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Internal Compiler Error: Segmentation Fault
I am getting the following error every time I try to build or make a package:
In file included from /usr/include/gz/math7/gz/math/AxisAlignedBox.hh:25,
from /home/jjayalekshmi/gz-...
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New Power Supply doesn't work with a specific motherboard
I just bought a new power supply Corsair CX430 V2 in order to meet the needs of a new graphics card I hope to install. The motherboard is the micro-ATX form factor Asus P5KPL-AM/PS running a Intel C2D ...
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No Hard Disk found Message on Boot up, SSD Map: Cannot find required map name
I had this issue "Motherboard saying that it cannot find required map name."
The referenced approach included the description:
So this is what is showed:
EFI Shell Version 2.31 [4.633]
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Laptop Docking Station not detecting HDMI Monitor when connected via type C cord
I have a Lenovo Legion laptop and a dell monitor. Also have seperate keyboard and mouse which i use for gaming.
I bought the Dock by Honeywell(https://amzn.eu/d/1gtN4ZN), which comes with a small Type ...
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Can I replace Corsair RM750X 750W v2 with Corsair CMPSU-450VX for testing purposes?
I recently encountered a problem where I suddenly got no signal to display after my computer has worked for 4 years superuser question. I still have no idea how to solve it but I got access to an old ...
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How do I Identify which failing hardware is causing hard crashes/reboots?
Recently, my computer started having hard crashes/ reboots.
When on a medium load, the computer appears to randomly reboot, shutting down to BIOS and just rebooting itself some seconds after.
The ...
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My new computer won't turn on, GPU just blinks
Just assembled my first computer and when I try to turn it on the gpu just blinks a red light for a second on the GIGABYTE led display and nothing happens.
My psu has a voltage selector and I'm ...
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Possible faulty PSU?
I had power ran out on me on Sunday while the PC was on and since the the OS (Windows 10) kept losing power as soon as I put stress on it. Not shutting down, losing power and then rebooting. I looked ...
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new PSU causes issues to keyboard
A year ago, I replaced the old PSU that burned out with a new one, but this one and even though everything works fine, the keyboard doesn't write well. For example, when I press the letter "a&...
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PSU dead after installing GPU
I am not completely sure what happened here so I am looking for advice.
I built a mid sized ATX case PC a couple years ago, and ended up with the Ares Gaming 650w bronze power supply and no external ...
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The boot buzzer produces infinite short beeps and the system never boots even though all other components appear to be working
I have this old motherboard, and I was trying to revive it, which I have achieved but for a short time, since the motherboard did not have a power button, so I put 2 cables that when making contact ...
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Computer motherboard power stuck at on and off cycle
I can not get my computer power on.
When I hit the power switch button, the motherboard start to work and immediately shutdown
The PC will work for several seconds - fans start spinning and LED's ...
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If my PC doesn't "turn on" randomly, what is that a sign of?
2.7 years ago, I bought a HP Z240 tower workstation PC.
Recently, I have begun noticing that, when I press the power button in the morning, it doesn't "fully power on", or something similar. ...
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Repair hard drive short circuited by miss pinned PSU?
The RAID volume in my Synology NAS crashed and their advice was to plug the drives into another computer to attempt recovery. The volume crashed, but both drives were healthy and some of the data was ...
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Debugging a laptop that won't turn on
When laptop won't turn on, how do I figure out which of these issues might it be?
Power Button
The AC plug
The Motherboard
Are there some tools or ways to debug and narrow down the cause. And how ...
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Friend's PC working in my home, not in his
Advisors!
My friend has a PC whose cabinet keeps shocking and it regularly keeps making problems from time to time, like
• Disk read error
• Hard Drive not found
• Blank Grey Screen when booting
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Computer crashing at random
I've been having a "small-ish" issue where my computer randomly shuts down. Be it in the middle of a game or work etc, even on idle, it just crashes and reboots. no BSOD or anything. One ...
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Usb ports connecting and disconnecting
I know this is not the place to ask about hardware problems and solutions, but I can't search on google anymore... I've been for over 24hours searching on google about my problem and trying to get a ...
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Laptop always turns itself on again
Since yesterday my Laptop won't turn off anymore. When I shut it down, it takes a few seconds and then it turns itself on again. Doesn't matter if I let it boot and shutdown again, or turn it of in ...
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Computer doesn't turn on when pressing the power button
It's not that it doesn't boot, but that the computer simply doesn't turn on. Absolutely nothing happens when I press the power button. Strangely enough, at some point it does turn on. This time it ...
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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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