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Laptop only boots when no internal drive is connected

TLDR: Laptop will not even boot to the BIOS menu when an internal SSD or HDD is connected, there is no visible damage on the motherboard. When booting from a sometimes working and long time taking USB ...
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12v line is showing up to 14v in BIOS (DMM reading are fine)

Purely by chance, upon rebooting, in the BIOS, I saw that 12v line was showing 13.9v, although I used the computer normally all day long. After resetting all settings in the BIOS and reboot, nothing ...
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Motherboard is showing 24v instead of 12v

I have put together a new PC build and when I turn on the machine it's showing me the following error/warning: "Asus anti-surge was triggered to protect system from unstable power supply" Besides ...
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What happens if I put an 1.5V ram stick in a 1.65V rated Motherboardslot?

I'm going to bulid my new gaming rig pretty soon. I allready got my DDR3 Ram sticks(KVR16N11K2/16 by Kingston). Is it possible to put those in a Motherboard which has 1.65V Rated RAM-Slots(the ...
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How to overclock CPU using only FSB?

According to my BIOS the CPU temperature and the system temperature are 16°C and 18°C respectively for Idle on stock air cooling. (It used to be 40°C and 48°C when I kept my computer inside a case. ...
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CPU voltage settings set in BIOS always stay the default

Default voltage is 1.5v.It can be set to the highest setting (1.55) or even to 0.8v but the voltage always is 1.5v. How to make it 1.55v? Can I somehow make it higher than listed there (like 1.6v) ...
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Memory with incorrect voltage for motherboard

I just bought an Intel DP35DP motherboard. Multiple sites tell me that only 1.8V memory works. I have 2x1GB sticks of 1.9-2.1V RAM, then another 2x1GB of 2.1V RAM. The BIOS does detect all 4GB of ...
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Intel DH61AG CPU, fans, and voltages not reading in BIOS

I'm looking for the cause and/or fix of an issue when during start up of the DH61AG board the fans go full speed as they normally do but stay at full speed rather than slowing. In the BIOS the PC ...
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PC power supply & normal range for voltages reported in BIOS hardware monitor?

I'm trying to diagnose whether my computer has an ample power supply. Sometimes when I play a video-intensive game, both monitors lose the video signal, even though the computer remains on and sound ...
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