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  1. 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...
  2. 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...
  3. 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...
  4. 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...
  5. 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...
  6. 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...
  7. 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...
  8. A

    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...
  9. 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?
  10. 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...
  11. 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...
  12. 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...
  13. 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...
  14. 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...
  15. 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...
  16. 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...
  17. 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...
  18. 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...
  19. 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...
  20. 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.
  21. 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 ?
  22. Milan0308

    Question Windows driver updates vs manufacturer driver

    So windows downloading a newer driver that's on the manufacturer site (Asus) such as: Intel management interface. I check it on armoury crate too. I saw that newer drivers are not always the best for my hardware. So should I disable windows drivers update? And windows not download my chipset...
  23. S

    Question [closed] RTX 3060 Ti stutters

    Hey all, Observed Problem: Recently, I upgraded my motherboard, CPU, GPU, and PSU. The motherboard and CPU work fine, but the RTX 3060 ti stutters in Windows 10 and 11 even without any open applications. Specifications: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Boxed ASRock B550M-ITX/ac MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti...
  24. nickpt113

    Question Need help troubleshooting :/

    i7 9700k/RTX 2070 super Computer was working a day ago. Went to boot up today and saw a white screen. Tried rebooting and all fans and lights would turn on but no display and usb not functioning. I first tried to reseat GPU and CMOS battery and got the same results. I then tried to boot without...
  25. Sail0rm00n

    Question Low performance on an rtx 3060 with an amd ryzen 5 5600G radeon graphics

    I'm experiencing poor performance in almost all of my games, I've checked my CPU and my GPU temps, and they are all normal. I've seen someone do a benchmark with my same specs and push get 3x the amount of fps I'm getting | RTX 3060 and an AMD Ryzen 5 5600G with Radeon graphics and get more FPS...
  26. KRSx360

    Question High latency causing weird audio pops and crackles when playing or stopping often ?

    I've been having audio issues like popping/crackling when pausing, or listening to certain audio for a while now. this PC is less than a year old and has been having problems with my audio for a while now. used latencymon and got these results also here is everything I tried that I can...
  27. J

    Question Help needed. Upgraded system, experiencing frequent reboots and other crashes.

    Hello, I recently decided to upgrade my old 9600k to a ryzen 7 7700x. Swapped motherboard, ram, and cpu cooler as well. Continued to use my 3070. I initially booted to my old windows install to download my motherboards BIOS update. Once that was done I performed a fresh install of windows...
  28. Q

    Question Pc wont boot after undervolting

    i have the i5-14600kf with the NOCTUA NH-D15 and a MSI PRO Z790-A Im reaching 100c under load and undervolting previously helped this alot. I had to update my bios due to another issue i was having and now when i try to undervolt it wont boot with the settings. I previously had it set to -0.050...
  29. r4ndoomAcconut71

    Question Which one of these two rams should I get?

    View: https://imgur.com/a/Um8ESt7 I currently have the one on the left side (A-DATA) [pic 1]. I would like to buy the one on the right (G.Skill) [pic 1], because it's very cheap right now. Something I'm not sure about is the CL of my current ram. Like when I look up the model number of it...
  30. W

    Question PC is suddenly not posting and DRAM light is on

    Hi everyone, I’m currently facing a really strange situation. Long story short, I added a negative offset of -5 on all cores because I was planning on optimizing per core later. My PC was working perfectly fine for about 4 days, but then it suddenly switched off. When I turned it back on...
  31. S

    Question ASUS ROG Strix B550 - XE Motherboard unable to boot?

    Software info Mother board ASUS ROG Strix B550-XE Gaming Wi-Fi CPU AMD Ryzen 5 5500 6-core Graphics Unsure which model but works just fine Ran into a pretty big issue while replacing my motherboard and cpu. I can turn it on all the fans run great leds and all, the error reader displays no...
  32. D

    Question "Live Kernel Event 141" won't go away ?

    I've had an issue where my pc would crash anywhere between 1-5 times a day, i've tried a bit to fix it what i have done Disabling XMP in bios Reseating GPU reconnecting possibly loose GPU power connector Deleting Xbox Game Hub Running the SFC /scannow command in powershell, and the other...
  33. Vergj

    Question PC experiencing lag and stutters everytime I install Nvidia drivers while using PCIE gen 4 config in bios

    Hi so Ive been experiencing very immense lag and stutters everytime I install nvidia drivers while using pcie gen 4 config in bios(set in auto but auto uses gen 4) however everytime I turn the pcie slot config to gen 3 or use the second pcie slot which is gen 3 at default, the lag and stutters...
  34. B

    Question Do I Need a New Motherboard?

    So I just put a new wifi card into my pc. Now when I turn my pc on, I get no display on both monitors and my keyboard and mouse don't turn on. All my fans, ram sticks, and gpu lights turn on. I even tried putting the old wifi card back in and still nothing happens. Is there an easy fix to this...
  35. A

    Question Issues booting a custom build ?

    Hello, I am new to the forums so I apologize if this is formatted wrong. My PC takes forever to boot, and sometimes just does not boot while having an active amber DRAM light. Booting takes a LONG time. Sometimes it boots, sometimes it doesn't. I have done a plethora of troubleshooting, and it...
  36. slicedchicken480

    Question How to safely remove thermal paste from CPU pins?

    How do I safely remove thermal paste from CPU pins without damaging the CPU? The CPU is an AM4 CPU.
  37. G

    Question Nuphy halo 72 v2 modding

    I wanna tape mod the halo 72 v2 but i dont know how to open it up. Is there any tutorials on how to open it up
  38. Arcadiadicc

    Question Itermittent black screening

    Hey guys, Ive finally gone crazy and am trying to put it to rest, so here I am. About 4 months ago I decided to buy myself a newer graphics card, so I grabbed a Gigabyte Windforce 4070 Super, which replaced my 2060 Super Founders Edition.. Ever since, I have had intermittent black screening...
  39. twgamerbuilder

    Question My PC keeps randomly power-cycling ?

    My PC at random will completely shut down and instantly turn back on again. Thing's ive already tried that haven't helped: 1. New outlet and power cord 2. Replacing the Power Supply with a 850w (I've been running a 750w for years) 3. Resetting Windows 10 and the CMOS 4. Reseating, the RAM, CPU...
  40. L

    Question Crucial SSD Running at 70mb/s ??

    I have a G7 7590 15 Laptop, I've "upgraded" to a Crucial ( CT1000P3PSSD8 ) 1tb after my Samsung 970 evo suddenly died. SSD bough on Amazon. I was downloading games on steam and noticed write speed was only 60-70 mb/s, so after pulling up Control Panel I saw the same thing and 97% disc usage...