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I could've sworn I was able to just plug in my two Mackie CR3 desktop speakers (via one split 3.5mm) to the rear speaker output (black). But maybe it was the green line out all along. Does anyone know if I should be using the black jack instead of the green jack? Or that if this cursed Realtek...

Hey everyone, I recently purchased a new PC that has an AMD cpu and a Nvidia 3070 GPU. I plugged in my monitor and started and everything was fine. I launched a game and noticed it was super slow, I checked everything and I accidentally plugged in my monitors HDMI cable into the motherboard slot...

I'm setting up a laptop for AutoPilot. Laptop OS > Windows 11 22H2 If I update to the latest version of Windows, can I reset the OOBE to 24H2 or will it revert back to 22H2 ? Unfortunately I don't have a USB stick handy to load from USB.

Hello. First post here. Can't seem to solve this one. Looking at Windows 11, given Windows 10's demise is on the horizon. For familiarity/recognition, enhanced user experience and a smaller learning curve for people I'm updating PCs for I would like to use the sounds from Windows 7 for several...

My cousin bought Mi Notebook 14. It has i5-10210U, 8GB 2666MHz DDR4 RAM, SATA3 SSD by Kingston. Recently it got very slow. The task manager kept showing less than 20% CPU utilization. Also, less memory usage. Still the performance is noticeably slow. Each click / UI interaction was laggy...

I installed Windows 11 on a non-TPM computer ages ago, using Rufus. But now I'm told my version 21H2 has reached end of service and when I try to update using the Windows11InstallationAssistant, it tells me TPM is needed. I already change the registry and rebooted as I found on this site...

I downloaded the little Windows tool, and it told me my PC is not compatible with Windows 11, but it's basically because of the lack of the TPM 2.0 module. Specs: CPU: Intel Core i7 8700k Mobo: Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming Ram: 32gb DDR4 3200 I'm thinking about upgrading my whole system (Ryzen 7...

Hi All, I wanted to gather some opinions about this. On almost every thread on forums like this one there is someone suggesting to do a Windows fresh install, whatever the problem is. I have been running the same Windows install for years (started with 10 Pro in 2017 and now updated to 11...

I have two monitors which i always have set to "duplicate". A TV (monitor 2) and a normal Gaming monitor (monitor 1). Recently, whenever i only turn on "Monitor 1" windows switches to "Extend these displays" and it adds a non existent display to the right side of "display 1". If i go to display...

I recently got a RTX 4060 Ti but I’m unable to use it properly. Every time I try to play even a relatively simple game like Planet Coaster, the GPU starts making a very loud noise, spinning like crazy and the entire computer freezes. In some cases, the screen also goes black. This issue occurs...

Eyefinity question only. (I can't find where to change the resolution out of Eyefinity, either. Not within the Adrenalin software) Noob question, I know. Using my son's 7900XTX temporarily and I have three displays. I'm trying to finish Horizon Forbidden West, which will not play at 11520x2160...

I wanted to power up my PC yesterday and noticed that the password screen froze. Once I restarted it, the BIOS screen informed me that the G Drive (SSD) needed to be repaired, but about 4-5 minutes later, Windows 11 (latest version) started. I did notice that the file system felt quite a bit...

Since this past weekend, my USB attached hard drives have been corrupted. I believe I noticed the issues crop up on the 24th. I thought it was power issues -- I have tried direct to wall, SP, and battery UPS as power sources and the drives keep getting logically damaged. I bought new drives...

Hello! Yeaterday i had very strange crash which usually im never getting thats why i decided to share it here and if someone can tell me what could have done it, if hardware problem or software problem. OS: Windows 11 Pro GPU: Palit RTX 3070 GamingPro OC CPU: Ryzen 9 5900X RAM: 2x16 GB 3200 mhz...

I am seeing some very odd freezing of windows. It tends to be associated with a specific monitor usually,(I am currently running monitors), and say if I go to click on the top of a chrome window, over on a monitor i haven't done anything recently on, it freezes and doesn't come up immediatelly...

Hi all So yesterday I had a weird crash on my PC, that I built late last spring. I was browsing on Firefox and all of a sudden my screen blacked out, then came back on, and this happened repeatedly until I did a hard shutdown and turned the power off completely for a few minutes. When I...

Hi all, have an issue that no amount of Apple support or rummaging online seems to be able to resolve - hopefully Tom's hive mind can help. I'm unifying all my photos in one place and opted for iCloud. I synced it with my PC, and working through Win11 File Explorer I'm able to upload photos...

I have a GTX 1070, EVGA 650W G3 PSU, 2x8 GB Corsair 3200 MHz, ASRock B450M Steel Legend, Ryzen 5 3600. No OC, all default settings, the RAMs either XMP or default settings is the same. All is up to date, Windows, drivers, etc. no errors with memtest86. The system randomly gives me a BSOD just...

Hi, Can someone help me to determine what is causing the BSOD everyday involving ntoskrnl? Though I am patched to the latest Windows update, the issue still persist. Much appreciated for help on this issue. Processor 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-13900H 2.60 GHz Installed RAM 96.0...

Windows 11, Asus z890 pro art, ultra 9 CPU, windows 11, 4090 GPU. The M.2 I'm trying to fresh install windows to is the T705 crucial with the heatsink. The M.2 shows up in the BIOS but not in the list when i'm in the windows install media menus. I've updated my bios to the latest version which...

Is that ok? On image 1101.03 MHz Sometimes even 800 Mhz. I believe it's connected with turbo frequency adjust, but I wonder what do you recommend guys? I have concerns that it needs time to boost and maybe better if it runs always even at idle at min. 3-4Ghz? What do you think?

This is a new PC. The issues are: BSOD ("CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED") after booting the computer Brand new PC – built 2 weeks ago by me. Already sent to service, where they reinstalled Windows, checked the CPU, GPU, and RAM, and reinstalled drivers. BSOD "CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED" occurs randomly...

Hey recently I've got this bsod here: 020825-20109-01.dmp 08.02.2025 16:03:04 0x0000013a 00000000`00000017 ffffb085`ff000380 ffffb086`2fb3b330 00000000`00000000 ntoskrnl.exe ntoskrnl.exe+4b85d0 NT Kernel & System Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft...

Hi all, I've been getting random BSOD (for less than a second) then the automatic reboot sends it to BIOS (UEFI), without ever succeeding at a restart. I noticed the booting SSD (NVMe) wasn't blinking, so it's off. (also it doesn't appear on BIOS screen) After that, the only way to get the PC...

Good Morning, I am experiencing an issue with our AS400 client and Windows 11. Since the most recent major update, the WINLOGON feature in Windows 11 no longer works to allow the Windows AS400 client to auto-connect. The below article will help explain the issue. I am looking to see if there is...

Hello all. I run a small project studio where do a lot of video and audio production work (recording bands with external audio interfaces, shooting higher bitrate video with pro camcorders and rendering footage in new edits, ect). I do a lot of this on the go where I meet clients and partners...

My friend bought me a headset, since my pc doesn't have a combo audio jack, i bought a splitter. But when i plug the splitter audio and mic jack into my motherboard and recorded to test the mic on sound recorder from windows, its picking up the sounds from my youtube video im watching, and...

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Hello. I have a Toshiba X70-AST3GX1 laptop running Windows 10 Home. System and Windows specifications as reported by the system are as follows: Device name VAD-DSFCOM-LT01 Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4700MQ CPU @ 2.40GHz 2.40 GHz Installed RAM 32.0 GB Device ID...

The computer is virtually new, I thought it was X Y and Z that ended up not being it, so the x670e-a MoBo, Corsair Ram and Ryzen 9 7950x3d CPU are less than a week old, The GPU RTX 4090 and Asus Thor 1200w PSU a month old, the only thing that is old is the water cooler(But the temps are not...

So I went into Bios to check if I could modify the RAM speed, I didn't do anything to the settings at first, but then when I tried to reboot into Windows 11 my laptop decided not to boot anymore with a bluescreen saying "inaccessible_boot_device". I tried using cmd on Windows boot manager, it...

Hello. I'm creating another thread because my computer still has this big problem where it randomly BSODs. Here's a link to the prior thread; https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/im-getting-random-irql_not_less_or_equal-bsods-on-a-regular-basis.3865299/ I could be normally using my...

Even when only 8-15% of CPU is in use, or 3-8% of RAM is in use, Windows Explorer and Task Bar can freeze up. Sometimes it happens when I open the Taskbar overflow menu. I restart Windows Explorer, close open programs, and then it's fine, until I open Taskbar overflow menu. Now understand, that...

Hi everyone, I’m reaching out for help with a problem I'm facing with my laptop storage after updating to Windows 11 24H2. Here’s the situation: Storage Devices: 512 GB M.2 SSD (C drive for the operating system). 3 TB External HDD (used for storing important files, about 746 GB of free space...

Hi, By the beginning of this year, I went through the process of reinstalling Windows 11(Home) entirely. The OS is installed on a SSD. File indexing is done. For some reason, Windows Explorer hangs (in other words, I'll see a looping circle on a folder and it will show as "not responding" if I...

I’ve been having the same audio issue since last December. I’ve tried to fix it several times, but I’m not exactly what you would call “smart.” Anyway, the issue is that my microphone keeps picking up desktop audio, and there’s a constant buzzing whenever I try to record. I bought a new mic, but...

Hi, I just tried to set up dual windows boot on 2 internal ssds and now my laptop is stuck in a bsod loop. I got a new 1 tb ssd and wanted to move windows on that one. I decided to do a fresh install to get a Clean c drive so I installed windows 11 to a partition in the new ssd planning to...

ASUS Prime B560 Plus >5 years old Intel i9-11900kf 3.5ghz < 1 year old Gigabyte 3080 > 4 years old 32gb Corsair Vengeance < 1 year old 8gb Kingston Classic > 5 years old Noctua DH-15 < 1 year old Windows 11 850w Platinum EVGA PSU < 1 year old -------------------------------- PC keeps getting...

I have a ZFS XigmaNAS I setup at work using an Optiplex 7040. CPU: i7-6700 RAM: 16 Gigabytes of DDR4 Storage: 2 500 gigabyte sata SSD in a mirror I can write files to it at gigabit speeds and read/open 130 megabyte photos in about a second... no issues there. One of the folders on the NAS...

I am using a asus tuf gaming laptop (F15, it has a intel 10500H and a 1650 GPU) recently my laptops fans are rapidly spinning and the noice is quiet annoying and started checking the temp and its reaching 95 C, and I checked which app is utilizing it and in task manager CPU utilization is only...