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Didn’t realize that the you was going to be so close to the cpu cooler and I’m just worried about heat and a possible short circuit

Hey everyone, im fairly new to pc building, I wouldnt call myself a expert but with some time and elbow grease I can build a pc. My current pc is running a 7800 xt, 7900x3d, Thermalright 120 se, msi mag b650 tomahawk wifi, and gskill 2x16 sticks of ddr5 ram (bought before ram explosion). For whatever reason turning on EXPO makes my bios artifact, pictures will be included in comments because I can't add a photo and video; Also when I play games or idle on windows or even load something up, I often get a driver failure with Amd's bug report tool saying my display drivers fail, and when I play a game and watch YouTube on the same screen simultaneously, for whatever reason my game goes into the media player window and artifacts my screen. So that's my pc yes, but recently I built my girlfriend a pc with a 6700 xt, ryzen 5 7600 x, 1x16 ddr5 ram, b650m pro rs, and a 750 watt psu (i forgot the brand) and she also experiences very few amd bug reports saying her drivers fail. Not only that, we both get issues where pixels on our screens in a square pattern, we get very small artifacts.

Previously, my MSI mag a750 gl psu, I had to RMA it because it completely stopped working, and since my pc would have frequent turn offs without any warning in the same session, but after a while it stops? We know MSI's rma issues, so i guess that's one thing. Only thing that's constant is my game going into YouTubes media player and expo artifacting my bios, but I dont have it on anymore since I reset my cmos battery, and that's the only thing that fixed it.

Mainly, what this entire yapfest is about is how come only the pcs i build are like this? My girlfriend doesn't get the issues I have very frequently, especially the youtube or bios artifacting, but even on her screen though a discord screenshare I see it. Am I missing something important that I have to do due to AMD software? I have ran ddu and downloaded drivers multiple times, im not sure what to do anymore. Please help? I think I may need a new psu but im not sure.

So I was building my new pc yesterday and once i finally finished it didnt turn on. As heartbreaking as it was we (me and my brother) tried seeing if maybe I plugged in something incorrectly but everything looks fine even though the mess of cables probably doesnt help but it literally wont start at all completely dead. Not sure if my motherboard was a dudd or something else but any advice is appreciated. So far we’ve checked the front panel connector, power supply extension in the case, cpu power, and the gpu but nothing will even turn on the light in the case.

Two days ago, I upgraded my CPU from an AMD A8-9600 to a Ryzen 5 3400G. Nothing was broken; I installed it normally and used the pre-applied thermal paste. When I first started the PC, I got a normal display—seeing the ASUS logo and so on—and managed to reach the Windows login screen. Then, suddenly, the screen went black. I restarted, and the screen turned green. I’ve tried everything over the last two days. I actually managed to get it running normally once after updating the BIOS from version 4801 to 6254, but the driver kept timing out after I’d been gaming for 30–60 minutes. Then I tried increasing the VRAM allocation to 2GB and changing the display settings; the issues returned—including pixelation and a green screen (if I got a picture at all). I’ve tried everything: a clean Windows install, DDU, the AMD cleanup utility, deleting drivers via Device Manager, updating the BIOS again, removing and reinserting the motherboard battery, and taking out one stick of RAM. Nothing worked. I’m completely out of ideas. I’m still having these problems: Safe Mode works perfectly, and the BIOS is fine. Sometimes I can boot into normal Windows with a display, but it crashes after a few minutes—it starts flickering and then crashes. Could someone please help me?

Hello,

I recently got an Ebay notification about refurbished NVIDA/HP Tesla V100 Accelerator GPUs (after a bit of researching it compares to a 4060TI with 32gb of VRAM)

I am aware these require their own method of cooling, drivers don't seem to be consumer available, and don't have display ports. but hypothetically could you use a program like Lossless Scaling (or another open source tool) in conjunction with another Nvidia card to get increased gaming performance (assuming there are open source drivers).

I’ve had it for a few months and the amount of dust that gets in is a bit annoying.

Finally got everything for my build and I opened the box to my Thermalright Phantom Spirit Se to find its missing a screw. It has the 4 spacers, but only 3 screws. I went through Thermalright's website to reach out to them to see if they have a remedy, but haven't heard back yet and seeing if anyone has advice where I can just find one of these. Got it from Microcenter, but thats over an hour drive away and trying to see if the might be a closer/easier/less time consuming option.

I was using My pc and when I finished I closed my browser and noticed my wallpaper, at first I thought they were birds migrating but I was like that’s a bit excessive so I look closer and they damn sure aren’t birds migrating, can anyone tell me what it is?

This is a port on a Cooler Master Addressable RGB & PWM Hub
It’s labeled as mb pwm and looks similar like a 4 pin pwm port but it has a different shape.

Also if anyone has a link to buying one that would be appreciated.

I was browsing FB Marketplace and found this SN850X for a decent price. The price isn't crazy cheap to give me red flags about it being a scam. User looks legit overall. But something about yellow text on the box doesn't seem right. I searched up some images online and it doesn't seem like there are any images of a yellow text on the box.

What are the chances that this is legitimate or fake?

Hi,
I picked up an ASUS ROG Strix Z390-I motherboard cheaply as a repair project. Right now, the system won't post or boot at all (fans don't spin, completely dead startup).
Upon closer inspection, I noticed some small bits of dust/fluff trapped inside the CPU socket pins. It looks like the previous owner may have left the socket exposed. Could accumulated debris or fluff on the pin socket. Could this be the primary culprit causing a complete failure to POST? The picture is just one clean image showcasing the fluff that’s caught but I could see at least 10 more and some are really hard to see under the naked eye but I can spot on a microscope.

I've already tested the basics:
Standby voltage is present on the power switch pin (⁠PWR_SW⁠ reads ~3.41V).
When I manually bridge ⁠PWR_SW⁠ to ground, the voltage drops, but the board still refuses to trigger the power supply startup.
I'm currently looking into testing and potentially replacing the Super I/O controller if the socket cleanup doesn't work. Has anyone dealt with a similar dead Z390 board issue?

Any advice before I attempt micro-soldering?

I know that it’s easy to just replace it but I’m trying to figure it out and my stubbornness won’t let give up until I finally break it or establish the job is too hard.

Thanks

Hi,

I would like to check if the length of the cable is acceptable before it bends? I’m using the native PSU cable from my RM750E Corsair PSU rather than the included adapter that came with my 5070.

Thank you.

I'm finally upgrading my OG storage for my pc. My mobo has 2 occupied M2 slots already, so the last piece to upgrade is my 10 year old SSD. For some reason 10 years ago I plugged the HDD into it, I guess because it fit? And it was my first build

I want to clone my SSD to a bigger one, but I don't want to brick my pc if I unplug this

Does this do anything? Will I brick my boot drive?

I got this aio recently and it is so loud. I’ve changed settings in my bios ive used fan controller, and ive tried CAM( NZXT’s Software) i even tried different fans and nothing works and its not like its only loud when im on a a game its loud from the moment my pc boots up and God forbid i open a 2 tabs. I honestly dont know what to do now. please help

specs
R7 5800xt
3070
x53 nzxt
gigabyte b550m k

Hello, I recently got an ASUS Prime 9070 XT. I asked a local technician to help me install the new GPU for me but apparently my GPU can't be turned on. I already asked them to reseat the GPU, double-check the cable placement, and check whether the PSU or any of the cables is faulty, but everything is working properly except the GPU. They already checked the build using my old GPU, and it's working properly.

This is my current build:

• Motherboard: Gigabyte B760M DS3H LGA1700
• RAM: Kingston Fury Beast 32 GB DDR5
• Processor: Intel i7-12700F
• GPU: Galax Nvidia 4060 8 GB -> ASUS Prime Radeon 9070 XT 16 GB
• PSU: Enermax Revolution D.F-12 850W

On the motherboard, one of the lamp indicators for the VGA turned red. According to the technician, it's either because the Motherboard is not strong enough to handle a high-end GPU or because of a faulty GPU. So is this motherboard not strong enough a plausible problem? Or is it caused by something else? Any suggestions on what else I can do to fix this problem?

The more the update progressed the slower it would get, until at 68% it has completely stopped. It’s been a couple hours now with no movement, but I don’t think if done anything to fry my motherboard?
Any help would be great!

Edit: a day later it has only increased 1%, so it seems the most recommended option is the bios flashback. I’m not really well versed in any of this, so if anyone could help me out with that process it would be greatly appreciated! I made a separate post about it here: https://www.reddit.com/r/PcBuildHelp/s/yZhuWRNgIv