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Custom built PC slowly freezes up [closed]

So this is probably one of the weirdest PC issues I have ever experienced. I built my PC in the winter of 2011, so about 1.5 years ago. Here are the stats: ASUS P8P67 (REV 3.1) LGA 1155 Intel P67 ...
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Gradual loss of RAM, CPU fan, HDDs. Possible suspect motherboard?

I've been having quite some unsettling issues with my desktop recently In the last 6 months up until now I've had an alarmingly growing rate of malfunctions. In chronological order: RAM started ...
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Will I be able to use sata 3 ssd with my current motherboard and if so will I be able to achieve reasonable performance gain

Currently I am using ASUS P5QPL-AM motherboard. This motherboard support the following storage system So my current hardware configuration is : motherboard : ASUS P5QPL-AM (ddr2) ram : 4GB (ddr2) ...
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BIOS doesn't recognize XMP profile

Build Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth Z87 LGA 1150 RAM: G.SKILL Sniper Series 32GB 40-Pin DDR3 Model F3-2400C11Q-32GSR CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K Haswell LGA 1150 84W BX80646I74770K SSD: Samsung 850 PRO ...
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Can I use my laptop ram, ssd and hdd in desktop motherboard?

I have an asus rog g531gt, it come with i7 9th gen processor with 4gb invidia GTX 1650ti and 8+8gb ddr4 vram, 512gb PCIE ssd with 1tb hdd(Sata). Now it's motherboard got damaged, and I want to buy a ...
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Computer boots up automatically when given power and screen shows no display?

I have a strange problem with my computer that I am building. I had to replace the original mobo (Asrock fatal1ty H97) due to compatibility issues (the system did boot up correctly with this mobo) , I ...
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Which piece of hardware in my desktop is failing?

Almost 2 years ago I built a custom desktop. This week it seems to be becoming inoperable. It's a dual boot system capable of booting to Windows 7 or Windows 8.1. When I sat down at it the other ...
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Computer doesn't get further than motherboard screen after installing new ram?

I just go new Kingston Hyper Beast DDR3 8x2GB kit in the door, but when I install them into my board, either my monitor doesn't react at all, or I get the motherboard screen which causes a restart and ...
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How to diagnose/distinguish motherboard/CPU issues?

For the last few months my PC is acting weird. Random App crashes, Chrome tab crashes, memory errors, apps simply disappearing, BSOD with errors not helping at all, random restarts (Event-log shows ...
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Laptop Crash - Event 41

I have just upgraded my laptop. Before, I had two same ram each 2GB DDR3. Everything was working fine. For 5 years without any issue! So, decided to upgrade laptop. Bought a 4GB DDR3 ram, Alternate it ...
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New PC doesn't boot into any OS from any source after windows update (pls help)

I built my first PC two days ago, hooked it up to a monitor, plugged a usb with Windows installation media, installed Windows Enterprise LTSC (i use it on my laptop and love it), and started updating ...
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Do I need to make changes in Bios? I am having an issue upgrading my ram in my Alienware Aurora R4

I bought 2 Patriot Viper 16GB kits to upgrade to 32GB on my Alienware Aurora R4 and I am getting no video signal no beeps just fans roaring as if it was starting up normal with these installed. But ...
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New Computer Build - Boot display issues (always POSTs)

Summary I've recently built a new computer, I used UK PC Part Picker to ensure all parts were compatible and to help with where to buy parts. I've built the machine now having a couple of issues. ...
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PC acting very weird

It first appeard that my monitor would not display even though it had signal. I was making a mkv file with my old dvd drive and I figured explorer just hanged. Now I'm unable to get into Win10 ...
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Boot loop after restart pc

Is there anyone who has an idea why my pc is keep restarting? Kinda disturbing when i try to intsall new os on new SSD . And every time i restart the pc either via the reset button or from the Windows,...
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