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  1. 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...
  2. 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...
  3. 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...
  4. 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...
  5. 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...
  6. 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...
  7. 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...
  8. 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...
  9. 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...
  10. 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...
  11. 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...
  12. 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...
  13. 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...
  14. 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...
  15. 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...
  16. 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...
  17. 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...
  18. 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...
  19. 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...
  20. 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...
  21. 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...
  22. 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...
  23. 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...
  24. 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...
  25. 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...
  26. B

    Question No signal from PC after accidental shut off

    Hello all, looking for some help with my PC. I built it about 4 months ago, and had it running perfectly with no problems, unfortunately I accidentally unplugged the pc from the wall plug while it was on, after that I can't get any signal from it. When I hit the power button everything seems...
  27. Takeshino

    [SOLVED] While troubleshooting failed windows updates (like 0x8007370b and others) DISM Restorehealth fails (error 14091)

    So the original issue is that after my GPU (RTX3080) inexplicably "failed", slowing down booting, attempts to repair and a windows 11 to go install to a crawl, and after I sent it for repairs and they couldn't find any fault and gotten it back it worked (maybe cable problems). Anyway, both while...
  28. DefaultUsher365

    Question Black Screen On PC PLS help!

    The reason why I started writing on this forum is that I am tired of solving problems of my PC. About a month ago I bought a PC from an unnamed bazaar The PC was fine for a month after the purchase (that's a record), then strange things started happening. The first suspicious thing was in...
  29. Solomon Walker

    Question Game freezes, but character is playable and sounds can be heard ?

    About a year ago I used to have trouble with games crashing like this, but I underclocked both gpu and vram. That reduced the frequency of crashes but it would happen once in a while. The crashes would, on some games, give me a error like "graphics driver needs to be updated", other times the...
  30. S

    Question Pc shutting down and rebooting, wont start up now while white VGA light lights up on mobo.

    Hello, I built myself a brand new pc this month, after 2 days I came back and saw my system didnt have any power and didnt start. Found out pretty quickly that the PSU didnt work anymore so I got the same one as warrenty. My system ran without problems for the next week until I experienced...
  31. E

    Question Upgraded CPU, no POST

    Parts list: CPU: Intel i5-7600K Motherboard: ASUS Z170-P RAM: 2x Corsair Vengeance 8GB DDR4 2133MHz GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 8GB GDDR6 Storage: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB Seagate Barracuda Desktop HDD ST2000DM001 2TB 7200 RPM SATA OS: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit 10.0.19042 Build 19042...
  32. Stighluck

    Question Why is my external HDD inaccessible on my pc but able on my android tv?

    I was able to use the HDD previously and put some files in it but suddenly after a few days it won't work. It can be read on the PC but if you open it, it makes the PC lag. Same for the Defragment and Disk Management , it won't open unless you remove the external HDD. I tried this on 2 other...
  33. Zola.exe

    [SOLVED] Unable to boot, and getting a continuous clicking sound ?

    Left my computer running a game and when I came back after roughly one hour, it was frozen on the boot screen. Ever since, the motherboard speakers keep on making a clicking/ticking sound. At some point it stops for a couple of seconds and then the computer restarts to repeat the same. I'm sure...
  34. A

    Question Orange DRAM led blinking and cannot boot

    Today's morning, I was working on coding something, and suddenly my screen messed up, and music I was playing stuck (repeated single noise). It's like I unplugged my RAM when system is running. I tried to restart, Windows logo displayed, when it disappeared ( normally this should be turned to...
  35. petecorbett06

    Question 11700k & Asus Prime Z590-P XMP Failure

    Hey everyone. So yesterday I decided to upgrade my pc from a B550 Tomahawk and Ryzen 7 3800XT to an 11700k and Asus Prime Z590-P. (Motherboard is free on Microcenter with the CPU purchase). However, once I installed windows again and went back to my BIOS to turn on my XMP to get the full speed...
  36. Y

    Question All fans spin then they all stop, PC doesn't boot ?

    I bought a pre-built on Facebook about 5 months ago and the Pc ran fine. I started having performance drop due to CPU heat issues. So I recently upgraded my CPU Cooler to Corsair H150I and Case to Corsair 4000D When I would push the power button all case fans and RGB light up for half a second...
  37. E

    Question PC won’t turn on after cleaning with canister of compressed air ?

    I didn't disconnect anything within the case, only the external cables(mouse, kb, etc). I used compressed air, only took like 3 mins because I stopped when the canister got cold and the blowing of air weakened. The only thing I touched are the fans so they wouldn't overspin. I tried cleaning...
  38. SirJorgonson

    Question Please help, recent upgrade. Never came across this problem. And i cant fix it

    So I just upgraded my pc from an i7 4770k to a ryzen 5 5500, then was so impressed with the actual preformance of the pc. And well I bought a r9 5900x of my friend for a good price. But since initial build the system was slow to post and first boot, then remembering that linus, Jay and Kyle...
  39. S

    [SOLVED] Explorer.exe high idle CPU usage

    Hello everyone, I have been dealing with this problem for months now, and I really hope you guys can help me out! Problem The process "explorer.exe" is using extremely high CPU resources on select threads continuously. Upon starting the computer, I have monitored abnormally high temperature...
  40. Ptocalvo

    Question Date/time not updating after reboot

    Hey! So yesterday I turned on my PC and I noticed the time wasnt set correctly. At first, I thought this was weird, but I just manually changed It back and forgot about It. Today, I turned on my PC again and im having the same problem. Time is still set at 11:24 PM (last time I used my PC)...