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MSI B450M-A PRO MAX only have 4 CPU pins
I'm assembling a PC for a friend who doesn't know what hardware is. I just received the motherboard (MSI B450M-A PRO MAX) and I chose the Ryzen 3 3200G processor for good performance at good price. I ...
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Can i use only 4 pins to power an 8 pin motherboard? [closed]
My current PC (FX8350, GTX 1070, 16GB ddr3 1866mhz) is using an OCZ ModxStream PRO 600W PSU, im about to upgrade to Ryzen, and i notice that most, if not all MOBOs (for Ryzen CPUs) have 8pin power ...
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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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Can a gpu and cpu drain power from motherboard and cause auto restart?
When trying to play some games my pc freezes and restarts.
the cause is motherboard under-voltage(code 41).
when I checked my psu it maintained a constant voltage no matter what happened.
Even when ...
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Connected CPU to PCI-E connector. Did I fry something? [duplicate]
I just bought an AMD motherboard and CPU and a modular PSU.
The PSU came with a cable with 2 8-PIN connectors, one RED and one BLACK.
I haven't been careful enough and I connected the motherboard's ...
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How do I find what made my pc crash?
While playing some games my pc will crash, either my screen freezes or my screen goes off then my pc restarts automatically.
How do I find out why my computer crashed?
Is there a software that will ...
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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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PC in reboot loop, even after replacing most components (processor failed?) [closed]
Out of the blue my PC started going into a reboot loop whenever turned on.
I checked every component, replaced the RAM, took the GPU out, took the HDD out, reset the mobo CMOS, and replaced the new ...
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Diagnosing desktop computer that unexpectedly shuts down - not overheating
Today my office desktop computer (which is also the main network machine) shut down unexpectedly while exporting a very large data file - the other computers in the network were already off. The ...
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Power supply makes a repetitive noise under heavy load
Here's the noise my PSU makes:
https://youtu.be/4E8P5ZOfYZA
As you can hear it's loud when I put the microphone right next to the PSU, but barely noticeable when I'm sitting at my desk right next to ...
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Newly built PC won't boot 1st time
I've recently built a budget PC for my cousin and the parts are as follows:
CPU: Ryzen 5 1600
MB: Asus Prime B350-Plus
CPU cooler: Cooler Master 212 Evo
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 2666 MHz (2× 4 GB)
GPU: ...
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Custom PC not booting and intermittently turning off / on
I'm building a custom computer with the following specifications:
Storage: Crucial P1 3D NANA NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD
Memory: G.SKILL Trident Z RGB Series 288-Pin SDRAM DDR4-3000Mhz
GPU: MSI GTX 1070 TI ...
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70% GPU usages and 100% CPU usages on RTX2080ti and 6700K
Recently I update from the GTX1070 to the RTX2080ti, but there is only about 70% GPU usages when I play the Rainbowsix Siege and Assassin's Creed Odyssey. It will be 100% when I use the GTX1070 so I ...
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Do I need both the 8 pin and 4 pin cpu power plug for my MSI B450 Pro Carbon?
I have bought a new mainboard, an MSI B450 Gaming Pro Carbon, and to my surprise, it features 12 pins for the CPU power connection.
My power supply, a Pure Power 10 BN274 600 Watt, only features 2 x ...
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