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  1. J

    [SOLVED] Computer shutting off after POST, Windows completely reset

    Hi everyone, first time poster here. I'd like to apologize for the length of the post but I think it's important I clarify everything. My computer over the last few months has had this issue where, under load, the monitor and all of the USB ports would disconnect. The computer, however, was...
  2. Divyansh Naidu

    [SOLVED] My Monitor Just keeps powering out. Why?

    Recently, my monitor just keeps getting powering out. Why? It’s like the power cable disconnects but its actually not. The led on the screen goes off. I can fix that just by waiting 5–10 secs and then reconnecting the power cable on my monitor. I’ve tried using a different cable . It works...
  3. D

    [SOLVED] PC Turning off and on after powering.

    I've had a weird problem recently. My PC will turn off and on constantly after powering it on via the power button on the front of the case. I haven't counted how many times it will cycle through an off and on state, but it will do it about maybe 5 or more times before it finally boots up as...
  4. dwhit95

    Question Acer XB270HU powering off, half greenish screen and adjusting brightness all on its own. What are my "out of warranty" options?

    Backstory: I bought an Acer XB270HU Monitor off of r/hardwareswap in February 2017. I used the warranty at the time to replace the screen because of some dead pixels and since then it has been working as it should. Problem: The monitor seems to be breaking down on me though. As of about 3 weeks...
  5. I

    Cpu1 cable caught fire

    Upgraded my CPU and motherboard and rebuilt the whole rig inside of a new case, when I turned it on for the first time I heard a cackle and smoke started coming out of it and one of the two 4pin cpu1 power cables had caught fire and burned. Any idea why this happened and what I need to do next...
  6. D

    ASUS P8z68 Deluxe Gen3 possibly broken after msconfig tweak?

    Hey guys, so I have this problem since yesterday that is driving me completely crazy: I started having quite some huge RAM usage on my PC even after just freshly booting it up it reached like 50% super quickly. I have 16GB of Ram, so I was curious what it could be and checked the task manager...