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  1. R

    Question Ram Compatible?

    Hi, I'm new to pc building and wanted to change my ram from 16 GB [8 GB X2] DDR4-3000 Memory Module - ADATA XPG D10 to https://www.bestbuy.com/site/corsair-vengeance-lpx-64gb-2x32gb-ddr4-3200mhz-c16-udimm-desktop-memory-black/6468872.p?skuId=6468872 My Motherboard is a MSI X570-A PRO -- Gb Lan...
  2. W

    Question New PC build overheating in bios

    Apologies if this is the wrong place to post this, happy to move it or re-tag if needed. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Build: AMD Ryzen 7 7800x3d NZXT Kraken Elite 360 CFM liquid CPU cooler Asus ROG STRIX B650E-F ATX AM5 G Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB 64gb (2x32) DDR5-6000 Seagate Barracuda...
  3. sultan_of_succ

    Question Strange, intermittent boot issue on a recently built PC ?

    Hello, I'm encountering an odd issue with my new build. About every 3-5 boots (it seems to be completely random) it will power on, post with the usual progress wheel, but then instead of booting windows, it just gives a black screen. The monitor is still receiving a signal, but its just black...
  4. I

    Question Only one port works for audio, can't have headset AND speakers on MSI B650 Tomahawk motherboard

    So i very recently build a new pc and i got MSI MAG B650 TOMAHAWK, now the problem i have is that when i plug my headset or speakers in L OUT (Marked Green) they work, but when i try plugging in other ones in RS-OUT or CS-OUT (Marked Blue) windows doesn't register them at all. I switch a lot...
  5. thinky

    Question Poor performance and frame drops in Rocket League on laptop ?

    Hi everyone, this is a cry for help. Laptop model: Asus ROG Zephyrus G15 GA503QM Ryzen 9 5900HS RTX 3060 Rocket League is my main game and the past few months I've been having very low performance with my laptop. I've played around with many settings in-game and tried so many different...
  6. qlennox

    Question i need help with my laptop graphics card

    I was playing need for speed most wanted 2005 and the game started stuttering and then i got a black screen,i restarted the laptop and then the gpu wont show up in task manager. The laptop is an Acer nitro 5 with a ryzen 7 6800h and an rtx 3070ti
  7. Konkadonk

    Question PC crashing on siege

    Game will randomly freeze while on siege only started happening recently doing things like ctrl alt tab doesn't help as its completely unresponsive until you shut it down by holding power button. Only happens on that 1 game ( so far )
  8. H

    Question Games crash with Access violation - code c0000005 / INVALID_POINTER_WRITE/READ

    Error: Exception Code: c0000005 (Access violation) Faulting Address: 0000001404034b50 Faulting Module: NBA2K24.exe Instruction Causing Error: movzx ecx, byte ptr [r9+rax] in NBA2K24+0x21193d0 Details: I asked 2k Support for help and they told me its an hardware issue System: OS Name...
  9. L

    Question How to update bios wifi/lan drivers?

    So i bought a new mob cause my old one is causing some problems. Right now i want to set up windows 11 and it says that i dont have wifi or llan.I will go to a friend of mine to download the wifi drivers for the board. It is the asus tuf gaming z790 plus wifi. Can you guys tell me how to...
  10. PratHat

    Question Computer doesn't detect windows in ssd and unable to reinstall windows.

    I recently shipped my PC to my new place. Plugged it in and the first time it booted, it went into the bios. I manually switched it off, reinstalled the ssd thinking it was maybe shaken out of place and turned it on. This time it went straight into windows. I switched it off and went to work...
  11. Avisorin

    Question USB Ports Not Working On New Build

    Everything turns on display boots to bios but says “BIOS has been reset. Please re-config your BIOS setup if needed.” With an option to press ok but I’m getting no power through the front usb or the motherboard io. I tried reseating the ram but no dice any suggestions? SPECS I7 12700kf Gigabyte...
  12. D

    Question How to tell is someone else is on your computer/if theres a hacker

    Hello! I have been using discord for a long time, and I recently had a old friend get their account hacked and they had said some things they were in a class for school ect and I clicked on a link that downloaded some virus. The best thing I knew to do was reinstall everything to factory...
  13. G

    Question Motherboard not POSTing and the DRAM light is on ?

    Hi, today my computer stopped booting. The motherboard DRAM light and CPU diagnostic lights are flashing: the DRAM light turns on for around 10 seconds, and then the CPU light flashes and turns off and goes back to the DRAM light. I looked around online, and most reports of this happening are on...
  14. Babel_SW

    Question Sony Vaio SVE14A2M6WE won't turn on. What can I do?

    Hi, I'm working on getting an old laptop (Sony Vaio SVE14A2M6WE) into a great condition- I put in an SSD, new RAM and a new CPU (i7 3630QM). However, when I hibernated it today, it seems to have totally bricked itself- both the Web and Assist buttons can't seem to turn it on (the original...
  15. ceka6697

    Question RAM slot isn't working after cleaning dust from inside PC ?

    Hi everyone. Seven months ago, I cleaned out my PC with compressed air, and since then, the fourth RAM slot hasn’t been working. As soon as I install a RAM module, the system freezes solid after starting up, sometimes even at the BIOS splash screen. Only once have I been able to use the PC under...
  16. A

    Question Multiple blue screens, unable to properly diagnose

    Hello, My partner's PC has been having somewhat frequent shutdowns and blue screens recently. These have previously been heavily reduced from being constant by replacing the RAM in the machine, but has been slowly ramping up again. After the most recent blue screen, the computer was having...
  17. Max Arthur

    Question Burnt Smell from GPU (RTX 3070)

    So one week ago, I build a new PC. All of the components are new, except for the Graphics Card. The Graphics Card is MSI RTX 3070 Ventus 2x. I buy it for $250 from a friend, and he buys it when he is on outside of the country, so I cant claim a warranty (it still has a international warranty)...
  18. N

    Question SSD Underperforming in New Laptop

    Hi, I just purchased a new laptop https://www.newegg.com/asus-e1504fa-ns54-15-6-amd-ryzen-5-7520u-16gb-amd-radeon-graphics-512-gb/p/N82E16834236515 with the SSD Samsung MZVL4512HBLU-00BTW 512GB. After running User Benchmark it told me that my SSD was performing under expectations. I installed...
  19. TheDarkUchiha

    Question Games crashing when fullscreened or full windowed ?

    hello ive been trying to figure this out on my own but ive been crashing while gaming only when the game is full screened or a full windows screen i have no clue why this is happening or what. my specs are Motherboard HP 8876 CPU: Ryzen 7 5800X GPU: Nvidia Geforce RTX 3070 Chipset: AMD B550 i...
  20. J

    Question Massive FPS drop on games

    Found an old rig and decided to get a new GPU for it to relive some old games again. I bought a AMD RX 6650-XT and cheap RAM for it a few months ago and things were smooth but this past month suddenly get really low FPS on games like League and WoW dropping to 25 fps and can't even run Diablo...
  21. Ruwaid123

    Question Upgraded to a Ryzen 7 5800X3D now USB devices seem to randomly disconnect

    I've updated BIOS and attempted to change PCI slots to Gen 3 But devices still randomly disconnect It seems like a few of the ports go down at once. Iv gone to my ASUS bios and changed PCIEX16 mode to Gen 3 and Gen 4 PCIEEX1_1 Mode to Gen 3 PCIEEX1_2 Mode to Gen 3 Seems to disconnect even more...
  22. Mxhawthy

    Build Advice Planning to build a PC for the first time in 10 years, is there anything I should tweak with this build config? + Advice about RGB please

    Hi there, As the title says, I am looking for advice about any tweaks I should make to the below build configuration, but please note that I cannot stretch my budget any higher. I'm particularly looking for help making sure that my RGB setup will work well, and will be easily configurable. I...
  23. RafeM

    Question My 3060 GPU might be faulty but I need advice from people smarter than me to confirm ?

    My system has been going for roughly 3 years now with only minor hitches along the way, but for the last few weeks I've been getting random crashes, freezes, 1 distorted bluescreen(?) and a black screen that rebooted by itself. I used DDU to clean out and reinstall nvidia drivers, no luck. I...
  24. jcmx83

    Question Crashing related to 4090

    I have a i9-13900K, and my main GPU is a ASUS TUF 4090. While using the 4090 I’ve been running into the same crash for months and WhoCrashed gives me this error code: msdn bugcheck video_dxgkrnl_livedump I do realize this isn’t technically a real error code but this is all the info I have...
  25. T

    Question Need help with PC Build

    Hi! This is my first time building a PC and I was wondering if either of these would be good builds? Any help would be greatly appreciated I am quite unsure if it will all be compatible and most importantly optimal. Also was wondering if there is a best a part of the year to purchase PC parts...
  26. N

    Question Every game stutters in some way, can't find a fix

    I've been stuggling with stutters in every single game on my PC for about six months. I've tried everything I can think of, and nothing seems to help. The stutters started seemingly out of nowhere, because I hadn't changed any part in my PC for a long time and only updates I did were just...
  27. Arturas Kulickis

    Question KVM switch doesn't display an image.

    Hello all, I’ve already posted this on reddit but thought I'd post it here since tom's is way more reliable I find. I hope displays is also the right place for this question :P I'm trying to connect a Fujitsu FD-1008AT to my server but l am having some issues. Mainly whenever I power on the...
  28. Milan0308

    Question Motherboard light pop up at night (unplugged)

    Why is my motherboard light show up at night ? It does this more time at night when it's unplugged. I know there CMOS battery. But why is that just random?
  29. E

    Question Buzzing noise coming from CPU area -- AIO pump?

    Hi all, Over the last few months, my custom build (built almost 3 years ago) has developed a persistent buzzing noise that started quieter and got louder over time. I'm not exactly sure when it happened -- it could have been random or it could have been related to adding or swapping a part, but...
  30. Milan0308

    Question Games feel choppy ?

    So, I think my pc is not working properly, but cant tell exactly. I got high fps, not high temperature, frametimes is good, ethernet connection is good as well. Xmp enabled to 3200 mhz. But games feels choppy. I had a bad laptop which was refund. So I got this pc about 1 year ago. I really can't...
  31. Springy_

    Question (HELP PLEASE) PC Boots to windows but and appears fine but then when shut down doesn't boot again

    Hi all ive been trying to repair a friends pc and have encountered some issues along the way the pc specs are as follow mobo: fujitsu d3061 cpu: i5-2500 ram: 16gb ddr3 At first it wouldn't even post CPU fan and PSU fan would spin and nothing else. I initially thought this was due to the psu...
  32. T

    Question Motherboard wont give power to anything with a certain gpu

    I have a (1050ti) that whenever I plug into my motherboard a (gigabyte ga 78 lmt usb3 r2) Will stop any power from going to all my USB ports and won't display a signal. Whenever I plug in an older graphics card a (gt730) everything works seemly fine there were a few times when even with the 730...
  33. Milan0308

    Question MSI Afterburner shows really low 1% and 0.1% frametime ?

    MSI Afterburner shows 30 fps 1% low and 6 fps shows 0.1% low. Is this normal or not? This was in rocket league. It shows 0 in many other games. The games feel so weird like latency and choppy. I have 240 fps normal. I don't know if it helps, but when the machine arrived, I didn't assemble it and...
  34. J

    Question Assortment of strange issues, ran out of ideas for troubleshooting. (GPU + MB)

    Current specs MB: MSI PRO B650M-B CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X CPU Cooler: (aftermarket, will edit if relevant) GPU: GTX 1080* RAM: 2x 16gb Team Group UD5-6000 PSU: Cooler Master MWE Gold 650W V2 (model # MPE-6501-AFAAG-EU) All parts (except for storage drives) were bought brand new roughly 4 months...
  35. basicterra

    Question IA Voltage Offset is different, while P and E cores reflects the undervolted voltage ?

    Laptop is a Lenovo Legion 5i Specs i7-14650HX 4050 6gb 32gb ram 1TB ssd 80wh Li-Po IA Voltage Offset is different while P-cores and E-cores reflect the undervolted voltage. Is there anything wrong? Settings I changed: For High Performance (Plugged In) Speed Shift : On Speed Stop : Off CPU...
  36. G

    Question PC Build Stuck on Flashing Underscore

    I have bought parts for an XP gaming build. I have: Gigabyte GA-H61M-DS2 Motherboard Intel i5 2400 Kingston KHX1333 Blu 8gb DDR3 kit 430w Corsair PSU Radeon HD 7770 1GB GPU The PC boot loops - fans spinning up for a second and then turning off - a few times and then it will boot into a black...
  37. F

    Question When I turn on my pc everything seems as usual but there is no display

    Yesterday I spilled a bit of orange juice on my desk and some drops fell on top of my pc case, I quickly unplugged the computer, most of the juice fell on top of my watercooler's radiator and because it has a dust filter on top not a lot of it made it inside the pc. I opened it and cleaned the...
  38. jminr

    Question need help with beeping/whistling noise

    so i installed a new liquid cpu cooler last night and it’s the corsair H100X Elite and everything was running fine last night. this morning i turn on my computer and it boots fine and everything’s working but randomly it keeps making a weird high frequency whistling/beeping noise is the best way...
  39. karoi

    Question Best pre-built PC website/websites where I can select custom parts for someone else to build ?

    Best pre-built PC website/websites where I can select custom parts for someone else to build, and pre-built PC recommendations ? If you could, please recommend two. Budgets are $2000-2400 and $900-1100.
  40. D

    Question My laptop is drawing nearly 30000 milliwats while idle , is that normal ?

    i have a dell precision 5680 i7 13800H Nvidia rtx 2000 ada generation 1080p Oled somehow when starring just at the dekstop this laptop is drawing up to 30000 milliwats of power. is that normal ?