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  1. 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...
  2. D

    Please Help

    Ok so i have just installed a new Samsung 970 EVO M.2 SSD. When i try to create a partition for it, it does not come up for me to create one. The weird thing is that it comes up in my bios and Device Manager but not my Disk Management. I have no idea what the problem is.
  3. S

    Issues with PC ownership.

    So I am getting a periodic noise from my PC almost like something being tripped. That usual tripped noise. It happens every so often, not like every minute but maybe every hour or so to 30 minutes. I clean it every time. Its an MSI Trident X Plus prebuilt. I spent too much on this and I am...
  4. Komodo13

    Help overclocking AMD FX-4100

    Hello im new to this fotumand came because i need help, i have a AMD FX-4100 on a Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. GA-970-Gaming SLI-CF motherboard and my graphics card is a geforce 1050 ti. I know its older and not the best but. I run games like Rainbow 6 at 30 fps and ark survival evolved at 25...
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    Solved Game Crash becasue CPU goes 100% very easy.

    Hello there. I don't know much about PC, but I'll try to be as much descriptive I can. So I play a F2P game on Steam, named Unturned. While I'm playing this game it crashes. (Sometimes on loading screen, rarely on lobby, most times in-game). So this is how I crash: my screen freezes for like 3...
  6. L

    Solved PC wiring

    Stormforce Onyx Intel Core I5-9400F, 16GB RAM, 480GB SSD, NVIDIA 6GB Dedicated Graphics GTX 1660 Super, Gaming PC - Black I bought this PC, opened it up and removed the safety packaging and took a look at my wiring, I noticed 2 cables were not plugged in anywhere and just sat there, I believe...
  7. benno1

    MSI Gf 72 Not turning on

    Problem: Sort of Laptop not Powering on. When I press the Powerbutton I see the Lcd going out and then back on its very difficult to see. The Charging Led turns on when I plug it in. What I have tried so far: Checked that everything is plugged in. Checked the powersupply with my Voltmeter I...
  8. B

    All applications are gone from my desktop.

    Please! I need immediate help! I updated my Radeon drivers now all my applications are gone off my desktop! Only 1 remains but when I select it the selection of it is the entire row of my screen. My files says all my apps are there but they aren’t. I’m tried a system restore, I’ve made sure the...
  9. Trillemannen

    My pc wont boot properly!

    The other day i was sitting in my room playing video games on my computer when my network made me lag alot, so i decided to move my computer closer to the router. I turned off the computer, unplugged everything, moved it and plugged everything in to it again. I started the computer and it just...
  10. Lucasisfilming

    No video signal after RAM unplug and plug in

    While clearing out the dust from my PC, I took out my 2 DDR4 8gb RAM sticks and pushed them back in until I heard a click and checked to make sure they were pushed in as good as they could be. When I connected my DVI cord back to my monitor, my screen showed “no input”. Help! This PC is only a...
  11. M

    Solved (graphics card faulty?) what is the problem and how do i fix?

    my pc specs are: i5 2500k @3.30ghz 16gb ddr3 ram 1tb hdd 600w psu (all working) and r9 270 (faulty?) so i have been gaming and stuff on my r7 240 which is pretty bad for a while now, since the r9 270 i had was not working for some reason but it also was?? so i gotta tired of my r7 240 and...
  12. S

    ASUS PC ON A BOOT LOOP :(

    So I finally brought my Asus pc out of the closet and set it up again, only to find it in a boot loop. (Keeps starting up and turning off within 30 seconds) I've taken apart my pc at this point, and cleanup out all dust from the fans, boards, etc. All fans turn on including fan for power core...
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    Solved problem graphics card

    hi everyone i need some help with graphics card that stopped working. i had a power surge in my apartment and when the pc crashed my graphics card stopped working. i have 2 screens, only one lit up and i got the error: "unsupported graphics card - there is a problem with your graphics card...
  14. R

    Solved Trying to upgrade current pc...

    I have a friend that is wanting to upgrade their current pc. I would help but I am not that skilled in this department as I bought a pre-built pc. Current specs below: Intel Core i5-8500 CPU @ 3.00 GHz GIGABYTE H370M D3H GeForce GTX 1050 GPU 8 GB Ram From this what are my friends options...
  15. Payt

    Solved Help part 2 :-/ Monitor no signal, GPU starts then stops.

    I just got my solution to getting my PC started yesterday on this forum but now I have another problem: my monitor says no signal. I also noticed that the GPU would start and then within a minute it would stop(fans.) I reseated the GPU in the other slots and nothing. Checked all wiring and PCIe...
  16. danielelii

    SSD and HDD space optimization

    I as a music producer recently switched to PC from Mac. And I am wondering if it's possible to install Windows 10 on my SSD and my programs, plugins, music packs and such on my HDD. Since my SSD is only 250GB and my HDD is 1TB, I want to store most of my music stuff on the HDD, so that it...
  17. RetroAech

    CPU Temps Looping/Repeating

    Hello! TL:DR - Reapplied Thermal Paste and now my CPU temps are looping/repeating 10 degrees at a time, nonstop at idle. according to third party software. 58c, 57c, 56c, 55c, 54c, 53c, 52c, 51c, 50c, 49c, 48c, 58c, 57c, 56c ... etc My BIOS shows a steady temp. I just built my very first PC...
  18. z-d

    way too many svchost

    recently my pc started to go way slower than it should, like 2 days ago i could run fallout new vegas at 60 fps constant with no problem, but today the fps start to drop below 40 even when just reloading and no enemies on screen or no walking, just re-loading. So i checked my task manager and...
  19. XxGrimReaperxX

    Windows 10 or Rockstar ?

    I’m posting here because I’m at a lost what to do, we (as in wife and I) purchased a Msi Trident 3 for our son(14) for Christmas. First game he wants and downloads in GTA V. Bought a digital copy from GameStop went to Rockstar 9hr download, only for it to say D3Dcompiler_43.dll missing. Me being...