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Is it a dead motherboard, or not enough power? (2008 Intel Skulltrail D5400XS)
I'm hoping that someone has real-world experience starting up an Intel Skulltrail D5400XS system, with less than the Intel-recommended 1,000 watt power supply. And/or, real-world experience with ...
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New build won't start, but seem to have ruled out potential causes
I'm working on a new build, and have never run into anything like this before.
I hit the power button, and... nothing. No case fans, no CPU fan, no PSU fans, no sounds, no beeps, no POST, no clicking,...
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Computer boot looping for hours
I am facing a very odd problem, since a while my computer does stuck itself in a boot loop. At the beginning it was just 4-5 times then it was booting normally. Recently hours of boot loops was needed ...
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Windows 10 cpu usage not above 27%
For a while now I noticed my laptop has been slowing down. This is a pretty powerful machine. After a short investigation I see that my cpu usage never ever exceeds 27%. Looks like a power settings ...
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Shorted the psu and computer won't post with new one
I accidentally shorted my PSU on a damaged SATA power connector. I picked up a replacement Thermaltake 700 PSU and dropped it in.
Now the PC won't POST. I unplugged everything except the VGA/HDMI (...
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CPU fan restarts after power and PC not booting to bios
I've browsed for other similar threads and I haven't got my desired answer because symptoms were different in a way, though I still tried the suggested actions for troubleshooting, still haven't ...
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PC won't start, PSU buzzing/humming
I have an MSI K7N2 motherboard with an Athlon 3200+ XP. I have been running it in an old Cooler Master case and it has been OK for at least 10 years. About a year ago, it broke down, with something ...
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PC turning on and off
Yesterday I built my PC. I have done it for the first time. But when I switched it on, it turned on for about 30 seconds and then turned off. It kept repeating the cycle infinitely.
So then I tried ...
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Event ID 37: kernel processor power and problems shutting down
HP Pavilion dv6610eg
Changes
2 weeks ago I:
cleaned my notebook and renewed thermal material (thermal paste and thermal pads)
replaced the HDD with a Samsung 128GB SSD: I can only use it in IDE ...
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CPU Over voltage error after updating BIOS
I have a problem with my motherboard.
I updated the BIOS on my Asus P8P67-M to the latest version(3703) after this when rebooting my computer I was shown a message telling me that there is a CPU Over ...
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GPU/CPU workload is low but games are lagging (Tested PSU) Win10
Well I run into this issue after running this system for a few months without any problems. I tried to downgrade my gpu driver, restored windows to a point where the system was fine, checked the psu (...
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Whenever I run a CPU intensive process, my system restarts
I've noticed this when I try to calculate the inverse of a 10,000 x 10,000 random matrix with Matlab or Octave. My computer just restarts without prompting any error message. I have already looked for ...
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Computer fully restarts with no POST under any significant load
Specs: i5 3570k GTX 670 Corsair HX750 PSU
I built my desktop a few years back and it has worked like a charm up until the past week. Whenever I try to play any game, besides non-intensive stuff like ...
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Computer doesn't start when 12V CPU power plugged in
Configuration (troubleshooting):
Board: Socket AM3+ Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2PT
CPU: AMD FX4300
PSU: 500W Peak
Other components:
GPU: ASUS Nvidia GTX960
Mem: 12GB (8+4) 1333
HDD: Seagate 1TB SATA
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Should you worry about high voltage and wattage on a non-overclocked computer?
I've been wondering if I should be worried at all about high wattage or voltage on a non-overclocked computer. I say non-overclocked because when I Google search this question or something similar it ...
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