Questions tagged [motherboard]
The motherboard or mainboard is the central printed circuit board (PCB) in many modern computers and holds many of the crucial components of the system.
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What's the difference PCIe x16 (x4) vs x16
I'm a first time PC builder. I'm looking at mainboards. Some mainboards say they have a "PCIE 4.0 x16 (x4)" connection. I know what PCIE 4.0 x16 is but the (x4) confuses me. (Example ...
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Can I wire an 8pin double case fan into 2 x 4pin fan headers, or USB?
I have 2 x Delta 92x38mm EFB0912HHE Triple Blade High Speed Case Fan - Sleeved, which both have 4 wires which are spliced into an 8-pin connector, but only using 6 of the pins (2 are sharing 2 wires ...
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Not POSTing Without Graphics
I have a homelab with an ROG STRIX B760-I Gaming Wifi motherboard (bios manual), and upon changing the operating system it will no longer POST unless I have a graphics card. When there is no graphics ...
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New motherboard no LED / no response: What can be done?
I'm struggling to get my son’s PC working again. The motherboard is a Gigabyte H410M H V2 (rev 1.7).
Okay, so a new GPU required a new PSU which required a new motherboard which required a new casing, ...
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Dual monitors say "no signal" but windows boots completely
I turned my PC on today and the monitors said "no signal" and entered power saver mode. After restarting a few times I tried to see if the PC booted up by typing my password in and seeing if ...
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Bitlocker recovery key after motherboard replacement
If I suspend the BitLocker before the replacement of motherboard of my laptop, would it ask for BitLocker-recovery-key if I turn on the laptop after motherboard's replacement?
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How do I properly install these new RAM sticks?
I have purchased two new RAM sticks:
Crucial Pro RAM 32GB Kit (2x16GB) DDR4 3200MT/s (or 3000MT/s or 2666MT/s) Desktop Memory CP2K16G4DFRA32A
I cannot figure how to properly install them in place of ...
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Asus H310T R2 BIOS update
I have a second hand micro-ITX ASUS motherboard PRIME H310T R2 exactly like this one: https://www.asus.com/motherboards-components/motherboards/prime/prime-h310t-r2-0/ It came with BIOS/UEFI version ...
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Bought an HP Probook from a reseller, seems to have wrong graphics card
I have bought a Probook from Ebay, 'opened, never used', however despite being a Probook 450 G9 with an i5 processor, has the UHD graphics card. The listing suggested it should come with the Iris Xe, ...
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Blunder while looking for a short circuit on a motherboard
After getting my laptop diagnosed with a shorted motherboard, I decided to see if I could find the short and fix it or replace the motherboard itself.
I blew compressed air to ice over some components,...
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Core i7 3770k not working on chinese motherboard Machinist B75 Pro U5
I have a Chinese manufactured motherboard Machinist B75 Pro U5. According to the manual (very hard to find by the way, didn't comes in the box):
"Supports Intel Core i3/i5/i7 2th or 3th ...
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Motherboard with 4 pin ATX 12 connector, and power-supply with cable split 4+4, which pair?
I have a motherboard (Asus A88xm-e) and powersupply which is the Fanless Prime 600w.
The power supply has a cable for the ATX 12 connector (the connector is near the cpu) but has 8 pin instead of 4, ...
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High temps on MoBo?
Just built myself a new PC and checking out my temps with HWMonitor it shows that most things are fine, except for the motherboard... Any suggestions?
It's an ITX unit and I have built it in an SG13
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Confused about connecting PSU to MoBo
I have a Corsair RM650 and an AsRock A520M-ITX/A, but I'm a little confused as to which connector goes where.
I have recently been told that I need to connect both the AXT and the ATX12V connectors ...
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Character rendering Issues (characters aren't readable)
A few weeks ago, I sent my laptop for repairs because it experienced a black screen with interesting-looking stripes at the bottom:
After receiving my laptop back, I was informed that the mainboard ...
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