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Computer died after pressing reset button, DRAM Led stuck on

yesterday after a long gaming session I decided to quit the game and my PC stuck at the exit screen, I couldn't move my mouse pointer, ctrl+alt+del didn't didn't work and out of frustration I decided ...
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Can a PC boot without a GPU of any kind if it is using software rendering?

Me and my friend were arguing earlier about whether or not it's possible to use a computer (at all) without any kind of GPU, which he thought was impossible. So I told him about software rendering and ...
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Graphics card causes motherboard to delay power off

Recently a glass of fruit juice was dumped into my tower. I immediately scrapped the motherboard and power supply unit, replacing both, and attempted to salvage both the RAM, GPU, and the CPU. I took ...
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Does the boot start of a PC (POST) use the discrete GPU to render the black-and-white text?

Background of the question: My PC no longer POSTs; no sounds and lights appear at all (I.e., no reaction whatsoever after pressing the power button). I want to isolate the component that is likely ...
Wuschelbeutel Kartoffelhuhn's user avatar