Troubleshoooting

Forum discussion tagged with Troubleshoooting.
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    Question [Help] 7900xt flickering black artifacts in 3d games.

    Hi, I have been having this artifacting problem come and go which would fix itself when i ran heaven benchmark for some reason. It hasn't happened in a couple of months but has recently popped up again and won't go away this time even after uninstalling the driver with DDU and rolling it back as...
  2. oussa

    Question gpu crash while installing driver

    Hello everyone, lately i face a problem with my gpu gtx 970 gigabyte 3x oc there's what's hapenning: like usual, i turn on my pc to play games everything seems good until suddenly while playing i guess resident evil 2 revil remake ( 2 hours of playing) monitor tears and pc crahes then reboot (...
  3. bodygued

    Question Random BSOD

    Hi guys, I've been trying to troubleshoot what's wrong with my PC to no avail so looking for help. PC specs: Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix X570-F RAM: 4 Corsair Vengence 16GB sticks DDR4 CPU: Ryzen 7 5800X GPU: EVGA 3080Ti Storage: 2x m.2 and 1 HDD PSU: EVGA 750w The problem started a few weeks...
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    Question PWM Fan hub only controls the speed of one fan?

    Hey all. I bought Antec fusion fans which come with a fan/RGB hub included. I have 4 fans plugged into it, and they all light up/power on - but only one of them (the one plugged into the first slot) adjusts its RPM (and displays the speed accordingly) while the rest blow at 100%. These are 4...
  5. oussa

    Question CPU fan turns on then off after 5 seconds ?

    Hello everyone , i face lately a problem with my pc which has the following specs : Mobo: ASRock Z77 Pro 3 RAM: 8GB Crucial 1600Mhz plus 2GB Micron 1060Mhz - - - 10GB total. CPU: i7-2600 GPU: GTX 970 4GB The problem starts while i'm gaming - - the PC suddenly shuts down and when i wanted to...
  6. Kasaaa

    Question PC wont post after swaping CPUs

    Halo, I got quite the problem with my pc, I’ve been wanting to upgrade my cpu for some time and I asked buddy to borrow his cpu to test on my pc. Everything was great untill I had to put my cpu back, let’s say I couldn’t get it to fit in socket from the first few tries and ended up forcing it a...
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    Question Getting no signal from GPU after upgrading from GTX 1660 SUPER to an RTX 3060 Ti ?

    I've been looking to upgrade my PC for a while now, so earlier today I got an unused RTX 3060 Ti to replace my old GTX 1660 SUPER. After removing my old card and seating the new one, there was no signal being sent from the card. When plugging in my old card, everything still worked fine. I made...
  8. FrylockfromATHF

    Question GPU troubleshooting help

    Hello everyone, First off, specs: GPU: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3070 Ti OC 8GB MOBO: Asus B450M-Plus Gaming II RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 MHz 16 GB (2x8) CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800x PSU: Gigabyte P750GM 80+ Gold Storage: Samsung 870 QVO 2TB SSD, Seagate ST2000 2TB SSHD, and Western Digital...
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    Question Brand new built PC wont Post

    All parts were purchased brand new and went through pc part picker 7800x3d 7800xt NZXT B650e Motherboard Teamgroup T.Force 32gb RGB Ram W.D 2t.b m.2 SSD Samsung 970 2t.b m.2 SSD DeepCool 240m AIO Corsair RM850e PSU (I am using cable extensions and the corsair iCue rgb accent lights if it...
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    Question PC will only boot up sometimes, what could cause that ?

    So I have an older computer I've been trying to get working after not using for about 6 months. It sometimes boots up and runs apparently fine, no abnormal temperatures, running as fast as I'd expect. Its only able to turn on properly one in every 8 times though. The other times, fans and...
  11. art_lck

    Question CPU downclocks after sleep

    Hi, I would say I am new to overclocking. I disabled a lot of energy features in BIOS, I set the constant clock ratio multiplier to 51, and the cache ratio to 45. I have a great cooling for my system. I have no problem playing games, running stress tests, and being idle... but When I wake up...
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    Question Black screen on new Windows install / new SSD ?

    Hi I'm having issues after a bios update and would appreciate any advice you all can offer. I am running a 5800x cpu with a gtx3080. My PC had been working since I built it in 2020 but I had had some stability issues and decided to update my BIOS. After I did this, I was unable to boot into...
  13. JerrWolf

    Question Issue with PC, possible PSU failing?

    So, about a week ago, I unhooked everything from my PC (Besides CPU/Heatsink and RAM) and aired out the GPU, Radiator, Fans, PSU, and Case with the compressed air tank we got in our garage. (Was just doing some cleaning because it was very dusty in the places I can't normally reach) Plugged...
  14. Hypnautic

    Question Video - What Do You Think This Noise Is?

    Hi! I’ve had an issue for a few months where I would hear an intermittent clicking/rattling sound from my PC. It would usually be a few quick half second bursts of this sound. I first thought HDD until I was able to get close when the sound happened and realized it was emanating from the top...
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    Question Weird Graphical effects on screen, even after changing gpu. What else could be the problem?

    Hi! Around 8 months ago my self built computer began acting up. When opening certain applications, weird graphical colorshows appear randomly on the screen. (see images). The issues appear in chome, edge, steam (launcher only), Lol launcher and other mostly "web-based" applications. It also...
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    Question Persistent Sound problems. No Idea what to do

    I've been having this issue with my desktop sound for a while and I have no idea how to fix it now. For starters; sometimes when I'm playing a game, the sound will completely cut out and will only come back on when I do some sort of interaction, mainly when using mouse1. Also for some reason...
  17. NaClKnight

    Question Modern Windows 10 system locks/freezes intermittently and requires power cycle

    I've got a modern AMD build encountering a weird issue and I can't get to the root of them so far The PC runs normally. I can game on it, browse websites, perform normal computer interactions. But occasionally the entire PC will freeze and become unresponsive. RGBs. Apps. Sounds. Windows OS...
  18. Tenet123

    [SOLVED] Computer screen turns off while gaming ?

    Hello, I've recently upgraded my graphics card and there's an issue that I'm facing, it happened with the previous card as well. My computer goes black while playing games. The LCD gives a no signal warning and then its off, I still hear the sound of the game for a while after which there's...
  19. Kekenny206

    Question Desktop not outputing video and peripherals don't light up after knocked something over the cables

    Yesterday i was watching a movie and when moving my monitor, something fell and probably hit the cables and the image just stoped. I tried restarting the pc and was stuck in a loop trying to boot the pc. After that i gave up and tried again today and didn't get any signal, tried to unplug the...
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    Question New SFF build not posting! Any suggestions?

    Red/Orange Led's blinking with new SFF build (no post) Hi, just built a new mini-itx PC and I'm having issues getting it to POST. Getting a red the orange LED on the mobo . Specs and troubleshooting tips taken below. CPU - i5 12600k RAM - 32gb g skill trident z5 neo DDR5 - 6000mhz (2x16GB)...
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    Question No display or POST on new build ?

    Hey, I'm in the middle of building myself a new rig and it's becoming a complete nightmare. At the current moment, everything seems to power up okay, LEDs, etc but there's no display or POST. Since I have an Asus motherboard, the power is flashing rapidly indicating that the DRAM has an issue...
  22. yohane

    Question Having issues with my system and not sure what to do...

    Ok so a couple of weeks ago I walked away from pc for like 10 minutes and came back and all of my monitors were strobing, I restarted pc and everything was fine. A couple of days later I was watching YouTube and all of my monitors went black, pc did not restart or anything, all of my rgb was...
  23. K

    Question New Western Digital drive makes high-pitched whirring noise when stopping. Is this normal?

    Video Just installed this new WD Blue 4TB HDD. It makes this sound every time it stops, such as on shut down, sleep, and sometimes when idle. I've done some research and this seems to be a fairly common issue, although I could not find an answer on whether this is normal or a cause for concern.
  24. Brifitas

    Question Frequent BSODs ?

    Recently I have been getting an awful amount of BSODs on my computer. They ONLY happen when I load specific games. Titles like Doom Eternal and Road 96 basically crash instantly, while titles like Titanfall 2 and CSGO never crashed once. Temps were also fine all the time. My graphics drivers are...
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    Question DRAM Debug light

    Hi, Just upgraded my pc with a brand new build, specs: CPU - Ryzen 5 5600x MBU - MSI B550 gaming plus RAM - Corsair CMK16G (2x 8gb) GPU - GeForce RTX 3060 PSU - old PSU from old build (Corsair cx750) I’m aware that you need to update the bios before the computer will post, so I flashed it...
  26. Martin2188

    Question My PC Instantly Restarts To Post When Trying to Enable PBO

    CPU: Ryzen 9 5950x Motherboard: Asus TUF B550m Plus Wifi GPU: RTX 4090 Zotac Extreme Amp Airo RAM: Kingston Fury Special Edition (64 GB) SSD: 2x 4TB Kingston Renegade PSU: ROG Strix 1000w AIO: NZXT X53 So i’ve been trying to gets my temps down (50 idle - 90 full load) using the PBO Negative...
  27. TJtheGamer

    Question Help with PC suddenly not booting

    *My threads got merged so the beef of this thread is now a comment below the post, but this is relevant as well. Wanted to know if these pins look normal for a LGA 1200 socket. I did a little research, and it seems that the pins on these sockets are intended to be somewhat "bent," but I don't...
  28. PeterGriff12

    Question Fan is Detected in BIOS But Not in Windows

    I disassembled my PC (pre-build Lenovo AIO) for cleaning. When I put it all back, the fan was no longer detectable in any software I tried (Lenovo Diagnostics Tool, SpeedFan, HWMonitor, MSI Afterburner). In the BIOS the fan status is reported as "operating", and it does seem to be working fine...
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    Question Games keep crashing. RTX 3080 and Ryzen 9 5950x

    Task manager shows different CPU loads than other monitoring software. R6 siege showed 4% cpu usage and 99% gpu usage on their benchmark. Task Manager showed 30% cpu usage during this benchmark. Temps are pretty normal around 60-70 C for CPU and 55 -70 C for gpu. I recently reinstalled windows...
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    Question PC restarts when playing games

    My PC Specs are: i5-2400, GTX 1060 3GB, 8GB RAM, Corsair CMPSU-400CX 400W PSU WHen I insert my old GPU GT 1030, everything works great albeait slower (expectedly), but when I plug in my GTX 1060 it works great unil the point I open a demanding game. I've had my PC restarting itself, showing...
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    Question Tricky issue with new SATA SSD

    Hello good people. I ordered an SSD a few weeks ago from AliExpress for external data storage. It was a 512Gb SATA drive SSD. Once I received it, I viewed the SMART data for the SSD. Everything checked out and the health was good. I used CrystalDiskInfo - I'll share a screenshot of the SMART...
  32. K

    Question My PC won’t boot

    I’m not sure how to do this. This is my first time ever posting on a forum so I hope I’m doing this right lol. But anyways, I ran into an issue with my pc not working and was wondering if anyone has had the same issue and knows how to fix it or any ideas on what could be wrong. My pc turns on...
  33. K

    Question CPU and iGPU not utilizing max clock speeds ?

    hi, so i have this problem with my cpu where it wont exceed 50% usage and 1.20 ghz when under stress and underperforms significantly, a similar issue is also occurring with the iGPU where it wont exceed 350mhz clock whereas it usually runs at 1100mhz under stress. its a recent issue and it was...
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    Question RX 7900XTX POWERCOLOR RED DEVIL LOW FPS ???

    Hey! After installing my new GPU (mentioned in title) my Warzone 2 FPS is the same or even worse then my old gpu. I'm getting around 110-135FPS with an i9 10900K 5Ghz all core Overclock 16gb DDR4 3200MHz XMP enabled. . I was monitoring my CPU usage with HWmonitor and it only shows me 5% cpu...
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    [SOLVED] PC only powers on for a split second

    Hey, hoping someone can help me figure out what’s wrong with my PC. I built my first PC back in 2020 and it’s worked fine till now, when it suddenly just powered off and I’ve been unable to power it back up again. It will only power up for a split second and I can see my CPU cooler’s RGB light...
  36. Just_NoOne

    Question PC does't like other ram other than Adata (socket 775)

    So I know it is not something interesting to many people, but here I am trying to make a Minecraft server with my old pc. I've had the pc from 2020 and as far as I know it was build from scratch. The specs are: Cpu: Intel Xeon E5440 4C 4T @2.83 Mobo: Asus P5QL-pro modded bios Ram: 2x2gb Adata...
  37. TisS

    Question Custom PC Turning On But Doesn’t Display

    I just finished building my first custom PC and have been having troubles. When I first started using it it would occasionally black screen after extended use and this slowly became more common. However, now I can’t get a display at all when the system starts. All the fans spin up, lights turn...
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    Question PC restarting and blue screening when playing games

    Ok so I got a new PSU (Thermaltake Tough power GX2 80+ Gold 600W) for Christmas and I swapped it in my pc. My Pc had no problems beforehand . Turned it on and It was running great and I was playing games for about an 1 hour. Then I shut down my pc and when I booted it, it wouldn't make it past...
  39. jed833

    Question PC randomly shutting down and rebooting a few seconds later in some games, ran OCCT stress test on PSU with no issues ?

    Hi All I recently rebuilt my computer using my winter bonus from work. However, I have been recently having an issue in some games, where it will just randomly shut off, and then come back on. I cannot recreate it consistently, it just happens at random, no time requirement from boot (seen it...
  40. sishubh

    Question All fans work and light up, but no monitor signal ?

    When I try to boot, all the fans and light come up and keep on running eternally but no input signal on the monitor. Also doesn't shut down automatically and I have to manually power it off. I keep it unplugged for 10-11 days. Starts working again without anything. Works for 3-4 days and then...