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Stop Dell from throttling CPU with power adapter
My Dell laptop is experiencing the old problem of the power adapter failing to be recognized by the computer. I know for a fact it is just a break in the data cable in the line, because if I position ...
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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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Is there a Internet PC Parts database? Like IMDB except it's about PC parts: motherboards, CPUs, Power supplies etc etc [closed]
I would love to have a central place where information about all PC parts are kept. Even better if the whole database can be downloaded as CSV and analysed using R or SAS.
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Power Supply wattage selection. Why 80 plus Bronze, Gold, Platinum?
I'm looking at building a file server and looking at getting a quiet, reliable power supply that can power two processors on a single board and run pretty much constantly.
How would I select a power ...
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New computer won't boot
I've recently purchased a set of components and set about building my own desktop. It is not booting and I am stuck.
When I hit the power button, the fans spin, but that's all. There is no video. ...
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CPU not powering up
Tried disconnecting the PSU and checked it by shorting green and black wires. It is working. However, when I connect it back to the motherboard and try to switch on the computer, all I hear is a faint ...
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Since my power supply doesn’t provide an 8 pin cable to connect it to my GPU, then what should I connect to my GPU?
I replaced this graphic card:
With this Asus Dual GeForce RTX™ 3060:
And this GPU needs 8 pins but my power supply has these. Since my power supply does not provide 8 pin, to connect it to my GPU, ...
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Motherboard power LED goes on but quickly goes off, with a "tumble" sound, and this goes on in cycles, while nothing else happens
Laptop Toshiba Satellite L850-1V7
Power LED goes on but quickly goes off, with a "tumble" sound, and this goes on in cycles, while nothing else happens.
A video of it: https://drive.google....
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PC power usage related to power supply
Not sure if this is the right place to ask such a question, but I don't see a more relevant place on stack exchange otherwise.
So recently I've become kind of obsessed with becoming more efficient ...
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