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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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I plugged in a molex cable the wrong way and the power supply exploded. Did it kill my hard drive?
I bought a cheap kit allowing me to use a 3.5 SATA hard drive with a laptop, by plugging it in with USB. It still requires external power supply so I used an adapter that came with this kit but I ...
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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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SATA Connections Fried - MB or PSU to blame?
Question: How can one test whether a motherboard's SATA connections are faulty vs a PSU's SATA output?
Context: A couple days ago, I was replacing my old PSU (Corsair CXM 750W 80+ Bronze) with a new ...
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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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Constant reboots. Did I break second PSU in two weeks?
I have had some bad luck with my newly built PC which I have only had for two weeks. It worked fine for the first week. Then, at some random moment (it was not under any heavy load) it rebooted, and ...
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Upgraded computer, now it turns off randomly / won't turn on
I have recently upgraded my computer and now it turns off at random times. Sometimes I'll be on all day and there will be no problem. Sometimes it'll be a couple hours and it will shut off. And ...
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Is my PSU faulty?
My PC has recently started freezing. I've narrowed it down to the following facts (using DDR RAM):
2 modules in Single Channel mode, it takes some hours to freeze.
1 module in Single Channel mode, it ...
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PC hard resets when GPU load is high
I have a:
GPU: Sapphire NITRO+ OC RX480
Mobo: h81m-s (BIOS version :F2)
CPU: Intel i5-4460
RAM: Corsair vengeance 8GB DDR3
PSU: Corsair VS550
Every time I start something graphics intensive the PC ...
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PC has no video out even with brand new RAM and mobo
I have a computer which randomly one day had no display when I came in. I turned it off and back on, and it just kept restarting on me. Turn off, turn on, turn off, turn on.
Specs:
Mobo: G41M-P25
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Will unplugging/replugging the power cable on a powered off computer damage the hardware components? [duplicate]
I just removed the cable connected to my computer and switched off the power supply switch. Then I opened the computer case in the side just to gently blow some air to get the dust out. But after just ...
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PC won't power on
I shut down my computer two days ago, when it was functioning with no major issues. About 24 hours later I tried to turn it back on and it wouldn't respond, not even the fans. I could only see the ...
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Can an old system develop coil whine?
My desktop which is a couple years old now (2016) has begun to make an annoying high pitched noise some of the time which I think might be coil whine?
It doesn't seem to matter if there's load on it. ...
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HDD IO errors, is this definitely a HDD failure or could it be something else? kernel.log
This HDD's history
The hard drive is 1.5TB, 6 years old. IIRC it's 7200RPM with a ATA133 interface, using the motherboard's onboard controller. It gave perfect service in a big desktop PC, then 1 ...
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Eee PC 900 dies quickly regardless of battery
I received an old Eee PC 900. It works fine, except the battery charges and discharges really quickly (under an hour).
I thought this was an issue with the battery, so I bought a new one with about ...
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HP EliteDesk 600 turns of after releasing power on button
I have an EliteDesk 600.
The power switch on the front refuses to stay connected. Depress it and the computer starts; release it and it switches off.
I have replaced the switch and this makes no ...
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Why is my PSU squeeling? Antec EA-500D Earthwatts 500W with Sapphire Radeon HD 7950
I have a rather old computer rig and the fan on my trusty old Zotac GeForce 8800GT broke down. I hacked a 120mm fan onto the GPU heatsink and it is actually cooling enough, but I know that it is not ...
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Computer won't boot if any drive connected to PS (SATA cable not connected) but USB drive okay, GTX 1080 video card okay
Weird problem. Computer is new-ish, been working fine for months. Yesterday afternoon it suddenly died. Try to boot it, the lights in the case light up for 0.1 second and have to power off/power on ...
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Weird buzzing noise coming from the pc (PSU perhaps)
Ok so this is a weird one. I'm used to troubleshooting things like this one myself, but now i'm rather stuck.
Just bought a new PC with RTX 2080 & Ryzen 7 2700X. All good, runs smooth and rather ...
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How can a power supply (PSU) fail to power a motherboard but still test as "OK"?
I'll start by apologizing for asking another question on a topic which obviously pops up over and over and over again. I tried to locate an existing answer matching my situation, but I did not. If you ...
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Laptop stops and starts charging randomly
I have an ASUS laptop and it randomly starts and stops charging without moving the cables. The battery is brand new and seems to be working fine. The DC Adapter is professionally tested and seems to ...
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Supermicro server can't turn on after I disconnect IEC power cord cable without turning off the mains
I did this and after that my server can't turn on. The thing is that I actually turned off the server from Windows before disconnecting the power cable. There's no burnt smell. I tried changing to ...
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Desktop will not boot, not even to the BIOS
My desktop, assembled back in December 2011, specs are:
Gigabyte H61M-S2P-B3 rev1.0
Intel i7 2600 3.4GHz
Kingston DDR3 4GB 1333MHz
Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200RPM
Windows 10 x64 Pro updated to ...
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Estimation on power consumption for dram modules on desktop mainboard?
Desktop mainboard is equipped with Crucial, DDR4-2400, PC4-19200 2x16GB, CT2K16G4SFD824A, CL=17, dual Ranked, x8 based, unbuffered, non-ECC, 1.2V, 2048Meg x64bit modules. What is power consumption for ...
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Computer devices randomly get disconnected
I seem to have a strange issue with my PC. The devices which are connected to it are randomly getting disconnected, only to be connected again in like a second.
I typically observe the issue when I ...
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Why does my computer abruptly shut down? PSU is faulty but works well without load [closed]
There are similar questions on this site, some do not have definitive answers while in other cases it was the motherboard that was faulty or overheating issues. In my case it’s the PSU.
The purpose ...
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What is the function/purpose of the pinhole on the battery of a Samsung Series 5 ultrabook?
Some background (not entirely relevent to main question): I can't find my specific model of laptop online but it has all the same specs as this excluding the touchscreen: http://bit.ly/18netZQ
It's a ...
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Can a PSU outage cause a Mechanical Start Failure on a S.M.A.R.T. drive?
Recently, my PSU crunched out on me and I had to replace it. The drive in question was running at the time, and during an attempt at start up afterwards (during which the PSU did not output enough ...
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