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Forum discussion tagged with weird.
  1. B

    Question RAM KIT WON'T WORK ON MOST SYSTEMS

    Hi there, I bought a DDR3 32GB (4 x 8gb) corsair kit off ebay and the thing is the seem to selectively work. I've tried them on 5 diff systems and only 1 actually POSTED. Full specs: Corsair DDR3 32GB (4x8GB) 1660mhz 9-9-9-24 1.5V Model: CMY32Gx3M4A1600C9R System 1: CPU: I7 3770 ivy bridge...
  2. M

    Question Computer weirdness 101

    I know 'monitor stuck in standby' is a widely questioned topic but please assess my individual situation: I have 2 near identical basic systems that I built many years ago. System 1 is an ASRock Phenom2 N68-VS3 FX motherboard, running an AMD FX-6100 processor, through a Dell monitor. Ram is Dual...
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    Question Extremely odd booting issue which I can't solve ?

    Hey all, I recently built a brand new pc after a long time and it's fantastic, however it has a kink I can not figure out how to fix. When booting it fails to detect Ram or VGA/GPU then boots fine but keeps a red light on the VGA light. However if I turn it off then on immediately it boots...
  4. Ender_h3o

    Question PC reboots itself only after cold boot, but only when playing a game, then it works fine ?

    My spec: Cpu:intel core i7-6800k 3.4GHz 6-core Motherboard:msi x99a gaming 9 ack Ram: G.skill ripjaws X 16Gb(2x8Gb) Gpu: msi geforce rtx 3060 12Gb Cooling: corsair h100i rbg Ssd: samsung 850 evo 250gb PSU:fsp group hydro g 750W 80+ fully modular ATX Got 2 more ssd and one hdd for storage and...
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    Question I Believe The Power Supply Is Starting To Fail -- Issue Started Overnight

    PC was fine yesterday... Went to bed... This morning attempted to turn the PC on... noticed a 1 second delay between pressing the power button and the machine actually powering on. It starts and runs fine after that... But this sudden startup delay is worrying me. Also, usually when I change...
  6. DrDovaQueen

    Question I Moved, Installed A New CPU Cooler, And Now My PC Is Acting Weird???

    I Moved, Installed A New CPU Cooler, And Now My PC Is Acting Weird??? Ok, so I’m very confused and I’m in dire need of some assistance as I am starting to lose my mind over this :/ I moved into a new apartment on the first of this month and of course I brought my PC with me that I had built at...
  7. Eduardo Gonzalez

    Question Anyone know what this noise is?

    I have no idea what this noise is, its coming from my CPU cooler (99% sure it is) its really been bothering me as it can get quite loud, it only starts making this noise once my CPU reaches 70C+ Video of the noise: https://youtube.com/shorts/lgOHujLjrvI?feature=share (I pointed my phone towards...
  8. Jominique

    Question Permanent performance issues when game is left open for too long ?

    Whenever I boot up a game and leave it open for long (like 15-to 20 minutes) without issuing any commands, games stutter regardless of the game's system requirements and maximum FPS I can get from the said game starts to lag . (for example If I'm getting maximum of 75 FPS in a game and go AFK...
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    Question Weird display port connection issue

    When booting my monitor (ASUS VG248QE) displays a "Display Port No Signal" and goes into standby. What I tried to fix this issue: Unplug and replug the DP cable from the monitor Unplug and replug the DP cable from the GPU (Gigabyte Geforce RTX 3080) Unplug on both ends and reboot and replug...
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    Question GPU behaves weirdly after repaste ?

    To start with, I want to state that before doing any of this, my GPU was perfectly fine, with no odd behavior whatsoever. I've recently bought a used graphics card (yes, I know) as my previous one had died and I obviously needed a replacement since I couldn't live with a gt 730. Despite it...
  11. CatYoda_EU

    [SOLVED] weird RX 570 8GB error

    I bought an second hand RX 570 8GB for very good price, but the guy who sold me that said, that under heavy load the gpu crashes, so i was like easy fix, just underclock it and i am good, BUT the GPU crashes only in games, not in benchmarks, stress tests, or mining. I tried underclock it, or...
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    Question [Gigabyte B550 GAMING X V2] Weird (clicking?) noise every 30-45 seconds

    Hi, Couple of weeks ago I bought a prebuild (specs below) from a SI. The computer makes this weird clicking noise every 30-45 seconds (recorded from top of the case). I don't even know how to describe it properly. It is not caused by a hdd (disconnected it), and there is no CD-ROM. It also...
  13. AlexTT-zeri

    [SOLVED] Monitor Has Weird Colour Vertical Line Adjustement when Turns ON

    Hey guys! So I have uploaded the video here cause I couldnt find a way to upload it in the website View: https://www.reddit.com/r/Monitors/comments/ppdcfh/weird_vertical_coloured_lines_when_monitor_is/ As you can see in the upper video my monitor seems to have some kind of weird color...
  14. Z0xy

    Question Getting a BSOD, after playing a game normally then getting strange noises afterwards

    My friend and I were playing a game normally, a few hours before he overclocked his GPU just a little bit (GTX 1050), GPU temps were totally normal about 30-40C. We saw no issues at all, until one time where his whole PC just crashed. We just tough that it might've been a normal BSOD since it's...
  15. Charleswsn1

    [SOLVED] Windows BSOD crashing on startup, sometimes runs fine and runs for hours and can crash whilst running.

    A few months ago I started getting random bluescreens loops, but eventually I could start the pc and run it for a while, even restarting it and it running well for a while until i turn it off for a few hours and it crashes. I do play on it alot so the hardware is pushed. The crashes became more...
  16. Yamatasu

    Question CPU usage spike when clicking anywhere that you can input text.

    Normally my cpu goes between 3199MHz - 3574MHz (31c-38c temp) But when I click anywhere that I can input text, it can be in google search engine, the box where you can input a URL in browser, facebook chat or discord. It jumps to 4199MHz and a temp of 48-60c This only happens when i click...
  17. khodex1997

    Question New build and weirdest problem I have ever encountered. please help!

    So I'm upgrading my friends PC. Here are the new parts: MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk Motherboard AMD Ryzen 3900x CPU Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 2x16GB DDR4-3200 CL16 Ram Corsair RMx (2018) 850 W 80+ Gold PSU We were unable to get a GPU so we are reusing his Asus Strix GTX 970 4GB and his SSD and HDD...
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    [SOLVED] What is this and how do I make it stop?

    Every time I start my computer this thing pops up with out me doing anything, and it started doing it recently and it just started and I didn't do anything out of the usual. Here is a picture of it View: https://imgur.com/a/LSNhrK0 Translation: You need a new app to open this...
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    Question Well i just want to know what this is

    Here are two pictures View: https://imgur.com/a/EOninXW the first one is how my icons look in file explorer but on the desktop the look normal and on the second picture is this thing that pops up when i start my pc, this has not happend before i updated in the microsoft store and yeah. Also...
  20. fede.3d

    [SOLVED] Event ID 4101 nvlddmkm Gtx 1070

    Hello, I got a problem with my gpu. When i start my system and want to play a game, after like 10 minutes my gpu driver will crash. When I restart the system the pc will work fine without crashing, and this problem is weird because if the pc was having an hardware problem, the crash will always...
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    Question Super strange 4g router and s10+ connectivity issue driving me insane

    Hi everyone, Im going crazy over this for the last couple of months. I have tplink tl-mr6400 4g router and all the devices I have from laptops to mobile phones connect over wifi to it and have normal internet access, except my phone - s10+. I am not a network expert but i know my way around...
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    Question Electrical, High Pitched Noise coming from somewhere the motherboard, it gets better with disabling idle processor state. What can cause this?

    Dear All! So I purchased a new pair of cans recently (HD600) with headphone amp. As I turned it on a noise became audible while adjusting the volume. It was so familiar. Then it hit me. It was the exact noise that I was constantly hearing from my PC. It has never really bothered me until this...
  23. M

    Question My computer shutted down on it's own...but.

    I was watching videos before bed. Then suddenly my screen and peripherals(mouse,keyboard and headset have rgb) all turned off but the computer was still running. Holding the power button didnt shut it down either. Waited. Nothing changed. Only way I got it to shut down was the power switch on...
  24. L

    Question Weird Cold Boot and random VGA/No Display?

    Hello, it seems like a 50/50 chance ill turn on my PC and have my GPU not turn on and VGA light on mobo on. One simple reset seems to fix the problem...but I don't want to have to do that everytime i turn on PC. I cant take GPU out of PCIe slot for some reason either, since clamp is stuck and...
  25. D

    Question Weird issues with Graphics

    I have been using my graphics card for about a year and I keep have these weird issues with the graphics driver crashing. In some games it would crash and when I check event viewer I always get the error Display driver nvlddmkm stopped responding and has successfully recovered. I have tried...
  26. thejokster1

    Question Weird pc crashes can't isolate part

    So basically my pc started restarting about a year or 2 ago, and it first happened when i was playing apex legends. Weird but it was still pretty stable but then it kept getting progressively worse. It was fine I just took out the gpu because maybe it was dying. I decided I wanted a better cpu...
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    [SOLVED] Windows will only boot from Windows Boot Manager?

    So I was just hanging out playing minecraft on my PC today when all of the sudden a huge thunderstorm came rolling by. The Power flickered for a second and it causes my PC to reset twice. My PC is plugged up to a Serge protector. Thought Okay no big deal the power just went out. But now when I...
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    Question Fan weird noise

    Every time i start my PC, a weird sound comes from my fan, it stops after a time, but can also start again. Is there a way to fix this or do i have to replace it? Also, what is the reason this kind of noise happens?
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    Question Why does my laptop keeps having its peripherals lose power or something

    I have a Lenovo legion y7000 laptop and it's hard to describe but my mouse and keyboard will sometimes have fits (like its hormonal or something haha) and they don't actually lose power but they will just stop working and glitch out. My keyboard will flicker all its RGB lights on it and either...
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    Question High end PC freezes (tried everything)

    Hey everyone, I've been having problems with my PC since i bought it and its been a year. My PC freezes completely and stays like that until I hold power button. This changed after I replaced my GPU now it freezes for 5 seconds and sends me back to this screen View: https://imgur.com/TrMNCIn...
  31. K

    [SOLVED] Computer booting turns off and turns back on.

    It's not really a problem I don't think but... Sometimes (Not all the times) whenever I go to press the button to turn on my PC, it turns off for around 2 seconds and then boots back up - nothing bad happens, it just boots up as normal, no boot loop, no errors, it will never turn off by itself...
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    Question I see my desktop background(apps, search bar) through the programs I use or games I play. Please check images.

    Yeah It was just the search bar before, I realized its slightly visible when playing games, now then I started seeing apps (perhaps they were visible all along I just didn't notice them) its only visible at some certain colors mostly the dark ones. I'm sorry I can't add images normally how i...
  33. Jogibearson

    [SOLVED] Games are almost Black/White

    Today my new XFX RX 570 XXX RS whatever edition arrived. I upgraded from a 1050ti and used DDU in safe-mode to remove the NVIDIA drivers. I installed the RX 570 drivers, muted systemsounds because of the Radeon Software beeping and wanted to test some games. Overwatch ran fine, Ultra settings -...
  34. E

    [SOLVED] Pc Wont boot into windows unless overclocked

    Cpu: Ryzen 7 2700 Gpu: Gtx 1060 6gb Ram: Lpx Corsair 16gb 2400mhz Psu: EVGA BR 500 W 80+ Bronze Mobo: B450 Tomahawk atx So while building this computer we ran into the issue where it couldn't load up windows. The pc would spew out error codes like 0xc0000221 or 0xc000098 where it would go into...
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    Question First Boot Cycle after PSU has been turned off? Help!

    Hi guys, I just built a PC. It seems to be working fine but it has some wierd behaviours. First of all it has quite long shutdown/restart time. Much longer than I am used to with other computers. And also, the main problem: When I start the PC after the PSU has been turned off / unplugged the...
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    [SOLVED] Time&Date of Installed Programs doesn't display

    Recently a weird problem appeared in my Delete Programs - control panel well known function. All programs "forgot" their time&date of install. This is weird since function sfc /scannow says system is Ok. 2 columns just don't display anything. Also Windows "thinks" that all files on USB drive...
  37. DavidMB

    Question Laptop fans act strangely with certain games

    I forgot when this started happening, but one day suddenly on my G7 7790 laptop, whenever I launched Borderlands 2, my fans would immediately turn on max speed, and stay that way for the whole game. I think this started happening a couple months after I got the laptop, and I find it bizarre...
  38. Theoderic321

    Question HDD clicking sometimes

    My Toshiba DT01ACA100 is clicking when barely doing anything (moving a window, and sometimes randomly) is it dying or are there sounds that arent a sign of it dying just yet? (its 1,5 years old)
  39. D

    [SOLVED] Three long beeps, but boots up anyway

    Hi there, so I've been having some potential issues with my build recently and I want to know if it's a sign of a more serious underlying issue that could rear it's head at any moment. First off, my specs: Mobo: MSI B450M MORTAR CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1500X RAM: HyperX FURY Black 8GB 2666MHz...
  40. D

    Question My computer makes very weird noise + Dropbox link recorded

    So a few days back, while I was gaming for about 3 hours, I started to hear a very strange sound coming from my computer. Reminds of some "cikt" or "click" sound. It's very hard to describe it so i recorded it, and you can clearly hear it in this audio recording (2 dropbox links)...