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  1. momokh

    Question noise from motherboard or psu? please help

    A sound that does not appear until I bring my ear close to the motherboard of the computer and almost towards or inside the psu (alimentation). Sometimes the sound seems to come from the processor side, but when I approach the PSU I hear it very clearly. A continuous sound like a pithy beep ...
  2. mesopoor

    Question Back usb 3.2 ports are extremely slow compared to front on new motherboard.

    The back usb were working fine on my old motherboard but in the new one speed is super slow. I have provided pictures of an external hdd connected to both front and back panel. View: https://imgur.com/4PhLDeO View: https://imgur.com/a/8d4lUuW I tried installing all drivers from...
  3. 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...
  4. 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...
  5. W

    Question Can't Boot Anything - Can't Install Windows

    Hello. I'm in desperate need of help. I couldn't find a solution for this problem for 5 days. MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk Motherboard Ryzen 5900x Cpu 32GB Ram Rtx 2080 Super Graphics Card 2 M2 Ssd 1 Sata Ssd 2 HDD Last wednesday, I updated the BIOS. After the update, none of my drives was seen on...
  6. mesopoor

    Question Should I keep a motherboard with corrosion?

    I purchased a used msi h410 Motherboard + i3 10100 with 2 year warranty and when i received it I found a tiny corrosion on it. I got a really good deal and other options are out of my budget so I am a bit hesistant about returning it. It costs me 133 usd which is a huge amount in my nation...
  7. DRickraft

    Question Can I use Transparent tape or Insulating (black) tape to fix the CMOS to the Motherboard?

    There was a yellow kind of tape before, I took it off and I cannot reattach it and now the battery is loose. I'd need to put it on the motherboard so it would touch the circuit. Laptop is an Asus K50IN. (https://ibb.co/rFvSMrb if the image isn't loading)
  8. A

    Question Can I use an ITX compatible CPU Cooler on a Micro ATX motherboard ?

    I am changing my cpu cooler to the Thermalright AXP90 X53 Black after my current one broke. On Amazon, the cooler is marketed as a small, low profile, ITX cooler. Would it still be compatible with my Micro ATX Gigabyte H510M H V2 motherboard?
  9. C

    Question Case may be shorting the motherboard

    just upgraded to a ryzen 4600g and paired the old one- a 2200g to a biostar b550mh that i bought a couple years ago on sale for around 35 usd, new but never used until now. found an old case- a usp100 coolermaster and set it up there but it wouldn't power up. so i took out the screws and had the...
  10. ravv

    Question Can't access Multi-monitor (iGPU) setting in BIOS when set to CSM (Legacy Boot)

    I can only boot into Windows 11 if I have CSM (Legacy Boot) on, otherwise I get a hanging black screen. Also if I have CSM on - I can boot into BIOS, however iGPU is inaccessible! I would rather have a UEFI boot, but as stated, if I set it to that ¹I can't boot into Windows, and ²I can't...
  11. mathieub

    Question Worth the upgrade?

    I just noticed my prebuild is on a 12gen Alderlake S motherboard but with a raptor lake 13700KF CPU, I know they work fine as I am posting on here obviously but is it worth it for me to grab a Raptor Lake motherboard would this make a difference?
  12. hyperix

    Question PC refuses to POST when GPU is in PCIE 4.0 x16 slot, but works in a lower bandwidth slot ?

    I've encountered a rather weird problem. So, I've finally received my new PC parts, I have first made a test bench the moment it all arrived. And when I inserted the GPU into the PCIE x16 slot, it didn't POST... The motherboard showed me a white LED near the VGA label. I almost thought the...
  13. ankit_sharma

    Question Power LED is glowing on PC case but PC is not turning on, and no fans or fan LEDs are working ?

    I was using my pc as usual it had valorant (game) opened, a browser tab and WhatsApp opened but suddenly it turned off. All the fans and fan's led stopped working except the power button led on the cabinet. Not even the cpu fan working. I tried re- plugging all the possible connectors, RAM and...
  14. F

    Question Enabling XMP disables the motherboard’s rear USB-C port ?

    Hello, I have an MSI MAG Z690 TOMAHAWK WIFI motherboard with Corsair 64GB KIT DDR5 6200MHz CL32 Vengeance Black RAM. Yesterday I purchased the Creative Pebble X speakers and found out that when I use the motherboard’s rear USB-C port for my speakers, the speakers don't work if XMP is enabled in...
  15. S

    Question Please Help!

    So I just moved into a new house and brought my gaming pc with me. When I brought it to the new house and set it up my graphics card was no longer registering in device manager or the bios. I have since tried a bunch of things to fix the issue but nothing has worked. I have tried switching...
  16. 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?
  17. 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...
  18. R

    Question Z790 AORUS ELITE AX Motherboard Q-Flash

    All, I've just upgraded my motherboard and processor to a Z790 Aorus Elite AX with an i7 14700KF. Unfortunately I think I bought a mono that needed a bios update to use the latest gen processors. By pure good luck, this MoBo has Q-Flash which enables update without a functioning CPU. Anyway...
  19. Arturovski

    Question Where can I find a new motherboard for this laptop ?

    Hi, I'm trying to fix an HP Pavilion dv6-1350em laptop with an Intel Pentium CPU and a dedicated ATI Radeon GPU. For that I need a new motherboard, but I can't seem to find any online, not even the part number. Only when I asked ChatGPT it gave me a part number for it, 570509-001, which is...
  20. R

    Question Hardware failure ?

    GIGABYTE B760M DS3H AX LGA1700 I-5 12600K PNY GeForce RTX™ 4070 12GB XLR8 Gaming Verto Epic-X RGB™ Triple Fan Graphics Card DLSS 3 Crucial P5 Plus 2TB PCIe Gen4 3D NAND NVMe M.2 Gaming SSD, up to 6600MB/s - CT2000P5PSSD8, Solid State Drive Corsair Vengence 32GB 2x16 6400Mhz CL36 XMP Thermaltake...
  21. S

    Question My pc turns on but my peripherials doesn’t

    **Config:** - 3900x CPU - 2x16 Corsair Vengeance RAM - Corsair RM850 PSU - 5700xt VGA - 1TB Samsung 970 Evo SSD - MSI B550-A motherboard This afternoon the PC was running smoothly, but when I got home and tried to turn it on, it didn’t display any image, and the peripherals didn’t light up...
  22. R

    Question Asus Rog Strix B650 A-Gaming BIOS & BIOS update problems

    Hi there! I'm having issues with my Rog Strix B650 A-Gaming bios Version 2613, I lost all hability to enter BIOS,previously I had to connect another keyboard as the main one looked like it didn't wake up in time. Right now, (F2/DEL) won't do nothing except preventing the PC from booting and...
  23. J

    Question Issue with ASRock Z790 MB not POSTing ?

    New System ASRock Z790 Pro RS WIFI DDR5 i9 13900K /T Force Delta 6000 2X8 16GB DDR5/ w/ Gigabyte RTX 4090 Aero/Windforce 24GB /...
  24. 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...
  25. Excalibur321

    Question Motherboard's WiFi chip is faulty ?

    I need help identifying a part number on my Asus ROG Strix B550-F Gaming Wi-Fi motherboard. The chip is labeled 3325A and appears to be damaged, its located next to the PCIe GPU slot.
  26. 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...
  27. R

    Question CPU light on motherboard is red after changing cpu cooler.

    Hi guys, I am seriously at a loss here. I changed from a H100i to a Kraken Elite and in the process of doing so, something went wrong somewhere. When I turn the computer on, vram flashes orange, then the cpu light goes static red. I have read that sometimes the motherboard wont recognise the...
  28. 1070FTW

    Question Daisy chaining cpu air cooler fans with case fans -- light connection power limit?

    I want to daisy-chain 2 ARGB CPU cooler fans and 1 ARGB case fan together. But I have an issue with the light connections. I'm not sure if I can daisy chain all three fans into a single 3-pin ARGB header because of lack of information on the fans' lighting power consumption. CPU cooler...
  29. TheGrognardling

    Question Missing connector pin on PSU-to-motherboard connection

    Hello all, how drastically will missing this connector pin on PSU-to-motherboard connection in my PC affect things, and assuming that a fix is absolutely necessary, what are some methods and/or solutions to fix this problem?
  30. S

    Question Motherboard stopped reading GPU (white light)

    My PC was working without issue last night and for months before that, but when I turned it on today my monitors had no signal and my mb was displaying a white light. The GPU fans are still spinning and I’ve reseated the GPU and motherboard connections as well as swapped PCIe slots to no avail...
  31. K

    Question What motherboard for my upcoming build?

    Not sure what motherboard to go to for my new PC setup, and a little bit confused.. should I spend more to make sure the motherboard is up to the task with the CPU and GPU combo I have (so not to soft bottleneck any of the hardware) or just go the lowest price possible and there will be zero...
  32. m4r1n7

    Question Kingston FURY Renegade RGB KF564C32RSAK2-64 64GB will work expo on STRIX B650 E E STRIX and RYZEN 7800X3D?

    Kingston FURY Renegade RGB KF564C32RSAK2-64 64GB will work expo on B650 E E STRIX AND RYZEN 7800X3D? as the title states will this ram works fully on 6400 mhz on strix b650e e motherboard and ryzen 7800x3d psu coolermaster 750w V gold I
  33. B

    Question Computer won't boot after CPU upgrade

    I am still quite new at building pcs, but recently I bought a new CPU and almost just got done installing the upgrade. Before I even started the upgrade I had to update my bios which I followed a youtube tutorial, and it booted after the upgrade just fine. I then, again, followed tutorials to...
  34. D

    Question PCIE ethernet fails and takes down on-board ethernet

    Hello all! I've recently built a home server with parts I barely managed to find (2nd hand stuff here is almost as expensive as new parts, which are already overpriced...) The motherboard I'm using is Arktek ZX-H81 - for the most part it's more than enough for what I need (only media streaming)...
  35. S

    Question Can the Asus Prime x370-A handle a Ryzen 5800X3D ?

    I've had my mind set on upgrading my Ryzen 5700X to a 5800X3D, but I'm wondering if my Asus Prime x370-A motherboard can handle it? It is listed as compatible on the Asus website, but I have read in the past that the VRM is terrible and can't handle CPUs over 105 watts very well. Should this...
  36. J29

    Question MSI Bomber - Motherboard Issue | RAM slot not recognised

    Hi Guys, please help me out. I did the PC build few days ago and realised the RAM slots (DDR4) , the A1 slot isn't working at all, which made me believe that one of the slots is faulty and the motherboard is showing the red and orange LED indicator (DRAM). However, just to be sure, I have...
  37. G

    Question Monitor goes into sleep mode, PC fans ramp up to 100%, audio normal for a few seconds, PC bricked ?

    Hi, 3 years ago i made the same post to the GPU subforum and didnt get a response, im going to try my luck again and potentially find a solution. I mostly boiled it down to either a GPU or a motherboard issue altough im still not sure Ive had this issue for around 3 years and mostly coped with...
  38. cidra

    Question New build reboots as soon as it tries to boot to OS ?

    This is my spec list: MBD: MSI B550M PRO VDH WiFi (bought in Amazon Warehouse) CPU: Ryzen 5 5600X (bought used) GPU: XFX RX 6600 XT (used) RAM: 2 x 8GB Corsair Vengeance Pro RGB DDR4 3600MHz CL18 (used but still under warranty, bought 5 months ago) PSU: NZXT C750 Gold (New) Trying to boot to...
  39. kyofu04

    Question PC won't turn on ?

    Recently I tried to install an SSD to my PC, but to my surprise my PC wouldn't boot, so naturally I tried to re seat the ram, and the GPU but still no boot no POST so I tried to swap the ram with new ones still no boot ,I tried to use the onboard graphics still no boot, I tried to clean the...
  40. visusys

    Build Advice [Build] Need help with my part list. I'm worried the MOBO I picked isn't ideal. I need verification the motherboard will perform well with my build.

    So I've been planning a build, and settled on this part list: PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU Intel Core i9-14900KF 3.2 GHz 24-Core Processor $548.99 @ Amazon CPU Cooler...