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just upgraded to a ryzen 4600g and paired the old one- a 2200g to a biostar b550mh that i bought a couple years ago on sale for around 35 usd, new but never used until now. found an old case- a usp100 coolermaster and set it up there but it wouldn't power up. so i took out the screws and had the...

I redid the thermal paste on my G14 the other day and when i was reconnecting the battery I believe I shorted the diode that charges the battery and reads battery percentage. It currently stays at “100% charged” and only boots on AC power. This is my first assumption because sparks flew in an...

Details : Everytime i click my power button on my pc case it powers up for one second then shuts down. Once i power off and back on the PSU i click the power button on my case and it powers up for 1 second , fans spin , then shuts down. Before i click the power button and after , i can see my...

All was well but then a week later pc seemed to switch to integrated graphics from 7950x after a game crashed. After I restarted the pc twice the gpu started to work again but at about half the performance. I ram Time Spy Extreme and got 7000 vs before the short I got 15000. Is my gpu busted? Or...

Hello everyone! I'm in a bit of a bind and trying to find a new computer case to transfer my current PC into. The catch is that I need the computer case to be no more than 17" or 431.8mm tall or it wont fit in my space. I've done some digging and found this question posted and answered a few...

Hello, I have been having problems with the VRM section of my Gigabyte H97m-D3H motherboard. It has killed 2 CPUs so far because of shorted mosfets. First time was an i7, PC simply refuses to turn on, fans only slightly moves when pressing the power button. After finding out the two shorted...

Sometimes when i power up the pc it doesn't power up and the fans spin for like half a second and then stops, no matter how many times I do it nothing change, I have to turn off the power and wait for like 30 minutes then it will let me power it up again eventually, I have been using this PC for...

Hi all, I have a tricky choice to do. I need a graphics card (obviously the most performant possible) but I have 2 hard constraints: It needs to be less than 305mm long to fit my case (NZXT H1 old generation). Exact dimensions here...

So today my new PSU arrived (be quiet! System Power 9 600W) and I spent some time replacing my old one, then once I finished and connected my power cable and turned the switch on, the entire houses lights in every room just went dark, managed to get them working again with some fiddling. the...

Hi So i have a bit of a weird question. What i need to know is if take a piece of metal and short all of the usb pins of a usb flash drive (memory stick) together for a prolonged time will that damage or degrade the stick in any way? I know it doesn't do anything if i do it for a minute because...

I was installing a new ssd in my system and right after I plugged everything in and powered the system up I pressed on the sata cable on my motherboard to make sure it is all the way in, but the entire system lost power in that moment and afterwards whenever I try to boot up the pc it goes on...

I wanted to quickly switch some rgb wire in my pc. Like a dumb*ss I figured it would be okay to do it while it was turned on. The metal end touched the motherboard (between the gpu and the mobo: around here https://ibb.co/B4MtmGH) and now my pc won't turn on. Not a single light is turning on...

Hi all, My old dell xps8500 has been going strong, a few new cards, drives, a new cmos battery and little else over the years (it’s never had new thermal paste, I’ve never touched the cpu tbh). Recently I went to plug in a usb device in one front USB port whilst another usb device was in...

Hello all, I recently ran into a problem with my computer where every time I turn it on it almost immediately shuts off. The lights will flash on and then off again. It is not a problem with the motherboard as the PCI-EX slots are A-OK. Unfortunately, I noticed that whenever the 6 pin PCI-E...

I have received a Lenovo Thinkcentre M93p Minitower and after using it for a few seconds it will restart, before spiraling into a constant restarting loop. I have removed the CMOS battery, set the clear CMOS jumper to maintenance mode, unplugged the SSD, swapped RAM. Nothing so far has worked...

My PC with a Corsair VS450 PSU gives fanspin for a split second and turns off. It won't even give fanspin on trying more until I wait longer and then the same thing repeats. I put a different PSU and it's working perfectly and this PSU is giving the same problem when tested with 2 different...

Just built a new PC, everything was running fine until I decided to set the Corsair h100 aio pump and fan speed to extreme to test. I reboot the pc and it shorts out, dead. I swapped the psu and the mobo leds lit up, pressed power and everything started sparking and sizzling, I shut off power...

Hello, I wanted to know the exact measurements in inches for the MSI Optix MAG274QRF when the height is adjusted all the way down. Since I have a floating shelf just above my setup (about 19 inches from the table below.) I have read the description that the MSI unit is about 21 inches tall...

Hi, so I was trying to pimp my pc by putting a rgb strip in it, it was giving me some problems so I exposed the connectors to try to test them 1 by 1 and accidently connected one of the connectors to the TPMS1 connector , next to the rgb header. It made an electric-like noise, I panicked and...

Hey everyone, So I installed an Nvidia 1060 on one of my computers, a build that already had this GPU installed before. I had this GPU working on another computer so it was working fine, until I deciced to switch them again, and it's shorting the PC so it won't boot. It powers on for half a...

Hello all, I have been set back a week due to a stupid mistake board that I just realized. I used my old ATX full tower case for a EATX board. I thought the case was an EATX case but it turns out after looking at the old product description for the case it's ATX. What was weird was that the...

At this point I don't even care that it's broken I already replaced it but I couldn't for the life of my find my exact problem on the internet so I decided to post here. So I had an rx 460 that I used for 2 years until one fateful day it died on me. Now the problem is that it's not just that my...

PSU or motherboard electrical short? Hey everyone, so I have been having a rough couple of days due to my computer seemingly getting fried in what should have been a simple case swap. Pc build: Intel i7 8700k Asus Maximus code xi z390 Corsair h100i pro aio Seagate 2tb hdd Samsung 970evo nvme...

I recently had a motherboard short and crash that basically destroyed my computer. It won't turn on, even using the paperclip trick. The motherboard is fried and there's not really anything I can do about that. Anyway, what I'd like to know is in regard to the RAM that was installed at the time...

Antec VP500PC No UPS :( Was using the computer normally. Sudden blackout! Hadn't turn off the switches. The electricity comes back and I hear some sort of spark. The PC wouldn't boot up, not response at all! I narrowed it down to the PSU, I could see some burnt inductor from the PSU's meshed...

system: amd ryzen 7 3800x (3.9-4.5ghz) ati rx 5700xt 16 gig ram 3400 mhz dvd writer 7200 rpm western digital blue 64 mbyte cache am4 gigabyte mobo b450m power star 650w psu (i think i fried it’s fuse and i have a corsair 650w more expensive arriving tomorrow). i initially forgot to plug in...

Hello everyone! I will try to make it simple. Got an old platform that was working fine. Even got win 10 installed and fine. Problems started when i tried to test an old HD4850 that i knew was presumably dead but anyways... moved everything to another case to get PSU cables to reach from the...

Hi! I was trying to help a friend reset the bios password on his Lenovo L460 thinkpad. So first i tried to remove the cmos battery, it didnt work. So i figured i had to reset the bios chip by shorting it out. and so i did.. but now the computer wont turn on.. the power button and the "fn" button...

This is, from what I can tell, a different problem, so I will post it in a different thread here. For context, this is my recent history. https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/pc-shuts-off-unexpectedly.3578909/ I took apart the PC in an attempt to try and fix the issue with the motherboard...

After I built a computer, I saw one of the power supply cables have slight problem (slight rubber was removed). I believe that was not my fault. 1. If you buy a new power supply, do you inspect its every individual cables? 2. I worry some imperfect cables exist because I can't trust the every...

Salute More than a year ago I moved my PC's case and then it turned off. Later I remeber it booted once again and finnaly turned off. Since that happened it haven't booted properly just gives power to fans and leds no beep code signals, no response. I deconstructed the whole system and...

So I am starting to literally lose my mind here... I've googled and have probably read every possible thread regarding similar issues to what I'm having an all signs point to a possible short in my computer case... but the thing is, I just can't seem to find it!! I've had this case in prior...

I recently bought a usb hub with dc power in for my laptop. Everything works just fine when i connect the usb hub, but then i insert the dc adapter for it, my laptop just crash and shut down. When i turn back on, it shows black screen but the led shows laptop is on, usb is working and the fan...

There was a storm, and after a lightning strike I heard a loud pop sound, now my computer does the above. Ive tried switching cables, different outlets, etc. I managed to actually see my desktop so its not completely bricked, but I don't know if its strictly a power supply issue or a short on...

From a while back, I been having lots of troubles, starting from having some high temps coming from the mobo View: https://imgur.com/gallery/Usbt9rA which they used to be only like one high temp, which made me believe that it was just some false error, but now it shows 4 high temps and the...

My brand new build won't power on. Upon finishing the build, I turned the computer on and it was working fine, installed Windows, and afterwards installed some drivers from manufacturer websites (mobo drivers, audio drivers, chipset drivers, etc). Turned it off for the day and didn't touch it...

Hi everyone I'm a owner of a 2080 ti FE. It's a good card but I want improuve : Noise Temps Performances So I was thinking about a project and I was wondering if is too mad (or stupid) or if is moreless sensed and safe I'm planning to buy a kraken g12 (should be compatible with a 2080 ti) and...

Few months ago my keyboard stopped working while I was working and it was just a series of keys. The next day even more keys stopped working. Then I bought a new keyboard and it worked fine. Then the next day the whole computer wouldn't boot. So I ditched my notebook and again I took it...

Built a New Computer, Small Fire, Need Advice [Final Update] Got a new motherboard, installed everything again (new cooler since the last two melted), and every thing works perfectly. Ran memtest overnight and didn't find any issues, CPU only gets to around 55c while gaming (Metro, Monster...

Hey all, so two days ago my PC of 6 / 7 years decided to explode on me when it was turned on; as soon as I logged into Windows and saw my desktop I heard an extremely loud bang, similar to a firework going off right next to me. Next thing I knew my PC is dead. What seems to have happened is the...