troubleshoot

Forum discussion tagged with troubleshoot.
  1. gamerNoVisual

    Question Monitor screens go black when gaming, but I can still hear Discord and background sounds ?

    When I play certain games like Dark and Darker, Tarkov, or even DOTA 2. At some point my monitors will go black, but I can still hear sound from my discord. I have to do a hard reset, this has been happening to me every since I sent my old card off to get it fixed and Nvidia gave me a...
  2. ttrub

    Question Repeated BSOD's on new build ?

    Hey guys, first post on here so I'll do my best to be as descriptive as possible. Built a new PC I guess what has now been about a month ago - it ran well for about a week after I built it and then I started to get spurious BSOD's. Often. SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION & MEMORY_MANAGEMENT are the two...
  3. LikeABossNT

    Question PC freezing/shutting down under heavy load

    Hello, this is bit of a long one so tl;dr is at the bottom. CPU: i7-13700k GPU: started with GTX 1080 Ti, swapped to RTX 4070 Ti Super PSU: Deepcool 1000W PQ1000M, and 850W XFX used for testing RAM: DDR5 32GB 5600MHz Mobo: Gigabyte Z790 GAMING X AX OS: Windows 10 Pro 64bit This all started...
  4. S

    Question Weird choppy lag with consistent high framerate?

    Hello, I've been trying to find information on this weird lag I get for a while but haven't had any luck. When running most modern games I get weird choppy lag despite having high fps where the frames seem to play catch up. see the video below. View: https://youtu.be/Mh1tpPXU7HA I have a...
  5. N

    Question Is my GPU causing the stutters that I get while gaming ?

    So first of all, I have tried everything and nothing seems to fix my stutters while gaming. It's usually under half a second and is more noticeable in more demanding games. Even though the gameplay is is smooth overall with high FPS, I get stutters. I believe the issue is most likely my GPU...
  6. stewuie

    Question GPU grinding fan noises slowly went away on its own?

    So, back then it used to produce this noise: (This was me recording back then around october.) View: https://youtu.be/Kuve1IbtMME And now this is what happens: View: https://youtu.be/L5ewjh1vjhM?si=h1YWLe3xiFDRokC3 The grinding fan noises have seemed to have dropped exceptionally well on...
  7. Rover_T

    Question PC turns on when GPU isn't installed, but doesn't turn on when there is a GPU installed.

    The computer is up and running just fine when there is no GPU installed, but when the Intel Arc A770 is installed the PC doesn't turn on. I have tested different GPUs in the system, but none of the GPUs worked either. Specs: Motherboard: MSI Pro Z790-P WIFI CPU: Intel i7-14700k GPU: Intel ARC...
  8. N

    Question GPU hard crashing

    Back in August I decided to upgrade from a EVGA GTX 1080 to an AMD Sapphire 7900xtx Nitro+ and there has been nothing but issues since. Almost immediately after I swapped gpu's, I also started encountering pretty regular driver timeout crashes. I tried every reddit fix in the book. Disable MPO...
  9. xstcopleyx

    Question PC power button stopped working after a year. Ideas?

    I've searched this forum as well as others, but have been unable to find a potential solution. I built my PC about 1 year ago to the day. My power button on my case has always had an issue. Where it may not turn on the first time I press it, but then I do a bit of percussive maintenance by...
  10. S

    Question VGA light, GPU fans spinning, display running

    So I've had this build for at least a year now: ASUS PRIME Z590-A i7-11700k Gigabyte 3070ti 64GB Trident 3200C16 Samsung 980 pro Barracuda 4tb Corsair cs750m 750 watt A couple weeks ago, I found some red pixelation of my HDMI monitor. Thought nothing of it, got a new cable and it seemed to go...
  11. A

    Question My numpad key number 8 types instead (qwre...)

    Hello I have a small issue, when I try to type with my numpad number 8 it instead writes something like this qwer I dont have any macro software or anything and already tried the keyboard on another system where it works ok. (also reinstalled the keyboard drivers) So its a problem with windows...
  12. felixrealm

    Question CPU, Exhaust and PSU fans spin, but no display and peripherals not working.

    Hello everyone. First time posting here therefore sorry if this isn’t the right place, pretty desperate so yeah. I am trying to assemble the components I got from Christmas and everything seems to be working on the surface (front panel lights, fans spin etc). Additionally, nothing gets...
  13. Ashindra

    Question PC WONT TURN ON

    My Pc turned off by itself and now won’t turn on I have tried almost every possible solution but still not turning on. When just the mother board is plugged in to the PSU and all the other components are out, the motherboard seems to get power but none of the RGB lights turn on only the debug...
  14. aigram

    Question Many malfunctioning USB ports

    Never experienced something like this with any build. I have a rig running a ROG STRIX Z370-I GAMING motherboard. All USB 2.0 ports on the motherboard backpanel, and one USB 3.0 port on the motherboard backpanel (located next to a USB-C port) have stopped properly functioning. Behavior when a...
  15. F

    Question PC Won't stop crashing / extremely unstable | Tried Everything!

    I bought a pc 3 months ago, and I immediately started noticing that it would freeze here and there and would sometimes just restart on its own. Most of the time, the freezes come when I'm browsing and switching tabs, as well as using photoshop and streaming on discord. I stress tested every...
  16. Bobby Boucher

    Question Absolutely exhausted after 2 weeks of troubleshooting PC to fix choppy framerates ?

    Specs: CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz GPU: ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX™ 3060 Ti OC Edition 8GB GDDR6 RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series DDR4 RAM 32GB (2x16GB) 4000MT/s CL18-22-22-42 1.40V MB: MSI B550-A PRO PSU: MSI MPG A650GF 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply Built my PC...
  17. fps_DReX

    Question Troubleshooting complicated refresh rate issue

    Hello. Oh boy this is complicated. I have a very curious issue concerning my refresh rate on my monitor (Gigabyte G24F). I have had this problem for more than 3 months. First of all, there was a time where I could run 165 Hz in any game without a problem. However recently, in some...
  18. Pallyhold34

    Question I'm having Issues with second monitor while using G-Sync ?

    Hello everybody, I've been dealing with an issue while using G-Sync (fullscreen only mode) with 2 monitors. While gaming on the main screen my second monitor will be smooth while watching a video but when I alt-tab and go to my second monitor web browser to change a video or look something up...
  19. P

    Question RTX 3060 Ti running twice as slow ?

    Recently I upgraded from GTX 1070 to an Gigabyte RTX 3060 Ti Gaming Oc. I started noticing that in most games my GPU usage with 1070 was around 100%, while with 3060 Ti it hovers around 60%. It results in a very similiar performance between these two cards. In the games I tested - Armored Core 6...
  20. JooStoo

    Question Applications consistently crashing after some hardware upgrades ?

    Hi all, I just upgraded most of my PC except for my GPU. This was a first time self upgrade for me, and I was sure everything went fine, until it didn't. I have upgraded the: Motherboard (to use the new CPU) CPU (from Intel Core i7 to Intel Core i9) and new fan RAM (DDR4 -> DDR5) PSU (to...
  21. B

    Question PC starting to fall apart ?

    Never had any issues over 5 years up until the last month when reliability went down the toilet. I need help analyzing this screenshot because i have no clue what it means but my pc is in bad shape right now. View: https://imgur.com/a/MxZ2l9z
  22. tsugane

    Question Monitor display is turning off abruptly whilst desktop is running in background

    My pc build consists of a ryzen 5 3600 paired with 16 gb ddr4 ram (dual channel), a 650w psu and a Colorful iGame RTX 3070. After playing any type of light or heavy game for at least half an hour, my monitor display goes kaput. However, I can hear background sound coming, indicating that my...
  23. DANDYs

    Question Cinebench Multicore disconnects monitor ?

    Hello, https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Kyqq6r I reccently upgraded my CPU from Ryzen 7 3700x to Ryzen 9 5950x. everything else in the system stayed the same. After installing the CPU i ran into a problem. When i had the 3700x, Cinebench had no issue at single and multicore test, however, with...
  24. orphic72

    Question Audio only coming out of one ear even after trying a ton of fixes and reinstalling windows

    So just about 2 days ago my computer just randomly decided that audio would only come out of the left ear. I've spent a few hours trying countless different fixes and even resorted to reinstalling windows. Despite all the effort nothing has changed and the audio still only comes out of my left...
  25. biggums

    Question PC turns off and back on by itself after a few minutes of use

    So my computer has been randomly shutting off (almost like if it gets unplugged) and turns back on by itself after 1-10 minutes of use. I took it to a pc repair shop and the guy tan stress tests on it and the pc was running fine for hours at the shop. I bring it home and it’s still having...
  26. J

    Question New M.2 Drive No Boot Option

    Hey there! So I just bought and installed a new M.2 drive, cloned my old drive to this new one, but I can't seem to boot from it (triple checked the OS DID copy over). The new drive shows up in disk management, Speccy, Windows explorer, and I can use it like normal, but it does not show up in...
  27. codrintechno123

    Question Is my motherboard zapped? ASUS B85M-G

    Hello. Recently I've been trying to reuse some of my old parts to make a system for my young sister. I have an LGA1150 Asus B85M-G motherboard paired with an I3-4160 and 4x2 GB of ram. My issue is, whenever I'd go ahead and push the start button the CPU fan would spin for 1 second and then stop...
  28. MagicDoxxed

    Question PC Misbehaving,overheating,random shutdowns

    Okay so long story short: -I got a pc in early february -Was working fine for 2 or 3 weeks or so -Then suddenly one day it just shut off and it wouldnt turn on -I called the guy who sold me it,and he "fixed it" -Once i got it back,he told me he "replaced" my 580 8gb for a 480 (witch is shady but...
  29. F

    Question No display on 3060, but confirmed working - ultimate troubleshooting nightmare.

    TL;DR: System works with my old 1660 Super, but not my 3060. Had the 3060 sent for testing and they have confirmed it is working in their system. My specs: PSU: Deepcool DQ 650W MOBO: MSI Pro B660m-a (Brand new) RAM: 4x8GB Corsair Vengeance 3200mhz (Brand new) GPU: Zotac RTX 3060 12GB CPU: i5...
  30. halbyron

    Question 4070 Ti running much slower than expected ?

    Hey, recently my 3070 broke so I managed to buy a 4070 Ti to replace it. Originally it wouldn't fit in my case so with some plyers I managed to bend back half of my case to get it in (card is gigabyte OC). After restarting me pc a few times card seems to be working well, except fps wise it was...
  31. P

    [SOLVED] Help - Audio problem on MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk mobo ?

    I'm troubleshooting an audio problem on my mobo. I have an MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk mobo running Windows 10 Pro. I use an old set of external speakers with powered bass speaker. The monitor I use has a built in speaker. Last week or so, a power outage hit. Since then, I don't have audio from...
  32. raptor2012rom

    [SOLVED] Windows 10 doesn't install updates anymore

    Hi guys. Title sums it up. Since december 2022 , Windows updates keeps failing after the restart at 97% or so. I think the first update that failed was December 13 (KB5021233) , I just paused the update wand waited for teh next ones thinking that might fix it but no go , 2 more updates since...
  33. E

    Question Overwatch 2 - Audio Cuts Out and Delays Microphone Input

    Heya Guys, I've encountered a really odd issue which I've been facing with only Overwatch 2 alone - every now and then I'll be playing the game with my friends on discord, and my entire desktop audio will cut out for around 3-5 seconds, come back fully in sync with my entire desktop and game...
  34. R

    Question Nearly every game crashes within seconds of launching ?

    So I just built my first PC however it is unable to load almost any game I launch crashes, the time it takes ranges from within 5 seconds of start up, to around 5 minutes The games I've tested are GTA V, Fall Out 4, Stray, Portal with RTX, Slime Rancher 2, Citra (3DS Emulator), Table Top Sim...
  35. D

    [SOLVED] Internet speed cut in half, but only on one computer ?

    ive got gigabit internet speed for my home network and ive got 3 pcs running off of it and for some reason 1 of the PCs is getting half the speed of the others. any ideas as to why that might be? its got me stumped ive tried several things to troubleshoot it and still nothing :confused2: running...
  36. excitedlybored

    Question please help - CPU Over Voltage Error

    My PC was showing this error when boot up after I was fumbling to squeeze in a M2 SSD. May the experts here please help how come this happened :( Thanks in advance
  37. Craxto

    Question 3060ti not being recognized, pcie slot shown as empty

    Just got a OEM 3060ti from DELL for my 2. PC I freshly built, but the card is only working in my main pc, not in the pc I want it to be in. The problem is, my 3080 works just fine in that 2. pc so I have no idea whats the issue with the 3060ti as its working in my main pc just fine. things...
  38. M

    Question GPU performing bad

    Hello guys ! I'm posting today because I have a wierd problem with my gpu since 2/3 days. Firstly, I have a laptop, so it is impossible for me to swap graphics card, it's a Lenovo Legion Y540-17IRH, with a RTX 2060 and a i7-9750HF that runs on Windows 11. I went on holiday for a month and did...
  39. J

    Question No display w/ boot LED

    Just built a new PC and it's not booting. Everything seems to be on and running but the display is just black with a white BOOT LED on the motherboard. I've tried everything like clearing CMOS, reseating RAM, checking all connections, and trying different display ports. I also already updated...
  40. Bubzz

    Question PC random black screen folloed by restart, can't figure out the issue. Please help.

    Hi, so for around 6 months now i have had a problem with my pc where it randomly black screens followed by a reboot. This used to happen infrequently but recently the issue is becoming more prevalent and i worry for the health of my old HDDs. I'm actually a little worried typing this right...