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  1. Hiimhungry

    Solved Pc & monitors turn off mid or after boot

    I power on my pc and mid boot everything disconnects, like my two monitors, keyboard, mouse and all my fans ramp up to max speed. All I see is a black screen, no pop ups, no blue sceen. I have to switch off my psu (I can’t turn it off at all, the only way is through the psu switch when this...
  2. Asusowner19

    Laptop turns on as soon as i plug it in but no display appears

    Hi i have an asus v161( all in one) pc that All of a sudden stopped working.plugging it in turns the button lights the On led and i can hear it working but the screen remains black plus the keyboard and mouse dont work on it anymore.weird thing is that the usb ports charghe my phone normally...
  3. Online Master

    Pc restart itself

    I have a problem with my pc, it restarts randomly, the temperature is ok, cleaned of dust, drivers - windows upToDate I have not downloaded third party driver software through Windows everything updated, viruses - malware, etc. no, I reinstalled the pc, tested ram with memtest86, each one placed...
  4. Sinister Media

    Solved Dead But Not Dead HDD??

    HDD Issue. PC it came out of - HP P6, its an older pc HDD Manufacturer - Hitachi HDD Size - 1 T Backstory: I was given a pc to work on by my great aunt, and she had told me that her pc had a power issue. I asked her what it did/didn't do and she told me that when she would power it on, it...
  5. V

    CPU getting very hot when playing games. New Omen 25L PC.

    Hello, So, I recently picked up an Omen 25L PC with a Core i7-10900 in it. After starting up Rainbow Six Siege, I noticed something relatively abnormal. My CPU's temps were very high with each core hitting 87-91C. My computer is also relatively loud in this process (see video for reference)...
  6. Z

    Solved Display shut down on Dell Optiplex 3010 ?

    i have this problem where the pc boot up but with no display ,load of noise from cooler but after i set BIOS to defaults and purge power from the unit, it does turn on and works well for 4-2 minute then it shut down and it came back to the same problem(orange color button no display) again ? I...
  7. K

    PC Audio and Video Stutter

    This is copied and pasted from my forum post I just made on tomshardware.com, so I used a thread there as a reference. So I've seen a few threads that appear to be having the same issue such as this one which is explaining my issue exactly. This began roughly one week ago with my video and...
  8. Swempa

    Solved Remove non-existing monitor

    Hey! I recently (about a week ago) bought a new monitor to have a Dual Monitor setup. The setup was pretty simple with the cables and such and when it's active it works totally fine. However since i plugged the new monitor, a third Non existing monitor has appeared existing outside of the...
  9. M

    GAMES KEEP CRASHING I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING

    Hi I have had my pc for about a year and all I've done is chase a problem. So a little context behind this is that I have replaced pretty much everything there is to this computer besides the motherboard or run a windows repair. I am literally ripping my hair out as I've have spent a good chunk...
  10. rhysmorin

    Solved Issue with 32in LG Ultragear monitor going black for a second or two while playing games.

    Hello, I have run into an issue with my LG 32in (144hz) monitor occasionally going black for a few seconds while playing games. Watching videos, and using web browsers I don't have an issue. I'd say that it was a problem with my gpu, but my gpu doesn't have a problem playing the same games...
  11. A

    Solved Overheating and power usuage issues

    Seemingly very suddenly I've started having heating issues with my laptop (specs below). This is the first heating issue I've had and it's seemingly come out of nowhere. It's worth stating now that I have a fairly badly bloated battery, but as you'll see if you read on, I don't believe it is the...
  12. M

    Green Screen - No error message

    Hi, I am new in here and hope this post is in the right place. I built a PC on my own around a year ago and everything was fine untill about half year ago I started to have random green screens and after 3-5s my PC is restarting. The green screen does not contain any error message nor error...
  13. gligaa

    Solved I am buying a new computer, and I am wondering if this PC is good or not

    Hello, since my last PC broke down I finally got enough money to buy a new one, and I think I found a good PC for a fairly cheap price. I need this PC for video games such as Minecraft, CS:GO, etc. ( nothing too needy) Here are the specifications of the computer Im buying: OS: Windows 7...
  14. B

    Why is my PC running out of RAM?

    Hello, I am new here so apologize if I miss anything required or if this is not the correct thread. I have recently been running into some issues with my memory. I have 4 sticks for a total of 32GB of Corsair DDR4-Pro RGB 2132. I haven't had any issues until just the last week or so. Using my...
  15. T

    i7-10th gen (locked version/not "k") : safe temperatures

    I recently upgraded to a core intel 10700, and replaced the stock cooler with a corsair H60 liquid cooler (single 120 mm fan edition). Before the replacement on the stock cooler I was getting temps: idle- 30-35 c / gaming- 68-82 c --- Now on the H60 I am getting temps: idle 25-30 c / gaming...
  16. S

    Solved can i run two GPU separately in my PC?

    I recently posted on here about buying a better GPU to upgrade from my Niviida 1060 3gb card I have decided to go with the GIGABYTE GEFORCE RTX 2060 SUPER WINDFORCE OC 8G link here for the discussion...
  17. P

    Entire PC stuttering, need help to identify problem.

    Trying to determine if a specific piece of hardware has been causing my issues. PC specs: Z97MX- Gaming 5 motherboard with Intel Core i7-4790K (motherboard is about 5-6 years old) Geforce GTX 1070 Ti (card is relatively new, a little over a year) C: drive is Samsung SSD 850 120GB (came with...
  18. Valhalla12345

    Graphics Card high usage on some games.

    Hello! So few years before I got this great ASUS gaming laptop. I'll copy paste the info I gathered on what specs I have : Windows 10 x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6300HQ CPU @2.30GHz 2.30GHz 16 GB RAM And the most important in this case- graphic cards : Intel(R) HD Graphics 530 NVIDIA GeForce GTX...
  19. F

    Solved Dual montior setup issue

    Is it possible while using a dual monitior setup, that having one plugged into the integrated gpu port and the other in the dedicated gpu(geforce gtx 1080) that your pc restarts itself no warning and no blue screen? I've been trying to narrow down my issue for weeks and everyone just ends up...
  20. raysunicorn

    Audio very stuttery and scratchy

    I was cleaning my computer and when I put it back together it was fine. Except the audio was stuttering and sounds extremely scratchy (best way I can describe it). I made sure that the problem wasn't coming from the speakers or headphones. Both work on my laptop just fine. I updated my...