motherboard

i upgraded my pc and i had aio 360 rgb with nxzt rgb controller and 3 case fans on front with rgb controller and 1 case fan on back. i connected all 3 aio fans and front rgb fans to 2 rgb controllers and there wasnt room for the last single fan and i put it into rgb header slot nothing happened...

Hello, I am having a hard time deciding which am5 motherboard I should go with. Till now I have only looked at b650 serie boards but I find it hard to differentiate them and know why one is better than the other. I've watched some hardware unboxed videos but they haven't helped me decide as I...

Hello, I've been a long time Tom's Hardware lurker and feel that I used to have an account, although I couldn't figure it out when logging in just now, so I present as a newbie even though I am quite experienced! Anyhow, on to my problem! I am attempting to build a PC for a friend and he has a...

Hey guys, after 7 years its time for an upgrade I have been browsing constantly, but AM5 platform is just confusing to me. System as of now: new:9800x3d (already purchased) new:6000mhz cl30 (brand will be chosen according to mobo compability) new:2tb 4.0 nme old: 1tb 3.0 nvme new:850w gold...

I used Fusion to design this NAS, with a size of 390x450x89mm. It can fit a MATX motherboard, and it uses a CRPS PSU (12VO). There's a reinforcement rib in the middle, and on the other side, I have the freedom to design the PCB to achieve the expandability I want. For example, I could add 12...

So I was using my pc and suddenly a balck screen came up. I was using VGA port on my motherboard. I taked a look and saw two of SMD capacitors behind the VGA port were busted. It has a DVI port too which is still working can I leave dose capacitors unrepaired and keep using DVI instead or even...

So I assume this is motherboard an issue but I might wrong so I'm sorry if this belongs somewhere else. Also it's gonna be a longer post so thank you anyone who reads trough this and tries to help. So, my issue is that my SSD's keep disconnecting when I'm installing larger files. I have 4 SSDs...

Hello, the title basically. If my 13600KF is stable at a set frequency on my gigabyte motherboards with the Extreme (second to last) LLC setting, will it also be stable in any motherboard on the second to last LLC setting? Just curious. Thanks.

System: Ryzen 7 3700x Msi B450 Rtx 3060 Corsair CX 750M So this all started after i switched the cpu in my system from a 5 5600g to the 7 3700x and when booting i get a red light on the motherboard first for the cpu and then for vga and the system doesn't boot and tries to reboot, however i'm...

Hi, i've been having issues recently with my PC, on boot it instantly goes to code 15 orange, for about 2 min it will sit there until it eventually loads into a BSOD with "inaccesible boot drive". the only work around is to reset CMOS, set up bios and exit out, it will then boot, into a rather...

Hi, recently I upgraded an intel core 2 quad q6600 SLACR to an intel core 2 quad q9550 SLB8V on this motherboard. It was working fine with the q6600 but when I placed the new cpu, the motherboard won't load into bios and doesn't turn on. I did upgrade the BIOS and tried to reset CMOS, nothing...

Hi everyone, I have the Gigabyte Z270 gaming k3 motherboard and I want to install a second NVMe SSD (the Samsung 980 in particular). My PC components: I5 7600k rx 5700xt 32 Gb of DDR4 3200Mhz 256 Gb of M.2 1T HDD I know my CPU can handle up to 16 PCIe lanes, and I already have a GPU that uses...

Have you ever had to deal with replacing VRM components (capacitors, chokes, resistors, etc...)? I have a workstation which powers off as soon as I stop running the stress test, so I suspect it to be related to VRM rather than PSU since if it was related to the PSU, the workstation wouldn't be...

Got a secondary 1tb drive for storage and installed it today, and now something's gone off with my ethernet connectivity? Everything else is working fine, but periodically my ethernet connection will disconnect and troubleshooting either: restores it by resolving an unavailable default gateway...

Greetings, I suspect one of the RAM slots in my motherboard is going or has gone bad. I'm posting this in the hopes of having another set of eyes on this, since I'm currently biased towards my motherboard. Here's the detailed events: I have my motherboard since 2018 (Asus A320M-K), for its...

I have a B550MX/E Pro Biostar motherboard and it has an issue where when we boot up, all debug lights consistently turned on. This happened during the installation of a cpu fan where we tested it and was running fine until we were wrapping up the pc and turn it on one last time, and the debug...

Hi, I'm Going to buy a new B650 motherboard for my Ryzen 5 7600X. But there are 3 options for me to go with based on my budget as those 3 mobos lie in a near price range in my country. So, I need help which one of them is the best option for this CPU without any problems and would be more...

I was stress testing CPU to check my temps and heard some noises from pc then it shut off with some smoke coming from the set of transistors above the CPU. I was using my i5 13600k at the time it happened and after failing to boot up over and over (mb flashes red cpu led debug for half a second...

Hi there, I had a post too on my Asus ROG Strix H370-F that suddenly had left postin'. I tried everythin' which is ever recommended and then I took it to a Repair shop, that guy had 4 days in it still no fix, no ez debug light nothing at all but fans and Mobo rgb lights were working... So the...

Hello all! My friend has been slowly building a PC and has it completed, here are the specs: Msi Tomahawk x570s Ryzen 5950x Msi 4070 super 1TB 980 pro 2TB 980 pro 128gb DDR4 3600 corsair vengeance Win 11 Home Original parts before issues: CPU MB RAM 1 Tb 980 Around May, he purchased the...

Since this morning, my PC has been unable to power any of my peripherals for more than 3 seconds. I plug in my keyboard and it lights up for a moment and then goes dark. Nothing else lights up at all. My monitor is constantly reporting "No signal". Headset is silent (no beeping). Things I've...

I built my PC a year ago and haven't had this issue until recently when I reinstalled Windows 11. Everytime I either restart or Shut Down my PC it just hangs with the DRAM light on my motherboard being lit up; until I ultimately have to hold down the power button to hard shut down. What could...

I want my PC to automatically reboot when Windows hangs. In my BIOS settings I've set Core Watchdog to Enabled, with Interval on ~10s and Severity on Fatal. But when I make my OS hang (by running a Rust program that spawns 32 threads with infinite loops and giving it realtime priority) nothing...

CPU: Intel i7-13700K LGA 1700 13th Gen Ram: Trident Z5 DDR 5 2x16 gigs PSU: Corsair RM850x ATX 850 watt Motherboard MSI MAG Z790 Tomohawk Max Wifi GPU: MSI Ventus 3x Plus 12GB GDDR6x Geforce RTX 3080 SSD: 980 PRO PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 1TB OS: Windows 11 home I've had my system for a couple of...

Hi to the forum moderators, I want to make it clear that I'm not discussing piracy. I have multiple legitimate copies of Windows 10 on different systems in the house but I had to replace my motherboard after some magic blue smoke escaped. I bought a cheap replacement board just to get me by for...

Latitude 5410 i3-10310u 1080p touchscreen Will the motherboard (part number f3r8h) with discrete graphics drop in if I buy the correct fan, heat pipes, and charger? Parts-people website says it's not compatible, but I have done this successfully in the past with a Latitude 7490 board into a...

Does the B450M-A have a good VRM heatsink, and is it a great upgrade from the Gigabyte A320M-H? Since I bought 32GB (16x2) 3200MHz RAM, I needed to go into the BIOS and enable XMP. However, when I started playing Valorant, for example, believe it or not, my temperatures went from around 61-62°C...

The cable management I did was a little messy behind the case, i grabbed a cable very similar to PWM 4-pin connector that I thought are for the fans so i connected that into the motherboard chasis fan header (after disconnecting PSU Molex cable from the fans) without noticing that it is coming...

Hello all. I've been dabbling with retro PC hardware and have run into an issue with a system of mine. The specs were: AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 Nvidia GTX 1050 Asus A8N SLI Deluxe 4GB RAM I installed a Nvidia GeForce 6800 GT, and its causing problems, well mainly 1 big problem. The system powers...

I successfully updated my bios to the latest vios version (f11d) then after swapped my i3 12100f for the i5 13600k and it would get stuck on CPU led and my case power button led would be flashing. I swapped back to the i3 and it worked then swapped back to try get the i5 to work however same...

I’m facing a strange issue with my PC. I have a Ryzen 3600 paired with an MSI B450 Tomahawk motherboard. It was working perfectly fine until I swapped out my GPU to test a new one. The new GPU worked without any problems, but after switching back to my original GPU, my system started...

Please help, I need to work… Specs: motherboard b360m aorus gaming Tried installing a m2 ssd pcie 500g in it Installed it (with the special screw) Tried booting Result was that my pc was booting and turning off each 3 seconds by itself Resetted bios by removing battery Now it turns on normally...

Greetings, I had a very strange issue with which I have some difficulties to diagnose and resolve. I have little hope for someone may have encounter with this problem, so I'm just posting this to any tech-related forums. Problem: Some devices do not connect through frontal usb-c. Provided...

Hello, I just finished building 2 PC's, the first one is working flawlessly, but the second one is not posting at all, and the yellow DRAM led on the motherboard is constantly on. I have (the 2 computers have the exact same specs) CPU AMD 7600x Motherboard: Asus B650-Plus-Wifi Power supply...

Hello ! I am sorry if I haven t posted in the right category ! A few days ago i have got a Lenovo ThinkStation for really cheap (around 130 euro ) Specs : Cpu : E5-2690v3 Ram: 64 gb ddr4 ecc (in dual channel but i will plan a future upgrade ) Psu:490w gold oem It was cheap because it came...

Hello guys, I have been experiencing some issues starting a couple months ago where randomly while gaming i’d get fps drops and input lag that lasted like 0.5 seconds or 1 second at max and it was random. Now it’s moved on to serious input lag in my built in keyboard, especially when playing...

I have a Fatal1ty Z170 Professional Gaming i7 motherboard. And I installed a Lexar NM710 M2 SSD on it. But the SSD is not recognized in the BIOS. So my question is: Should this SSD work on this motherboard? Or is the SSD broken? I have found this article...

Hello fellows, I have a Z370 Auros Gaming 5 motherboard It was working fine until I turned on the Secure boot on it. In order to enable the Secure boot it said to change the Performance key or something (that's the where I don't remember which performance key or settings I changed, I just made...

Hi everyone I ran into a pretty bad problem with my PC. I cannot even get it to POST anymore. A few days ago i was just using it normally and all of the sudden, the PC cuts its own power and since then i cannot get to start again. The system is bit old yes, but i took good care of it over the...

Hello, I have a problem with the Archer T4e and Archer T5e network adapter, brand TPLink AC1200, I connect it to my Gigabyte B560M DS3H V2 motherboard and neither of them works, the problem is that the Archert T5e is dual ban and has wifi and bluetooth, the strange thing is that the bluetooth of...