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  1. retr0rzv

    Question PC shows no sign of life

    My PC died after changing the GPU. Have been troubleshooting for a few days and it definitely isn't the PSU or the motherboard. What could it be?
  2. C

    [SOLVED] ASUS Z390 Pro Gaming BIOS update appears to have ruined it... please help.

    Intel i7 9700K ASUS Z390 Pro Gaming (non wifi) Dark Rock Pro 4 cooler Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 Super Gaming OC 8G, 3X Windforce 8GB GV-N207SGAMING OC-8GC Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 2x8 gb in dual channel Crucial P1 1TB 3D NAND NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD - CT1000P1SSD8 EVGA 210-GQ-0650-V1 Power Supply...
  3. K

    [SOLVED] Troubleshooting: ROG B450-F LED flashes, beeps and won't boot

    Hi all, My PC won't start and I don't know how to interpret the LEDs and beeps. I moved it from one room to the other and used an older cable that hadn't been used for a couple of years. The PC wouldn't boot and the motherboard showed an orange light then red the orange again before turning...
  4. Rodzzer

    Question Pc won’t turn on sometimes after left turned off overnight

    Hey guys, is everything alright? Long time lurker, first time poster here. Before I post my problem I’d like to thank all of you for the useful information I have found here so far, it has helped me to build my computer and I learned a lot! So, for the actual issue: In January I built my new...
  5. P

    [SOLVED] New Build. PC doesn't turn on when GPU is plugged in.

    Hey guys. I just put my new computer together and I'm having a couple problems. 1) When the 8-pin connector is plugged into the GPU, the PC won't do anything at all, won't turn on, nada. 2) When I take out the GPU and try to use the HDMI cable directly on the motherboard, the PC turns on, fans...
  6. apollouno288

    Question None of My Drives are Showing in Bios

    Hello everyone this is my first post on toms. I went to sleep last night as well as put my pc to sleep. From what I know there were no power flashes or power outages as i slept. When I woke up this morning my pc was in the bios and none of my 2 SSD or my one HD are showing up anymore. I've tried...
  7. ro101

    [SOLVED] Computer shows no signs of power

    Hello Everyone, I just built a PC a couple hours ago (AMD ryzen 2600, Gigabyte B450M DS3H, 16gb Corsair vengeance ram, 1650 EVGA, 600W Thermaltake PSU, Cooler Master q300L) and when clicking the power button it will not turn on. No fans move, and no signs of power. I did the paperclip test on...
  8. J

    Question How do I fix my pc?

    I tried building a pc and was successful for the first week. I was running elementary os and tried to instal a WiFi adapter. I changed some settings and today I tried turning on my pc, it turned on but I get no video output. I’ve tried everything including changing ram, cmos, etc. I don’t know...
  9. SpacemanSpiff92

    [SOLVED] House Fire, Now PC Not Booting

    Hey guys, Tragedy first - had a house fire ~ 2 months ago. Just now getting PC and monitor back from "specialists" who clean/check the electronics. The fire wasn't in my bedroom where the PC is, but they had to tear down the ceilings to make sure that the fire wasn't in the attic. The...
  10. Call-me-strange

    Question Booting issues

    I recently upgraded my entire pc these are the specs : Ryzen 7 3700x Asrock B450M Steel Legend 2x8gb HyperX Fury DDR4-3200Mhz Nvidia GTX 780 3gb I had no problem running everything for two weeks but I turned off my computer the other night and woke up to find it unable to boot, I am able to...
  11. FakeLemon

    Question PC Won't Start after Cleaning

    So I recently just cleaned my PC of dust using compressed air, because I was hearing odd noises coming from my gpu and assumed it was the fan getting caught on dust. (Still not sure if that's the case.) The system was working fine before I attempted to clean it, but after the process I found...
  12. redspacefork

    [SOLVED] ssd not showing up anywhere

    Hey so i just build my first ever desktop and installed everything correctly but for some reason my samsung 860 evo 1tb ssd is not showing up anywhere not in the bios or windows If someone could help me out please I already checked the cables and replaced them with different ones to look if that...
  13. M

    Question Cpu debug led, power cycling, no display, done most troubleshooting

    Specs:msi b450m mobo, ryzen 5 3600 cpu, rtx 2060 gpu, 16gb force delta 3000 speed ram, corsair cx650m psu. Problem: pc boots, fans spin. No post, no display. Psu occasionally shuts off and then reboots. Red cpu debug led. had the build a year with some previous issues that resolved themselves...
  14. Hey_im_dragon

    [SOLVED] Upgraded from a ryzen 5 2600 to a 3600, now my PC won't boot and my GPU won't start

    I upgraded my CPU from a Ryzen 5 2600 to a 3600, but now my PC won't boot- I switched back to my 2600 to try updating the BIOS but when I switched it still won't boot- So I reset the BIOS by removing the cmos battery and just put it back if after 30 minutes and it's still not booting- The GPU...
  15. pedry

    [SOLVED] My Cpu is acting weird.

    I have an issue with my cpu, i have to downcore-controll it so it uses 4 cores instead of 8, otherwise i cant get further than after the bios. Let me explain more detailed. First scenario, if i use all my eight cores my pc boots as usual. I can acces the bios, change anything and so on...
  16. Baatop

    Question Pc powers on then shuts off right way.

    My other post I just made I just bought a different PSU and it didn’t work. Like I said before the EZ-DEBUG ones on only for the CPU and it doesn’t go past that. It’s does boot all the way. Just lights up and shuts down after 4 seconds. Need help
  17. Baatop

    [SOLVED] Having issues. Not sure what’s wrong

    Computer not booting, only power cycling This happened a week ago and I couldn’t get it to work using any responses. Now, I switched out the mother board with a different one, a MSI B450-PRO. Right now I am bread boarding it and I got the same issue. When I turn it on it lights up then powers...
  18. Leonardo_N

    Question Does anybody know the problem of my pc ? Not booting.

    I installed all my parts into my pc and when I turned it on, all of the fans started to spin, including the 2 fans on the graphics card, but the monitor says no signal and nothing booted. I tried another monitor but it also did not boot. Then I tried to put my father's graphics card (Gainward GT...
  19. Baatop

    [SOLVED] Pc not booting, only power cycling

    I had recently build a new computer and I’m having issues getting it to boot. After turning on the computer it lights up and all fans run but then quickly shuts off and turns back on a couple seconds later. It keeps doing this and never fully boots. The RAM also doesn’t light up but I’m not sure...
  20. Tizzycat

    [SOLVED] PC not booting after USB short

    After recently testing one of my circuits on a usb hub for my computer, I had accidentally wired a 5v wire to the usb data line. Right after I plugged the usb in unknowingly, my computer instantly shut off and now won’t boot. I’ve tried pulling out the cmos battery and resetting the cmos switch...
  21. AK47_STRIKER

    [SOLVED] My PC that was built 2 days ago suddenly wont turn on

    My Specs are Ryzen 5 2600 RX580 8gb XXX GTS by XFX Asrock B450M PRO4 G.skill 16gb 3600mhz ram 512gb ssd Had an APEVIA Prestige 600w 80+ Gold now im switching it to a Corsair CV650 +80 Bronze So i builded my PC 2 days ago and it was working fine apart from a driver issue that i fixed and was...