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  1. S

    Question GF's PC went into hibernation and now it's saying no signal on the monitor, nothing wakes the computer up. Any ideas?

    First of all, she has some shitty prebuilt with 1 stick of RAM. I'm not exactly sure what the CPU is, it may be a 2400G or 2600E. I remember it being in that realm of CPUs with a letter at the end. I believe she has a 1650 GPU and some type of B450M motherboard. Sorry I can't remember the...
  2. itachidedlol

    Question No display, VGA light showing on motherboard ?

    Hello, yesterday i bought a brand new Gigabyte rx7600, put into my pc, and it lit up, but there was no display, and the VGA light is lit up on the motherboard. I have tried basically everything. Reseating everything, updating bios, chipset drivers, taking out cmos, changing out the pcie cables...
  3. hlvrn

    Question External speaker popping in Win 11

    I just got a new MSI laptop (Stealth 16) with Win 11, and have since day 1 experienced frequent popping in my external speakers. My previous mac had no such popping, using the same speakers. The popping seems to occur only when no or low audio is playing. For example if I have no audio playing...
  4. grayelefant

    Question Headset and mic static white noise and crackling

    My PC has been having audio problems for 2-3 months. It started off as the speakers sometimes not outputting audio unless I max out the volume using a chrome extension. Even then, I just got some weird robotic audio. It would fix itself eventually so I just ignored it. Then just a week ago, it...
  5. Marsholo

    Question No WiFi or Bluetooth on new build. Missing WiFi driver NZXT B650E

    I just finished building my new pc and after a fresh install of windows 10, wifi and bluetooth arent showing up as an option. I went to the network drivers and there isnt a wifi driver (see imgur link). I went to the mobo's product page and found multiple different WLAN drivers as well as...
  6. LegacyTH

    Question Out of the blue, EXPO profile will not POST

    Specs: CPU: i5-13600KF RAM: G.Skill 2x16GB 6000MHz CL30 EXPO MOBO: ASUS ROG Z690-F (ver. 3101) GPU: RX 7900 XTX PSU: ASUS ROG 850W Description: I had taken out one of my ram sticks to check the batch number, and re-seated it shortly after. My PC wouldn’t post after reseating the ram stick, and...
  7. marvinmethner47

    Question Hi What cann I do about this?

    So im having networking issue, still have the same internet provider and 100mbs. Everything worked fine untill I wanted to upgrade to Intel. I thought it was the board so I sent it back and ended up capping the whole ordeil. Now im back on my old platform and ever since i went back on it the pc...
  8. marvinmethner47

    Question Hi, I recently broke a graphics card with a bad power supply. My processor and motherboard are quite expensive. Mainboard also broken?

    Motherboard could be finde it wirken whyle the brocken psu was cpnnected maybe now Werk power Regulator or something ill test this witch a working psu it comes tuesday maybe nothing Else is fried and im lucky it might just be the gpu sinse this one was a gt210 pny and probably not as well build...
  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. M

    Question SSD not being detected once I unplug ol HDD

    A few weeks ago I bought a new m2 SSD for my PC. I have in total 2 SSD’s now and the purpose for the new one was to clone the C drive from my old HHD (which has windows installed) to help with boot time, speed and not hearing the annoying sound from the HDD. It worked fine but when I unplugged...
  11. Salurora

    Question PC turns on and then off immediately after suddenly shutting down ?

    I bought a secondhand GPU RTX 3070 Zotac and a brand new powersupply which is 1stplayer dk steampunk 80+ silver 650w. At first I installed the gpu it was working fine and then it just suddenly turned off and won't turn on after. It would just turn on very quickly then off immediately. When I...
  12. T

    Question Extremely loud buzzing through speakers (video attached)

    View: https://youtu.be/nTb7WNLpfyU I can replicate this every time after starting from shut down and opening the YouTube page. This also occurred once whenever I changed a setting in my NVidia control panel, but I could not replicate that again, so I am unsure what the issue is. I just got a...
  13. Jotasky

    Question PC displays only portion of screen onto monitor

    After booting up my PC it goes through the motherboard logo screen, and thereafter proceeds to only display a small line at the top with white lines top to bottom. I’m pretty sure it isn’t the monitor since I’ve plugged it into my laptop and it displays fine. View: https://imgur.com/a/eRUqKRC...
  14. F

    Question Recently upgraded to a Geforce RTX 3060ti 8gb and have been having issues with frame rate drops, lagging and some applications won't even load.

    Specs: Motherboard: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. PRIME B550M-A CPU: Name: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core Processor Frequency: 3.701 GHz Number of cores: 6 Threads: 12 RAM: 16 gb Corsair (2 GB cards, in slots 2 & 4) CPU Cooler: SE-224-XTS PSU: EVGA 1000 P3 Supernova (brand new, had it for 2...
  15. John Riel

    Question Intermittent "No Signal" with a used RX 5600 XT ?

    I upgraded my RX 560 GPU to a used MSI RX 5600 XT Gaming MX. I tried the RX 5600 XT when it arrived two days ago but it didn't work, all I get is "no signal" from my monitor and got 5 short beep codes, but the fans are working. Then I tried changing my HDMI cable and after that it workeded...
  16. H

    Question Zotac 1080 amp extreme freezes unexpectedly?

    So for some reason my game very spontaneously freezes to the point where i cant exit out the window or close the application snd i have to switch the pc off from the switch and restart it I updated my bios hoping for a miracle lol but i just hopped onto GTA 5 and although it froze the audio for...
  17. TurtleMilk4

    Question (New Build) No POST, no fans, no display with new 40 series build.

    I'm building a new PC for my wife as a Christmas gift. It's a classic story of everything going great until it's time to boot it... On boot I hear a click like everything wants to turn on, but I get no fan spin, nor display. I've tried HDMI out from the board and the GPU with nothing. Holding...
  18. Rachrenee15

    Question Laptop fan making terrible noise(?) HP

    Hello, So I bought this HP laptop about 2 and a half years ago now. I got this laptop with the hopes to play some of my favorite games on it, but the fan would get pretty loud and my keyboard would heat up a bit as a result, which gave me anxiety bad enough that I just avoided using it for...
  19. nobi88

    [SOLVED] New build, EZ Debug CPU light on and the dreaded three long beeps ?

    (crosspost from here) Hi all, I recently decided to treat myself to new kit and so bought the following components: • MSI motherboard b450m pro-vdh max • AMD socket AM4 Ryzen 5 5500 • 2 sticks of Corsair ddr4 ram, each 16 GB, exact make is CMK32GX4M2E3200C16, pangoly says compatible...
  20. Dillonr93

    Question Mystery Stuttering On High End PC. No resolution after 1 year of troubleshooting.

    Hello all, I am returning again after prematurely marking my last post as solved. I thought my issue was resolved, but it had only improved slightly but never went away. A little over a year ago I build a high end gaming and workstation pc. Ever since it was built, it has been stuttering both in...
  21. xMooN

    Question Acer VN7-571G - turning off by itself without warning and doing a restart

    Hi! I'd like to ask something about one of my laptops, the "VN7-571G", which is behaving abnormally. It turns on and I can use it for a while. I upgraded the hardware of the laptop to be more responsive and reliable, but it turns out that it's not reliable at all. It originally had 8GB of RAM, a...
  22. P

    Question Help with no signal issue

    For the last few months when playing or even just using my PC I will suddenly lose video signal. When this happens the fan on my gpu stops spinning, but everything else on the PC remains on normally. Rebooting does not bring the signal back, but if I reslot the gpu I can occasionally get it to...
  23. dejanl

    Question 6600 xt texture flickering and artifacting

    video of what I'm talking about For the first two weeks of me having this GPU everything was working perfectly fine and then this issue showed up in every 3D game but is always guarenteed to happen on cs2. I've switched the ports the GPU is in, I've also wiped and reinstalled the drivers which...
  24. vixeko_

    Question My motherboard randomly turns off my GPU

    I have an ASUS M5A99X EVO R2.0 motherboard, I know it's old but it's the only thing I have while I save for a new PC and what happens is that the board makes the GPU turn off out of nowhere but everything else stays on At first I thought it was the GPU that I have but I tried with two more on...
  25. B

    Question no signal to both monitors tried many things not sure whats wrong with my pc

    Hello everyone! I’m running into a problem of which I wouldn’t know how to diagnose what the problem is. I went for a nap and when I woke up my computer was running but my screens where black. I forced a reboot but my screens remained black (it says no signal on the screens) I’m relatively...
  26. B

    Question USB overcurrent with only CPU + fan connected

    Building a brand new PC, and every time I turn it on I get the warning of "USB overcurrent, the system will shut down in 15 seconds". I keep getting this issue even when testing the board outside of the case on a wooden bench with only RAM and the CPU + fan connected to it. I also ran the same...
  27. Hix9

    Question New PC froze 2 times since I got it and I don't know what to look for

    Hey guys, So I built a new PC recently and I've had a weird issue with my pc freezing, first time it happened a few days ago and again yesterday. Basically the pc freeze but not entirely, it's like a massive stutter that last 4 or 5 seconds, I can move my mouse but it only change position...
  28. drago_pc

    Question CPU Red Light on Z590 Tomahawk WiFi ?

    Hello. New here I bought my PC new in february 2022 and a couple months later when switching off the PC, and turning it back on it would display red light, and since then I have to switch off and on the PSU I/O button about 200 times to get an orange light then white and boot, pc works great...
  29. redxmoonx

    Question Pc won't turn on anymore.

    My desktop suddenly won't turn on. The GPU has the red light on, when I plug a ethernet cable, I see the internet lights on but nothing happens when I press the power button or when I try to jump start it from the motherboard. I tested the PSU and it worked on its own. I have a asus 4090, an...
  30. jigsawman

    Question Residue inside cooling system, plus shorting trouble shooting question

    Hi, I recently had to drain my cooling system. The cooling block on my RTX 4060 loosened up due to heat cycling as far as I can tell. It dripped on my psu and shorted it (and maybe something else out. At first I did nothing more than tighten the block up, added coolant and replaced the psu...
  31. CasualUser12

    Question Update: Graphics Crashes Continue after Swapping GPU

    This is a direct follow-up to my thread here and the specs are the same except for the GPU, as describe below. I received moderator permission to post a new thread as the website said I could not reply to the previous one. In my last thread, it was suggested that my GPU was damaged due to heavy...
  32. WHATLeRay

    Question Gigabyte 3070 gaming oc not detecting

    It feels like ive tried everything. Currently i have the dp into the mb. i have onbaord graphics so thats sorta been helping. I got a used 3070 from a trustworthy friend. When plugged in the fans start for a second then stop, the rgb light does light up, but there is no display. I have tried...
  33. P

    When renaming files on desktop then moving to next file on desktop it instead goes to recycle bin

    Hi, this problem just started this week probably from the latest update. I download files on my desktop to name them and put them in the correct folder. When you download a file it starts from left to right up to down so that is how they show up on the desktop as I download them. I always...
  34. MasterOblivious

    Question Can a degrading cpu appear as a memory issue?

    I have a gaming rig that I built back in 2016 with Windows 10 on it. Lately it's been having issues with 100% disk usage and VERY low read/write speeds. I don't remember the numbers off the top of my head but when I ran an in-depth virus scan in safe mode, it hadn't even read 300k files in 3...
  35. johnx125

    Question No POST and strange behavior from Gigabyte 970A-UD3P motherboard

    First of all, a little bit of backstory so you can understand the situation better. Back in late February, my almost 8 year old PC suddenly would not POST. At first I waited for a few minutes, then I cleared the CMOS, first by using the jumper and then again by removing the battery. I used...
  36. babatinka

    Question No power/lights on my MSI b550m pro vdh wifi

    So I built a pc with msi b450m pro vdh max, worked perfectly fine. However, had to change it (due to availability of headers) with a MSI b550m pro vdh wifi motherboard - and now I'm getting a issue where the motherboard is not firing up at all. No EZ debug LEDs nothing, no power. Here are the...
  37. gt667

    Question PC Crashing when gaming (black screen then reboots)

    Hello friends, I'm having some issues with my new pc, when i'm playing certain games, the pc screen goes black and the pc reboots. After some research I've found out that a lot of people have the same issue with the same motherboard as mine and I was told that I need to switch my PCIE interface...
  38. B

    Question PC goes through a boot loop after replacing the motherboard ?

    Hello, I sought help from a couple internet friends, and then went to reddit for more in-depth assistance. I got berated for seeking assistance for EOL hardware so I apologize for asking here. I am close to considering purchasing a more up-to-date PC however that is not fiscally possible, at...
  39. A_Goat

    Question Newer build freezing, and other issues ?

    I've tried reinstalling windows and usual things like sfc /scannow but the issues persisted. Any guesses on where I should start next? I assumed it was RAM so I tried downclocking, but no change there either. Unfortunately I don't have any other DDR5 memory to test with PC will randomly freeze...
  40. M

    Question Webcam Not Working After OBS Studio - Dell Inspirion 7348

    My laptop was given to someone else for some studio work via OBS studio, primarily screen recordings. Ever since then, the webcam has stopped working. The Windows 10 camera application either gives the error code 0xA00F4244<NoCamerasAreAttached>, or just a blank screen 50% of the time. I have...