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problem after hardware change

Forum discussion tagged with problem after hardware change.
  1. K

    Question Game´s keep crashing and I can´t find the reason for it

    Hey everyone, I had my PC since 2018 and everything worked fine. At the end of last year I had a friend gift me his old CPU and RAM. To be able to use it I bought a new Motherboard and Case. Since then games keep crashing. Not only new games but also games that ran fine before my "upgrade". I...
  2. C

    Question computer turns into a black screen and the fans start speeding up and get very loud

    So as the title says my computer gets very loud and the screen turns off, the pc is still on but it is not interactable and nothing is displayed on the screen and to overcome this crash I had to either hold my pc's off button or turn the wall plug that the power supply's plug of the pc was...
  3. Finnininininin

    Question Computer won't boot past bios after installing liquid cooler, not sure where to post this

    I'm not sure if this belongs in the gpu topic, but I honestly have no idea what might be causing this, and I can't find answers anywhere. I recently posted a question in the CPU forum topic about my i7-13700kf overheating. After reading through many helpful answers-many thanks to users...
  4. Heboba

    Question Weird issue with new RX 6600 graphics card ?

    Faced a very strange problem with a PC after buying a new video card, I ask experienced in this area to help. My PC worked stably without any problems until I got a new graphics card. Problems with it did not start immediately, but only after about 10 days, however, I admit that I may simply...
  5. Z

    Question Not able to reach bios with ssd connected, dead SSD?

    So I recently wanted to see what was on my old desktop and couldn't reach windows due to a disk error which I suspected was on the ssd where windows was installed. I then plugged it into my current pc which resulted in some form of disk check/fix done automatically on launch after posting and...
  6. Panix1234

    Question Using headphones and speakers at the same time

    Hi everyone! So i just bought some speakers but seems like i cant use them at the same time as my headphones. When i plug my speakers in they come up as my headphones even tho they are not plugged in the same hole or connected in any way ( My headphones are plugged in the audio jack in the front...
  7. Emil Smidt

    Question Headset sound is too low after hardware change

    Hi fellas, I'm running a custom built PC, and a couple of days ago I upgraded my MOBO, Ram, Cpu + cooler, which I'm really satisfied with. Also I did a clean Windows install. However, since I changed my hardware, my headset wont play loud enough (It's a Hyperx Cloud 2 wireless - it's a USB...