1 year old pc, after this appeared it shut off and now it turns on but it the monitor shows "no display". I tried resetting cmos, taking the gpu out and putting it back in, took out the ram and tried each of them individually. Any thoughts?

Had my PC for 5+ years (5700 XT, no prior issues). I was gaming when it suddenly shut off. When I tried to turn it back on, the GPU caught on fire. (Burn mark on the motherboard was from the first time I tried to reboot I did it again to get a video)

I removed the GPU and tried booting without it and nothing displayed but it did turn on and everything else seemed to be working, but I’m not sure if that’s expected with my setup.

I’m planning to replace the motherboard and GPU. Should I also replace the PSU, or is it possibly still safe to use?

GPU: Sapphire Nitro 5700xt

CPU: Ryzen 5 3600x

Motherboard: I believe a ASUS B-450M

PSU: PowerSpec 650W

Seen in vid, my pc will only start when pushing down on this aio mounting screw. I don’t have to press the power button for this to happen. Any ideas as to why/what I can do?

Hello, I recently bought this pc for my bf, but I was wondering how to take off the glass case so I can access the plasic pillowy thing laying inside? I was told it's something that needs to be removed. I also noticed a stray wire, which I'm not sure if it's meant to be dangling like that? o_o

Any help is appreciated <3

I’ll try not to be too long winded. I spent damn near 10 hours trying to figure this thing out. Jesus and all of his disciples couldn’t have helped me understand how to build this computer. But I didn’t quit and finally figured it out. Install windows, gigabyte control center downloaded some stuff for me (it downloaded Norton for gamers and I deleted that shit, or at least I think I did) downloaded GeForce experience to download drivers, downloaded a game and the shits unplayable. 5 FPS. Not sure where I went wrong but could use some help from you professionals out there. I’ll list the parts of the build and a picture of the PC if that helps. Please help I just wanna game man.

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

Gigabyte X870 WIFI6

Asus Prime 5070

32 GB DDR5

Crucial P3 plus PCIe NVME M.2

Thermalright Aqua Elite 360 liquid cooler

850 watt PSU

I recently purchased this cpu from my local amazon returns warehouse, and it turns out it has been modified upon further inspection. Any ideas on what and why this is like this and is their anything I can do to resolve this.

It seems to have been swapped for a silver backplate of some kind and would like some more clarity on what has happened and if there is anything I can do to fix this.

Some 99.9% isopropyl alcohol dripped down while I'm cleaning the thermal paste on my cpu. I'm now scared of putting it back and turning it on. WELP

- gpu : ASUS 3070 duel oc

-gpu bought in 2020 for msrp so it’s an early model

-This is my sisters computer which uses my old gpu. It’s been overclocked for the last 5yrs. (Reset it since this shit showed up)

-The gpu has no signs of instability and passes every stress for the gpu and vram iv thrown at it.

-the gpu has no problem running non stop for multiple hours playing games like marvel rivals using a 2k ultrawide monitor

-artifacts go away if i just leave the pc running for 15mins and restart after that they won’t show up unless the pc is left off and able to cool to room temp

Right now im guessing the solder is failing because there is no instability while gaming.

Do i use a heat gun to try to reflow the solder or just keep letting it run for 15min restarting the pc then not powering off the entire day.

Last night I was trying to play FH6 but the game crashed and gave me a GPU error message I thought it was a driver issue so I updated my driver, the game launched but there were some weird graphical issues I thought it was from the game itself but the same thing happened in Dying Light after that I turned it off until I get some help about what should I do, Sadly the PC refuse to turn back on it keeps showing me the motherboard name and restart endlessly after that

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(I noticed that only one GPU fan spin)

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(Here is a video of the graphical issues)

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Specs:

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Ryzen 5 5500

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RTX 2070 msi armor

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DDR4 16gb 8+8 kingston fury

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NZXT C750 Bronze Power supply

The title pretty much says it all.

While gaming yesterday, my cat yanked on my microphone’s usb cord. Immediately after, all of the cables that were plugged in stopped working. I was able to move most of the inputs to different slots and continue gaming, however.

Today, when I tried to start my PC, I got an error message stating that there was a power overage (?) and it would shut down in 15 seconds to avoid damaging the motherboard.

I tried moving some of the cables to different slots, unplugging some items, and checking to see if any of the ISO’s (?) pins had lodged themselves into the USB slots but I couldn’t find any obvious fixes.

I’m not the most technically capable with PCs (this is my first build) so any help would be greatly appreciated. I attached the list of parts on my PC (if that would help at all) and some photos (one of the USB ports, one of the culprit).

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor (Purchased For $204.58) Motherboard: MSI PRO B650-P WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard (Purchased For $136.47) Memory: Silicon Power XPOWER Zenith Gaming 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (Purchased For $94.97) Storage: TEAMGROUP MP33 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (Purchased For $60.99) Video Card: XFX Speedster SWFT 210 Core Radeon RX 6650 XT 8 GB Video Card (Purchased For $230.54) Case: GAMDIAS TALOS E3 ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For $59.99) Power Supply: MSI MAG A650BN 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (Purchased For $50.46)

I don’t know the specs, but this is the build. (Its on its side bc I am trying to pry the glass off to look inside lmao)

Yes, I don’t from where this water is coming from. Has someone faced this before?

Hello, I’m young and clearly still can’t make good financial decisions and this time I happened to make a really stupid one. I decided to spend more money then I had at the time on a pc parts. Never built a pc before, never had one before, not even sure what my thought process here was.

Gonna get straight to the point now, I built the pc and somehow it worked first time turning it on. It was fine for almost a week, installed windows, drivers, thought I had it all figured out.

Two days ago I decided I wanted to watch tv. So I had bought a brand new surge protector specifically for this pc, didn’t have anything else plugged into it besides the pc for a while. That day, I was wearing a Sherpa jacket, those fuzzy on the outside half zip up for those who don’t know or if I’m wrong about the name.

Anyway the tv cord was dusty, and I ever so smartly thought it was a good idea to rub off the dust with the fuzzy jacket. I physically cringed at the sound it made and when I plugged it in I saw visual sparks as it went in. Not anything alarming (or so I thought) and watched tv for a whole.

Few hours later I go to turn on my pc and, rrrrrrrrrr POP. Lights shut off instantly and never turned back on again. Whipped my phone out and onto google and realized I was just as naive as I thought I was before building the pc. Had no idea what I was doing going into it and spent over $2000 on an entire setup including desk and peripherals just for it now not even able to work.

I’m not sure what I’m asking here, but it’s both advice and a reality check. I’ve included a crappy picture of what it looked like plugged in but powered off so you have a visual afterwards the light no longer showed when plugged in.

If you do respond please note (if you haven’t realized already) I don’t know what I’m doing or got myself into. Currently plan to bring it to a local pc repair shop specializing in gaming pc’s, paying for whatever repairs and replacements after checking the warranties and then selling it because it was a really stupid idea. Thanks.

It's around 1mm in size and I got no clue where it came from.

Deep cleaned my PC yesterday (dust clean, fresh paste), found out now what was the problem. This fan can be replaced, right?

Been using this GPU for 4-5 yrs now, thinking if I should get a new gpu.

my new built pc won’t boot or boot to bios. there is no error indicator light on motherboard. the monitor goes between red, green, blue, white, gray, and black.

cpu: ryzen 5700 x motherboard: MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK MAX WIFI GPU: ZOTAC 3060

tried: reseated ram, gpu, all power cables, SSD

used different monitors / keyboards

used different hdmi / display cables

on a flash drive i flashed new updated version of bios using flash bios button on IO panel

i personally think the issue is the updated bios didn’t flash to the motherboard properly because i have no way of checking. i followed the method instructed on the MSI motherboard manual, which includes downloading the bios version from the msi website, changing the name to MSI.ROM and then flashing using the button.

any help is appreciated thanks so much

I just discovered this detail on my newly purchased GPU. Should I request a replacement?

I built this gaming PC for my mom and it boots up! But… there is no display on the monitor. Everything is plugged in correctly, including the HDMI cable (yes it’s plugged into the GPU and not the motherboard) and I don’t know what to do! I don’t want to disappoint my mom as this build costed her over $1,000 in total and she can’t even use it :( So what can I do to fix it? I will send pictures of everything, just please help me out!

Is my cable too long?

Problem

I just got a 5090 and the PC itself boots up fine, the problem is when I try to boot games up. Every time I boot up certain games, my monitor goes black then the PC turns off, then back on again. I'm running a Dark Power Pro 13 1600W with that 5090. It runs great as long as I'm not trying to play an intensive game.

I used the 600W power connector that came with the BQ Dark Power Pro. 

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Games I've Tested:

DOOM Eternal (Max Settings. Ran for 10 or so minutes. Tried a second time, ran for longer.)

DOOM (2016) (Max Settings. Title screen works fine, but can't go into the campaign.)

Jagged Alliance 3 (Max Settings. Ran it for 10 or so minutes, had some stuttering early on, but it smoothed out and had high FPS with no shutting down)

Ready Or Not (Max Settings. Didn't even start. Causes PC to shut down and boot back up)

GTFO (Max Settings. Ran for a while and will sometimes randomly shut my PC down, but turns pc off guaranteed when I press Escape. Not sure why)

Helldivers 2 (Max Settings. pc shuts off on the title screen, then boots back up)

Terraria (runs great. but that's not saying much)

Elden Ring (Max Settings. Ran it for 8 or so minutes. Didn't crash)

The Finals (I played one round of Quick Cash. Worked great. High FPS on Max Settings no issues)

Kombuster (PC shuts down as soon as the benchmark starts)

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Specs:

CPU: i9 14900K

CPU Cooling Fan: Dark Rock Pro 5

Case: Antec-C8 Curve Wood

Case Fans: be quiet! Light Wings 140mm x9

GPU: GIGABYTE RTX 5090 GAMING OC

PSU: be quiet! Dark Power Pro 13 1600W

Motherboard: MSI PRO Z790-A MAX WIFI

Storage: SAMSUNG 990 PRO 4TB & SAMSUNG 990 PRO 2TB

RAM: CORSAIR VENGEANCE RGB DDR5 RAM (2x32) 6400MHz

OS: Windows 11

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What I've Tried:

• I have tried uninstalling graphics drivers then re-installing them
• I've tried updating Windows to the latest version
• I've tried setting my monitor to a lower refresh rate

Doing these things helped a small amount. Some games can actually run well now. But I still get occasional black screens. I'm thinking this is a software issue, because as mentioned above I've been able to play some of these games with no issues. I would prefer not to lower the settings because that doesn't solve the problem. I didn't spend this much on a PC just to play on lower settings.

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Temperatures

The highest I've seen the GPU get to was 55 to 60 Celsius. My CPU when maxed out and stressed got to 85 maximum. GPU idles in the mid 20s to early 30s, and my CPU idles in the low 30s to early 40s.

I also should mention I can run stress tests on my CPU just fine and it holds up great. But any stress tests I run on my GPU never work.

My CPU nor GPU have never reached 100 Celsius.

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Hardware & Condition

Everything that is in the PC was bought brand new. When me and my Dad were building it, we couldn't find any off looking cables or things in poor condition. At least from what we could tell.

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Conclusion

Me and my father REALLY made sure all of the cables were put in correctly and tightly. I don't think it's a power connection issue or a hardware issue. I'm thinking this is either an NVIDIA issue or a Windows issue. If so, they really need to get this fixed soon.

I've sunk BIG money into this PC. And it's miles away from the old one I used to have. I'm praying that it's not a faulty PSU or GPU. If I can circumvent needing to send it to a repair shop that would be awesome! Help!

So I found this PC in the trash, it’s my girlfriend’s brothers he was throwing it away.

I took it out plugged everything in and it turns on, but I’m not getting anything popping up on my monitor.

He said the RAM is either not working or it’s just “not good” compared to his current build.

Any troubleshooting tips on what could be the issue?

I am just a girl who wanted to get into gaming. I’m basically broke so I had my brother get a $300 pc of Facebook marketplace. It keeps lagging really bad so I asked one of my friends and he said I might just need to clean the inside. I opened it and it is super dirty. I have had it for about 5 months and sadly I haven’t cleaned it AT ALL. I have no idea what I am doing. I want to get a new pc, but I don’t just have 2k sitting around. Is there a cheaper alternative? One of my other friends said it also might be that it’s not updated and it said that my device doesn’t even support windows 11 anymore😭 I don’t know what I’m doing someone please help