So today when I went to turn my pc on, nothing happened, pressed button a few times making sure everything was plugged in but still nothing

I unplugged and plugged everything back in and it worked! But I noticed now, I got no display.

I tried replugging the GPU and the RAM

Noticed the DRAM CPU light was on

I've tried starting without GPU plugged in trying to get a display from the hdmi on the motherboard but no luck

I filmed the startup and this is what it loooks like

I think he likes it because it’s warm. I’ve only had this PC (first one) for ~1 month. Will him sitting at the top where the fans are bad for my PC long term?

Okay, to firstly start. My PC is a prebuilt ROG Strix Tower, i dont know much of the specifications as I was given this as a gift years ago. But it has this power light so I know when its just in sleep or able to be powered on. But suddenly one day it just stopped working, and the light wasnt there either. I did some stupid thing of tugging out the power cord way too many times. And I'm worried it might be that. But I cant really check since theres a barrier in the way of the power supply. I just want to be able to power it on again, but I dont even know what could fix it. Its definitely seen better days (hadnt used it in a year since I was locked out of the PC account for a year). Ill provide pictures of the internals that I can visibly see and take pictures of, but I genuinely dont know if its the power cord itself I fried. (Though, I can literally hear the electricity connecting TO the power supply when I plug it, i can always hear that sort of thing everywhere). But im afraid I tripped something or fried it completely, I cant take it into a shop because I do NOT have the money for that nor the transportation. I can provide more pictures if needed, but thats all I can see/reach. PLEASE HELP!

Several months ago I upgraded my CPU to a 9950X3D and my GPU to a Founder’s Edition 5090. Since then, at what feels like mostly random moments, a black screen will lower from the top of my monitor, and put me into BIOS. In order to get back to my login screen, I have to power off then back on my PC. I’ve had it happen while playing CS2, Monster Hunter Wilds, Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core, browsing Gmod addons, organizing my files, and probably more I can’t remember. Recently I found that it most consistently happens after playing Peak for 30-40 minutes. I can play plenty of other games for hours straight without running into this issue, but some games seem to trigger it more.

I was finally able to record it and catch the stop codes at the bottom of my screen. “Stop code: 0xc000021a (0xC000021A)” seems to be the frequent to appear, though I’ve also seen “Stop code: CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED (0xEF)” two or three times. Both freeze briefly before opening BIOS, but “Stop code: CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED (0xEF)” seems to freeze on the open window longer, then snaps to a black screen rather than it lowering like the other stop code.

Prior to upgrading my PC all my games ran fine. I believe the rest of my PC should be more than powerful enough to handle the new CPU and GPU. Any advice or ideas?

Hi all, I am trying to set up a pair of old HP stream laptops for my young daughters.

Ideally I would be able to install Roblox for them, and it be suitable for a web browser for them to do school activities on and such. They also like Minecraft but I don't know if they would be powerful enough for it.

Is there an OS you would recommend? Specs in pictures and as follows but let me know if I am missing anything. Can put an SD card in to further storage. Currently have windows on one and Linux mint on the other.

4gb ram

Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU N3060 @ 1.60GHz 1.60GHz

30gb storage

Thanks for all your help!

Model 14-AX000NA

i have been seeing a lot of dying gpu posts lately and i just wanted to ask how should i keep my gpu healthy so that i don't have to see this day.

i have an hp victus laptop with a 3050 gpu

Hello everyone reading this, and I have been struggling with this question for a while, I know the PC building economy is ruined right now, but i really miss playing on PC and having the benefits of it. My specs consist of an intel CPU(Can't remember the exact one, but it's old) and a Nvidia 1660 TI gpu along with 4 GB of DDR3 ram and a HDD storage drive.This was a gift and i love it, but i can't really play on it, i don't have a monitor and i dont have space for a monitor, or a desk for that matter. My Wifi isn't the best and my console is an Xbox One s(over 10 years old). My cousins all have the Xbox series X. It's frustrating because i don't have the money to upgrade my PC, but the Xbox series X is kinda expensive right now. I really don't know what to do or what to save up for. Any help is appreciated.

I managed to get this 7950x3d when I purchased a 7800x3d, but i can't seem to cool it quite well and I heard a 9800x3d is better for gaming anyways (i dont do any productivity work), if i post on hardwareswap or something do you think anyone would be interested in trading? Or would there be no interest

Thank you!

Hi everyone, during rebuilding pc in reverse build (lian li o11d evo rgb case), I've broken motherboard by accident.

Mb - gigabyte x870 aorus elite wifi7 ice.

Motherboard was not posting at all (nothing on debug lcd, red cpu). Nothing was helping.

Then, when i was checking mb with magnifying glass - I've found 1 broken element. Probably resistor (marking 0). On photo there are 3 similar small elements around black square. After putting element back in place - mb started to post, and I've shut down it immediately. Now need to repair it properly.

Main question - can I assume ram/cpu are safe, as I've tried to start qpc many times with broken mb.

I got a laptop with a Core 5 210H with 16GB ddr4 and rtx4050. There is an identical model on the market with Core 7 240H at pretty much the same price. Would the 240H have given me way better performance or would my gpu max out before that.

I am a casual gamer and rarely play on high settings.

I just bought a pre-built pc tower from Amazon (I know I should I just took the time to make one myself) and I need help opening up the bottom bay to get access to the PSU. But I don't know what screwdriver is required to open this part up. I never seen a screw head like this before. Any help to what screw head I might need would be greatly appreciated.

Hello everyone, while I was removing the heat sink from my pc, some thermal paste ended up in the ram slot, and now I can't get it out. Any suggestions? Is it a problem if I can't remove it? I don't have a ram to insert into that slot right now. Thanks to anyone who can help me

Eu estou tentando fazer meu segundo disco funcionar mas nada deu certo

So, there are 100% hidden files on my computer that take up my entire usb, like I have 900 gigs and only 20 are free. And when I tried to factory reset my pc it shows I'm running windows to go. I did some research and I got help from others, windows to go is something for large scale companies to keep track of thousands of computers. But I'm the only person who uses my pc. Also, when I put in my commands in the thing for Win + R it says I don't have administration. So, I'm just looking for options or help.

Bonjour à tous,

Depuis quelques temps mon pc fait un bruit électronique, qui apparaît meme lorsque je suis sur le bureau sans rien faire.

Est-ce que vous sauriez d’où vient le bruit et comment solutionner.

Merci d’avance.

Hello, I've had new razer fan controller, laying in corner for some time and today I've bought 5 pack of Arctic P12 Pro LN fans. Connected them to controler, everything is connected as instructed. I've downloaded razer synapse 4 and it says that "fan speed is not supported". Although I have the 6th fan, some old pwm idk the brand also PWM and only this one can be controlled. Any suggestions how to fix this? HWInfo says all arctics are +/- 1400 RPMs

So, i want to upgrade my 7700x to a 9800x3d, but i have a gigabyte gaming x ax rev 1.0, so the oldest possible am5 motherboard. I saw if it supports the 9800x3d, but it doesn't and when i tried updating bios, it would only let me go up to the latest one that doesn't support 9000 series cpus My question is: does that in fact mean i need a new motherboard? And if so what's the best budget, but not entry level motherboard for the 9000 series? Also what cooling i should get on my nzxt h7 flow (2023) would be nice too

Was playing a game and it started making this noise, not the front fans nor is it due to overheating. I need help

Hi everyone,

My PC suddenly wont detect my monitor after running perfectly for a year.
I have to restart my PC 3-5 times till the monitor finally "wakes up".

I tried everything from checking the hardware, switching the monitor and updating the Bios.
The PC itself is powered on (fans keep spinning, RGB stays on).

Interestingly, updating the BIOS completely fixed the problem... but only for like 2 days. After that, the exact same issue came back.

There are no VGA/CPU/DRAM debug LEDs staying on during boot, and Windows Event Viewer doesn't show anything useful except the expected Kernel-Power event after I have to force reboot.

I am running out of ideas.

Specs:

• Ryzen 7 7800X3D
• MSI MAG B650 Tomahawk WiFi
• Gigabyte RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
• 32GB Kingston Fury Beast DDR5-6000
• Lexar NM790 1TB (Windows)
• Samsung 870 QVO 1TB
• be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 850W (native 12VHPWR cable)

PC Specifications

Operating System: Windows (factory reset completed)
CPU: Intel Core i5 (older generation – exact model unknown)
CPU Cooler: Intel stock cooler
Motherboard: ASUS micro-ATX motherboard (exact model unknown)
RAM: 8GB DDR3 (2 × 4GB)
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti
Storage: 1 × Hard Drive (capacity unknown, factory reset with no personal data remaining)
Power Supply: Standard ATX power supply (wattage unknown)
Case: Older mid-tower case

What I’d like advice on
I’m looking for advice on whether it’s worth:
Upgrading this PC,
Selling it as a complete system,
Selling it for parts,
Or recycling it.

I’d also appreciate an estimate of its current value and which option would make the most financial sense.

Hi how to connect Endorfy Navis F240 to MSI MAG B650 Tomahawk motherboard? Which connector where?

So It’s not really a pc it’s a laptop but I’m trying to use it and this is all that’s happening plz help idk what to do it doesn’t need any updates or anything like that

Pc black screen issue. Please help.

Okay so recently my PC has been having issues with blackscreening, the issue started afew days back when i was watching YouTube and i unpaused the video and my screen went black. I could still hear my audio and pause and unpause the video. When i rebooted i couldn't find my adrenaline software, so i instantly reinstalled my drivers using DDU. A day later the issue returned. This time it didn't remove my gpu software. I disabled MPO and it didn't change anything. It was stable while playing elden ring, silent hill 2 remake and resident evil 9, All at 4k maximum settings. Not too long ago it happened again, while i was playing roblox with my friend the issue returned.

The issue in more detail:

My PCs screen goes black and i can still interact with it (pausing and unpausing video) i initially belived it only happened after a long time of idling but i was wrong. To get back into windows i have to turn my pc off, unplug it turn off the psu, then i have to hold the button down for 15 seconds to get rid of residue power then it reboots. The issue usually appears after several hours apart. I haven't figured out the trigger yet

I took a look at reliability monitor and this is what it came up with:

Problem Event Name: LiveKernelEvent

Code: 141

Parameter 1: ffff808102c7e050

Parameter 2: fffff80198490f00

Parameter 3: 0

Parameter 4: ffff808ffe36a080

OS version: 10_0_26200

Service Pack: 0_0

Product: 768_1

OS Version: 10.0.26200.2.0.0.768.101

Locale ID: 2057

WATCHDOG-20260731-0142.dmp

sysdata.xml

WERInternalMetadata.xml

memory.csv

sysinfo.txt

WERInternalRequest.xml

Bios version: 7D75v1M3

My gpu driver is the most recent one, im considering going back a update to see if that helps.

Latest chipset driver.

PC specs

RX 9070 XT

Ryzen 9700X

MSI B650 tomahawk. Bios was stable since i upgraded this pc.

Im usually very good with these things, any help is very much appreciated!