Rebuild

My PC at random will completely shut down and instantly turn back on again. Thing's ive already tried that haven't helped: 1. New outlet and power cord 2. Replacing the Power Supply with a 850w (I've been running a 750w for years) 3. Resetting Windows 10 and the CMOS 4. Reseating, the RAM, CPU...

Right now :: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Hmk7QP New with ddr5 :: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/CqmBkJ I have not been following computer tech for the last 2 years I decided I wanted to upgrade to ddr5 these are the parts I found I think after tax I'm under $550 I realized this was a rash...

Hi How to rebuild raid 1? I have a Raid PCI card "ST Lab PCIe SATA 6G Raid card 4channel" and 4 disks connected to it. I'm running raid 1 on two of these with 2 x "16TB Toshiba Enterprise MG08 Series MG08ACA16TE 7200RPM 512MB Ent". The disk are new and have worked for 4 days then I got an alarm...

Figured someone here might be able to point me in the right direction? I have 2 x 2 TB Seagate IronWolf 2TB NAS drives set up in RAID 1 on a Highpoint RocketRAID 62x SATA Controller. I have had zero issues with it in the last 4½ years and it is currently healthy. They are installed in a Windows...

Hey, today I rebuilt my computer in a new case, I also reapplied thermal paste since the one in the CPU was dry, but after that I am getting some weird issues on both Windows and Linux, after some time of using the pc the CPU Usage goes insanely high, audio gets choppy and the pc freezes, It's...

Lenovo ix2-NG NAS, set up as a RAID 1 NAS, operated for years without issue. Last week, one Seagate 2TB drive indicated degraded after periodic check, then failed after the ix2 attempted to automatically rebuild it. Other Seagate 2TB drive is intact, just lacks its RAID 1 mirror partner...

Good evening guys Im sorry if this has been posted before but Ive look on here but unable to find what I'm looking for. I have a marvell 9230 raid card. It's setup with 2 x 4tb drives in a raid 1. I also have another usb drive which has a weekly backup of the raid. Now one of the...

Hello, My PC that I build a few years ago has finally bit the dust. I could use some advise in what I can upgrade to while possibly using some of the current parts that still are in working condition. It has been a while since I built the first pc so many things have changed in the market any...

I just rebuilt my pc with a GEFORCE GTX 1600 gpu and a AMD Ryzen 7 3700X cpu, and a new fan that came with the cpu. i lost all power to my pc after the rebuild.

Hi there, would love some assistance / guidance on a situation I'm in at the moment with my current rig which failed to start a few days after I installed some RAM. This was the rig before I tried the installation: 1TB SSD & 250 gb SSD (1tb was a recent addition just to be used as a Steam...

I have a Highpoint Rocketstor6124V Controller configured to RAID5. 4, Ironwolf NAS 8TB disks. Running Windows 10 The RAID worked fine for about a week and then out of nowhere, needed to rebuild. Highpoint's GUI is showing no disk errors. Rebuild stops after about 10 minutes. "Disk...

Hi All I hope you can help. It's been a long time since I got my hands inside a PC and things have moved on but last night I swapped by PC into a new quieter case last night all seemed to go ok until re-starting where I received Preparing for automatic repair. I may have put my hard drive onto...

Hey! So this is my rig! I was wondering if there is anything i can improve on without getting a new motherboard. More ram? Better Intel CPU? Dual Graphics cards? Or do you think that this point because my motherboard is old and im not getting the most out of my SSD etc that its worth a...

Hi, I have an IcyBox cheap 4 bay raid drive with 4x 1TB WD green drives. A couple of weeks ago they started un-mounting on my iMac (Sierra). Stupidly I didn't think anything of it really, so didn't do a recent backup. Then none would mount (I did a couple of partitions on the 3TB drive total) so...

Hi I built a very low budget PC a few years ago and I am ready to make some upgrades to it. I think I am going to go with a MSI Geforce GTX 1660 ti for $269 or is there something else in the $250 - $300 range that I should get instead? I am also going to get the ryzen 5. Will my old Gigabyte...

Hello guys, I have been getting random FPS drops in games more and more frequently. My current build: i7 2600 1070 TI 8GB DDR3 500GB SSD 650W PS Would a ram upgrade to 16gb help, or should I just bite the bullet and upgrade mobo, cpu and ram?

Greetings, My friend's PC suddenly seems to have stopped working after having similar, but lesser issues for a while. It seems it always had issues booting up, leaving an infinite black screen after startup (no BIOS), but those issues would simply go away and happen rarely. This time, it seems...

I have the Acer S221HQLbd monitor but the other week it stopped working and it seems the power cables/adapter is the issue, does anyone know here I can buy one of these in the UK? Whilst I know some will say its easier to go and buy a new monitor, the reason i wont be doing that is I have 3...

Hey guys. I recently just build my first PC. After two days of putting everything together, its alive. However, the CPU and GPU is performing way below expectations after doing a bench mark test. Any help would be appreciated. https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/15622980

(R9 390X Sapphire Tri-X Cooling, I7-4790k, 16gb ddr3 RAM, msi Z97S SLI Krait Edition) So recently, just browsing the internet, my screen started to randomly flicker with the occasional artifact. Just as I searched up the issue, my screen went to the "Black screen of death". I tried to reboot...

Hello, I recently built my first computer last month and everything was working fine, I was using the computer all day, lost internet connection for some reason , restarted the computer and boom code 00 appears, none of the peripherals are working and my monitor isn't detecting a connection...

I Connected my laptop to a monitor a while ago and recently got back to gaming after being extremely busy. The monitor is an ASUS VP228HE which is a 1920x1080 monitor, however when i launch a game the max resolution i can choose is 1366x768. Any idea of why?

I'm moving some old data files stored on Zip disks and have run into one that cannot be read either with a Mac or Windows 7. Message appears in 7 asking to format the drive but I assume that will wipe the Zip disk clean. Is there a way to "surface format" the disk while leaving the data untouched?

Hello together, this problem really annoys me and I can't figure out what could be the cause. I have googled and tried: disabling microsoft error reporting service, disabled all possible office update daemons, uninstalled razer synapse. Do you have any other ideas what might be the problem...

so i recently put in a new stick of ram into my pc and everything was going smoothly, but now my gpu % for every game is way way way higher than it used to be. I thought i grounded my self properly, even had an anti static wrist strap and I didn't feel any zaps or anything. Im really not sure...

I have a P8H61-M PRO and everytime i boot up it gives a cpu fan error. Im able to boot into windows by going to boot options and just clicking the ssd where the os is in. But how do i fix this error. My h7 cryorig is working normally. and it is connected to the 4pin header (cpu_fan).

Hello, i have in game lag, but i have intel i7 7700, 8gb of ram, GTX 1060 6gb and all games are laggy even if i put games on low settings. I just updated my drivers as well. Can you help me?

Hi! I just built my gaming pc and tried to boot it , but the monitor got no signal. I tried using hdmi , display port (plugged into the graphics card and mobo too) , another monitor ,etc. The pc runs perfectly , rgb leds are on , fans are running. I also checked the cables , maybe i did...

can i use a ps4 controller, with my pc windows 10? also would a controller be easyer to play with than a keyboard for say games like guild wars 2

what type of solid state drive will work in my toshiba

Hello, I just recently bought thermaltake p3 case that came with pcie cable extender, anyways i've been struggling with my card performance and stuttering. I removed the pcie extender (riser) on one side its written PCIE01 and on the other side PCIE02. What does this mean? Does...

Hello everyone! So I have a problem with my dedicated AMD graphic card on my Samsung Laptop (specs and model down below). I'm running windows 10 (tried to downgrade to win 8, the original system, but it didn't change anything) and while running more GPU intensive games or processes in general...

My computer was working fine today. I updated my graphics driver and let it restart. Left the room before it finished restarting. Came back an hour later. Nothing works. My computer is not outputting any video, the mouse and keyboard are not lighting up. What should I test? AMD Ryzen 7 1800...

Hello, Long time reader, first time posting. I apologize immensely if this is in the wrong area. I'm very new to all of this, but am learning quickly, I think! I recently built my first system and made the mistake of having a case that is too small for my Cooler Master GL240L Cooler to fit...

Hi, iam pretty much a noob when it comes to overclocking and i would like some extra juice from my machine for music production etc. i currently have tried overclocking it to 4.2 ghz with 1.184 V and it's pretty stable although sometimes it crashes and gives me the: WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR...

I want to buy a new router/modem for DSL service with CenturyLink. Should I buy a separate modem and router or buy a combo modem/router? Do you have a suggestion on what brand/model I should bye?

Just wondering if these components are good for gaming and would be compatible when I build CPU: I5-8600k CPU COOLER: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO MOTHERBOARD: ASUS ROG STRIX B360-G GAMING Micro ATX LGA1151 MEMORY: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16gb 288 PIN DDR4 2400 STORAGE: ADATA SU800 256GB...

Hey gang. I'm looking to buy a new lens for my Nikon D7100. I'm down to these final two: Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80mm Nikon AF-S FX NIKKOR 24-120mm I mainly shoot sports, both football and basketball. It's college games so the arenas are usually well lit in general, and the football stadiums...

I want to hear some feedbacks on my build to see if I can improve it. My budget is around $800usd,I can afford to pay like $20 more. Here's my build: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8bGBFt To be more exact,the gpu I hve chosen is the msi gtx1060 gaming vr 6g.As I couldn't find it from the...

This only happens in Fallout 4. Whenever I let the system go idle (stop using the mouse and gamepad) the screen goes black and upon moving the mouse and returning to the screen, the game crashes and I get that error message. Some said its a GPU driver problem. I have a GTX 1080 TI. Ive...