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  1. C

    Question Changing from Linux to Windows 11 on my Gaming PC and having a lot of problems!

    So i built my gaming pc about 6 months ago and i have been using linux to game. Everything has been pretty good but linux has been having problems for me because there isn’t a lot of games that work great on linux and I can’t just have that on a daily basis where I just want to sit down and just...
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    Question [HELP PLEASE] Can’t diagnose the problem

    This has been a problem for a year now but usually i just turn my pc on and off till it turns on ( my restart always caused this to happen) but this time i shut my pc down and tried to turn it off and on and now it won't turn my peripherals on ( this is usually random btw the peripherals...
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    Question Laptop keyboard issue ?

    Hey everyone, I have a problem with my Lenovo Legion Y520-15ikbn laptop. Lately, I've been noticing that when I press down on the right side of the palm rest, random keys are being pressed. I recorded a video of it, which you can check out here: link. I cleaned my laptop recently and even had...
  4. Athicay

    Question Resetting PC, stuck at 34% for 2 hours

    I have a gaming computer, Ryzen 9 cpu and 3080 ti graphics card I wanted to clean wipe my PC because it was a complete mess of files, so I reset the pc, selecting to wipe everything and install windows locally The screen says “GIGABYTE” &”Insist on Ultra Durable” Resetting this PC 34% It had...
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    Question Problem with Bootloader / Bootmanager

    Hello to everyone. First of I would like to apologise for the wall of text I am about to write, however I want to provide as much information as possible, so you can understand the issue I am facing. Yesterday I got a new M.2 NVME SSD, which I installed in my PC. I wanted to do a clean install...
  6. SiggoMike

    Question After swapping to display port for one of my monitors, all of my windows move to one monitor.

    I swapped one of my monitors to Display Port instead of HDMI like my other monitor, and now all of my tabs on chrome and other programs move to the monitor using HDMI after it wakes from sleep. What could be causing this?
  7. beotng

    Question Tried to change GPU and now it won’t give any output

    Basically what happened was me and my older brother was changing the GPU on my pc. we took out the old one and put in his old GPU (the 2060). When we were going to boot the system up there was no output from the GPU. I tried to troubleshoot for hours but to no prevail. So my final option before...
  8. koooobs

    Question No signal to monitor; the problem seemed to begin while the desktop was in sleep mode. Did something happen? Did a component fail?

    I usually try troubleshooting issues it's just...wow, this is infinitely out of my depth as I'm used to fixing laptops. So, I have a hand me down desktop that's pretty much a dream PC for my standards and, yeah...just last night I put it to sleep, then this morning when I tried waking it up...
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    Question Stuttering in games

    Hello! I've been struggling with this issue for quite a while now and I've gathered some information on it but I don't know how to fix it. So with my mouse set to 1000Hz, I get severe stuttering in games and general computer use. For a while, I just lowered it to 500Hz and it kinda fixed it...
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    [SOLVED] New Samsung 980 M.2 500gb slow file transfer (ca 35mb/s) ?

    I got my first nvm ssd today. Benchmark score is decent ( read:3170 mb/s , write: 2573 Mb/s), but why does it perform so bad, when transferring files or starting programs? Sometimes even hovering around 8mb/s. I updated all drivers. Tried both NVMe slots and in BIOS changed device...
  11. yupu

    Question Ive been getting this pop, what are they? shold i worry ?

    This has been popping up for the last 30 minutes at least 6 times now. I don't know what it is. Just finished running a scan with Malwarebytes and apparently I'm clean. View: https://imgur.com/gallery/3z0ZYDV
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    Question Low performance on decent pc

    Hello everyone So a couple of weeks ago i built my first pc, everything went smooth and i have a working system. However when i play heavier games like CSGO, GTA V, Gmod, Wreckfest etc, i get heavy frame drops and stuttering. i've been trying to fix this for more than a week and its making me...
  13. mitchmatch

    [SOLVED] PC not booting with dead storage harddrive

    So a couple of days ago my NON OS harddrive stopped showing up in the file explorer so I unplugged and re plugged it in and it started working again. Now to today my pc will hang on the bios start up screen and be unable to progress into windows or into the bios settings unless the drive is...
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    [SOLVED] Liquid freezer 2 280 weird noise

    I Built my PC in Dec 2020. Everything was fine until recently (last week), my AIO started making a weird noise, i thought maybe it was a fun or something. The sound: https://voca.ro/14dT3wRZ328u I thought i might be fan or something so, I opened my PC, cleaned any dust, checked every fan and...
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    Question Ah! Computer freezing and crashing issues ?

    I built a brand new computer about two months ago. And during those two months, I have had several issues. Specs: Ryzen 5 2600x w/ stock cooler ASRock B450m Steel Legend (mATX, I don't know if that matters or not) 2x8gb Trident Z RGB 3600 at 1.2v (For futureproofing) XFX Rx590 Fatboy Samsung...
  16. uns_exual

    [SOLVED] Water damage Blue screen errors and finding damaged components

    My younger sister got some water on her laptop and I'm trying to figure out if I can fix it or if it has to be sent in. I am not sure of the amount of water that got on it but I know that it was in its fabric case and the water absorbed through to the laptop. As of now it's out on my desk...
  17. anchus

    Question Frequent BSOD errors. Please help!

    From 2 weeks now, I've been getting frequent BSOD errors and I'm not able to use my laptop properly. It shows WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR and when I check the event log, I see these : Event ID 6008 Event ID 161 Event ID 1101 I tried most of the things I can, I don't know if I'm missing anything . I...
  18. NOTPENGUINO

    Question PC UNDERPERFORMING

    So I've had this computer for a while now and the specs are pretty good in my opinion but the FPS I get is laughable. I have two pcs and they both seem to have this issue (The parts are listed below). With League of Legends STRUGGLING TO STAY AT 144 FPS and other games like Call of Duty warzone...
  19. bryxn7

    [SOLVED] No display on my new pc build

    Hey everyone! I have done my best to try and fix this problem. My PC seems to be running. The GPU is on, the fans are on, the USBs work. Everything seems to be on except the display. I have tried... reconnecting everything different monitors replacing mobo battery booting windows flash drive I...
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    Question Having trouble trying to boot a fresh install of windows using windows media creation tool.

    I recently rebuilt most of my PC, everything but the ram and drives are brand new, and when I try to boot this happens (just know in the video the pc is restarting itself): View: https://youtu.be/-TAw0HcN1kA Before when I plugged my ssd with windows installed, I would get something similar...
  21. josh_vu

    Question After enabling SR-IOV, I can't get any of the I/O ports or and video outputs to work on my PC ?

    Originally, I was having trouble with my wifi adapter, which is the Asus AX58BT. It stopped working after I had connected a fan splitter for my 2 front case fans. This problem had occurred before, which was around yesterday after I had just built my computer. I forgot what I did to get the wifi...
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    [SOLVED] Good PC Underperforming Please Help!

    Hi guys, I was just wondering if anyone could help me figure out why my PC is underperforming in games. My current components are: X470F Motherboard 16GB G-Skill Tridentz 3200Mhz RAM Ryzen 7 2700x CPU RTX 2070 Armor GPU Crucial MX500 SSD 750W EVGA 80+ Gold The problem I'm encountering in games...
  23. MRMaroon123123123

    Question New PC restarts without warning and for no reason

    Hey everyone, I recently built a new pc featuring: RTX 3070 Inno3D Ichill 3 Ryzen 5 5600x 2x 8GB corsair vengeance ram Asus TUF x570 plus wifi Motherboard 2x Samsung 870 Evo SSD (one of which was salvaged from my old build) Be quiet pure loop watercooler Corsair RM750 750watt PSU Now, this new...
  24. depressingpcproblems

    Question PC freezes randomly ?

    PC freezes randomly. I can move mouse and open task manager, but can’t interact with task manager or any applications that are open? This started a few days ago when I was playing Genshin Impact. It just froze when I opened it. I reinstalled it and other games worked fine at the time so I...
  25. yoyoiwnl

    [SOLVED] PC help! games keep crashing

    so i built my second pc about 1 year ago and around march this year some games where crashing and its been getting worse and worse and now every time i play fortnite or red dead 2 it crashes 30 mins to 1 hr anyways i kept getting a gpu error when it crashed so i thought it was my gpu so i did a...
  26. lordas

    Question Webcam Works on desktop but not in browsers

    Hello ! Ive recently run into a problem that has kept me awake the past few nights I have a Satellite C55-A-100 windows 10 64bit, the camera app from the microsoft store detects my camera and works fine ,even the indicator led turns on . But when I try to use the camera on the web for...
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    [SOLVED] My Computer Won't Boot After Upgrading GPU

    System Specs: CPU - Ryzen 3900X MoBo - Asus Prime X570 P Memory - G.Skill FlareX 32 GB (2x16 GB) (Part: F4-3200C14D-32GFX) Storage - 500 GB WD Black NVMe Black SSD GPU - EVGA 2080 Super PSU - EVGA SuperNOVA 750 GA (750 Watt...
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    [SOLVED] HELP, My computer is micro-stuttering for no reason?

    So i have been having some issues with my decently old laptop(5-6+ yrs old) The main issue is that video games will micro-stutter but the fps of the game itself will be fine. I have re-downloaded my drivers and messed with TONS of settings. I have also gone to the point of reinstalling windows...
  29. Bixmox

    Question Game stuttering after 45 minutes of stutter free gaming

    Hello. I have been experiencing some major stutters or small freezes in games after 45 minutes of problem-free gaming on my decently specced laptop. My specs are: Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8400 CPU @ 2.80GHz Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (The one I am using obviously) Video Card #2...
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    [SOLVED] Computer restating while idle, never in game, no BSOD

    PC Specification: Desktop age: 1 year OS: Windows 10 Home 64bit GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super CPU: Intel i7-7700k 4.2GHz Motherboard: B250M Bazooka MS-7a70 DDR4-2400 Bios Version: American Megatrends Inc 1.70 7/03/2018 RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 2400MHz (X2 sticks of...
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    Question Frequent Bsod with the code x0124 WHEA UNCCORRECTABLE ERROR

    Hi all, I keep getting bsod all the time even during fresh windows installation. I am happy to upload minidump files to be checked. I have a laptop from Eurocom with a desktop cpu. Which I think the cpu is casing the issue. I contacted the support and updated the bios and the issue didn't go...
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    Question GPU Usage Dropping in game, causing low fps, haven't been able to find a fix

    PC Specs: ASUS Prime X470-PRO, Ryzen 2600x, RTX 2070, 16gb 3200 RAM, 500gb HDD (Games), 240gb SSD (OS) So I have been playing a lot of Destiny 2 recently, and recently the game switched from Battlenet to Steam, with the release of its new DLC. Ever since this move and new DLC, I have noticed...
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    Question Troubleshooting High Idle Memory Usage???

    Hi! So ive just recently found that my idle memory usage is higher than I (think) it should be at Idle. Currently I am using: 16GB Trident Z DDR4 3000Mhz and at boot with only startup programs running im getting roughly 25% Usage. Maybe its just me but that seems rather high. Any suggestions...
  34. DrkGhst87

    Question Samsung 970 evo plus half speed

    I have the Samsung 970 EVO Plus (500gb) that I installed with my brand new computer that I built and noticed after benchmarking that it's running at half its advertised speeds. View: https://i.imgur.com/WBJUtaX.png I am on the latest firmware for the drive as well as have the Samsung nvme...
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    [SOLVED] Computer won't boot to BIOS, CPU suspected

    I've just spent a few months trying to fix this thing, and I'm running out of ideas on what the problem could be. Nearly a few weeks after it was built, I was having a problem where it would power on, turn itself off, turn itself on again, and then would boot as normal. I had left it alone as...
  36. M

    Question PC turns on but peripherals and montior won’t

    I’ve had this problem for the last week or so but it would eventually turn on fully after turning it off and back on a few times ( have to hold off button to shut off). Now I can’t get it back on. I’ve changed the motherboard battery but no luck. The parts are also brand new, about a month old...
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    Question M.2 keeps crashing/disconnecting

    So I recently bought an M.2 WD Blue 3D NAND 1TB PC SSD - SATA III and I'm having a problem where once I put it under some load it disconnects from my computer while running. My programs crash and the drive no longer shows as connected until I restart. I'm on the AMD x370 platform. I have...
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    Question My computer randomly started going slower

    So i'm a gamer and i usually watch Netflix or YouTube while gaming, recently over the past week or so my browser has been lagging while gaming. which it did not use to have this issue (to clarify it happens when loading new maps or just running around in games, which my computer is more than...
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    Will the Sapphire R9 270x 4GB work with my computer?

    I have a Dell XPS 8100 Intel i7 860 with 350w psu, I plan to upgrade the psu to a XFX TS Series 550w if that's any info.