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  1. A

    Question Incorrect cable. Please use the dual link DVI cable that came with your monitor

    I saw an older thread about this but wasn't able to find a solution. I just got a new graphics card and it doesn't have a DVI port like my old one, only display port and HDMI. My monitor (Acer GN246HL) only has the DVI port since the HDMI port stopped working years ago. I thought that buying...
  2. R

    Question my fps is dropping and my core clock is not utilized fully

    hi, my setup i5 13600kf rx 7800xt 2x8 gb ddr4 3200 corsair vengeance cl16 asus tuf gaming B660M-plus matx seasonic gold 650w pny 1tb m2 ssd so here is my problem my fps drops from like 360 to 240 while my core clock is set on afterburner to 2650mhz and its being used at around 1500-2100mhz and...
  3. Tehan

    Question Why does my SSD Drive Icon Display like this?

  4. M

    Question Reboot loop on a used motherboard - Can a smart mind help me troubleshoot ?

    Hello ! I like electronics and I started to try and buy faulty mobos to fix them. Setup : 2 Asus Pro Gamer Motherboards I7-4790k 8 GB of Ballistix Ram Pure Rock 2 heatsink and fan All this on a silicone mat, out of the case. What happened : I had an old GPU that i used to test mobos...
  5. D

    Question Secondary SSD

    Just wondering on where to install another SSD on the B650 EAGLE AX, it shows i have 2 extra slots and just wondering what one to put it in as someone said one is a cpu lane and one is a chipset lane and on the manual it says it has pcie x4 & pcie x2 https://pasteboard.co/3Ykji7AdUacY.png Here...
  6. C

    Question Help please, computer stopped turning on one day. I am out of ideas and need help

    Computer specs: CPU: AMD Ryzen™ 7 5700G 3.8GHz W/ Radeon Vega Graphics FAN: MasterLiquid Lite 120mm ARGB CPU Liquid Cooler with Dual Chamber Pump & Copper Cold Plate VIDEO: GeForce RTX™ 3070 8GB GDDR6 MEMORY: 32GB (8GBx4) DDR4/3200MHz Dual Channel MOTHERBOARD: (new MSI b450 tomahawk max) (old...
  7. D0D1N

    Question Need Help with GPU Detection and No Display Issue — Trying to Avoid RMA

    Hello, I recently bought a second-hand PC that came without a GPU. I had a GTX 950 on hand, which worked fine and showed that the computer was functioning properly. Since I wanted to use the PC for gaming, I bought a used RTX 3060 8GB PNY Verto. Here’s my setup: • CPU: Ryzen 9 5900X •...
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    Question Idle/workload temps of Ryzen 7 9700X ?

    Hey so I just switched over from my old 9th gen intel to the Ryzen 7 9700x on a Gigabyte B650 Eagle AX and I've read multiple times that AMD runs hotter then intel but I just wanted to double check if these are ok. At idle Ryzen master says its sitting at 45 degrees C which I think in HWINFO...
  9. Milan0308

    Question Fast Boot on or off ?

    PC Specs Motherboard: ASUS B660M Plus WiFi D4 CPU: i5-12400F GPU: Manli RTX 3070 Ti RAM 32GB Trident Z 4000Mhz PSU: Cooler Master 750W Bronze SSD: 1GB Case: Irid 504 ARGB OS: Windows 11 I thought about I will disable fast boot, but then games were worse than before. Like graphics was worse...
  10. M

    Question 9800X3D PBO Question

    Hello, 9800X3D question for the experts haha. Enabled PBO PBO Limit - Motherboard Scaler - 10x Positive - 200mhz Curve Optimiser - Negative 20 All Core Is this dangerous ? I recently had a 9800X3D die on same settings showing the dreadful "00" motherboard code, wondering if the PBO stuff...
  11. Tadomn

    Question Graphics card no display

    Hello, so i had a recent problem, so say, the electricity in my house went out, and when it was back, the gpu doesn't work. when i turn on my pc, no display from the gpu. the fans do spin, but no display at all, not detected in windows device manager, taskmanager, nothing in bios so far too, i...
  12. Daichii

    Question Red Light. Is this a problem with my Ram or the motherboard?

    A little context. I bought a generic computer like 12 years ago, and with time I did some upgrades which left the motherboard as the only original component along with the processor. Years passed and at some point I didn't need to keep upgrading it, as it served all my needs. Until just a few...
  13. X

    Question White spots on laptop screen ?

    I just bought this used HP Elitebook 840 G6 Laptop with an i7-8665u CPU , 16GB RAM and a 512GB M.2 SSD for 290$ I thought it was a good deal but when I got back home I saw these white spots/dots on the screen that are visible with black an dark colors only, is this a concern? Like will it get...
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    Question External SSD fell out of laptop and won’t let computer boot when plugged in

    I was gaming on my laptop and my ssd disconnected as I tilted the laptop too quickly. My windows is in my internal ssd but it will only boot if I don’t have the external plugged in. Device manager sees it but disk manager doesn’t. I can’t access it through bios since it won’t go past the initial...
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    [SOLVED] My microphone is picking up every sound played on my PC ?

    My friend bought me a headset, since my pc doesn't have a combo audio jack, i bought a splitter. But when i plug the splitter audio and mic jack into my motherboard and recorded to test the mic on sound recorder from windows, its picking up the sounds from my youtube video im watching, and...
  16. jayxenogaming5

    Question 7900 XTX is doing some strange things ?

    Hey, recently I purchased a preowned 7900 xtx for a great price! It still has warranty until May 2025 When I first got it on Monday 27/01/2025 it worked great, did some editing, gaming and light undervolting. Suddenly as of yesterday my white vga light for my motherther board comes on, even when...
  17. ykmtx

    Question Low FPS problem ?

    i have power color red devil rx6800xt high power element dd 750w psu 16gb ram (corsair vengeance 8gb 2400mhz+patriot 8gb 3000mhz) ryzen 5 5500 msi b450m pro vhd max with this system i struggle to get over 100 fps in all most games in league of legends i get around 250 when others get around 600...
  18. jordyiwnl

    Question Samsung 860 evo sata m.2 internal ssd not being found by Asus tuf b560m + wifi mb

    Hello, I usually can read peoples posts and figure out what my problem is and today that could not be replicated. As the title says I have a 860 evo ssd and it is a m.2. I took it out of my older motherboard and put it in a newer motherboard hence the asus tuf b560m mentioned in the title. It...
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    Question GPUs don't want to run at 100%, and other performance problems ?

    I've had performance problems since I upgraded to the 2070 Super (almost 3 years ago). It seems to work fine in some situations, like when running benchmarks like Userbenchmark or Heaven benchmark. But in other use cases, like games it just doesn't want to run 100% and gets bad fps because of...
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    Question PC Posting into BIOS Safe Mode

    Hi everyone, I'm experiencing an issue with my system where, after turning off the PC and then powering it back on, the fans spin at full speed for around 20 seconds. After that, I see the AMI BIOS "posted into safe mode" screen, and I have to press F1 to enter the BIOS. Sometimes the PC never...
  21. Dissosaatio

    Question GIGABYTE M27Q possible clouding out of the box?

    Hello, i unboxed a GIGABYTE M27Q Rev. 2 monitor and as soon as i plugged it in and used it for a bit i noticed grey spots on the left side of the screen which will be shown in the images. I tried diffrent kinds of color and brightness settings, tried diffrent DP and HDMI cables aswell as...
  22. Damien_XIII

    Question External HDD disappeared after Windows 11 24H2 Update ?

    Hi everyone, I’m reaching out for help with a problem I'm facing with my laptop storage after updating to Windows 11 24H2. Here’s the situation: Storage Devices: 512 GB M.2 SSD (C drive for the operating system). 3 TB External HDD (used for storing important files, about 746 GB of free space...
  23. Eijar

    Question Laptop freezes ?

    Laptop model: Acer Predator PH317-55 CPU: Intel i9 11 Gen GPU: 3070 RAM: 24GB forgot where it starts but heres the issue: my laptop lags when i play game(valo, dota, space engineers, etc) Before this issue started, the laptop ran games smoothly, no problems at all. i start the game, it...
  24. pandaparlor

    Build Advice Upgrading a Pre-Built OMEN PC (Case, Motherboard, & PSU)

    Long story short, one of my siblings snagged a Ryzen 7 5700X3D and wanted me to upgrade his pre-built PC. Soon enough, we found out that we couldn't; even though his motherboard supports AM4 CPUs, it only allows upgrades to certain AM4 CPUs for some reason. Still, he's deadset on that cpu, so...
  25. TonyBro

    Question Asrock H570M does not start. The lights on the back are blinking...

    Hello, friends! The computer was not disassembled, everything worked fine without problems, but one day I came home, when I tried to turn it on, it stopped starting... Nothing burned out inside, everything is perfectly whole and new. I tried to connect a new power supply - the same thing. I...
  26. K

    Question DRAM and CPU lights are on, and no picture or power to externals

    Hello, just last night I had taken my CPU fan off to apply some more thermal paste and after I had secured it back on and plugged the fan on I’ve been getting those error lights from the motherboard I’ve reseated the RAM, checked the CPU (nothing bent or dirty), and nothings wrong with the fan...
  27. Modduss

    Question Bottleneck, need upgrade ?

    I recently upgraded to the Asus RTX 4070 Super from the 1660 Ti but the problem is that my CPU can't keep up with it. I have an Intel i5-9400 along with an Asus Rog Maximus XI mobo, and with the new market and so much scope for upgrades I dont know what to get since I'm going to need a new CPU...
  28. kittymeoww

    Question PLEASE HELP WITH COIL WHINE.

    Hello, Forgive the title, but I truly don’t know what to do anymore and need advice. I’m not sure if I’m posting this in the right space, but I had to start somewhere. I’ll do my best to explain the issue. DISCLAIMER: I wrote a long text and gave it to chatgpt to format it better and hopefully...
  29. Seacatyew

    Question CPU Debug red light

    So for the specs they are as follows CPU: i3 8350k upgraded into i7-9700k RAM: 8GB RAM MOBO: MSI B360M GAMING PSU: Fractal Design 450W Integra GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Palit SSD: 1TB Samsung EVO 970 So I upgraded the cpu from the stated and I had to update bios to support 9th gen cpu. I bought myself...
  30. loogey22

    Question Missing NVME (boot drive) after CMOs reset

    Hey everyone, I was having an issue with my pc not posting when turning it on. (Happened maybe 2 out of 5 times) Saw a post saying resetting cmos could help. After doing this, it shot me straight into bios and won’t let me leave. Through some digging it’s not showing my bootable drive. It was...
  31. sharvey

    Question Random Windows shutdowns ?

    Hi, I have just built a new pc and have encountered a problem. When I connect my 144hz monitor to my 3070 and click on the keyboard to get to the "enter pin" screen my whole pc shuts down. however when I connect my 60hz monitor to it everything works completely fine. I can then also reconnect my...
  32. M

    Question Are these gpu artifacts?

    Hello everyone and I tearfully ask for help. I assembled a new computer: I5-12400F MSI RTX 4060 TI OC MSI B760 GAMING PLUS WI-FI ADATA XPG Lancer 32gb ddr5 ADATA XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro ADATA XPG GAMMIX S70 BLADE Cougar GEC 750 Textures started to stretch in games and glare appeared. I replaced the...
  33. Trailiciar

    Question Pc crashes after sleep No Errors or BSOD

    Ok so if I boot my PC from sleep it crashes after a couple of seconds it acts as if I hit restart. Im pretty sure this is a hardware problem because I've put in a ssd from a working PC, and also reinstalled windows with it still crashing in the end. Im pretty sure it's not the RAM or GPU...
  34. D

    Question Waking up from sleep/shut down sometimes results in a black screen ?

    Waking up from sleep/shut down results in a black screen until I force shut down the PC by holding the power button, which I don't think is a good thing to do regularly. But regularly doesn't even cut it. I can't even recreate the problem. Sometimes when I shutdown/sleep it would work just fine...
  35. sammo393

    Question Which CPU I should choose for coding and multitasking?

    I am a CS undergrad student(Recently admitted). I want to build a PC. I am confused which cpu should I choose . I don't play games. My budget is 580$ max. Whould I choose low processor with dedicated gpu(ddr4 build)or should I go with iGPU(ddr5 build)? If without gpu budget for processor is 30$...
  36. Tehshort

    Question new graphicscard and it is acting weird (resolved)

    Just fired up Xdefiant, and it looks like this in the main, why does it do that? Trying to run it at a resolution I always do, at 1920*1090 https://streamable.com/aq4gl2
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    Question Monitor freezes and then doesn't boot

    Hello, hope everyone is doing good after new year. A friend of mine has now started having a problem with his pc, the last 2 weeks. This is what always happens: we want to play a game of r6s, and after a couple of rounds (usually just 1) his monitor freezes displaying the last ingame frame. ATP...
  38. J

    Question How to fix BIOS not detecting my two drives ?

    I have 3 drives. A 500gb nvme SSD, 1tb Samsung SSD , and a 2tb hard drive. I was previously on windows 10 downloaded on my 500gb SSD. I was trying to install windows 11 on my new Samsung SSD that I put in my pc. I booted up my flash drive and installed windows to the new SSD. Note that I still...
  39. albert pbs

    Question Pc turns on for half a second then turns off, don't know if it's a psu or RAM error.

    I recently switched a pc i haven't turned on for around 6 or 7 years's motherboard and cpu, but when i turned It on It only turned on for around half a second and turned off, i think it may be the psu, but the motherboard's led ( cosmetic one) turns on i tried with the previous motherboard and...
  40. Samurott1922

    Question Monitor and keyboard shutdown after new RAM installed

    Hi, I have a new 2024 ASUS Tuf Gaming A16 Advantage Edition, and I recently swapped out the RAM for a new set. Now, after opening any particularly intensive games that in theory my laptop should be more than capable of playing the RAM begins buzzing, and after a short period it forces the...