Safe Mode

I was trying to solve an audio problem describe here and have now uncovered a more serious, potentially related issue: https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/cracking-audio-on-all-outputs-using-all-drivers.3833135/#post-23176293. In order to solve the audio problem I opened up the PC, cleaned...

Hi can someone help me out my CPU is stuck at 800Mhz/0.79Ghz. CPU: 10900(NON K) Motherboard: Gigabyte Z590 Aorus Master Everything was fine until I updated Windows 10 tonight Bios reset done. Removed CMOS battery, unplugged everything and held power button for 30sec and reconnected everything...

Hey guys when I click 1280 x 960 it says "input not supported" on my screen and it goes black. Do you know why this is and how I could fix it? When I try to change the resolution in Windows it's fine, however when I switch it on in any video games such as CS:GO and R6 it says "input not...

it seems to be inconsistently broken and what i mean by inconsistently broken is i could go a couple days and it would work fine then all of a sudden the next day i boot up my PC and it goes into safe mode instantly and when i try to get it to boot up it goes to some blue screen error with a...

Hi! I just opened up my PC This afternoon to have an error, WINDOWS TDR Error, it says something about nvid.sys It wont me boot up unless i was in safe mode so, (My pc booted while i got into safe mode, so what I did inside safe mode was do DDU or Display Driver Uninstaller) and i was able to...

This is probably the most ridiculously stupid thing I've done to my PC. I was trying to change up my PC's appearance some more after getting settled with Rainmeter and Wallpaper Engine so I decided to give UXTheme Patcher a shot (note, its not UltraUXThemePatcher). After rebooting my rig, the...

I've been using a laptop connected to an external monitor via HDMI as my primary computer for the longest time. The laptop's screen does not work and now there is no signal being sent to the external display. Here is what has happened to get me to this point: The laptop is still occasionally...

I am using an ASUS Maximus XI Hero motherboard with an Intel Core i9 9900K. For the Windows 11 update I updated my bios to the lastest version (1903). After this bios update the PC would not boot and I would get the following message: The system has POSTed in safe mode. This may be due to the...

Hello, CPU: AMD Ryzen 3000G MOBO: GIGABYTE A320M-S2H HDD: Digital blue 500g something idk This is a cheap rig I made out of old parts. They are all functioning correctly. I checked the PSU, made sure appropriate power was provided, etc. This build used to have a 4GB RX560 in it, but it's long...

Hi guys, today i tried to boot my PC to safe mode because i wanted to reinstall my graphics driver, i tried using the startup options settings and restarting into safe mode but several times my PC just restarted but my monitor would not show up anything, and after a few seconds my PC would shut...

Hello my name is Jiyan. My problem is this: When I login to the windows, after approximately 2 minutes, computer freezes if there is a background sound it stuck, nothing works except my laptop's keyboard light control key and fan key. When this happens only solution is to do forced shutdown via...

Components: MBO: Asrock Z77 Extreme 3 (newest UEFI installed) CPU: Intel i7 2600 running at stock settings SSD: Kingston A400 240 GB RAM: 2 sticks of G Skill F3-14900CL9-4GBSR Display: Dell U2312H connected over VGA Power supply: Seasonic 750W Gold+ OS: Windows 10 Educational 64bit No GPU...

So about a few days ago I began noticing some lag on my PC if I had just a few things open. Things like Discord audio lagging, FPS drops in games, Chrome becoming unresponsive. I never have that much open on my CPU, so I checked task manager for a solution. I found that I was using 100% of my...

Everything was reseted to default, firmware updated, cmos rested and has new OS windows 10, Specs: I9-10809k 2070 super 2 × 16 ram Need help please

My brother was playing apex legends on his computer and then the whole pc shutdown, and when it rebooted it sent him to the windows autorepair blue screen. It said it might be fixed if he restarts so he tried a couple times and still on that screen. PC SPECS: MSI Radeon R9 270X AMD FX6300...

So the new patch for Modern Warfare has some stability issues on PC - full game crashes will happen, and upon reopening it'll give you a pop up that says something like "This program didn't start properly last time. Would you like to start in safe mode?" I selected yes, just to see what would...

Recently replacing a failing hard drive required that I put Win 8.1 pro in safe mode to successfully copy files off the failing data drive (the system drive is OK/untouched.) But swapping the data drive apparently (???) triggered de-activation of the OS (I've previously replaced many...

Okay so i know there are numerous posts about this before but in my case disabling driver signature enforcement doesn’t work and I’ve already tried every possible usb config combination in bios which in my asus A320M is only legacy usb support, XHCI hand-off, usb mas storage driver support, and...

Hi. Before I start, here are my specs: Ryzen 5 2600 (Upgrading to 3600) Asrock phantom gaming 4 x570 G.skill sniper X 8gb (only 8gb for breadboarding) Samsung 860 Evo 500gb Recently, I decided to upgrade my current 2600 processor to a ryzen 5 3600 processor. But after switching to the new...

Hi, I had a buddy bring over his Lenovo Laptop for me to fix. He upgraded to Windows 10 Pro and I think he then pirated it. He kept on getting blue screens with error code thread stuck in device driver. I told him to bring it over and got working. I was able to log into windows for a couple of...

So I have this Acer Laptop, you could use it for like 5-10 mins and screen goes dark for just a split second and comeback and everything is frozen, no key nothing works. And when I listen to the hard drive I can hear a repetitive sound like its stuck, and trying to access something. But if I put...

[specs below] Hi there, Been having a problem where whenever I try to load up my computer the graphics card crashs, the screen goes black and the fans go on high speed. This first happened while playing a game, then it'd get progressively worse on restart to the point where I couldn't get to...

Yesterday I built a new PC. All went well, Windows installed, drivers, software... In the meantime the pc has been rebooted several times without any problems. After a driver update/installation windows doesn't want to boot anymore. The logo of my mobo comes on and the windows dots keep...

hi, i posted this question a couple months back but then got really busy with work so i wasn't able to follow up on it and it eventually disappeared in the depths of the forum. I still have the same problem so I'm back again trying to find help with it. Once every other day i'll go to turn on my...

Hello, I upgraded my i3-8100 to an i5-9600k and have gotten a problem. When I start my PC, it begins to load, but after 1-2 minutes, the PC freezes and I have to restart again. However, when I boot in Safe Mode, everything works fine. I've already tried reinstalling the CPU to no avail. What...

As stated in the title my PC is effectively busted, I’m not sure if it’s a virus or not but I know I do have corrupted files: I booted the PC in safe mode (everything runs fine in this mode so far) and ran a ‘Sfc /Scan now’ which told me it had found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of...

Hey, i recently had my mainboard replaced since my old one caused my pc to crash at random times. That problem doesn't occur anymore but since then i sometimes face a different problem when i boot up my pc. Once every two weeks or so i'll go to turn on my pc as usual and it starts like it...

I've been dealing with this problem ever since I built my PC, about 7 months ago. It's like I'm playing Russian roulette every time I put my PC to sleep, but I'm almost positive that's what's causing the issue (I just don't know how I can check or fix it). Basically sometimes after booting up...

My pc was showing only 2 cores even tho i have 4 cores on my i5 4460 cpu, so I unchecked the number of processors in msconfig advanced boot since i read that some people fixed it like that, and now im getting blue screen, EVEN IN SAFE MODE... i tried running msconfig from cmd, cant find the...

Hello, I recently upgraded my PC. When I boot into Windows 7, it says Windows is unable to start. It crashes, I get a quick blue screen, and it sends me to repair windows. When I repair windows, it fails. When I try to checkout other options, I am unable to due to my mouse and keyboard being...

Hello everyone, So I've had this laptop (Asus Zenbook UX430U) for about 2 years, rarely using it for the past 1,5 years. I'm starting a new project with it so I wanted to give it a factory reset to get rid of anything I won't need. So that's what I did but when I powered it on afterwards it...

If consumers had real rights in the tech industry I would sue the ass cheeks off Microsoft for fraud and faulty products. Third time this has happened- stuck in a boot loop. The only keys that ever do anything are F2 Setup, and F12 Boot Options. Neither of them allow me to use safe mode. Is...

Hello, I just upgraded from the stock cooler provided with Ryzen 7 2700x to the H115i Platinum. After doing this I went into bios and set CPU fan to ignore and enable the AIO pump. Saved changes and reset then my system posted into safe mode. I have cleared CMOS and reset all defaults and tried...

HI I woke up to seeing all kinds of dirt under desk wear pc is. Door open. But no items stolen. I have ran a few antimalware scanners and installed avg on my desktop after the advent. I will in a few secs live boot some malware scanners and safe mode scan's. I want to cheek and see if pension...

Hi, The Windows 10 May 2019 update has brought back an issue I previously had around a year ago with a previous Windows 10 update. Randomly the laptop will freeze with no blue screen, requiring a hard reset to get it to restart. No errors show in event viewer and it does not seem to happen in...

So I just got some new fiber internet installed hooked it up to my computer should be getting 600 down and 350 up. But when I tested I was getting about 10 down and 340 up. So I decided to try the speed test while in safe mode and as soon as I did that I got 590 down and 340 up. So I would...

So i came across a HD 7990 in fb marketplace that the seller claims it Black screens after driver install and it only posts in safe Mode or with one gpu turned off. Could someone know what the issue is? I would like to buy and use it

I want to do a clean wipe of my AMD drivers with DDU, however, when entering safe mode after clicking the enter safe mode button, I get a blue screen saying inaccessible boot device. Nothing is wrong with my hard drives, they are perfectly intact. The last time I had this problem it was fixed by...

I downloaded a few ISOs from archive.org to install on my XP VMWare virtual machine because I really wanted to listen to the MIDIs on VGMusic that were made for XG actually in XG. You have heard about the elephant in the room, didn't you? (Sorry if the images are messed up, but they...

I was debugging another issue and decided to use msconfig to set safe mode boot. Normally I login with my fingerprint. Well safe mode is trying to get my local account, which I have no clue what the password is. If it is trying to use the Windows login, that isn't working because safe mode puts...