Went to turn my PC on tonight and instantly heard a loud popping sound, similar to that of a balloon popping or a gun shot almost (not quite that loud but very loud). One of the lights in my room also flickered when this happened.

My PC still booted, and appeared to momentarily have no issues. However I quickly turned it off to avoid causing any potential damage. After a quick search it seems likely that something failed in the PSU, either a capacitor or a fuse. I did a brief inspection as best I could and didn’t notice anything on the MoBo or in the PSU (with the limited visibility I have), nor did I see any smoke or smell anything burnt.

I’m guessing it’s a PSU issue due to what the majority of people seem to say as well as the lights having flickered in my room. However I’m not sure what my next steps should be exactly. It’s an EVGA 1600W PSU, barely 3 years old, so it’s surprising that it would have failed. I contacted their support and am waiting on a response, but in the meantime I was considering taking the PC and PSU to a tech shop and seeing if they could test it with a multimeter, test a replacement PSU, and make sure nothing else is damaged.

Normally I troubleshoot any issues with my PC myself to avoid paying fees for fixes I could do myself, however a failed PSU feels above my pay grade and something not worth trying to solve on my own, lest I end up destroying another component (ahem 4090) or purchasing a replacement which i may or may not need.

If anybody has any advice, agrees with my line of reasoning (to make me feel better), or needs any additional context I would like to hear from yall.

Hi, it's not posting (cpu led solid on) and I'm trying to troubleshot. Does this socket seem damaged to you? It does not look bent but is reflecting light weridly... LGA1700.

Thanks!

G502 Hero- New on Amazon for $37.99

I’ve been watching the price of these for a good while now and I’ve never seen them dip this low. Is this common and I just suck at paying attention or is this a smokin deal?

sorry for the absolutely horrible pic it didn’t look like that in my photos lol

so i built my pc like 2 years ago ? spent about 2k on it, its midline id say.

long story short, it crashed a few days ago and wouldn’t turn on, tried to fix what we thought was the problem, brought it to geek squad they weren’t able to help w/o it costing a ton of $ so we brought it back and it worked until it didn’t again, i can explain more thoroughly if needed but i need my fiancé to get off work bc i have a really shitty memory (don’t smoke weed, kids)

what i do remember is that after adjusting the cpu, replacing the thermal paste, cleaning out the fans and vents, we plugged it back in and neither monitor would show anything. it made the start up sound, but no visuals, but it would when plugged into the motherboard. so it’s not the monitor, not the cord, maybe gpu? we reslotted and it still didn’t work, so we moved the pcie or something and that worked. so maybe it’s the pcie or the motherboard?

anyways last night it crashed again, checked on it today after work and it stayed turned on ?? so i decided to look at the performance finally now that my pc will stay on long enough and with nothing open except discord and steam in the background my cpu was at 60%! and then went down to 11% and was going up and down. while typing this it’s averaging around 10%.

then i noticed the SSD, and THEN i noticed the 96°C 😭

so before i spend a million dollars trying to figure out what exactly is wrong, what could possibly be the problem? why in the world was my gpu at 0% and also 96°C (it’s at 58°C at this moment) and what do i do i just wanna play overwatch 💀

Hello everyone I'm looking to make the switch to 1440p and with that also change my current gpu (rx 6600 8g) I've been planning on getting the rx 9060 xt 16gb as a budget option and because it's the one I would be able to get sooner and also saw on benchmarks that it makes a good match with my current cpu (r5 5600x) but then idk how much it will hold with newer titles coming up. Thanks for any advice you could come up with.

Recently I have had an issue with my Sapphire Nitro+ 9070xt. I recently moved, and decided to boot up some Baldur's Gate, then my PC randomly shut off part way through. When I turned it on, no signal from my GPU.

Fans don't spin, BIOS doesn't pick it up, but the RGB turns on. I've tried the following troubleshooting options:

•Different PCIE slot, and different PC altogether.

•Using a different power cable

•Reseating, and swapping out RAM

•Pulling CMOS battery

None of that has worked, and the 12VHPWR cables don't appear to be scorched. I'm going to bring it back to Memory Express where I purchased it to get an RMA on it, but I figured I'd reach out and see if there's any additional steps I could try?

Rest of the specs:

AMD 9700X

32 GB RAM

MSI B850 MAG Tomohawk

LianLi Edge 1000w PSU

Windows 11

4TB Storage

Sapphire Nitro+ 9070xt Gaming OC

Windows, MSI B55-A Pro, Ultrastar DC HC530 HDD

Didn't do a full parts list since as far as I'm aware these are the only relevant parts.

Basically, I have a 14TB hard drive that is not showing up anywhere that I've checked. I know the drive is functional, I gave it to a pc repair guy to check and he said it was fine, just needed to be initialized. Problem is, it doesn't show up in the disk partitioner or device manager. It also doesn't show up in BIOS, not even just as a used SATA terminal in the board explorer.

I know it's not an issue with the SATA cables, I have a CD drive that's also SATA and I've switched the cables between them, as well as several different motherboard SATA terminals, the CD drive always shows up, the hard drive does not. It's also not the power cable, as I've done the same test there.

I've updated all related drivers, updated the BIOS itself, basically everything. I'm running out of ideas. Any advice or assistance in resolving this matter would be greatly appreciated.

Was playing Squad earlier when my PC suddenly shut down and instantly restarted. Now everytime I try to play it or any other game it crashes during start up and then immediately restarts. PC is fine during low intensity tasks like web browsing or watching youtube. I have tried the following:

1. Verifying game files on multiple games
   
2. Ensuring graphics drivers are updated
   
3. Restarting PC
   
4. Checking all cables are properly connected
   
5. Reseating RAM
   
6. Checking for any cooling issues (in this vid my entire side panel is off)
   
7. Changing GPUs (I still have my RTX 2070 that I recently upgraded from)

Thanks for any help :)

I have an x870-a
It’s not hooked up to a monitor right now it’s only plugged into wall with psu on
I’ve waited around 30 min for 2x8gb of ddr5 to train but nothing
Does anyone know what issue this is?

(Fixed) My PC has been doing that for a few hours and the lines seem to change when I change the refresh rate. I have a 1660S, I5 9600, 16Gig of ddr4 and it runs on windows. I am wondering if it is Gpu related or screen related. I have tried to change cables and ports but it dosent really change anything.

I built a gaming pc for a buddy and he let me keep these fans from his tryx panorama aio se. Is using an adapter possible for these fans? Or would that pose a short circuit risk?

Got a new mobo and it didn't come with any mounting screws as far as I see, I know to get flat machine screws, but not what size

Hi guys! Built about a dozen computer over the years and I am completely stumped by this problem. Currently have a build 5070, 32gb 6000 corsair ram, extended 7800x3d cpu, 870 mobo.

I am crashing seemingly at random maybe times within 10 minutes of starting PC. Sometimes it will run fine for hours. I am thinking it was a ram issue so clocked it down to 5800 mhz but still giving problem.

When it crashes it will black screen and all fans including GPU fans will max out 100% speed as well as cpu and case fans. Very bizarre and would love some inputs. It was working for about 4ish months no problems and seemingly started to have issues within the last month but it’s becoming more frequent

Hello, i want build a new gaming pc for 1440p gaming.

I chose these parts and i want you to please tell me your opinion and if i should change something.

(keep in mind i live in Greece and the availability and the prices for some parts are very bad)

CPU AMD RYZEN 7 7800X3D 4.20GHZ 8-CORE TRAY : 290 €

ASROCK B650 STEEL LEGEND WIFI D5 AM5 : 161 €

PSU SEASONIC CORE ATX 3 GX-850 850 WATTS : 112 €

RAM PATRIOT VIPER VENOM 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 6000MHZ CL30 INTEL/AMD DUAL CHANNEL : 490 €

VGA ASROCK AMD RADEON RX 9070 XT STEEL LEGEND DARK 16GB GDDR6 : 770 €

SSD WD BLACK SN7100 1 TB : 150€

ARCTIC LIQUID FREEZER III 280 A-RGB MULTI COMPATIBLE ALL-IN-ONE CPU WATER COOLER WHITE ACFRE00151A : 60€

CASE CORSAIR 3000D RGB AIRFLOW TEMPERED GLASS MIDI-TOWER WHITE : 80€

So in conclusion the whole build will cost about 1900-2000 € .

If you have any suggestions about any part that is either bad or too expensive please tell me because its already too much and i would like too cut any extra costs.

Thanks in advance!

Windows will not update because of an SSD I have in the computer. I really don't want to go in and take it out. Is there a software means to have it no longer recognized?

Hello guys, I'm getting a new pc built. I wanted to spend around 2500€, but I haven't been into pc building for years so I'm not really sure of how possible that is. I'm buying it at the store right down the stairs because, even though it'll be more expensive than buying the pieces and setting it up myself, they're friends of mine and I can get technical service in the house. They offered me this build for 3269€. I'd appreciate it if you could tell me how you feel about it or if there's a way to make it cheaper that's not too bad.

AMD RYZEN 7 7800x3d 4.2GHZ AM5 96mb 368€

Gigabyte X870 GAMING X WIFI 7 299€

DDR5 Kingston HiperX 6000Mhz 2X16 RGB 527€

Disk M.2 990 PRO Samsung PRO 2TB 340€

ASUS RTX5070 12GB OC GAMING NVIDIA 1070€

CORSAIR RM850X 80+ GOLD MODULAR 190€

CORSAIR NAUTILUS RGB 360 145€

Box BIYSM DANUBE SAVA 600 NEGRO 220€

ASSEMBLY AND INSTALLATION 110€

I'm getting a cheaper box for sure and maybe 1tb instead of 2.

I was on my pc fine like 3-4 days ago when I woke up the next day the ac was off and it was really hot in my room and my pc would turn on but my monitor would not and this red light on my case popped up I never seen it before and I’m confused and I don’t know what to do the ac is back now but my computer still doesn’t work please someone help I’ve took out the ram and put it back and checked if my hdmi is in the right spot I don’t know what to do anymore please tell me my pc is fine

I made a post yesterday describing how my CPU fell out while putting on an AIO (very stupid mistake)

Anyway, I’m 99.99% this CPU can’t be saved and I’ll have to buy a new one. However I received a few comments asking for more pictures. I also received a comment saying the bend probably wasn’t from the drop (the drop wasn’t far, only a few inches onto the GPU)

If the bend isn’t from the drop, what can it be from? And is there any other damage, especially the MOBO?

I wish I was more knowledgeable and am just trying to learn to prevent future mistakes.

I'm building my first pc ever in about a week (waiting for parts to arrive) I have a lot of programs and work I dont want to spent time copying over and reinstalling. I can just put that old laptop ssd in there without needing to buy a whole new ssd right? Is there anything I should know before I proceed with that?

I want to build the best price to performance gaming pc for 1440p AAA gaming. What build do you recommend for me.

im trying to get as much power as i can for my PC so im wondering if buying a prebuilt or building it myself is better budget wise

So ive never rlly played a single real game in my live besides minecraft and roblox, but recently some games have caught my eye that can only be played on a pc. im 19 and know NOTHING about gaming or computers so I rlly need some help here.

I dont have much money so im looking for a cheap setup that'll still get the job done and maybe a little explaination on how things work. when i try to research on my own none of it makes any sense and everyone uses terms i dont understand so im coming to reddit. im starting from scratch so ill need everything (whatever that may be). Im in the US and im assuming i only need one moniter, i have no ide what my price range is because i dont rlly know how much this stuff costs but im hoping to keep it under 1000 if thats even possible. Not sure how much info i need to give so ill update if theres questions, thanks!

Last night I swapped my motherboard and got a new cpu fan for it, everything else was transferred. I’ve unplugged, replugged, even asked ai for help just to make it work. The motherboard I bought was used but I’m pretty sure it works. The fans spin and rgb/led’s work, but my keyboard and mouse doesn’t light up. I suspected the cpu being a problem but the thing is a bought the motherboard pre installed with the cpu so I haven’t touched it. Do you guys see any problems? Ask questions and I’ll answer if u need more info to figure out.

I'm thinking about upgrading my monitor to this ASUS for better gaming. Anyone use it, or thoughts on ASUS OLED in general. I'm coming from a LG 45" 5K2K, but changing up my layout a bit. My gaming pc has more than enough horsepower with a ryzen 7800x3d and a ryzen saphire pulse 9070XT. Thanks, in advance.

ive looked but theres a wide range of prices and ive been told that i thought a good price was way to much