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  1. Mattman0413

    Question Red cpu and dram light after updating gpu drivers through armoury crate

    Complete noob to pcs. I got my first build up and running and after a game armoury crate told my my gpu driver was out of date so I went ahead and ran the update now my red cpu light and orange dram light are on. windows won't boot and I just get a black screen unless I boot into bios. I have no...
  2. S

    Question I need help fixing a bricked AMD RX 7900 XTX ?

    Computer Type: Desktop GPU: AMD RX 7900 XTX CPU: Intel i7-13700k Motherboard: Z-790 Asus Prime wifi-p RAM: 32 gb ddr5 PSU: Corsair RM850X Operating System & Version: WINDOWS 11 CASE: Corsair 5000D I have an RX 7900 XTX that shows no display out. I plugged it into my PC with an i7-13700k and...
  3. redxmoonx

    Question Pc won't turn on anymore.

    My desktop suddenly won't turn on. The GPU has the red light on, when I plug a ethernet cable, I see the internet lights on but nothing happens when I press the power button or when I try to jump start it from the motherboard. I tested the PSU and it worked on its own. I have a asus 4090, an...
  4. Orangee9009

    Question No graphic output after GPU swap - dead Mobo?

    Specs: Core i5-11400 / Asus Prime H510M-E / 32 GB RAM @ 3200mhz (16x2) / 1TB NVME SSD / Corsair 650W PSU I replaced my RX 5600XT with a brand new 6700 (non-XT), but the new card started artifacting and the screen would occasionally flicker. DDU and a clean windows install didn't help so I...
  5. mikeyfrecks

    Question Old PSU works fine. New PSUs won't turn on. Both fail paperclip test.

    First post. Sorry if I'm not the best at providing context Current specs: CPU: Intel Core i5-12400F 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor Cooler: Thermalright Silver Soul 135 82 CFM CPU Cooler Mobo: MSI MAG B660M MORTAR WIFI DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 RAM: V-Color SKYWALKER PLUS 32 GB (2 x 16 GB)...
  6. Y

    Discussion Service Host: State Repository Service - Deep dive into: Causes, Troubleshooting & Fixes [100% CPU Usage]

    Hello everyone, I wanted to discuss a persistent issue I've been facing with the service host state repository service on my PC for the past few months. This problem has consistently slowed down my computer to the point of it becoming almost unusable. Today, I want to share some valuable...
  7. Luckztooturnt

    Question No signal after updating bios, and after resetting it (cmos battery remove)

    Specs are: Gigabyte b450 aorus pro wifi itx Ryzen 3600 Rtx 2060s 16gb & 3200mhz It’s an ssf build and I wanted to update bios to try to get rid of bsod’s I was getting lately. Used the utility called Aorus app center, checked my current version (it showed 42g) and downloaded the...
  8. P

    Question No boot or display with used GPU ?

    I recently bought a used Gigabyte RTX 2070 and when I installed it, the system wouldn't boot or post . My keyboard will light up and the "boot" LED on the motherboard stays on. I reinstalled my 2060 Super and the system runs fine.
  9. chaHAHArlie

    Question My pc will lag for couple of seconds then gets black screen for another couple of seconds

    CPU Ryzen 5 2600 Motherboard B450m mortar max RAM 2x8 3200mah GPU Palit 1650 super Storage 250gb ssd kingston + 1tb hdd PSU corsair 750w 80+ bronze My pc will lag for couple of seconds it always occurs when I'm working on premiere pro, even if the work is not that complicated there is still...
  10. Roadto520

    Question PC turns on and fans on, but won’t post CPU debug light one

    About a year ago, my pc crashed while playing halo and wouldn’t post after I restarted. CPU debug light was stuck on and no peripherals or monitor would turn on. I wasn’t able to deal with it at the time and didn’t touch it for this past year except to check it every couple months. Yesterday, I...
  11. S

    Question Bought a computer from Craigslist now it won’t turn on

    I went over to the guys house, plugged it in and it booted up perfectly. I got home, swapped out the graphics card went to plug it in and nothing. No fan spin, no motherboard lights nothing. I then uninstalled the graphics card and got the same result. I switched out the power cords, I switched...
  12. P

    Question I gave my friend an old prebuilt and now it does not turn on.

    I gave my friend an old prebuilt with ram and an ssd. He put in some old ram and bought a new ssd. Once he tried to turn it on, the motherboard lights turned on but none of the fans (gpu, cpu, and case) spun. He also had no display. I've had the pc for 2 years without having this problem. Anyone...
  13. T

    Question Frequent, persistent crashes, cause unknown ?

    Hi all, my friend whom I built a PC for used it smoothly for about a year. A few months ago he began experiencing very frequent crashes and BSODs. These would occur during both light tasks and gaming with and without streaming. We clean reinstalled Windows and that fixed it for a time but he...
  14. Lutic Zen

    Question No post after crash

    Old: asrock b550 phantom gaming 4 New: MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK AM4 AMD AMD Ryzen™ 5 4500 6-Core nVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Silicon Power Value Gaming DDR4 RAM 16GB (2x8GB) Apevia ATX-PR800W This computer is brand new, I got all the parts 7 days ago from today and everything was working fine. I was...
  15. Jay7P

    Question Computer shuts down or restarts while gaming

    Hello, I'm new to the forum and could'nt find a better place to post this. I started encountering pc shut downs or restarts on a regular base about 2 weeks ago. This only occurs while gaming. The error is a kernel power 41 - There was no additional information to pinpoint its origin So I...
  16. Stepnslash

    Question HELP! PC will boot with 1 stick of ram, but not 2

    Im refreshing my old build with a new cpu, mobo, ram and ssd. I got everything and put it together, but it now wont boot (even to just bios) with my 2 new sticks of ram. it runs fine with 1 though. It gives me a red led labeled cpu when i try 2 sticks. I confirmed that its not the actual ram...
  17. U

    Question How long should a restart take after updating chipset drivers?

    I am troubleshooting instability with crashes when xmp is enabled. I downloaded and installed the latest chipset drivers from Gigabyte, it installed fine but it's been half an hour since I clicked restart and the screen has stayed black. The mouse and keyboard lights also went off however the...
  18. W

    Question Gaming Causes PC to Crash

    I recently built a computer and found that after a while, the game freezes but I still have audio. Usually, the entire screen freezes then the audio cuts about 1 minute later. Moments after that, the text on the screen turns red. I can’t move in game and my keyboard and mouse are completely...
  19. P

    Question What are the possible effects a power surge made on my PC?

    In these times of great confusion, once again I come to you guys for help. A couple of days ago, my dad was doing something and he turned off a fuse and back on a couple of times (twice, I think, turned it off and then on, off and on again). Meanwhile the pc was working in the other room when...
  20. BakedBeans

    Question 1 stick of RAM not being detected but it's RGB lights still work ?

    Was working fine, went out for 3 hours came back to my pc not booting... Got it to boot by re-seating both sticks but only 1 is recognized. Tried clearing CMOS, reseating, changing slots, a different stick (that one got recognized so i guess its not the motherboard), and memtest86 gave no...
  21. M

    Question PC won't boot after case swap

    Specs: ASRock a320m-hdv r4.0; Ryzen 3 2200g; RX 580 4gb GIGABYTE; 8gb RAM Corsair Vengeance; 8gb RAM TEAMGROUP T-FORCE Vulcan(yes); 500w PSU; 128GB nvme m.2; 2x240gb SSD SATA; Só I bought a new case to this PC and after moving everything to this one it won't boot. During the swap the only...
  22. PleaseHelpCPUstuck

    Question i5-13600kf does not clock down | stuck idle frequency ?

    Hello, I need help with my CPU: i5 13600kf on an Asus Z790 Strix Gaming H For some reason it does not properly downclock and it is stuck at 5.1 ghz for the p cores and 3.9 ghz for the e cores almost all of the time. Very rarely some of the cores would shortly clock down to 800 mhz but go up...
  23. GamerGuru420

    Question Please help :(

    I recently cleaned and wired up my pc but then it started acting up by randomly shutting off, so i redid the wiring making sure everything was properly connected but it was still acting up by randomly shutting down whenever it was idle (yes i checked the power plan) today i decided to look back...
  24. B

    Question MSI Z790 ddr4 ram not detected/fail

    Hello, I've recently moved to i9 13900k platform with the follow components: i9 13900k MAG Z790 TOMAHAWK WIFI DDR4 F4-3200C16-16GTRS x 4 dimms Gigabyte rtx2070 super When I got into bios to enable XMP the system restarted and locked without sending any signal but the memory fail led was on...
  25. C

    Question Chasing the cause of graphics drivers failing

    I have been having issues with the display drivers crashing and not recovering. The screen will freeze but the system continues to operate in the background. Windows plays the chime you hear when unplugging a USB device when the driver fails. I was able to save a screenshot and capture a crash...
  26. N

    Question How to check if I ruined my PSU

    I stupidly plugged in a 6 pin to SATA power adapter to my PSU with the PC off and realized it wasn’t the right and unplugged it. PSU was still switched on, but PC wasn’t turned on before taking the adapter out. I left and came back a few hours and found out that the breaker had tripped. I...
  27. J

    Question New pc shut off and can not power on into the bios or windows

    I built a pc 3 weeks ago and have been using it since, then in the middle of playing games a few days ago my pc shut off and now is stuck in a bootloop where it will power on for a few seconds, power off, then try to power on again. I can’t get a display on screen, and i cant boot into the bios...
  28. T

    Question GPU running in PCIe 4x 3.0 instead of PCIe16x 3.0 ?

    Hi, Recently was wondering why I had bad performance on one specific map in CS:GO, someone mentioned having a similar issue to me and that changing the GPU slot made it run in the correct bandwidth fixing some of their issues. I checked on GPU-Z wondering if my GPU was also running in the...
  29. joko_75

    Question PC turning on with fans spinning, red led on JFP, but no signal to the monitor - MSI MEG Z690I UNIFY

    Hi all, My PC suddenly shut down after 6 months of non-intensive use. I was not doing any software/hardware update before it append. When I tried to turn it back on, I heard some "click" sound and saw that the PC was stuck in a loop of turning on and off iteratively. Then it stopped and I'm now...
  30. T

    Question Troubleshooting after Upgrade

    Hey all, Recently switched my CPU from AMD to Intel, along with a MOBO and GPU upgrade. Everything was working fine and the transition was seamless until a crash while playing a game. Ever since then, my PC shuts off and restarts randomly and intermittently with no blue screen of death. I...
  31. divin3d

    Question Huge FPS drop ?

    Hello everyone. Id first like to start this by listing my specs: 12700kf 4070 Ti 32GB RAM 3600Mhz MSI H610m-D Pro mobo, x850W Corsair 80 Gold PSU 970 EVO 1TB SSD a nice airflow case. My problem is this. While playing any games, my gpu usage is nearly at 40-60%. As well as the same for my...
  32. Athenaas

    [SOLVED] Please help, very weird stuttering.

    I've had a weird stutter since building my pc. I have tried everything I could possibly think of wether it be Reseating and replugging everything, uninstalling drivers and reinstalling windows. Someone please help as I am going insane. Specs - ● RTX 4090 Gigabyte 24gb gaming OC ●I9-13900k ●2x...
  33. NoWhereGate

    Question PC shuts down randomly, No video, No power to peripherals but fans and RGB lights stay on ?

    Hi im new here and my English its not very good, sorry if i make some mistakes!! my pc has been shutting down randomly, or under heavy load or stress test with OCCT. No warning, instant loss of video output, no peripheral power, cpu fan stays on, case fans are connected to a fan hub but also...
  34. xHanck

    Question Reboot Issue - Loose USB 3.1 Cable?

    Hi all, In recent months I've been having an issue where my PC reboots should it get knocked ever so slightly. I just sort of deal with this as I don't really have the time to set aside troubleshooting and it isn't a major issue as I rarely knock it. However I've just returned home from uni...
  35. J

    Question PC giving random black screen and restart ?

    I recently built a gaming PC and I am having issues when gaming where it randomly gives me a backscreen and freezes. The black screen only occurs when playing intense games such as MW2 or Doom Eternal. It plays fine until sometimes a few mins in and sometimes 30 mins in when the screen just...
  36. I

    Question Disk usage 100% when everything it's using is 1mbs ?

    Task Manager: View: https://i.imgur.com/9dKKPsL.png Resource Monitor (when opening any program or even 2 tabs of firefox): View: https://i.imgur.com/8F94Y4t.png Im using: MOTHERBOARD - MSI H510M-A PRO (MS-7D22) GPU - GIGABYTE RTX 3050 CPU - i5-10400F CPU Cooler - be quiet pure rock slim 2...
  37. KerbMario

    Question RX6600 newly bought, dead or fixable?

    Hello. Yesterday, I bought an Asus RX6600 Dual. So when I got home with it, i inserted it into a PCI-E slot, plugged power (1x 8-pin) and a working HDMI cable. At first startup, it was detected but not working. The VGA LED on my Biostar B550MX/E Pro did light up. I know it's not the CPU/RAM...
  38. chillie_boy23838

    Question My graphics card fan is spinning but no signal is showing on the monitor. But after removing heatsink and fan its working

    Hello , I hope all is well with you. yesterdau i bought a gpu called rx 580 8gb. I worked with the gpu for one day without any problems. But when i turn it on the other day, the gpu doesnt give signal to monitor. So i decided to remove the heatsink and fan and run without the heatsink and fan...
  39. XANDERtheGR8

    Question 3090 popping sound

    My build is as follows Ryzen 9 3900x Zotac 3090 trinity OC Gigabyte X570 ultra 32GB ram yesterday I was using my old gpu a zotac 2080 super with no issues but today I put in a new PSU a Seasonic 1000w gold and the 3090. Under normal pc use like watching YouTube or talking on discord nothing...
  40. BPC539

    [SOLVED] PC Power Disconnection Issues

    Just recently built a new rig and had it working perfectly for a few weeks before now having some issues. For a while the GPU would randomly shut off randomly, sometimes I could play games for hours with no issues and other times it would do it soon after booting up. After replugging the gpu it...