Troubleshoooting

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Hello everyone, Today I learned the hard way that you shouldn't use your old modular PSU SATA power cable on your new one and my brand new 2TB BX-500 smells like molten silicon and prevents my pc to POST if it is plugged in. I saw on other posts that someone did the same oopsie and managed to...

Really weird thing that started happening is my PC would restart itself or freeze when playing certain games, but only sometimes (like 80% freeze 20% working split) while other games are fine all the time, thought it might be GPU but even some GPU intensive games don't cause this Games that...

I'm not sure if this is the right spot for this but, I just built a PC for the first time and I'll get power, but no peripherals will work (monitor, mouse, keyboard) The motherboard came with a speaker but I've heard absolutely nothing from it. At this point, I've removed all components. GPU...

So randomly my PC just won't start. The power comes on, the lights come on, the fans spin, but nothing appears on my monitor. It usually takes me a few times of hard shutting down via the power button and turning it back on for it to finally post and boot up. Today this started happening again...

hello, this is my first post here. i’m sorry if this doesn’t belong here, but i don’t know who else to talk to about this because no one knows whats going on. so, two weeks ago i was using my PC, and then it suddenly BSOD on me, and then it wouldnt POST. it kept giving me an orange DRAM led. i...

Hey, been having an issue lately where my GPU crashes completely a few minutes into playing a game. First the game itself would only crash, I could alt-tab into other applications with no issues, but after installing new drivers to try and fix it, my whole GPU will crash (screen goes black, GPU...

so yesterday (10 dec 2022) i turned off the pc since i was going to bed, but before that i installed my new SSD using the sata cables i got, i was using it on a USB case before, the next morning i turned on my pc and there was no video, not even a black screen, just no signal from the cable...

I have 4 separate Minecraft windows running at the same time on the same PC so I can play local multiplayer with my friends. Everything works except for one problem, it seems like when one MC window is highlighted/selected the other 3 windows lag more, but not evenly. My guess is that the other...

I was hoping to find an answer on why certain websites namely the most annoying of them being YouTube run so extremely slow on my PC. I have done all the troubleshooting I can on my end and have found no certain answer. My original theory was that my ISP was throttling me on certain sites...

I've had severe, frequent stutters and FPS drops in most games for ages and cannot find a solution. Severe stutters, dropping from 100-140 to 20-40 fps, then coming right back up. I have hardware capable of running these games, intel i7 10700k, rtx 3080, 32gb RAM. I've uninstalled and updated...

While setting up my PC at my parents house, I keep getting the error: “A Ethernet cable is not properly plugged in or might be broken” I went to Best Buy and got a new cable but still getting the same notification when running network diagnostics. Not sure what to do and really would love some...

Came back from a 2 week holiday a couple weeks ago, and tried to turn on computer only to be met with a black output on my monitor, and the VGA light on my motherboard. Replugged gpu, and reseated it too, and everything worked fine. Fast forward to today, and same issue. Repeat same thing as...

Hey there, my newly built PC won't turn on at all. All the components are brand new. However, when the PSU is turned on, the RGB lights on the mobo do turn on for a few seconds, but pressing the power button does nothing: no fans are spinning nor any other lights are turning on (of course...

Hey guys, I've been having issues on my PC that's irritating the hell out of me. I have a decently beefy system Motherboard: MSI MAG A520M VECTOR WIFI AM4 AMD A520 CPU: AMD Ryzen 5600X GPU: EVGA Geforce RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra Gaming 10GB Drives: 1 TB WD Black SN770 NVME, Toshiba X300 6TB 7200 RPM...

Specs: OMEN 40L Desktop GT21-0003na Gaming PC - NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3080 Here's a descriptive video of what's exactly in my computer from HP Support. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZNVw2uJVIY&t=627s Processor Model Intel 12th Generation Core i7 Processor Model Number12th Generation...

It may seem like a common issue but no, every single time this happens randomly, and I troubleshoot myself to find the problem it just becomes weirder and weirder. Most of the time it just fixes it self and doesn't happen for a long time Long story short, I have concluded that it's: -Not the...

My specs were: R5 3600x, b550 aorus pro ac, 2x8gb gskill ripjaws 5, msi 2060 ventus oc, cx650 80+ bronze. When i swapped out my 2060 for a evga 3070 ftw3 my computer wouldn’t power on. No fans nothing, even when i switched back to my 2060. I switched my mobo for a msi b550m pro vdh wifi. Then it...

My friend has been running into issues with his pc randomly rebooting. He took it to a shop and it was there for 3 weeks. The motherboard was replaced but when he got it back the issue persist. I have been trying to help him over the internet since I can't go in person to inspect the pc. I had...

My PC has a problem, there are times when it won't turn on unless I disconnect and then connect back the 24-pin to the motherboard. This happened 3 times already. The 2nd time it happened, one of my ram sticks and the ram slot it was installed before doesn't work anymore.

When I came home today I saw that my pc that I left running has shut down and the only thing that was still working was the rgb on the keyboard and nothing else. I held down the power button and the keyboard also went out. Now when I press the start button only thing that happens is the single...

Hi everyone! I am a new member here. My son and I recently finish the build of his first gaming PC. At the nerve racking moment of the first powering up, we were stoked to see that everything was lightning up (RGB galore!) and we reached the bios boot screen. However, it seems there is a...

So, my laptop just decided lower the performance out of nowhere. I had some problems with my laptop before, I was having problems with the mouse lagging and my pc stuttering for aproximately 3 seconds, I tried resseting my Laptop which resolved the stuttering, but the performance lowered so...

My CPU (Ryzen 5 5600g) doesn't boost nicely with stock voltages, (4.168ghz at full load) so I tried undervolting it by offset (-0.036v) and now it can go up to 4.230ghz at full load, I've left everything else on stock and I wanna know if that slight undervolt can damage anything, like my CPU...

Hi there! So, this is a weird and long story. I had to take out all of my pc parts and put them all back into my computer. First I was going to put them into a new case, but the new case got here, and was very not in good shape… thanks, Amazon. Anyways, I figured removing the parts beforehand...

Hello, I have been having this problem for a week now. My computer has been turning off without warning for a week. At first I thought it was the PSU so I replaced it, then I thought it could be the Motherboard and I replaced that too. But it still keeps happening and I'm losing my mind now...

I have been gaming on my computer just fine until earlier today. I see my screen turns off because I'm inactive, so I go to the keyboard and press some keys and wait a minute but nothing turns back on. The computer was still running, so I didn't think anything was wrong. I press my reset...

Hi! I'm running a Ryzen setup on an A320M mobo (to be specific, a Gigabyte A320M-S2H with 2 DIMM slots). Normally, I run 12GB of RAM with a 4GB stick (lets call this one stick A) and a 8GB stick. So a while ago, I was just playing a game on my PC with no issues until the PC froze. I decided to...