not booting

Hey guys. I built my PC two weeks ago and since then I used an SSD. Windows is installed on SSD and everything was fine. Yesterday I bought a WD Blue 4TB HDD and fortmatted and partitioned it from Windows Disk Manager. I felt system performance decreased cause my FPS in R6 was about 160 but...

Started just today while browsing on the internet then a loud sound came from the inside. Didn't freeze, but it didn't go away so I held the power button to turn it off. After that, the laptop only boots to BIOS. The hard drive is detected but it won't boot from there. Tried rearranging the boot...

Hi everyone, My HP Notebook 15-ac168tx suddenly shut down two days ago and there are no signs of power left at all. I had been running the laptop on mains (no battery) for a while and originally thought the power Jack had disconnected from the motherboard. But when I opened the laptop up, I...

I have built a new pc and every time I try to boot into windows, it says: “Windows has failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix the problem: Insert your windows installation disc and restart your computer. Choose your language in settings, and then click...

I recently built a gaming pc that ran just fine, everything worked, fans and all, but I just updated my motherboard’s bios (I’m on an x570 msi gaming edge btw) and after a few restarts it no longer boots up. After the update I went into the bios because I noticed my clock speeds were reset in...

So my Pc isnt booting whatsoever. My pc worked fine for a couple months until suddenly I got a bunch of blue screens and freezing. It then decided to just plain not turn on anymore. My PSU and mobo have been checked and I recently received a new CPU, since the old one was apparently defective. I...

So I have an Asus Rog G750JW. Couple weeks ago the hard drive died in it, I came to this conclusion because upon booting it was stuck doing disc error checking. So I went out AMD bought a new hard drive and popped open the bottom and easily replaced it. However now it doesn't show any bios...

Hi everyone, I recently upgraded my laptop (an HP ZBook 15u G3) to a new SSD, and I cloned my old Windows image using Macrium Reflect to restore to the new SSD to avoid reinstalling Windows and all of my programs. However, I can only boot into Windows while in Legacy boot mode, in UEFI I get the...

Hi everyone so recently I bought a new pc build from Amazon I got the Ryzen 7 2700 with B450 TUF M-plus gamin motherboard When I power on the new build I hear the sound of one long beep followed by 4 short beeps and nothing is showing in the monitor I tried the following tried the rams on...

Laptop does not boot to Windows. Cannot enter BIOS. First video for reference: View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpiprA9-y4M Backlight does turn on. LCD test also works. Dell Pre-Boot System Assessment (Fn + power up) initiates error code beeps as heard here: View...

I have obtained a Toshiba Satellite 305CDS from the 1990s, and it no longer wants to boot. I tried installing Kid Pix Deluxe 3 from an original CD, and after a while the install just completely froze and the computer locked up. I, being an idiot, restarted the computer. Now it refuses to boot...

Hello So I upgraded my pc few weeks ago. I installed a new motherboard, cpu, ram. Gpu and ssd stayed the same. So the issue started when I was surfing around the internet and suddenly my windows froze. I could only move my mouse but when I moved it windows did the beep sound when its usually...

Hello guys, today I tried to turn on my PC but after pressing the power on button nothing happend. I checked everything outside the PC and everything was working. Something was wrong inside the case, so I cracked it open and here the fun begins. I should also mention that I turned off the pc...

Hi all, I've recently been experiencing issues with my PC (i7 6700k, gtx 980ti, rm1000x, 1tb samsung 850evo, asus gaming z170 pro) not booting up properly. Usually when I push the power on button the fans will start spinning (loudly), the fan LEDs will go on and the small microphone LED on my...

hey i have a problem with GA-X99-SLI motherboard. few weeks ago i was starting my computer normally and it froze on windows 10 logo. i tried to restart it but it froze on motherboard logo again so then i tried to boot from usb but it froze again on black screen and i was confused. i could get...

This may have been answered before but none of the answers I've found so far have fully answered my question. I'm trying to set a static IP address (which i have done before without any problems), but when querying my network with ipconfig /all in cmd, my DNS server is showing the same address...

Hi, I'm currently trying to get a new case along with a new GPU and I was thinking of the Asus Strix Gaming GeForce 1060 O6 GB but my case is too small to fit 8nside of it and I'm not sure which one to buy. Any recommendations? My old gpu is broken. I've had the Evga gtx 1070 SC gaming acx 3.0 I...

I travel between two houses frequently and should I buy a gaming laptop or build a mini itx gaming computer with about a console sized case which one should I get?

I had this problem previously when the pc did not have any power for about half a day or something like that. The fix that always worked then was reinserting ram a few times. It's doesn't seem to do the magic n I have been trying for about 2 days now. All the fans and lights are working. I'm...

im interested of buying a used 4790k from a guy and he is claiming that he never oced the cpu, hes also selling the motherboard his was using with that i7 with a replaced battery, so i was wondering if a heavily oc can cause a battery failure and hes lying .

My PC does not have built-in bluetooth so I bought a bluetooth receiver, I was able to connect my wireless headphones to my PC. The connection was successful however there is no sound. Is there anything I could do to fix this?

Heyho, I want to upgrade my system (in this case: MoBo, CPU, RAM) in anticipation for the upcoming Volta release in 6-12 months but I am not sure what the best path is and I want to stay on a "budget". My current system consists of: Motherboard: Asrock P67 Pro3 CPU: i5 2500k (OC'ed @ 4,3)...

Hi, I've been using my new pc last month and sometimes it just restart by itself, and I'm not able to find out how to fix it. BUILD: Phanteks Eclipse P400 Intel Core I7-7700K 4.2GHz BOX Asus ROG Strix Z270F Gaming Cooler Master Hyper 212X Corsair CS750M 750W 80 Plus Gold Modular MSI GeForce...

Hello everyone!! Moving directly to the subject, my PC suddenly shutting down while I'm watching or listening something on YouTube!! Which is the cause/issue?!

So I'm about to buy a used laptop to use for studying and leisure time (i might play some games but nothing new gen or too demanding so it is not top prioroty). I'm going to be away from home so a stationary computer is not an option. My current PC's specs are Intel core i3-2100 quad core...

Hello dear wizards, I would like to request your help under these times of distress. Lately i've been having all kinds of SYSTEM_ERROR_EXCEPTION BSDOs pop up all the time, most notable when the computer is under heavy stress (i.e. Gaming), although sometimes it appears randomly. Average of 1...

Hello, Are these temperatures good on i7 6700k @ 4.6ghz 1.32v ? I have my ram overclocked as well on 3000mhz (15-17-17-35) 1.35v Realbench , 15min test , 16gb ram usage @ Ambient temperature 26c I'm using Noctua NH-D15 cooler.

Hopefully somebody can help me with this. I'm about at my wits end. My computer randomly, after 6 months of working perfectly fine, will now restart while I'm trying to play games. It seems to happen once the maps are loaded only. I've already ran through various drivers for my graphics card and...

First Build I don't know which motherboard or CPU Cooler to get 1. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/HDDQ2R Second Build I was told was overkill. 2. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/dCWbQV Third Build is the one I like the best I think, any recommendations? 3. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/6khv7h...

Hello! I have a laptop with GTX 1050 and i7 7700 HQ. I saw gameplays of games like GTA 5 on youtube for that setup and at high-very high, it easily achieves about 35 FPS. So, I bought this laptop as 30 FPS was enough for me. I thought that consoles usually play games on 30 FPS too so I would get...

If anyone knows if this whether or not this is possible, please let me know. I have an EVGA GTX 970 with the ACX 2.0 cooler on it and want to try installing it on a reference GTX 980 TI from Gigabyte. Thanks!

So I have a gtx 1070 with i7 6700 and i have had this rig since christmas and I have played games at consistent 60 fps at 1080p but now for some reason witcher 3 is stuttering when i am going fast on my horse sometimes dips into like 50 fps or 49ish when before it would stay at 60 fps and never...

i52500K ASRock Z68 Pro 3 Thermaltake ISGC100 My hardware is a bit old but before updating the BIOS yesterday I had a stable 4.4GHz overclock with reasonable temperatures under load. After updating to 2.10 and trying the same overclock with same settings, my temperatures are quickly hitting...

so i had an ssd with some files and windows 7 on it buy ive just bought a new ssd and downloaded windows 10 on to it and now i want to remove all the files from the old ssd with windows 7 on it because i want to use it still, the problem is i keep getting a message saying i dont have permission...

Hi I was trying to log into my laptop and after I select the user it gets stuck on the logging screen. I forced shut down and restarted, didn't help. So I went to system restore and restored at earlier point, that didn't help either. Logged in in safe mode ran ccleaner on registry fix. Now the...

I would like to ask the community if you need to clear or wipe the ram before using it in another motherboard or new build. Of course the ram sticks need to have the same socket type but when putting it into a new build would I need to do anything special before I use it? I was just wondering...

I have a Gigabyte GTX 970 and I was wondering why my graphics card isn't performing to the best of its ability. It is paired with an AMD FX 8350. I know someone with the same rig as me and they are getting a lot more frames in most AAA titles than me. I was wondering if it might be because of my...

So I decided to overlclock my GTX 750 Ti and I'm not the worlds best Overclocker, don't have much experience. I was using MSI Afterburner and I wasn't messing with the voltage of the card only the clock speed. I ran a benchmark after every 5-10 mHz of the clock speed to check for artifacts...

First off, let's start off with the system specs. OS: Windows 8.1 64-Bit CPU - Intel i5 4670k PSU - Ultra U12-40874 LSX 750-Watt GPU - NVIDIA GTX 760 2GB MOBO - ASUS Z87-A If I'm missing something, please let me know! Anyways. I just bought some Crucial Ballistix Tactical Low Profile 16GB Kit...

Hey guys! Yesterday I encountered really strange problem. About 30 minutes after turning my PC on my Internet connection slowed down significantly (to the level that didn't allow to use it in any way). The ony way to fix it was by restarting a modem and, after it had restarted, restarting...