a usb andI booted it and it came up with "Reboot and select proper boot device" I was using an old USB drive. I'm now using a new USB with windows on it, I boot up and it comes up with "An operating system wasn't found try...

What do you use your CPU for? Gaming / Programming / Reading / Writing - the list goes on indefinitely. Write up! What CPU percentage is usually being filled up while working on your computer? Happy with your components? If not - which would be the components you would like to retain? How old is...

I recently installed a new SSD and moved everything from my old HDD to my new SSD. At first it was fine, then suddenly they were both super slow. I formatted my SSD, removed my HDD, and installed a brand new instance of Windows from a bootable USB flash drive, and it was still suffering from...

I bought a Lenovo Ideapad 3i, and i like to have a 256GB SD card inserted into my laptop that acts as "permanent" storage so that I can keep my work on an encrypted removable device, even though it is almost never removed. It's a bit idiosyncratic but it's what I like. Anyway, the Ideapad has a...

This question, I'm posting for a friend who has currently finished his build, and is getting ready to install Windows on a new SSD However, his monitor while plugged in will not give any signal from his computer. Similar posts from Ryzen Gen 5 (His is 5900X) require updated versions of BIOS. As...

Windows 11 home i-5 12600k Asus TUF z690 Corsair ven pro 3600 16gb 5700xt Corsair 650w gold Hello, I have been running into an issue for the last few weeks and need some help finding a resolution. During gameplay and casual use such as web surfing, my PC will black screen and become...

My PC is a few years old and needs to be upgraded. I'm not sure if my hardware can be upgraded, especially my processor. So, I need newer hardware. Please let me know if my current hardware can handle a new graphics card, etc. If you think that I need a new processor, I'd appreciate...

Hi everyone Trying to figure out what's wrong with my setup. So far I didn't have any problem but a few days ago, after it was on sleep mode (usually I don't shutdown but instead I let the windows go into sleep mode after 1h or something), I went to the PC and turned it on but all of a sudden...

Hello everyone I am having this issue with new PC. All it does when I start it as very quick flash of the LEDs on the mobo. No fans spinning or anything HERE is vid of it booting. I tried unplugging everything except the MOBO 24 Pin from the PSU and the issue is the same. Does that mean the PSU...

These are some Psu's i found available in my country under a 100 bucks. MSI MPG A650GF — 650 GOLD CORSAIR CX750M — 750 WATT BRONZE COOLER MASTER MWE — 650 WATT GOLD Using i7 12700 + RTX 3060 Current Psu - Gigabyte P650B bronze(Working well till now xD, has a risk of blowing) Is it...

I work for a large charity and they’ve asked me to help with fixing their computers (mostly Windows laptops). I’ve done some computer repair in the past, and I'm getting up to date with current hardware and software. I recently played around a bit with the Windows built-in diagnostic apps and...

I do a lot with computers, I just cant figure this issue out, its driving me nuts. SPECS: Processor: i7-3930k Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X79s-up5 PSU: (new) EVGA 650W Bronze (previously had 500w chinese PSU) Memory: 16gb HyperX Fury Blue 1333Mhz (4x4) GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G STORY...

Hello, Maybe someone can help me with a hardware problem I'm having. I recently built a new PC, compatibility of all parts has been checked and verified. They are : CPU : Ryzen 5 5600X Motherboard : ASRock B550M Steel Legend GPU : Radeon 6600XT 8GB RAM : G Skill Aegis 16GB (2 x 8GB) And an...

Looking for some advice please as I’m at a loss with what to do. About a week ago my pc started running extremely slow & laggy especially when using the taskbar or going into settings then when the lag got to much for the pc to handle it would crash and display a BSOD WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR...