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  1. Legend1998

    Question [SOLVED] - Problem with my pc, Black screen

    Hello everyone, I have a problem with my PC. I decided to assemble a budget gaming PC with the help of a friend who has more experience in the field than me. We then ordered the components and then once they arrived we assembled the PC. The components are: CPU: Ryzen 5 5600x RAM: 16 GB 2x Klevv...
  2. FatandFuriousBoy

    Question Help me with problems in my first build

    My pc currently has its fans running but my ram led is not turning on and when I plug in my pc to a monitor it’s showing input signal not found My specs Antec NX200M Intel i5-12400f RX 7600 ASRock B660M DDR4 TeamGroup MP44 1TB Gen 4.0 NVME M.2 TeamGroup 16GB...
  3. sopno

    Question Shift key stuck tried with different keyboard no progress

    Hi, So my friend is facing an issue. This shift is stuck. He freshly installed the windows but problem didn’t solve. Also, he tried with another keyboard to see if problem with the keyboard but same problem with different keyboard. Can anybody help me ? Pc specs: r5 3600 rtx 3060 16GB ram...
  4. chaHAHArlie

    Question PC freeze then black screen but system unit is on then display will turn on again

    CPU-Ryzen 7 5700x Motherboard- MSI B450m mortar max RAM- 4x8 3200mah GPU- Gigabyte 1660 super Storage- 250gb ssd kingston + 1tb hdd PSU- corsair 750w 80+ bronze My pc will freeze and then black screen for couple of seconds and after that the display will turn back to normal. It usually only...
  5. D

    Question Games that build Shaders always crash instantly when getting to the Shader building.

    Hello I'm looking for some help on why every game that needs to build shaders keeps crashing. It will tell me I do not have enough Virtual Memory Allocated on most of them, some games wont even give an error and just crash/disappear instantly. My computer: Windows 11 Gigabyte z790 aurus elite...
  6. Purpy__

    Question Im having problems with PC

    Hello, im just gonna get straight to the point, my pc is running awful and i dont know what should i do specs: Ryzen 7 3700x, RTX 3060, 16GB 3600 MHz Trident Z Neo, Gigabyte B550 Gaming X V2, 256GB Samsung 970 Evo Plus, 2TB Seagate Barracuda, 750W Corsair CX750M I tried every single possible...
  7. M

    Question "High end PC" but still FPS drops/short freezes in most of the games

    I have a “high end” pc and still have FPS drops and short freezes most of the games I play on a 4k 120hz sony tv with vrr(Sony KD 55 inch XH9005). I play almost every big new game like Far cry 6, AC Valhalla, Cyberpunk 2077 etc on 4k resolution and have except for cyberpunk and Valhalla 75+ fps...
  8. T

    [SOLVED] Keyboard keys not registering/ double typing might be a bigger underlying issue with pc help please!

    Hello, So i recently bought a ducky SF one 2 and it worked great for awhile but then the keys would double click making gaming and typing horrible, so i cleaned it with air duster and thought it would fix it(it never did). So after re installing new drivers on it and everything else it still...
  9. T

    [SOLVED] I am having FPS drops in almost every game i have is there any way to fix this?

    My specs are -RTX 2080 SUPER -Core i9 9900K -32 Gigs of RAM -9 TB Hard Drive I mainly play fortnite, The Forest, Astroneer, Minecraft in every game i get huge fps drops i used to never have fps drops but a few months ago it started and i dont know why i keep my computer cool i have updated my...
  10. MyneRP

    Question Legit, My Icon for mostly every single thing is gone. Is this a virus or something?

    View: https://imgur.com/a/IIPJQKx Here, Just like in the picture. Every Icons just go blank, Even The icons on desktop it just gone. When I move cursor to it, it just seen to have only the text name on it from the start or something. It began to be like this last night when I'm restarting my pc...
  11. KennyGilbertS

    [SOLVED] CPU Clock Speed locks to low speed after idling for awhile

    Hey guys, this is Kenny. This is the first time i start a tom's hardware thread, so I hope i am doing this right, and posting in the correct forum. The PC In question is my main rig, with the processor Ryzen 5 3500, which i built approximately a year ago. I pair it with : RX 480 4 GB, 20 GB of...
  12. NathanSan

    [SOLVED] FPS drop when looking into the distance ?

    Hello there! So I have this problem that my fps drop to 40fps (oddly enough, the fps drop sometimes always stable in 46 or 47fps) even to around 30fps from stable 75fps (because I use V-Sync, also turn On and Off V-Sync still not fix it). The problem is not occur on 1 games but a few, like...
  13. Synth_

    Question about my pc

    i am playing fortnite and my builds a really delayed my ping is fine please can you help me please ASAP.
  14. D

    [SOLVED] Computer sometimes has trouble booting

    The computer itself will turn mon. my RGB lights ns tuff go off fans are turning can hear that the system is working. but sometimes when i turn off the computer it has trouble connecting back to the monitor and giving power to my keyboard/mouse/wireless headset adapter. I know that the headset...
  15. R

    Question Computer shuts down without being able to be turned back on while gaming

    Hi all, first post. I've been building computers and playing on pc for more than 8 years but i've never had a problem like this one before. It's giving me grey hair lol. Anyways, my problem is my desktop computer (which is about 6 years old, but parts are continuously upgraded) is now all of a...
  16. HonkHonkTheTruck

    Question Why does my PC turn off sometimes when it goes out of sleep mode?

    Hello everyone This very weird problem is very rare, it only happend twice in 3 months, although, I wanna know if it represent a problem and how to fix it. Thanks for yours answers and have a great day.
  17. rulan15

    [SOLVED] PC randomly turns off and won't turn on for a few minutes

    My pc turns off randomly even when not playing games. When I try to press the power button it will just light up for half a sec and won't turn on anymore. But If I unplug the PSU and wait a couple of minutes, it turns back on. I have had this issue for 3 days already. My specs: Ryzen 5 3600x...
  18. K

    [SOLVED] Computer randomly turning off and restarting.

    Hello, as the title suggests Im having problems with my PC and looking here to help. Backstory, started a few days ago, have had this PC built for about 4 months now and just now starting this problem. Specs for PC: MOBO: ASUS ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING AM4 MEM: G.SKILL TridentZ RGB Series 16GB...
  19. Alf_miaw

    [SOLVED] Help!, My pc can't booting

    CPU: intel core i3-9100f Motherboard: asrock h310cm-hdv Ram: Team group 4 gb x 2 SSD/HDD: wd blue 1TB GPU: rx 570 PSU: aerocool lux 550 Why my pc can't booting, Is the problem at motherboard or another hardware ?,'cause that's when my PC freze I do the hard reset, and I do clear cmos to I...
  20. A

    [SOLVED] Very slow PC!

    Hello everyone, I come here to ask for your help, because my PC is very slow in certain circumstances. My PC is this: CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600; Motherboard: MSI B450-A PRO MAX; GPU: AMD PowerColor RedDragon RX 5700...
  21. P

    Question My high end pc is just not running smooth and it is driving me crasy!

    So, i bought a pc in 2018 and back there i went to a event where i could try similar pcs to mine and were so much smoother like butter and with 0 lag and mine were not even close. I couldnt solve the problem so I replace every single component( in 2020 )thinking that will fix it but it didnt...
  22. PCNoGo

    Question How do I prevent my PC from freezing when gaming?

    I just recently built this PC a few days ago, these are the components: CPU: I7 9700k not overclocked GPU: 2080 Super Hybrid MOBO: MSI MPG Z390M Gaming Edge AC (mATX) RAM: 16GB Corsair DDR4 SSD: 500GB M.2/1 TB SSD (Both Samsung PSU: Corsair 750W Gold Plus Rated The issue I am having is that...
  23. B

    [SOLVED] PC will turn on for 28 seconds with no video, turn off, and then repeat the cycle

    This is my setup: Motherboard: ASRock B450M/ac Graphics card: Radeon RX 580 8GB GDDR5 CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Power Supply: Corsair CX 550 SSD: Sabrent Rocket NVMe M.2 2280 PCIe SSD RAM: Patriot Viper 16GB 2x8GB kit DDR4 My issue is that my PC will turn on, the light will turn on and the fans...
  24. H

    [SOLVED] Hello I tried cleaning my PC up from the dust today cause I got a bluescreen and wanted to make sure everything is okay and when I plugged everything

    Hello I tried cleaning my PC up from the dust today cause I got a bluescreen and wanted to make sure everything is okay and when I plugged everything back in it had no screen and the PC kept restarting over and over again,I moved the ram around,cleaned it,unplugged cables and plugged them in...
  25. R

    [SOLVED] After overclocking my gpu, pc won’t boot and lights on mouse and keyboard do not light up

    Pc specs: Gpu: Asus Rx 580 4gb Cpu: Ryzen 5 2400g Motherboard: Asus a320m Ram: 8 gigs of Ddr4, 2x4 So basically after overclocking my gpu for a bit, I’ve decided to test it in Escape From Tarkov. Game crashed on loading screen and didn’t let me do anything. After a while it minimized but i was...
  26. Padoflamingo

    Question Random attempting to reconnect League of legends

    Hello everyone! Since last month I've been dealing with random attempting to reconnect messages in League of legends which totally ruins the game for me. My internet has no problems since when this is happening i can still communicate with my friends through voice chat. Also I'm using Ethernet...
  27. J

    Question Won’t turn on

    I just finished my pc today and I won’t boot up. My motherboard lights up. 2666 MHz DDR4 DRAM Desktop Gaming Memory Single 16GB CL16 AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Processor MSI VGA Graphic Cards RX 580 ARMOR 8G OC Micro ATX Motherboard Ryzen 2 EVGA 600 BQ 80+ BRONZE Power Supply
  28. Shay Green

    Question My dad was fitting a shelf and and knocked out my power cable from the back of the pc. I plugged it back in and now it doesnt turn on. Please help

    Please help I dont know what the problem is. My dad tried to move the pc and the power cable yanked out, is it fried? Please help
  29. C

    [SOLVED] Usb disconnects reconnects after pc restart.

    A couple of day ago I was browsing forums on my pc, as you do. When suddenly I ran into a problem suddenly my mouse, headset and keyboard disconnected, I didnt see this as a major problem and just restarted my pc and it was for about 30 mins and then the same thing happens again, so I restarted...
  30. Ryanspencer97

    Question Pc fans and lights come on but wont load up

    Ive had this problem on and off for a week or two now.. i power my PC on, all the rgb lights up and all the fans spin but it doesnt load, nothing on my monitors. Ive cleared cmos which does work initially, i have a feeling its a ram problem.. i recently bought 32gb corsair 3000mhz, my b450m ds3h...
  31. Pierce_Larsonsen

    [SOLVED] Computer crashing, need help

    I just got a Red Dragon V56, swapping out my 1060 6gb, every time I load a game after a couple of minutes it crashes to a black screen but pc is still on. My specs: GPU- Red Dragon RX Vega 56 CPU- Ryzen 5 2600 Motherboard- Gigabyte AX370 Gaming RAM- 2x 8gb Corsair Vengence DDR4 1066 Mhz PSU-...
  32. A

    Question Is there something wrong with my graphic card?

    I’ve built my first PC 3 months ago and I now I am wondering if there are any problems with it after there was a massive drop in FPS in game destiny 2. After I restarted PC the problem seemed to go away, however I’ve asked a friend for an advice. We have tried several things such as scanning for...
  33. Solace1945

    [SOLVED] PC shutting off while gaming

    okay, so I’ve had this problem before, which was fixed for a month with a new psu, but it just started happening again, my pc shuts off like exactly 2 minutes into any game I’ve played, I’ve tried a different gpu and tried new windows and fresh drivers with new gpu, re installed windows, ran...
  34. Deserted Ranger

    [SOLVED] Grapchic Card fan spinning but no display.

    Specifications :- CPU - AMD FX 6300 MOBO- Gigabyte GA 78LMT USB3 Graphic Card - NVIDIA Geforce GTX 1050TI Power Supply - Antec VP500 As mentioned above, I have used this pc for about 1 year now. But, currently the graphic card is giving me headech. It stopped providing display for a while now...
  35. M

    [SOLVED] Strange Pc crashing problem

    Specs MB: ASRock ATX DDR4 Motherboard Z170 Pro4 GPU: GeForce GTX1070 CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 CPU @4.00GHz RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 3000MHz PS: Some Corsair 750 something, i can't quite remember(kinda wish i kept the box) Issue Pc is restarting, no warning, not blue...
  36. A

    [SOLVED] My PC crashes frequently and wouldn't boot unless I switch RAM slot

    Hello all My PC has been crashing while I'm playing games with errors like : PAGE FAULT IN NONPAGED AREA or IRLQ NOT LESS OR EQUAL ( Sometimes the pc would just freezes and shut down without error reports and the BSOD ) My specs are: i3 9100f ASUS ROG b360-g motherboard gtx 1060( 6gb)...
  37. N

    Question Ryzen 2200g boot issue

    Motherboard: Gigabyte B350 Gaming 3 ATX So recently I bought a 3200G for a low cost build but realized after 15 mins of trying to get it to boot that my bios version was updated to F31 and not the Ryzen 3000 supported F40 that I needed so returned it and got a 2200G instead but the same...
  38. S

    Question Hey i have a decent sized pc problem which i suspect has something to do with windows 10

    So my computer keeps sort of freezing up randomly but it seems to happen more whilst playing games like Overwatch Apex legends or sadly Minecraft. By "freezing up" i mean that the game freezes as well as all other applications however i can still hear things like my friends speaking in discord...
  39. K

    [SOLVED] Me pc random restart itself

    Whenever I'm watching something the screen just goes black and the pc restarts itself. It never happends when I'm playing a game, only when watching something or a discord call or whatsoever. I already tried a lot and it's driving me crazy. Already did a clean install and turned off the windows...
  40. K

    Question Computer Suddenly Running Very Slowly

    So within the last week, my computer's performance has absolutely tanked for no apparent reason. No viruses, no hardware issues, I've unplugged and replugged everything, Nothing seems to work. I'm running at 100% disk usage and almost always above 50% CPU usage at all times, regardless of what's...