My PC has a very strange intermittent power issue and I'm completely stuck.

Specs:

i5-12400F

Gigabyte B760M H motherboard

RTX 3050 6GB

16GB DDR5

500W ANT esports PSU

The problem is that when I press the PC power button and absolutely nothing happens. No fans, no motherboard lights, nothing.

The weird part is that I've taken the PC/motherboard to a Gigabyte service center three separate times, and the motherboard works perfectly every time they test it.

I've also taken the entire assembled PC to three different third-party technicians, and it worked normally for them as well.

But when I bring it home, the problem comes back.

I've tested multiple power sockets and even tested it in a different house/floor, so I'm not convinced it's simply one bad socket.

The shocking stuff is that this is happening when I just got into an internship(WFH) so its frustrating for me. But still gotta work on my home laptop which is so shit, can't even run minecraft on 60fps

My pc is turning on with the fans and the lights as well as my keyboard lights but no display, but after trying yesterday it went on bios and I saved the settings without changing anything. After that I restarted it because it went on black screen again. Upon restarting, it said updating your system abd after 100%, it saud restarting but it turned black again (no display). I tried powering it off and on again, still no display. I also tried reseating my rams, cleaning it using eraser. Tried changing my thermal paste, tried the cmos battery method. Still no display (black screen). Please help me I think I can't afford consulting this at the repair shop

Shortly after getting my PC and looking into what Armoury Crate was, I learned it had caused many people BIOS\Windows errors and uninstalled it. Or at least, I thought I had.

Flashforward 3 years and I'm getting increasingly erratic behaviour and crashes from my PC. Every time I troubleshoot my way to a solution that seems like it's going to work—running some command, fully wiping out some driver/replacing it, etc—it does not work forever, only temporarily.

But at the edge of every investigation is ArmouryCrate, and now I've been rooting through windows errors and discovered that it seems ArmourySocketServer.exe (despite not showing up when running searches "guaranteed" to show me anything/everything) at the very least still exists. And seems to be running, producing errors because they won't shut down within 5000 miliseconds when the crash\restart hits.

Can anyone advise me on how to navigate this? My setup is 3 years old. I'm running an AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 6-Core Processor (4.70 GHz) with 32GB of RAM and an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER with 6GB of VRAM. I've begun to have a strange error where sometimes in the logs it tells me to check E:\Windows, even though I have no E: drive and it's installed in C:, it's giving me these file paths that don't exist even inside of C:\Windows itself in error logs.

Issue

Deadlock black-screens, then the whole PC reboots. No on-screen BSOD. Happens in matches and while sitting in the lobby not moving. Other games are stable.

Crash codes

•  BugCheck 0x00000119 VIDEO_SCHEDULER_INTERNAL_ERROR
•  Kernel-Power 41 (unexpected restart)
•  EventLog 6008
•  Sometimes nvlddmkm, sometimes no NVIDIA error
•  Steam verify often says 1 file failed after a crash

When it happens

•  Started around 1–2 hours into a session
•  Later as fast as ~10 minutes
•  Holiday bounce-pad VFX
•  Ivy
•  Spectating Haze
•  8/18: full reboot while waiting for a match, not moving
•  One session lasted hours with no crash, then it came back with no setting/driver change

PC specs

•  CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D
•  GPU: Zotac RTX 4090
•  Mobo: ASUS PRIME X870-P
•  PSU: Corsair RM1000e (ATX 3.0)
•  Monitor: Samsung Odyssey G60SF, 2560x1440 @ 500 Hz (GPU only)
•  OS: Windows 11
•  NVIDIA driver: 596.49 (DDU + clean install)

HWiNFO at last logged crash (8/18 ~9:05 PM)

Power and temps were fine. Not a 12V drop.
GPU 12VHPWR: 12.15 V at crash (session 12.09–12.26 V)
GPU PCIe +12V: 12.25 V
GPU temp: ~46 C (max 54 C)
GPU hotspot: ~52 C (max 63 C)
GPU power: ~222 W (max 351 W)
GPU clock: 2685 MHz, still boosting
CPU (Tctl): ~63 C

What I already tried

Hardware / power
•  Reseated the 12VHPWR twice
•  Replaced the stock cable with a CableMod 90-degree 12VHPWR (worried maybe it bending caused a slight disconnect)
•  OCCT VRAM test: no errors
•  HWiNFO logging during a crash: 12VHPWR never dropped
•  Left BIOS CPU/SoC voltage alone

iGPU / display

•  Microsoft Basic Display Adapter Code 10
•  Disabled iGPU in Device Manager
•  BIOS: Primary Video = PCIe, Integrated Graphics = Disabled
•  That fixed no-display boots after shutdown
Drivers / NVIDIA
•  Updated AMD chipset software
•  DDU in Safe Mode
•  Clean NVIDIA install, then rollback to 596.49
•  NVIDIA Control Panel (deadlock.exe): Prefer maximum performance, 240 FPS cap, Low Latency Off, texture filtering High performance, VSync Off
•  Cleared DirectX shader cache

Windows

•  Fast startup off
•  Hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling off
•  Steam overlay off
•  Deadlock run as administrator
•  TDR delay: TdrDelay = 10, TdrDdiDelay = 10

Deadlock

•  Full Screen, Direct3D 11 (-dx11)
•  Stretch (no FSR2 / DLSS)
•  Bloom / effects / AO off, shadows Low, Reflex Off
•  In-game FPS cap ~210
•  Full uninstall, deleted leftover SteamLibrary Deadlock folder, reinstall
•  No mods
•  Verify files (still reports 1 file failed after crashes)

This looks like a Deadlock + NVIDIA scheduler bug, not thermals or the 16-pin. Anyone else getting 0x119 reboots in lobby or on ability VFX? Any workaround besides waiting on a patch? Vulkan vs DX11?

A few months ago, I started running into an issue. My PC would just randomly boot to BIOS when I hit the power button. I went through basically every single fix and eventually unplugging the usb’s on the top of my computer made it open more consistently. Unfortunately, it has started booting to BIOS 1 out of every 20 or so times I try to turn it on. When I am actually able to get to my desktop, it blue screens and goes back to BIOS.

For context, my PC (bought in 2019) was originally a prebuilt from Alienware (The Aurora series) that I case swapped and replaced the motherboard, ram, and PSU. I am not very knowledgeable about computers but I’m trying my best lmao. I also overclocked it, but it ran perfectly for years aside from random storage issues and low framerate. The bios is the red and black version of Gigabyte.

My working theory is that it is having problems finding my windows file, but I don’t know how to confirm if that is the issue

Someone pls help me 😭😭, i’m literally so desperate and will answer any questions anyone has, I start school in less than a month and need this pc heavily.

TLDR: Pc keeps booting to BIOS and whenever I can actually get to my desktop, it blue screens.

Hey guys. Recently I was attacked by some virus by installing an app from a random link. And that exe. File compromised my windows system. Luckily I changed my password and everything was good until about a week later just today when i turn on my laptop there were some PDFs saved on my screen. Saying my windows has been compromised all the passwords and with the guy who infected my windows. He demands for money he has sent a qr code. It also said he had access to my microphone, webcam meaning he stole my private life clips. He threatens me to pay him or else he's gonna leak all that.. he mentioned " do not try to reset the os" I'm worried sm rn. Idk what to do as I've never been through SMTH like this. Please if anyone can guide me about what should I do next to be free from this?

My PC is running so slow randomly to a stop and I though it was malware but no scans showing up anything. Where can I start with invesrtigation as I am freaking out. Falcon Northwest said I am out of warranty for the item now so i am on my own.

As of this afternoon the option to connect to wifi just disappeared from my computer. I thought it mightve been the windows update I installed, so I tried to uninstall them, but it wouldn't let me.

I checked my devices, and it says my wireless wifi driver just no longer worked, and I could only view it as a hidden device. I uninstalled it and attempted to reinstall it, but the computer won't run the driver installer, and not even an error pops up.

I've tried to load to a different save point on my computer, and after that, it still wouldn't reappear.

I honestly don't know how to fix this, and my pc is effectively bricked right now and just can not connect to any internet whatsoever.

So I built my pc about 15 years ago. Over time, I’ve added components here and there. About a year ago, the motherboard broke. So I replaced it with another one with the same socket and everything. Reinstalled Windows 10 just to be sure.

Fast forward to yesterday; it randomly slowed to a crawl. Win Task Manager wouldn’t open, my browser tabs wouldn’t open or close, although the video and sound from the running YouTube video were still going, etc. I couldn’t even restart from the start menu, so I figured I gave it a reset.

Since then, the pc just won’t boot.

The BIOS will recognize the SSD, but won’t boot from it. It doesn’t even list the SSD as a boot option. The only choices are the dvd player and the data disk. It’s still listed in the SATA information though.

When I try to run the boot override from the BIOS, the screen just goes blank for a couple seconds.

Specs:
Motherboard: Asus Z97A
CPU: Intel i7-4790K
Memory: 32Gb RAM (4x Kingston 8Gb)
SSD: SanDisk Ultra II 480Gb

I’ve reset the pc a couple times, did BIOS recover, turned the pc off for a couple of hours, and that’s about it.

Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks so much in advance.

Before all these happened after transporting my pc back to my apartment i had problems with post and it took like 5minutes of waiting before it booted.
But before that i had problems with posting i kept reseating my cmos gpu and ram so i used it for like 6 hrs playing marvel rivals and rainbow six siege

But the next day i was on discord and minecraft for an hr and when i launched rivals for 10 mins it just went black audio was cut but fans still spinning at low rpm

So i've been traveling for the past 8 months and come back to my PC only for me to not get any display when I first turn it on. After Reseating both the GPU and RAM multiple times, I can finally get into it and it runs fine..... until I play a video game.

The full system freezes when playing games; Screen locks on current frame, no response to keyboard or mouse, requires holding the power button or flipping I/O to force a shutdown. Originally noticed mostly under heavy load games(Squad, Arma), but has also occurred at low load(KSP, CS). It's an old computer that i've beaten the **** out of and I'm planning on replacing it soon, but i'd still like to play some games on it. It also freezes when I plug in a second monitor to the gpu HDMI slot, but is fine wehn it has both monitors plugged in before turning it on.

When I ran Windows Mem Diagnostic, it immediately froze, but was fine when I did MemTest 86 for four passes. I've done WIN+SHIFT+CTRL+B durning a freeze and it only made a beep. Event Viewer says that there was Event ID 41(Kernel Power, Critical)

Here's the Specs:

ASUS Prime A320M-K With AMD R5 2600 six core

RTX3050

16GB RAM

Recently updated BIOS, Windows, and Drivers(Through NVIDIA)

550W Bronze PSU

Any help is appreciated, thanks!

​Specs:

​CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

​Motherboard: Gigabyte A520M K V2

​RAM: 16GB DDR4 (Single stick)

​GPU: NVIDIA GTX 1060 6GB

​Storage: NVMe SSD

​OS: Windows 11

​Hey everyone, I'm dealing with a really strange hardware issue and wanted to get a second opinion before I start buying replacement parts.

​The Problem:

Whenever I turn on my PC after leaving it off overnight (a true cold boot), it goes into a complete crash loop. I get a variety of random BSODs, crashes on the login screen, and sometimes the system will even freeze dead inside the BIOS menu.

​The BSOD error codes change almost every reboot:

​PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA

​KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED (0x1E)

​SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED (0x7E)

​IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (0xA) (ntoskrnl.exe)

​SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION (0x3B) (dxgkrnl.sys)

​INTERRUPT_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED (0x3D)

​Recovery screen error 0xc0000098

​The Weird Part:

After power-cycling multiple times for about 10–15 minutes, it suddenly boots into Windows normally.

​Ran TestMem5 (Extreme@anta777 config) for nearly 3 hours with 0 errors.

​Passed a 10-minute 100% CPU + GPU + RAM OCCT stress test.

​Played games (like Palworld/Days Gone) for 3–6 hours straight with zero crashes or throttling.

​But if I turn it off and let it sit cold until the next day, the entire cycle repeats. (Sometimes not tho)

​What I've tried so far:

​BIOS update: Re-flashed from a beta BIOS to a stable release.

​Voltage tweaks: Manually bumped DRAM voltage to 1.38V and SoC voltage to 1.80V to rule out cold memory training issues. No change.

​Windows file repair: Ran DISM /RestoreHealth and sfc /scannow (repaired damaged files from previous hard cuts).

​Crash Dump check: Latest minidump pointed to csrss.exe terminating due to memory read failures.

​Other Clues:

​The Power Supply has a noticeable, load-sensitive coil whine.

​

​Since the RAM passed TM5 Extreme and the system hangs even in the BIOS setup screen sometimes, does this sound like cold-sensitive PSU capacitor degradation dumping ripple into the VRMs/memory controller, or should I be looking at something else?

​Any insights would be appreciated!

Hello everyone!

I'm a proud owner of a pc that has been nothing but exceptional since 2021. It helps me edit videos, and handles games like NBA 2k, Fifa, hitman,... with ease. (SPECS BELOW)

The problem begins earlier this year when I came home from a 2 week trip to a non-bootable pc. During the process of diagnosing, I removed the cpu and noticed at least one pin was bent (put it back since i didn't want to risk worsening it). The problem was solved when I removed the sata cable connected to the internal ssd, but the pc booted up to a completely different desktop, with old apps and documents from the time before i rebuilt my pc (2021).

Just today, I open Minecraft, to which I found out that my pc can't even run smoothly on base settings, like nothing moves for at least half a second. I downloaded novabench to test but it did not give out anything too visibly bad. I did however take a screenshot of HWMonitor while Minecraft was on, and the cpu was running peak at 77C.

Given the current circumstance, and the details mentioned above, I really need an opinion or two on what could be the the problem. Are there other tests that I can do? Which component(s) seems to be the main problem? I'm basically clueless on what to do next, so anything should help plenty. Thank you!

SPECS:

- Board: NZXT N7 Z590

- CPU: Intel I7 10700k 3.80GHz

- GPU: RTX 3060 Ti

- RAM: 4x 8gb Trident Gskill

- SSD: + Evo 870 1TB

+ 970 Evo Plus 500Gb