PC would occasionally do this on start up then stop after a few minutes has been doing this almost constantly since last night. Also was very hot to the touch after an hour of gaming. I use this for gaming and streaming and haven't had any problems so far.
Dell Inspiron 3501. I disassembled this laptop to remove the hard drive, and afterward, it wouldn't turn on. I reassembled it, but it still wouldn't power on. I noticed a white light blinking.
Hello!
I work from home and my current setup shares monitors between my work laptop plus my desktop. My monitors work perfect through my desktop - both connected via displayport to my 5080.
With my laptop, I'm currently connected using a Thinkpad Thunderbolt 4 dock to my Thinkpad laptop but getting visual issues with one of my monitors.
Monitor 1: AOC 34" Ultrawide running 3440x1440 144hz connected via DP
Monitor2: AOC 27" running 2560x1440 120hz connected via HDMI (only 1 DP port)
The docking station won't run both monitors at 144hz, which is fine. What I'm experiencing though is constant video 'bugs' with the 27" monitor. It will lose video connection intermittently, the video itself sometimes will do what I can best describe as get 'squiggly' for a couple seconds then reverts back to a normal picture. I have tried running this monitor at different refresh rates from 60, 120, etc to see if that makes any difference but none that I can really tell -- I assume since both work fine connected to my Desktop, it has to do with the signal coming through the dock itself.
My question is, does it sound like the dock? or maybe the fact it's running 2560x1440 120hz through the HDMI? My thought would be to find a better quality universal dock that maybe supports better resolution(s).
Any thoughts from the reddit masses?
Lenovo X1 carbon gen 9 Intel 11th gen i7-1185G7
I got a new Western Digital / Sandisk WD_Black SN7100 1TB and I cloned the disk using first Acronis then Macrium with same issues. Cloned a 512gb WD SSD that works with Windows 11 Pro.
During windows install it will not detect the ssd. The ssd works since I used a USB-c enclosure to clone plus it was detectable and firmware updated with the Sandisk dashboard.
I have downloaded the Lenovo storage drivers, I have extracted drivers, I have used Intel RST extracted drivers, I have used almost all Lenovo drivers I could find and various Intel RST versions from Gen 9 processors to Gen 15, all to the same result. During Windows install the ssd is not detected and I cannot proceed.
I have also changed various BIOS settings, unfortunately I cannot find a way to turn Off VMD as that’s not an option in the Bios in my laptop.
I have also used both Windows ISO file with Rufus as a bootable USB and the Windows Media Creation Tool, and both lead to the same result.
I just recently found a CMD prompt that allows BootWim edits / install of drivers directly into the Boot wim file but that also does nothing to change detecting the SSD.
I’m not sure what else I can try.
Unfortunately Sandisk/WD does not offer any separate NVME drivers or anything else I can use.
Just rebuilt a pc and the thing refuses to boot. The DRAM light on the Asus mobo comes on and stays on. The fans and lights have power but no power output from the usb ports and no display output from the gpu or mobo. Here’s a list of things I’ve tried (same result every time)
Each stick of ram in the primary slot one by one.
My RAM in a different PC to make sure it works.
Resetting I’ve CMOS battery
Different RAM with RGB to see if it has power (lights on the other RAM turned on)
I think at this point it’s either the CPU or PSU but i don’t have extras of those components to troubleshoot. Pls help.
I was raging and I accidentally punched my screen a little too hard, how much does this cost to repair?
I’m pretty new to diy PC repairs, and in April I came across a problem where my whole PC (5 year old pre-built) wouldn’t turn on at all.
Flipping the power switch and pressing the on button:
-Did not turn on any motherboard lights
-No whirrs, fans, or sounds of any kind from any component
-No leds
My first thought after some research was that it was the PSU, so I replaced it today (with an MSI A750GL PCIE5) only for the problem to persist.
I figure now that I know it’s not a power issue, that it’s probably the motherboard then, right?
Before I go forward with buying a new motherboard, I wanted to know what this loose cable was that I found while taking out the old PSU. It wasn’t plugged into anything, and it’s connected to this part that (I THINK) is also attached to the motherboard on the opposite side. It’s is also connected to the fans and the top on switch. However, I couldn’t find a place to plug it into. I don’t know what this part or cable is because I’m new to PC building and I’m working with a prebuilt.
In hopes that this magically solves my issue (since it seems to be connected to some important components), does anyone know if this cable is important/where it should be plugged into/if it should even be plugged in in the first place?
Update while typing this: I can’t seem to upload pictures of the cable (probably because I made this account just now lol), but it looks like a wide-monopoly house with 4 pins inside 1 hole, and the part itself is like tiny motherboard with a bunch of tiny wires coming out of it in a couple different directions placed on the rear-side panel of the PC.
Hi, pros. My MiniPC (Minisforum HX77G) is crashing intermittently with the screen you see here. See second image for closer look at specific stop code.
I’ve performed a reinstall of OS, re-seated the RAM and have updated BIOS. This crash continues to occur even when no external drives are connected. I’ve also attempted small fixes such as ensuring recycle bin is empty (in the event external drive is hung up).
This began to occur nearly a year ago, shortly after performing a Windows update, although updates are currently up to date. At the time I was taken to BIOS because it couldn’t boot C: but that’s no longer the case. Restarts are now normal (boots to desktop, restores pages, etc), but the crashes are getting more frequent.
Help? At least tell me why the BSOD appears duplicated??
Hi guys! Getting straight to the point. Just recieved a new motherboard from Amazon. It is a x870a ROG strix.
I recently set it up; made sure to do everything correctly. And i kept getting the Ez debug light on for ram. I did switch slots and found that the first 3 out of the 4 arent working. I also did test individual slots. I did reinsert the shiny CMOS coin too. Cleaned ram slots and my own ram. Reseated cpu. I was wondering if there is other solutions to fix it or an issue im not understanding. Thank you!
2 weeks ago i Upgraded my pc by installing a new ssd. The pc Shop guy also Updated my bios and Cloned my Windows onto the new ssd. My pc worked for about a week but today When i started my pc the red vga light was glowing on my Mobo and the pc wont Connect to my screen or my Keyboard.
Im looking forward to Ur help :/
Windows 11
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core Processor, 3700 MHz
B450 GAMING PRO CARBON AC
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super
16 GB RAM
Old: 250 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD
New: 1 TB SSD
I've had this SSD installed for years and all of a sudden seemingly randomly 'dies' i check steam and it says "Disk Write Error". I check the local files inside the drive and it says "A device which does not exist was specified". It crashes my games and works 'fine' again after restarting my PC until it inevitably happens again. Any ideas on fixes?
I haven’t used my PC in a couple of months and I know there was power here and there because i’d occasionally hit my keyboard and the backlight glows and my mic mute button flashes red. When i tried pressed the power button no signal from the PC but my accessories are all lit up still.
I tried the Unplugging the power supply method as well as reseating the RAM. I disconnected my GPU cable from the GPU and my GPU printed that red light that nothing is connected.
Help i’m just a girl 😓
I was doing some repair work (installing a new CPU fan) and it was all going really well, I got everything installed and connected up and when I went to reconnect the battery (laptop) I was using a screwdriver to jimmy it back into place and it slipped and broke one of these little things, there was a small spark and a teeny weeny bit of smoke and that was it, I doubt its genuinely damaged the motherboard its just this one component that needs to be replaced but idk if they are normal stock at your average laptop repair centre and how much it'd take to replace since its pretty tiny stuff
I brought it to a repair guy but when he plugged it on it charged so he didn't see any problem thus, didn't even check the internal wiring and thinks I'm just crazy. Now I'm alone with the laptop and it won't charge. I tried plugging it to other outlets and wiggling the charger on the port but to no avail. Idk whether the problem is the laptop or the charger. I'm thinking of looking for a new charger but what if its the laptop that's broken? What can I do to know what is broken if the repair guy thinks I'm just crazy? 😭
Found a Lenovo ThinkCentre at a thrift shop for cheap, but the side panel is locked and it didn’t come with the keys.
I’d like to open it up to upgrade the system., but I’m not familiar with Lenovo’s case lock mechanism on these systems.
What’s the safest/non-destructive way to open the panel without the original
. Is there a standard override/trick for these ThinkCentres?
Appreciate any suggestions from people who’ve dealt with these before.
Recently, my computer has been randomly shutting off, and just today, it started shutting off as soon as I turned it on. I opened it up and cleaned out the dust from the fans, but before I closed it, I noticed three areas with burned out parts; I have no idea what they are and if they’re worth fixing… any guidance would help!