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Tagged with power-supply hardware-failure
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How to diagnose the cause of black screen in Windows 10 OS?
I'm running into some problems with random black screens as described in another question:
random black screens
As I have not received so far, no reply that could help debug the cause of this black ...
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Is My Power-Supply Faulty? or Could It be something Else
So I Suspect my Power Supply to be faulty but I am unsure and want some advice,
I turned off my PC(full shutdown via windows)
and then in the morning it would not start again, I press the Power Button ...
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Can a power outage damage PC hardware?
TL;DR: can a planned "power outage" damage PC hardware aside from HDD/SSD (which won't be connected to the PCs) - mobo, gpu, cpu, psu, dvd, fans?
(the internet says "yes it can" vs ...
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Can this hardware failure be a faulty motherboard?
I have a self built PC which is running for around seven years now without a problem. Yesterday, in the middle of streaming Netflix on Ubuntu, the screen froze. Only a hard reset worked. After the ...
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Computer won't boot into BIOS after I had used hairdryer to clean the PSU
I need help, it is very urgent:
I shut down my computer, unplugged everything, opened the case, saw the power supply unit was dusty and used a hairdryer to clean it; after doing so, my computer won't ...
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Why would a computer stop working until a PSU is temporarily replaced
I had a few out of the ordinary power outage, I say out of the ordinary because from what I recall, computer lost power due to the UPS battery depletion after the recovery of a first power loss.
Once ...
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Which SATA power cable is standard?, and why are there 2 standards?
Pictured are two visually identical SATA Power cables, meant to connect to a PSU (the other end of each cable, not pictured, connects to a SATA drive). They're only distinguishable by the metal inside ...
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Weird PSU behaviour
My HTPC stopped powering up. NOTHING AT ALL happens when I press the power button on the case AND the power button on the motherboard itself, too.
My first thought was that the ATX PSU, which is not ...
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Disconnected cable in the ATX power connector but PC still runs normally, should I keep using it?
So, I have a AeroCool KCAS-600W PSU, and today while I was using my computer I noticed that a orange cable had poped out of the socket. So I basicly grabed it and put it back into place. Please the in ...
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Can someone help me troubleshoot PC shutdown (I have HWmonitor logs in spreadsheet)
Happens when heavily gaming, PC will suddenly power down without warning. I can't boot it back up unless I unplug the PSU from the wall and back in, then it comes up fine.
I've run HW monitor logging ...
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Custom PC keeps destroying components
We build a custom water-cooling system with the following specs:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X (16x 3,5 GHz)
Board: Gigabyte Aorus Master X570
GPU: Gigabyte Aorus GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Xtreme Waterforce WB 11G
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Unstable BCLK/PCIe clock + 4 hard drive failures in 6 weeks after move. Replaced Mobo+CPU but Issue persist & new HDDs failed
I'm having several issues that I believe are related. The issues began when I moved the computer to a new house 6 weeks ago.
The Bus Clock (BCLK & PCI Clock) of my CPU runs ~2Mhz lower than whats ...
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Computer turns off sponaneously. Is it the PSU?
My computer turned off multiple times spontaneously. It happens instantly and it also instantly starts rebooting. I didn't do anything with high ressource usage (just a browser open and powerpoint) ...
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My PSU for my PC buzzed when plugged in, caused a power short, now won't turn on
My PC was working fine yesterday.
I installed a fan controller today. After installation, I went to plug the computer in and when I did the PSU made a buzz, then the power in the room went off and I ...
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determine cause of auto shutdown when playing games
The problem
When playing a game, the computer suddenly shuts down, although not completely because some fans (maybe the GPU's) are still running and the light on the power button is still lit. I ...
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