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I've searched this forum as well as others, but have been unable to find a potential solution. I built my PC about 1 year ago to the day. My power button on my case has always had an issue. Where it may not turn on the first time I press it, but then I do a bit of percussive maintenance by...

I’ve been trying as many solutions as I could for the last 5-6 months. I bought parts to assemble a PC and the motherboard sent to me was faulty. I exchanged it for a new one, but the computer takes up to 7-15minutes to boot and up to 5 minutes to reset with NvMe SSD/Ryzen 3700X. Boot time...

Hi i got a new PC build a few weeks ago, when i try to power it up there is just black screen. After 3-4 tries the PC starts up, shows bios and works great for 10-12 hours sessions. After then the next day same process, sometimes it starts from the 1st go somedays it takes up to 3 powerups...

Hey guys, i just bought a new TP Link wifi device and installed it on my pc, when i turned my pc on everything worked just fine until the windows logo appeard. The loading circle stucked and my pc freezed for like 2 minutes and it got me to a blue screen. I tried restarting my pc like 5 times...

I'd like definitively to know if a SSD NMVe M.2 directly connected to the CPU by 4 free lanes will perform really better "in the real world" with respect to another identical one, but connected to the PCH and then by the DMI 3 bus.

Hello, i have been experiencing a huge amount of input lag since i upgraded to an RX 580 from a GTX 770. I have tried everything fresh install of windows , DDU and changing manually to PEG Gen 3 in BIOS. I have the most recent Radeon crimson driver and played around with the settings and i did...

Greetings. I've been overclocking my PC recently and met one weird thing: my ram was set to 3600 (xmp), but I wanted to push it higher to 4000MHz. It worked just fine (for a few weeks I think) untile today, because I noticed that windows shows 48GB instead of 64. When I put it back to xmp @...

I have a Dell setup that will be viewing many security cameras on two 32 inch 1440p monitors. There is a PCI-E slot and I thought it may be best to include a graphics card ($200 left in budget). What low profile GPU would you recommend (if any) to ensure zero stutter? The rest of the box is an...

Hi everyone, this is my first time building a PC and everything is pretty much set up except for my new graphics card. My PSU is at 850w and should be able to handle my 2080. I had a difficult time searching for an 8-pin male to 8-pin male online, but eventually found a dual connector and...

How can I tell if my memory successfully OC'd to 3200? CPUID memory showing NB Frequency 1599.6 and DRAM showing same. In bios it recognized it as 3200 and I have it set to auto since it seemed to get picked up. But where do I check if it's really overclocking? Any tips on how to squeeze the...

Hi, I wanted to use a second monitor that I just found in the attic, it works perfectly fine. However, I saw some videos online from wherein they can plug in the 1st monitor in the GPU and the 2nd monitor on the motherboard. I was watching the videos however I can't find the option on my...

Hi everyone it has been a while since I start looking for a perfect monitor, I found maybe ten with the same specifications I need after that I worked to liquidate them into two, now I want to choose one but I didn't because I don't know which one is the best, please help me guys I want help to...

the optiplex 390 list that the highest cpu that it cam out with is an I5 2400. I have one with an I3 in it but I see I can buy an I5 2400s for very little. will the "S" model work with it? I looked at benchmarks with the 2400 vs the 2400s and know the non s one is slightly faster, but I just...

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I just bought a monitor that has freesync because of Nvidias recent support for them. The monitor has 144hz, but I cant find any information on the range of refresh rate the Freesync covers. For example I plan on playing above 60fps, so if the freesync doesnt cover above 60 it's pretty much...

Hello, As in the topic: my Corsairs 2x8GB are not stable at 3000mhz. I have set frequency to 3000 from default 2133 in BIOS and 1.35V as well. PC was working but sometimes I was receiving crashes in game (Overwatch) or strange errors in Opera like "Site stopped working" - need to refresh and...

Have a new build, but it does not boot or post. Checked it, so I am now at breadboarding stage, with only CPU, Fan and Mainboard. How do I find out which is stopping the build from booting? Specs: CPU: i7-8700 Board: Asus ROG Strix Z370I Cooler: Noctua NH-L9i PSU: Corsair SF600

a couple of weeks ago, my younger brother was playing over watch on my pc. he came to me and told me that it randomly turned off and wouldn't turn back on. i've tried changing the bios battery, changing the jumper position, new ram. none of these worked. and then i tried my power supply using...

Hi all, I recently RMA’d my mobo because my gpu got fried about a month ago (rma’d that too). I’m not sure of what ended up causing the damage to the gpu but I rma’d everything I could to make sure they were in working condition. Anyways, I RMA’d my mobo because I noticed that one of the pins...

hi, i just want to ask if my am3 socket type cpu can run on its full performace on an am2 motherboard CPU:AMD ATHLON II X2 240 MOTHERBOARD: ALIVENF6G-VSTA

Hi I was wondering if my motherboard will be able to use this CPU. I'll be giving my full build own below in case it is needed. Motherboard ASRock Motherboard Motherboards Z370 EXTREME4 CPU Intel Core i5-9600K Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.6 GHz Turbo Unlocked LGA1151 300 Series 95W...

Okay so I bought a new mother board and case, installed everything, powered my psu on, all the lights on the mother board came on then when I hit the power button everything flashed on for 1 second then poof everything died. I cut power to the psu and re connected power and now just the...

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Bought the wife a new all-in-one PC (her choice) this weekend and I took about 6 hours installing all the Windows Updates, which included the "Feature Update for Windows 10 version 1803". The PC had been working fine for the past day, but this morning I notice a blue screen and I think it said...

Hello everyone my names Amir! I have this config : MOBO : Z97 GAMING 7 CPU : I5-4690k RAM : 8GB DDR3 GPU : AMD 6950 OS : WIN7 64bit Integral First of all i had a problem where my CPU always stuck at 300mHz fixed the problem with ThrottleStop with disabling BD PROCHOT NOW the problem is...

This sound started two days after cleaning out the fans. Everything was fine before then and I hadn't opened up the laptop again.

Hi! This is my first time buying pc parts, as the title says i need to find a gaming pc for 800$.What parts do i need for this pc and how do i build it?

i want to reset a hard drive but i have no disk nor do i want to erase windows7 how can i do this

Hi, I am really new to hardware and stuff, so please be patient with me :) I just bought a new cpu and changed it with my old one. I updated my BIOS so the cpu could get accepted. When I start the pc, I can access the BIOS without any problems, but as soon as it comes to Windows, I am stuck on...

I need a USB3.0 add-in card for a (legacy) PCI slot that has a 20-pin internal header. I can find PCI Express cards up the %#$, but not PCI. Or, at least not ones with the 20-pin header. Am I wasting my time? They don't exist for some reason?

Hey guys, I recently got a new GPU (GEForce GTX 1060) to upgrade my tower so I can run games much better, but I ran into a problem that has me really freaked out. I'm not terribly experienced with computer stuff, but I am great at following directions (which is how I was able to build it with...

`I just got this monitor today, and I love it, but the issue that I'm having is that my whites aren't white enough. They seem to have a slightly yellowish tint. I followed a couple calibration guides that I found on reddit, but they didn't seem the best to me. Does anyone here have any suggestions?

I have speakers from different rooms connected to an av splitter (which is connected to an av reciever). My room is the only room where the speakers have no bass. I need help on finding out why because it they where working fine a 2 days ago. Maybe it has something to do with the subwoofer.

Hello. https://displaysolutions.samsung.com/business-monitor/detail/1287/C43J89 vs https://www.samsung.com/uk/monitors/monitor-c49j89-lc49j890dkuxen/ Which is better? I think - C43J89 Many users say the C49J89 and CHG90 are just too wide and that they have low ppi. GPU - GTX 1080

Hi i have problem with booting windows, my pc always take like 5 min to boot windows and then slow and a bit laggy screen for few seconds slow applications opening what should i do ? My pc specifications MSI GTX 1050 Ti 4GB 4GT MSI Z270 Krait Gaming G.skill ripjaws 8GB (1x8) Intel Core...

I have a problem. Obviously I do or I would not have created a account just to post something on this forum. About 1-2 years ago I built a desktop in a case called NCASE. Its a ITX build with a full sized graphics card and full watercooling loop. I decided to build such a small computer because...

This has only happened recently and honestly I would say I've never seen this happen before. I cannot seem to remove files over 50 megabytes off of my computer, they have their percentages etc all saying that the files are being removed but they end up still being there when i check.. I...

I don't know how to fix it. My camera is an Olympus Tough I need it fixed fast

I have a Samsung SyncMaster 950d which was originally 120hz however recently when I re-arranged everything and added a 55 inch Samsung Curved UHD Smart TV, the 950 has been stuck at 60hz, same with the TV where I can't seen to pump more than 60hz from. Here is what I tried so far -Use advanced...

As said in the title i've had many BSOD errors , each time with a different error message. These BSODs don't usually happen unless i'm playing games. The ONLY game i've not had this issue on is Rainbow Six : Siege, However it BSOD's after i exit the game, Not during like the rest. Alot of the...