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Been building PCs for a long time and never seen anything like this. I'm at the end of my rope. Built a computer for my brother about a year back and he has never really been able to use it because if incessant blue screens. I've looked at it a few times and thought I had the problem solved but...

hello! i noticed that in the power saving settings there are these 3 options, i have googled, and also asked on an amd forum, but i got no answer, could you please explain me what are "AMD Power Slider" "Switchable Dynamic Graphics" and "AMD Graphics Power Settings" for? can they improve the...

Hi all, Thank you to everyone who has helped me in the past on this forum! This is a great place to ask questions. I am really stuck again. I have no idea what is wrong. I started my desktop PC. I got what I read is a "black screen of death" with the mouse pointer visible and moving but the...

To explain my situation, I recently got a 3090 TI and tried to play cyberpunk to test it out. It gets about 88 frames in open areas on max graphics but In crowded cities it's still about 30 fps and stuttery. I turn graphics to minimum and still no change in fps. I have an i59600k @4.6Mhz. My...

In May of this year, I made a post in this forum about the mysterious tech issue I am experiencing (Here is a link to the post: https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/i-have-a-networking-tech-issue-and-i-dont-know-what-it-is.3764850/). That discussion ended with neither me nor the awesome...

I just upgraded to a 5800x paired with a x570s Aorus Pro AX. I freshly installed windows and have updated all my driver using gigabytes utility @bios. My PC isnt booting every couple cycles and im thinking it is a bad board, when it boots it runs great and I have no issues. I've searched online...

Hello, I just bought this pc and its making these noises and i cant pinpoint where its coming from or whats causing it, can anybody help? It makes them even when idle , just sitting in BIOS or desktop. Its definitely not a wire rubbing in a fan, doesnt seem like coil whine. MOBO speaker beeps...

Hello I recently got a 3090ti and I wanna figure out if my 3090 is broken or if it’s my power supply. The PC boots up with the 3090ti plugged into 2 ports of the PSU but not when the third one is. The power supply still delivers power to the pc but doesn’t turn on (I know this because the...

About 2 weeks ago I put together a new computer after the last one I put together started giving up on me after 7 years. It was a big pain in the ass getting everything to work properly, but eventually it did. It boots up smoothly and runs games and other intensive programs just fine. However...

Hi everyone, My CPU (Ryzen 5 5600x) is suddenly idling at 95°C with liquid cooler (Silverstone PF240). It was fine yesterday but it suddenly shutdown a while ago for some reason... When I turned it on back up, i heard an unusual bubble(?) Kind of noise for some seconds from the tubes of the...

So I'm about to replace my AIO next month. I'm running a 240mm intake at the front of my case (I know it is not optimal). Since I will be replacing it, probably with a new AIO, IDK if I'm going aircooling. I don't have clearance for the top 240mm exhaust AIO cuz of the RAM sticks I got. My...

Lately my tower has trouble booting. It'll run just fine, but if I turn it off, turning it back on is a struggle. Pressing the power button causes an audible click, which I believe is coming from the PSU, but the computer shows no other signs of life. (no fans or lights at all.) I try to...

For the last two years I've had a recurring problem where 30% of the time my computer fails to wake. The power apparently goes on (I hear fans and the keyboard lights up) but it just hangs with a black screen (but not no signal, as the monitor doesn't turn itself off due to no signal). The...

Hello Guys, I recently bought this AX 86 U router, I have my PC plugged into via ethernet cable, I use cat 8 cable. I watch a lot of streams (youtube and twitch) sometimes when I click streams or movies to fast forward a few seconds or minutes, my router just times out and resets the...

So I recently started a new PC build, with an intel i9 12th gen processor, an MSI Z690 Carbon Wifi motherboard, and Windows 10 x64 Home edition. Everything went fine with the physical assembly. The motherboard comes with a convenient USB drive which has all the drivers. Ran the driver...

I am planning to have a PC setup that includes a small boot drive (256GB), a gaming M.2, and a HDD for general purpose. I already have a Barracuda 4TB, but I am wondering what the best choices are for the Gaming M.2 and the boot M.2. I have looked at the KC3000 and thought it could be good for...

Hi there [helpful poster's name], thanks for reading this post! I'm looking for some advice and guidance on components and compatibility for a custom DIY gaming PC. I've always wanted to build my own PC from scratch but never previously had the opportunity. I've got a budget of up to £1300...

Yesterday i went to play games and noticed that my performance and temperatures were much lower, every application that i tried presented the same problem, i went into gpu-z and it shows that my card is always at idle even if it supposed to draw max power, any idea of what could be happening...

Hello. I need advice. Should I pay an extra 70$ for 6200mhz or 5600 is fine? Both versions C36.(corsair dominator) I didn't really find any comparison on the internet.

HI! Below is a link to my pc build and specs, I have also attached a screenshot from the resource monitor: https://pcpartpicker.com/b/D29NnQ View: https://imgur.com/ziCYn7L I have enabled XMP and am not using a fresh copy of windows as it booted to an old SSD I had installed. Not adept in...

Hello! Quick post pertaining to another issue I had. My friend moved a while ago, and a few months ago tried to boot up his PC that I built for him. He did say that his PSU was "dustier than the Sahara". The motherboard went into an infinite bootloop that only stopped when you flipped the main...

Hi, I was on my computer playing a game when all of a sudden my computer blue screened with the VIDEO_TDR_FAILURE error. After looking it up, the usual cause is outdated drivers (I needed to update my drivers, I haven't done it in a few months) or intensive GPU usage (like I said, playing a...

I'm trying to back up a ps4 hard drive so i can reinstall the data on it to another Ps4, but the ps4 the drive is from is broken beyond repair. Is there a way to back up the data on a hard drive using a pc or any other method? And the ps4 wasn't connected to the psn before hand so that won't...

Hi everyone. I'm nearly done building my first pc but was wondering how good it is and if I would need to upgrade anything in the near future. I'm mainly using it to play games, but even then they won't be very demanding. (Heavily modded skyrim, dark souls, sort of mid tier games in terms of...

Hi all. I have decided to build my own PC for the first time and would appreciate some advice on my component choices. I will be using it for Unity game development, Blender 3D rendering and eventually Unreal Engine development as well as some casual gaming, so it will need some graphical and...

I want to upgrade from my pretty old 1030 to a new graphics card. But I'm pretty short on cash. Any suggestions?

This started happening when I reinstalled windows because my ram got damaged a year ago, i tried playing games and a lot of the time they crash and the drive disappears, this first happened with steam and now almost every game. i need help.

Ive been getting BSODS are random times all with the same erro codes, the bsods happen more often when the computer is idle at night than when im using it. The Event viewer lists a lot of WHEA errors that seem to have been corrected. XML view of the WHEA-Log Every WHEA-logger is the same...

Kind of an odd problem here. I upgraded from a 3700X to a 5900X. Everything else is fine until I try to launch Microsoft Flight Simulator. I keep getting Blue screens saying mostly BAD_POOL_CALLER, although I've also gotten MODE_HEAP_CORRUPTION and IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL. I have already tried...

I very recently upgraded to a GTX 1080, and have noticed that a majority of games I play run at 60 FPS, and then randomly drop to 50 FPS and stay there until I click off. Is this because of software settings, or because of a bottleneck in my setup? Specs: Motherboard: ASRock B450 Pro4 CPU: AMD...

Hi, i will describe my problem in more detail here: (in advance, sorry for my bad english, if it's has some mistakes) Here is what i did before the problem occured: Today, i started my PC, everything was okay, no problem. My apps loaded and i wanted to download a game (Genshin impact), so i...

A couple days ago my computer crashed and all of a sudden it started running a little slow i checked cpu temperature and it was 115 celsius yes i checked the heat sink if it was tightened it was and the thermal paste was replaced, nothing at all was touched in my pc coincidence is that this...

After hours of troubleshooting and testing I have finally decided to ask for help online myself. Please excuse me for the bad English as it is not my first language. I have had my custom built pc for around 3 years and until had no real problems with it until recently. In the past two weeks or...

The problem that im having is that gpu utilizes 100% of gpu while only as an example 2gb of vram is used for application causing increased fan speed and coil whine. Already tried to reinstall drivers didnt work. Any ideas? GPU: GTX 3070 ti 8 gb CPU: AMD ryzen 5 5600x RAM: Patriot viper 16 gb...

My PC won't boot properly. First, I'd like to say that I was just using it as normal. I wanted to put it to sleep before I went to go eat lunch, but I forgot to do something, so I tried to wake it up. I woke it up exactly when it went to sleep, and now it won't wake up at all. After I tried...

I’m experiencing random freezes while playing games which last around 1-2 seconds, it doesn’t matter what video settings I’ve selected I’ll still experience them at least once a game for example in valorant. My specs are: rtx 3060 ryzen 5 3600 2133mhz ram 230w cooler master I have a feeling...

Hello! I am looking to build a new PC because the market is looking better now. I have the option of a 3060 (for 525$ CAD) [MSI GAMING X Edition] or a 3070 gigabyte gaming OC for 720$. Is the 200$ difference worth the performance difference...

Hi all! So I'm planning to buy a GPU for playing games like Genshin Impact, Valorant and others. I have 4 GPU options I can buy. GPU options: GTX 460 (768 MB, 192 Bit) HD 6670 (1 GB, 128 Bit) HD 5770 (512 MB, 128 Bit) GT 545 (3 GB, 192 Bit) My PC specifications use the E3-1220 V3 CPU and PSU...

I am currently running a Minecraft server for a few friends on a laptop connected to a TELUS Wi-Fi Hub. I have successfully configured it so that both local and global users can connect and everything works fine EXCEPT that when my roommate disconnects from the server or the server is restarted...

So I recently purchased a laptop from US and it came with a 10A 125V power cord as expected. I actually live in India so I purchased a power cord which could support the Indian wall socket(240V) as compared to the 110V in US. I bought the power cord off a local hardware store but, the issue is...