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  1. MrBearIsHere

    Question Got a BSOD while playing normal video in discord

    So I just normally open a video in discord. The first time it's fine, but when I replay, my pc just BSOD.....sometime I'll get this bsod randomly while doing general stuff....this is my system Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (3.00 GHz) Micro Star (MSI) OEM Motherboard for Acer Aspire M1641 Gigabyte...
  2. Riverdye

    [SOLVED] My PC Random Shutdown

    Help! my low end rig randomly shutting down by itself without warning or anything, it just shut down randomly and it happened like once/day, CPU temp are only below 40 degree celcius already tried following fix from google like limiting cpu usage by 90% also running on power saver mode, full...
  3. KTMx

    [SOLVED] x570 Aorus Master - Mobile hotspot not working

    Hello, I'm unable to connect to Mobile hotspot. It always shows obtaining ip address and nothing happens. OS: Windows 10 Pro with the latest update netsh wlan show drivers -> View: https://imgur.com/a/wZ1elS0
  4. S

    [SOLVED] Lagging and slow performance on almost new PC

    Hi Guys, I bought a new desktop in December. 2 months ago I noticed it's not performing very well on everyday's tasks (I'm basically using it as a work computer - edge, firefox, office, spotify, sometimes adobe). Everything is kinda slow, even opening start menu often has like a 1-2 second...
  5. psychobacter

    Question High battery usage even while laptop is idle

    I have an Asus Zehyrus M GU502GU with i7 9750h (undervolted) and GTX 1660ti. I mostly play games on it so it remains connected to the power supply most of the times but recently while using the device unplugged I've noticed that I'm getting terrible battery life. It has a 76whr battery which...
  6. frasbo

    [SOLVED] PC not booting into BIOS and monitors show "No Signal" ?

    Hi all, My computer is relatively new and has been working perfectly until I tried to turn it on today. When I turn on the power, the fans spin and the LEDs light, although both of my monitors are not receiving any signal from the computer. Also, I can tell that the computer has not booted...
  7. dmarin178

    [SOLVED] Blue screen after install ssd m.2 storage (MSI gs65 stealth thin)

    I don't now if this is the right place to make this question, but yesterday I install an m.2 ssd 1tb(PNY CS1030) in my MSI GS65 stealth thin for keep my games in there. In my opinion the operations was right, withouth problems, when i start the PC everything was right, but sudenly my pc starts...
  8. D

    [SOLVED] Unusual connection issues; connection quality crumbles and only when gaming.

    My internet connection vastly deteriorates when entering a game and has some unusual behaviour. I'm going to use League of Legends as an example as that is the game I've been really testing this experience on. My network works perfectly on all devices, including this PC. Surfing the web is...
  9. basedgod221

    [SOLVED] Keep getting windows installation error code 0xC0000005

    Hey I've been trying to install windows via iso via rufus, every time I try to install windows I get the error code 0xC0000005 (video of error below). Things I've tried/taken into consideration: SSD health check / (SSDs are brand new) Ram seems to be working fine (multiple os's/intense...
  10. anchus

    Question Frequent BSOD errors. Please help!

    From 2 weeks now, I've been getting frequent BSOD errors and I'm not able to use my laptop properly. It shows WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR and when I check the event log, I see these : Event ID 6008 Event ID 161 Event ID 1101 I tried most of the things I can, I don't know if I'm missing anything . I...
  11. E

    Question Black screen on first boot + Windows sign-in takes too long ?

    Hello, I’ve been having some trouble lately with my PC. When I first boot my PC, the pc boots to a black screen. My Bluetooth headphones automatically connect to the PC even if there is a black screen which indicates that this is a display problem (it is very possible it has to do with gpu)...
  12. P

    [SOLVED] Transfering windows 10 license to new HDD

    I had an activated copy of windows 10 on my laptop. I needed to replace the existing HDD with an SSD, and while I did that I installed a version of windows 10 I had downloaded from the internet. I have the previous Product ID and Key. Now I can not transfer the license to this new system no...
  13. Naxian99

    Question Windows 10 can't see my NVME while trying to make a clean intalation

    I recently built my first PC. I have a Samsung ssd 970 EVO 500gb as my main and only storage unit at the moment, in which i will install Windows. I am using an external HDD as a bootable USB device in which i have the Windows iso. While i can see and detect my SSD in the BIOS of my...
  14. S

    [SOLVED] Troubles with Asus ROG strix x570 e-gaming (BSOD while installing OS)

    Hello guys, I recently bought new computer parts. After building everything together I am having problems with booting my PC. My setup is: Asus ROG STRIX X570 E-GAMING, AMD Ryzen 9 5900x, EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G3 80+ GOLD, ASUS ROG STRIX LC 360 RGB, G.Skill D4 64GB 3600-16 Trident Z RGB and Asus...
  15. VitorMoreira2525

    Question Can't Boot Into Bios because my keyboard doesn't work

    i bought an ssd for my laptop, however the keyboard does not work ... is there any way to access bios without keyboard? when I try to put the pen Drive, the brand logo keeps flashing. Thanks!
  16. P

    Question SSD Causing Problems

    I left this weekend and when I came back I turned my computer on. I have my Windows 10 installed on an SSD, so when it was taking a very long time to boot I became worried. Nothing happened, so I restarted the computer. It went into endless automatic repair, which it would do every time from now...
  17. G

    [SOLVED] Possible Hardware issue of BSOD?

    Hello, I have been ignoring this BSOD for the past 2 days until it became so frequent that my PC is almost unusable. I just want to gather details on what are the possible Hardware issues that cause BSOD? I did all possible troubleshooting like: *Updating all drivers ( chipset, processor, gpu...
  18. xJesserX

    [SOLVED] Is it normal for rundll32 to use the mic ?

    is it normal rundll32.exe to use the microphone like this ?
  19. K

    Question HP ZBook WIFI Light Orange - Adapter Won't Enable

    I updated my ZBook from Windows 7 to Windows 10 as a requirement for some new work security issues and now my Wifi no longer works. I'm hard wired most of the time but the Wifi Button (not a function button but a stand alone button) stays orange. When pressed it toggles Airplane Mode but doesn't...
  20. Mikhal_Zubaz

    Question How to go back? Accidentally installed windows 10 over windows partition disk

    I thought I was installing windows 10 onto my ssd, but I think I installed over my computer’s windows. Now I have a windows.old.000 folder in my C: drive, and I know that’s going to delete 10 days. I copied my personal files into my ssd, but I just want to return to the windows 10 I had before...
  21. dwbb

    [SOLVED] headset with mic can only choose mic in or headphone exclusively.

    Hi, I have a headset with mic. When i plug in the pink color jack > choose Mic in > can record sound but cant hear sound pink color jack > choose headphone > can hear sound but cant record sound. usb extender with jack> pink color jack >unable to choose headphone or Mic in > very low...
  22. A

    Question None of my shortcuts works on Windows 10

    Hello, Since the last month the shortcuts I put on my desktop from my external hard drive doesn't work. Only the web links shortcuts are working. I hope you can help me.
  23. bulva2

    [SOLVED] [BSOD] Windows 10 machine BSODing on shutdown ?

    Hello everyone! In the last few weeks i'm having a flustrating problem. Every like 4th time I try to shut down my PC it says Shutting down.. then the screen goes black the PC is still running and after few seconds I get a BSOD (Most commonly "memory_management" but yesterday I got...
  24. T

    Question Windows 10 Persistent Audio Clicks

    Hi, I built a new PC last November and moved to Windows 10 and al lwas well. Then at some point around January I started to notice additional clicks and pops in my audio. After a while it became persistent and infuriating. The clicks and pops occur every few seconds, or sometimes constantly...
  25. E

    [SOLVED] Does anyone know what the numbers mean on the volume control?

    When turning up or down the sound in windows you see a number next to the meter. What does this number mean? The number goes from 1-100, you know, "my volume is at 30%." However what does this percentage mean in relative to decibels? Is this number decibels? Is the max volume on windows 100...
  26. D

    [SOLVED] Windows 10 cannot recover from turning off the monitor

    Hi all, I built a computer last May 2020 and it has been working nicely (except for some recent RMA I had to do). However since the very beginning I experienced a black screen issue in Windows 10 (image remained black in the monitor even the computer looked running normally) everytime I did...
  27. RyzenNoob

    [SOLVED] How do I turn my old nvme into a cache drive

    I've just updated my C: drive to the ADATA SX8200 pro, but now want to turn my old Crucial NVME to a cache drive for my Storage Space or RAID 1 My mobo has the Intel® Z270 Chipset, the rest of the specs is in my signature for the intel system I have I can't even find this after searching for...
  28. huss987

    Question Windows 10 hard locks up - requires force reboot

    Hi, I have been experiencing this issue for the past couple of weeks, would be interested if anyone knows how I can go about diagnosing it. Essentially, I will be doing something random, nothing computationally intense, and my laptop will just completely lock up. Can't move my cursor, do...
  29. shaqroger

    [SOLVED] PC started to bug out after being upgraded

    Hi, I have recently upgraded my CPU, PSU and Motherboard to a i9 9900k, Aorus z390 Pro and tx750 - previously had an i5 6600k. I didn't re-install windows as it's booted itself without needing any updated. However, a few days in my pc is having a few issues here and there - most notably Adobe...
  30. X

    Question Issues installing Windows 10 through bootcamp

    The title says it all, i've been trying all available "fixes" that I found online for the past 3 days so please dont copy paste them into ur replies. It seems like there's something not allowing the disk to reformat cauz I reformat in bootcamp at any capacity and monitor the changes in the disk...
  31. C

    [SOLVED] Webcam Mic obly activates with a loud noise then quits after few seconds...

    Hi I got a plug and play Trust webcam (driverless) with integrated microphone. Problem is that video works Ok but mic only seems to activate with a loud noise and then cuts out after a few seconds. I ran trough all settings etc that were suggested by Trust and on Windows forums but still no...
  32. R

    [SOLVED] Bad Image error on any application other than chrome and a few random ones.

    So I have recently run into quite a few problems with my windows 10 install. Every other boot, all I can see after login is a black screen with my cursor. On the boot where my desktop and taskbar are visible, the context menu upon right clicking anything within file explorer infinitely loads, so...
  33. Catastrrophe

    Question Pc slows down and eventually restarts after pluging in racing wheel

    So i recently decided to go back to racing games and decided to plug my steering wheel in. After i did so the computer started to slow down a lot about 80% and eventually restarted. It would become very unresponsive. To fix this i just had to unplug the wheel and restart the computer. But...
  34. L

    [SOLVED] Windows Explorer Crashes On Right Click

    When I try to right click folders etc. Explorer crashes. Sometimes it crashes while opening folders, without right clicking. I tired ShellEx and disabled all non-Microsoft extensions but didn'work. I scanned whole PC with antivirus software it found some bug, cleaned but that didn't solve the...
  35. GTXstore

    Question My bluetooth module won't work on Windows 10 but does work on Windows 7 ?

    I recently made myself a bluetooth module from an old bluetooth chip from an old laptop. It works great in the computer i took it from (which has windows 7), but as soon as i put it in my main rig (which has windows 10) i get this error "do not recognize usb device", I have tried many diffrent...
  36. S

    [SOLVED] Raid0

    I am trying to raid0 two of my ssd's one 250gb one 1tb . I tried it earlier through the intel optane memory and storage managament app. When i did the raid0 only 466 GB were available as the raid0 volumes storage capacity. After making it i deleted the Raid0 volume and decided to try again...
  37. I

    Question PC performance decrease after reset Windows 10

    Hey there, I have reset Windows 10 on my computer one week ago to clean-up my pc and just start over from a clean install, but since then had a problem with the performance of the cpu. My CPU: 9700k (running at 4.6 GHz after "Load Optimized Defaults" by ASUS Z390-E motherboard, stock was 3.6...
  38. LukeKG

    [SOLVED] Win10 failing to recognise GPU/PCI device after fresh install and updates

    Hi, Just did a fresh install and formatting of my PC after years of successful running. Now my 2080 Super isnt being detected by device manager in Win10. The PCI is listed under "Other Devices" and windows fails to find/update any drivers associated with this. Under "Display Adapter" it says the...
  39. Parker Le Nerd

    Question Need help restoring files from backup!!

    Hey, So I was having some problems with my old surface pro 4 when one day windows corrupt itself due to some odd circumstances (I tried everything and it was definitely corrupt) after trying to get windows back onto the drive (it diffident work) I decided to get a new surface. It just arrived...
  40. asiniv

    [SOLVED] Windows 10 logon prompt issues - please advise

    Hi, I have an annoying little issue that I'd appreciate some assistance with: My Windows 10 (lenovo E15, windows 10 pro) is configured to prompt for log-on using hello-fingerprint. Sometimes after I turn on my laptop from hibernation (usually, might happen after sleep/restart), it either logs...