New computer

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  1. M

    [SOLVED] Whea uncorrectable error on startup "sometimes"

    I recently build a new computer with a mixture of new parts and old parts from a different computer and have been getting this "whea uncorrectable error" sometimes. It used to be all the time until I replaced the power cable with a new one( No Idea why that worked). Now it's a coin flip...
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    Question Flash bios button stays static red when trying to update

    So I have a few new components to my pc, two of them are a motheboard (msi-z690-a pro) and a CPU (i7-13700k). I havent managed to get any visual on my monitor and everything is pluged in correctly (checked multiple times) and the cpu socket doesnt have any bent pins and checked so my cmos...
  3. L

    Question System starting but getting a black screen

    So i just bought a new motherboard, Msi z690-a pro, and a new cpu, i7-13700k, and new ram but I cant get an image to my screen, I have a 650w psu and a rtx 3070. Everything seems to be pluged in correctly and the computer will start, it just wont appear an image. I’ve re connected all wires a...
  4. O

    Question Using a transfer cable, what do I move from my old computer to my new computer

    I just bought a new computer and a transfer cable. I want to copy all my work files (about 1 tb, including documents, photos, and videos) from the C: drive of my old computer to the D: drive of my new computer. Should I simply copy everything including name of user in the path C:/users/name...
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    Question what video editing pc to get?

    my computer is getting old ,runs decent but struggles with editing 4k video . that said what is a good pc desktop for 4k video editing ? i do not game ,but not against buying a gaming pc if needed . i watch youtube videos and also edit and upload 4k videos to youtube . but my current system...
  6. Xmias3

    Question How to format windows C drive for new computer

    I want to know how do I format my current windows C drive for a new computer that I’m building to use it as a Windows C drive. I couldn’t find any good videos, mostly people teaching how to format a secondary drive and not the windows drive for a new computer.
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    Question Computer turning on slowly.

    So I rebuilt my gaming PC got temps looking good and updated drivers and finally got the RGB the way I like it. I just had a 6 day work week so I hadn't gotten to really use it. I tried to turn it on last night after about a week of being off and the fans spun up but it took a minute for the rgb...
  8. Mads Harstad

    [SOLVED] How can I transfer my old ssd, and make it show up in BIOS and Windows

    I just got myself a new computer, (including a new motherboard and a new NVMe SSD.) The new ssd has windows and everything i need, but i would like to transfer the old ssd to the new motherboard. (and reformat it because i have already transferred all the important files and would like to just...
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    [SOLVED] Can I swap the HDD on my new PC with the SSD I already have?

    I’ve recently bought a new ASUS gaming computer, but the problem is, it comes with a 1TB HDD. My old computer has a 1TB SSD, and is also an ASUS system, so is it possible to just take the HDD out and put the SSD in? They both have windows and I am planning on putting the HDD in my old computer.
  10. MysticDeer

    [SOLVED] Moving disks to new PC

    Hello! I am building a new computer and have just bought all the parts with the exception of storage drives because I have an old prebuilt from 2015 with fully working drives. My current plan is to format those drives (due to bloat) and then transfer them over to the new PC. Can this be...
  11. R

    Question Need some help diagnosing a weird random? disconnect issue

    HOHKAY SO i'm helping a friend of mine try to fix their new computer that has been having an issue where the internet connection will cut out on the machine seemingly randomly despite being on an ethernet connection. i would 100% suspect the router if not for this issue only happening on this...
  12. UserTom

    [SOLVED] Computer drivers

    Hi, What do you guys use when you buy or use a new computer for the first time and you wanna know ALL the drivers that are outdated. Also, I remember on my 2080 Strix I had a program where I could boost the clock of the card in gaming mode but I don't have the name anymore. Any way of...
  13. whyruabeach

    [SOLVED] Graphics card keeps timing out, any solutions

    so I just built my first computer https://pcpartpicker.com/list/svvXBc. I had an older video card installed and just installed AMD Radeon Pro W5500 8 GB Video Card. Before it times out it makes like a soft noice like it's trying to work. I have literally used it once and the graphics card keeps...
  14. Spanner 69

    [SOLVED] Help!!! Last year I built myself a pc for gaming and ever since it’s been issue after issue

    Hi Basically last year I built my first gaming pc and ever since there has been a tonne of issues when playing games. every time I attempt to play a game it boots me back to my desktop after 5 minutes or reboots my whole computer into the bios. Specs: Ryzen 5 2600x Corsair Vengeance 2x8 gb...
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    [SOLVED] Memory says 8GB ram but have 16GB installed. Why?

    I purchased a Boxed Intel® NUC Kit, NUC7i7HVK and it only recognizes one stick of ram. So my question here is how to troubleshoot to figure if it's the ram or the system or software possibly? Here is what I've done so far: I removed both and reinserted both, no change only says i have 8gb ram. I...
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    [SOLVED] Cloning my old computer's SSD to my new one's SSD - but with a CATCH...

    Hi there. I don't post to forums unless I've spent considerable time researching the question I have and I can't find a straight answer anywhere. So here goes. The age old question of what do you do when you buy a new computer and want to transfer EVERYTHING exactly the way it was (including...
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    [SOLVED] $1100 CAD build

    Planning to build another computer, can't wrap my head around going with Intel or AMD. All online posts suggest AMD, but looking at the market i see that select Intel cpus have fallen in price drastically, while also producing better performance. Mostly going to use this computer for gaming at...
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    Question New computer build and bios keeps freezing and not fully installing the Wins 10 os 64 bit

    Hello, I am having issues with a new computer build, I am new to this and trying to get everything working properly and everything seems to be working fine, but the BIOS keeps freezing and when trying to install win 10 64 bit os, I keep getting BSOD from windows with different errors each time...
  19. Nit Pick

    [SOLVED] Transferrring SSD and Hard Drives to a new Motherboard

    So I have a new PC build that I'm close to putting together but I would like to transfer all my hard drives from the old one to the new one. The new motherboard is: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS The old one is: ASRock Z77 Pro4 So do I need to deactivate windows 10? I have the product key written...
  20. Basically

    Question New Gaming PC Keeps Shutting Off

    I built a new gaming computer a few weeks ago and have had very little issues with it. The first time I had issues was when I stupidly tried changing the RAMs voltage in the BIOS to a level that I thought they could handle but they failed. I rest the CMOS and my computer had very little issues...
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    [SOLVED] PC Crashes to Orange Blinking LED, PC still running, No Error Message

    Hey there! PC Specs: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Gigabyte Radeon RX 5700xt Asus ROG Strix b450-f gaming Corsair Vengeance Pro RGB 2x16 3200mhz Some other Corsair Vengeance Ram 2x8 3200mhz Corsair CXM 550W ATX Power Supply I was wondering if anyone has any ideas whats wrong with my PC. My computer...
  22. PrimalReign

    [SOLVED] Clone whole and entire drive to another

    Hi, I know that there are quite similar questions to mine on here but I just had to make sure that it works for my specific lineup so please excuse me on that. So I recently got a whole new computer and the only thing that I kept was my GPU. I'm facing the problem that I want to clone my whole...
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    Question Is my CPU slow? + Should i get a new computer?

    I bought my computer about two years ago. Its been getting slower and slower, but its finally catching up to where its been annoying me. My computer has a i7-7700, and a 1060 3GB. It has been relatively fine, but over the past three ish months, ive noticed loading websites/games has been slower...
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    [SOLVED] Windows 10 BSOD few times a day

    Hey guys I want to ask for a help my friend have a new computer for like 2 months.He bought all of the parts I helped him with the compatibility of them I went to his place I built it but that's not the point. The point is after we built it we installed Win. 10 we had a license key from ebay for...
  25. Chanjahman

    Question NEED HELP PLEASE

    I just got my pc 2 days ago and it keeps freezing and making buzzing noise. i talked with a tech but everything we tried so far didnt work. INTEL CORE I7-9700K (4.9GHz TURBO)(8-Core) 3.6GHz RAM: 16GB POWER SUPPLY: 600W DIGITAL STORM MOTHERBOARD: MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PLUS GPU: NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1650
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    Question New computer start-up issues

    Hi, I built my wife a new computer for business and after installing Windows 10, upon any restart, the computer goes to a black screen after the BIOS screen. Each time I have to reinstall Windows to get Windows to work, but it only works on the initial install. I have tried updating drivers for...
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    Question Computer Still Shutting Down

    So I thought I was done with this. I bought a computer from CyberPowerPC (specifically a Cyberpowerpc gma 3200 bst). It worked fine for a bit, but then it started to shut off while gaming. I thought this could either be a temperature issue or a PSU issue. The temps weren't amazing, but they...
  28. Prashant47

    Question PC making wierd grinding noise

    Hi guys hope you all having a really great day, so I build this pc 20 days ago and when I start my pc after 6-7 hours (after the night) on first boot my pc start making grinding noice but my win10 will load up without any issue but the grinding sound keep coming from my pc so I direct close it...
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    Question My computer and games are crashing.

    Hi, ive been reading alot of other threads and didnt find anything helpful. So... I built a new PC for around a month ago, with good specs. Gtx 1070 ryzen 5 2600 2x 8gb ddr4 3200mhz 250 gb ssd samsung Kraken x62 Asus Prime B450-plus Corsair vs450 450watt (NZXT H500i) if anyine were intrested...
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    My 1080 ti underperforming, please help!

    Ok english is not my first language just saying.. So i got the asus strix oc gtx 1080ti a week ago and it is under performing and doing worse than my old 980ti. Anyone know what could be the problem? On cs and fortnite im gettin 120fps avg which is really bad when i have a 144hz monitor. Im...
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    Only Half Memory Capacity Per Dimm Registering

    I am having an interesting problem where only half of my memory is available. I am running an i5 3570k at stock speeds on an MSI G41-Z77a motherboard with 2 kits totalling 32 GB, 4 x 8 GB dimms of 1600 MHZ G.Skillz Rip Jaws memory, a PNY GTX 970 and a 550 watt PSU. I have verified in the bios...
  32. K

    MSI GTX 1050 ti OC 6 pin power connector

    my MSI GTX 1050 ti OC looks like it has a 6 pin connector, I've overclocked the card and have been using it for a while and just now realized it existed, does the port work is my question...
  33. patrichpachich

    Good UPS for this gaming build

    Intel core i7-7700k Asus Strix Z270I Gaming GSkill Trident Z RGB 16GB 2x8GB DDR4 3000 GTX 1070 8gb Samsung 850 EVO 500gb Western Digital 2Tb Black Caviar Seasonic P-660 Platinum 660W NZXT Manta Black/Red ITX Corsair H100i V2 Liquid CPU AOC I2381FH 23" LED IPS Monitor We are getting power...
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    updating/flashing BIOS from NCS's "American Megatrends 9940" to any ASUS BIOS (P8H61-M LE)

    Hi, I got a P8H61-M LE motherboard off ebay I want to change the BIOS from NCS's "American Megatrends 9940" to any ASUS BIOS. , it's working fine no problems aside from a couple bsods which hopefully I can get worked out. should I even try to do this or just leave it as is? The bios ncs...
  35. M

    Bluetooth transmitter Question

    Is it Possible to send bluetooth sound from the HDMI socket, or is this just a source in socket. Thank you. MALCOLM.
  36. K

    Does my PC support GTX 1050 Ti?

    I'm thinking about to buy GTX 1050 Ti Graphics Card. Does it support Acer H61H2-AM V(1.1) motherboard? It has 1* PCI Exp x16 (2.0) My PC Specs: Motherboard: Acer H61H2-AM V(1.1) CPU: Intel Pentium 2 Core G630 RAM: 8GB DDR3 1333 Display: Acer V203H. It has only VGA input port. PSU: DPS-250AB-63...
  37. Jason Bowers

    Starting my computer without RAM

    I am working on building my computer, but my RAM has yet to be shipped. I want to make sure everything is hooked up properly, but I can boot anything up to check the motherboard codes. Is it possible to get that without my RAM? I am just worried that I might have messed something up and that's...
  38. L

    Want to Tom's Hardware website redesigned? I did it!

    Hi everyone! I don't have good spelling skill in English, so please forgive some mistakes. I'm web-designer from Russia and was looking for news-site project for my portfolio. And because Tom's Hardware always helps me pick best solutions i decided to do a conception. Now it's done, check out...
  39. S

    My fan is not running all the time. Is this ok?

    I went to the bios to see if there was an option to turn off the fan from running constantly. I found and turned off the option. The fan runs properly for when I run my video editing software, the fan runs at the speed it ran at before I turned off the settings in bios. It runs at normal...
  40. T

    Comcast TG1682G Wireless

    Greetings, I currently have the XFinity TG1682G modem/wireless in my bedroom. From it, I am running a hardwired connection to the living into a new router that I bought hoping to extend my wireless range. Another thing, I also need to have the wireless on in the bedroom so I can't have the...
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