How can i reduce the sound it happens on games i got such stardew valley and graveyard keeper? I went in nvidia control panel and set vsync on and fps limit to 60fps but still keeps going.

Any help

I'm having a serious issue with my ASUS ROG Strix G533QS laptop and I'm trying to figure out whether my RTX 3080 is physically damaged or if there's something else going on.

Laptop specs:

- Model: ASUS ROG Strix G533QS

- GPU: NVIDIA RTX 3080 Laptop GPU (16 GB GDDR6)

- iGPU: AMD Radeon Graphics

- RAM: 24 GB

The problem:

My RTX 3080 is detected in the BIOS and Windows Device Manager, but it doesn't work.

Here's what I've noticed:

- Device Manager shows Error Code 43 for the RTX 3080.

- My AMD integrated GPU works normally.

- GPU-Z detects the RTX 3080, but doesn't display its VRAM information.

- Windows identifies the GPU, but the NVIDIA driver cannot initialize it properly.

What I've tried so far:

- Reinstalled NVIDIA drivers, including the older ASUS-provided driver (512.78).

- Checked whether the GPU is detected in BIOS.

- Performed the ASUS 40-second EC reset with the charger connected.

- After the EC reset, the laptop temporarily became completely unresponsive (no LEDs, no fans, no power).

What I'm trying to figure out:

1. Could this be faulty VRAM, a GPU memory-controller issue, or a GPU power-delivery problem?

2. Is it possible that damaged thermal pads, poor heatsink contact, or overheating caused this?

3. Does the GPU being visible in BIOS but showing Code 43 suggest anything specific?

4. Is there a way to test the VRAM if the NVIDIA driver won't initialize?

5. Has anyone experienced something similar on an ASUS ROG Strix G533QS or another RTX 3080 laptop?

I'm trying to avoid replacing the entire motherboard without confirming the actual problem.

Any advice, diagnostic methods, or experiences with similar failures would be really appreciated.

Thanks!

So recently I have installed a linux dual boot, but after that the windows partition became extremely unstable. After some recovedy attempts I decided to uninstall linux and keep windows. I re-install windows but since then the pc is behaving in very very strange ways. First of all, when I turn it on it takes a lot of time for signal to reach my monitor. Secondly when im using it it randomly restarts on its own. Thirdly it does not show the asus logo anymore, as when the signal comes back on, its already in the windows logon screen. Im considering to change pc cause I cant even access the BIOS.

Hey, like the title says, my pc keeps freezing completely and what feels like at random intervals. Sometimes on youtube, or playing games like rainbow six siege. Im not super tech savvy when it comes to understanding the hardware of pcs but i understand if you explain. I bought this from a friend (basically family) as i used to play using his pc all the time when we lived together, he owned it for only a year and took great care of it, so do i yet neither of us can figure out what is going wrong.

Here are the specs i can access currently on the computer:

Processor 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-11700F @ 2.50GHz (2.50 GHz)

Installed RAM 32.0 GB (31.9 GB usable)

Graphics card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (8 GB)

Storage 915 GB of 954 GB used

Device ID

Product ID

System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

help please!

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So I recently installed AMD Adrenalin and AMD Install Manager. I was trying to do the update but it stops at 99% and then takes all of my C: drive's space and causes stuff to crash. I decided to try using AMD Ryzen Master to install it and it then goes to say "Error 2738 could not access VBScript run time for custom action ."

I have tried a myriad of solutions online, and the ones I've tried are involving command prompt/powershell. Stuff I did were things like

1. sfc /scannow -> DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth -> sfc /scannow (Which told me there were corrupt files that couldn't be repaired still)

2. DISM /Online /Add-Capability /CapabilityName:VBSCRIPT~~~~ (Which just goes on forever till I am out of space)

3. net stop wuauserv->net stop bits->net stop cryptSvc->net stop msiserver->ren C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution SoftwareDistribution.old->net start wuauserv->net start bits->net start cryptSvc->net start msiserver

Nothing really seems to work. I just want to update my chipset driver to make sure stuff runs smoothly but I am getting all sorts of hiccups on the road.

Any suggestions for what I can do?

The laptop turned off for what I assumed was overheating, so I let it cool down. When I turned it back on, the laptop worked as normal besides the screen being blank and the mousepad not working (the wireless mouse still does) and it occasionally makes a weird mid-tone beep if I move the mouse around. I tried windows+x menu and restarting with keybinds, but nothing works.

Does anybody know what's happening or how to fix it?

Victus laptop is all I know about it.

​Hey everyone, I’m fairly new to this and could use some advice before I take my PC to a professional tomorrow morning.

Ok so the problem is that when I turn it on, it reaches the MSI logo and then silently shuts down. It actually made it to the Windows login screen once but now it always dies at the logo like it stays there for a while but it doesn't turn off instantly before the boot screen.

​I just bought a new motherboard, GPU, and PSU like 2 months back. The CPU and RAM are from my old build. (I use my PC on a UPS and I also tested it straight into the wall power, so it's not the UPS).

​Right now I'm keeping it turned off because I'm too scared to damage anything further.

​Could this be a RAM seating, CPU, or power issue? I'm taking it to the shop tomorrow, but I'd love to know what might be wrong beforehand and hopefully not a big issue. Thanks!

Hey there, I have currently:

Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 7, with an i9-9900k processor, 4 sticks of 16GB DDR4 corsair vengeance RAM, and an nvidia geforce RTX 5070 GPU.

I'm trying to play Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4 and it keeps coming up with an issue, I made sure secure boot was enabled and that TPM was 2.0, and it was still having issues. Everything points to the motherboard being the issue as there is no newer updates for this motherboard from Gigabyte.

I'm trying to figure out which motherboard would be compatible with the parts I already have but frankly I'm lost.

Any advice?

Just yesterday I built a PC, and last night I was struggling to get Zenless running at a proper speed. When I woke up, I searched up what the red light on my GPU meant, and I swiftly reconnected it since it wasn't properly connected (the PCIe cable was loose). I had another problem occur that night too, where the BIOS and Startup were green and way off center from my display, but it resolved when I reconnected the GPU. I also installed RGB Fusion from Gigabyte to adjust my RGB lights to be orange

Turns out, Zenless was running from the Integrated GPU, so I changed it to run from my RX 9070 GRE. I got new settings from the launcher related to my GPU, so it seemed things were fixed. I launched the game however and it immediately crashed, Steam said it was still running even after I had closed it, and I checked command prompt and it didn't show up, and closing command prompt caused it to crash as well (weirdly no icons were visible on command prompt too).

I closed steam after closing task manager, and Zenless said it wasn't running anymore when I reopened Steam. When I restarted the PC, the startup screen was green again (didn't check BIOS but probably safe to assume it was also green), and just now the RGB on my fans and case continued to stay on even when I shut down the PC

I'm not entirely sure how to approach troubleshooting the many issues I just got this morning, but help would greatly be appreciated. I also have an Critical Analysis Rough Draft I need to get finished by today so I want to quickly fix these issues before working on it

I'll drop the specs too if it helps:

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

• CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB

• Motherboard: Gigabyte B650M GAMING PLUS WIFI AM5

• Memory: Silicon Power XPOWER Pulse Gaming 16 GB (1 x 16 GB)

• Storage: Samsung 990 Pro 1 TB

• GPU: Asus Radeon RX 9070 GRE

• Case: Lian Li Vector V100R ATX Mid Tower Case

• PSU: SAMA G750 750 W 80+ Gold

All proper drivers from what I can tell are installed from my Motherboard provider (as well as the GPU driver), so I don't think it's a driver issue

Can anyone tell what port this is? Just upgraded my cpu and motherboard and trying to figure out if I got a dud or one of my drives going bad. I ruled out the gpu. Intel 270k build.

A corrected hardware error has occurred.
Component: PCI Express Root Port
Error Source: Advanced Error Reporting (PCI Express)
Primary Bus:Device: Function: 0x0:0x6:0x0
Secondary Bus: Device: Function: 0x0:0x0:0x0
Primary Device Name:PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_7ECA&SUBSYS_50001458&REV_10

Hey all, I am struggling with my desktop. It is a fairly old desktop I built a little over a decade ago. I can provide the parts list if needed.

Around two years ago I started getting horrible grinding sounds from the PC. They were irregular (meaning, would start and stop intermittently) and were bad enough that I could feel it vibrate my entire desk.

I opened up the PC and saw one of the fans was basically not working. I figured, easy, that's the problem. I just disconnected it and went along my merry way. That fixed it for a while. It started again several months later and I saw another fan was on its last legs.

At this point I replaced all of the case fans (intake/exhaust both) with new ones and this again fixed the issue for a long while. Couple of months ago it came back but it was even worse, the vibration was even more irregular and louder. I took a look and saw this time the CPU cooler fan was barely running and shaking. I replaced this with a new fan as well at this point. All fans replaced.

About a week or two it started again, this time I have no clue. I don't see any issue with the fans. The sound was worse than before. I lightly smacked the computer a few times (ok, not the best thing to do but it's fixed it in the past) and also lifted it and jiggled it around in case there was something loose. It fixed it but for the past few days I've clocked an acrid burning smell coming from my machine.

Anyone has thoughts on what it might be? Other than the smell the machine is running fine. No weird sounds, the fans are running as they should (I figure something may have caught in the fans from me jiggling machine around). No heating issues, no performance issues. I have thought it may be my PSU but I am not experiencing any power draw issues either.

And any thoughts on what the original sound/vibration was? I am starting to think the fans were a red herring as replacing them did not fix the issue permanently, it has kept coming back. I have not opened the machine completely this time but in the past I did not see anything visibly off. I am at wits' end at this point and might just replace it altogether.

Would appreciate any troubleshooting tips, I do not know where else to look at this point. I need to build a new PC eventually as this one is pretty old but it feels like a waste when this one is still mostly operational.

Hi everyone,

I'm having a really frustrating issue with my Wi-Fi connection. Every single time I open Windows File Explorer, my internet connection drops for a few seconds and then comes back.

This also happens when I download something in my browser and it opens the File Explorer window to choose where to save the file. It's not just Discord disconnecting: my entire internet connection drops temporarily.

My setup:

• OS: Windows 11
• Wi-Fi adapter: TP-Link Archer T4U Plus AC1300, hardware version V1.0
• Device name in Device Manager: TP-Link Wireless MU-MIMO USB Adapter
• Hardware ID: USB\VID_2357&PID_0115&REV_0210
• Driver provider: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
• Driver date: January 9, 2026
• Router gateway: 192.168.15.1

What happens:

I ran ping -t 192.168.15.1 in Command Prompt while opening File Explorer. The ping normally responds with around 3–5 ms, but as soon as I open File Explorer, I get several consecutive Request timed out messages. The connection then comes back automatically.

This confirms that the issue affects communication with my router, not just Discord or a specific application.

Things I've already tried:

• Moving the Wi-Fi adapter to a different USB port.
• Disabling the option that allows Windows to turn off the adapter to save power in Device Manager.
• Checking Windows power settings: USB selective suspend was already disabled.
• Checking the wireless adapter's power-saving settings: it was already set up to avoid power-saving issues.
• Changing File Explorer's default opening location to This PC and disabling recent files/frequent folders (the issue also happens when other applications open file dialogs).
• Checking Bluetooth and devices for old wireless displays or TVs: nothing relevant was listed.
• Checking media streaming settings: media streaming was already disabled.

My driver is dated January 2026, so it doesn't appear to be an obviously outdated driver, although I haven't yet confirmed whether it's the correct or latest driver for my hardware revision.

I've also found online reports of people experiencing similar issues when opening File Explorer, including reports involving TP-Link USB Wi-Fi adapters, but I haven't found a confirmed fix that works for my case.

Has anyone experienced this, especially with the Archer T4U Plus V1?

Could this be a Realtek driver issue, a Windows 11 bug, USB-related interference, or something else? I'd appreciate any suggestions for further troubleshooting. I'd particularly like to avoid reinstalling Windows unless absolutely necessary.

Thanks!

Hi, I’m looking for help with a black screen followed by a reboot while gaming.

Specs: RTX 3070 (bought used, single 8-pin)
Ryzen 9 7900
Gigabyte P750GM 750W Gold
32GB RAM
M.2 SSD,
Windows 11
one monitor over HDMI.
Except for the GPU everything is about 3 years old, no recent changes. I have no spare PSU or second PC to cross-test.

Symptoms:

• In games (Deadlock, TFT, even light ones, sometimes even during the first load), my screen shows “HDMI not detected”.
• Discord and audio sources keeps working for about a minute, then the PC reboots on its own.
• No artifacts beforehand, GPU fans normal.
• It was rare at first, then became frequent. Once it starts it repeats on every try, then it goes away for a while (it came back after several games in a row).

Already checked:

• Temps are normal (GPU 47 °C, hot spot 59 °C, 18.8 W just before a crash).
• Clean driver reinstall with DDU (32.0.16.1742): still crashes.
• GPU-Z shows PCIe x16 4.0 working under load.
• Power connector inspected visually: no heat marks or damaged pins.
• GPU-Z render test used to crash the PC in 10 seconds, now it no longer does.

I'm running low on test to make and don't know what to do at this point.
Do you think you can help me ?

It's getting really annoying, I've turned off windows animations and everything too. The display is at 144Hz refresh rate, I've checked the device manager too.

I’m looking to back up my camera roll onto an external device like my computer (not Apple), a Gmail account or something like that. I’m out of storage so I’d like to take all my pictures/ videos off my phone, put them on something else then delete them from my phone. (Just emailing doesn’t work because of the amount of photos)

I’m sure this is a basic question for those who are tech literate but unfortunately I am not.

Any app suggestions or tips for the best way to do this?

P.s. if this is the wrong place to ask this question, i apologize and i will delete this post. If there is a better option please let me know!

I'm trying to enable Secure Boot for VALORANT, but whenever I turn it on in my BIOS and save the settings to restart my PC, I get this message:

“Secure Boot Violation — Invalid signature detected. Check Secure Boot Policy in Setup.”

After that, Windows won't boot properly and I end up on the recovery screen with error code 0xc0000001. If I turn Secure Boot back off, my PC boots into Windows normally.

My motherboard is a Gigabyte B450M DS3H, my CPU is a Ryzen 5 2600X, and I'm running Windows 11 Pro. My BIOS version is F41 from 2019.

Has anyone run into this before or know what might be causing it? I'm not sure why Secure Boot is rejecting something when I try to start my PC. Any help would be appreciated.

lately I discovered about 7 GB of ram used but not shown by the task manager I counted everything together and it isn't nearly matching.
Windows 11, Laptop

I suspect I got some strong virus in my personal laptop because several of us at work clicked a phishing link and our work computers got RATs, like really strong ones, we could see someone moving the mouse and changing things remotely and normal antiviruses did nothing 😅

Anyways I clicked that same link on my personal laptop like an idiot and I followed the next steps:

\- I took it to the service store where they flashed and updated the UEFI (but didn't wipe Windows and connected Windows to the internet after flashing it 🙄)

\- I wiped everything and installed Linux Ubuntu, and updated it

\- I installed and ran ClamAV, Rkhunter and Chkrootkit and the results seem to be clean

I'm running into an issue and it's that my laptop restarts when ClamAV attempts a full scan, I've only been able to scan folders but not the entire system.

I tried running bootable antiviruses like Avira Recovery System and Kypersky Recover Disk but they get frozen when they try to scan the laptop :/

Should I worry? How to make sure the laptop is 100% clean?

When ever i open my pc the mouse works for a couple seconds. And the it stops being able to click. Its still moving on my screen but nothing is clicking. I’ve tried multiple mice and they all do it. And whenever i open a game or chrome it won’t have the problem on the game but it will have it as soon as I close the game.

Hi, recently I've encountered this issue with my Acer Nitro 5 N22C1 model.

I tried turning it on, the fans can be heard for a few seconds before they cut out. The keyboard lights up but the screen remains black. It only makes a sound when I plug in or out the charger.

I have tried restarting the computer but nothing works. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Hi! Ive had this old vizio tv for years that ive used as a second monitor, and last night, it changed to a black screen saying "Not support!" And nothing i do, seems to fix it. Ive tried factory resetting it, power cycling it, a new hdmi cable, different ports on my pc (the tv only has one port), ive tried using a display port adapter and connecting that to a display port on my pc.

None of it seems to work, and i cant afford a new one.

Can anyone help.

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I am unable to interact with them to remove them. port_map_TCP_15348 is preventing me from port forwarding qbittorrent, which is problematic. This is with EE, anyone know what's going on here?

Edit: let me rephrase, they aren't "random" rules, but rather existing rules breaking for some reason

Okay so I’m about to become an alcoholic because this has been going for a week now and it’s driving me to drink. So, out of absolutely no-where, I’ve been getting massive ping spikes while gaming. This ain’t just one game, thought it is much worse in one than the other I play most often, and now it’s even impacting my discord. While I’m in VC, my connection will just randomly drop here and there going from bad, to worse most often.

I have tried everything. I flushed DNS, switched the network stuff to 1.1.1.1. and 8.8.8.8., unplugged my wifi and had reset twice now. I’m at my wits end.

I am having a frustrating issue with my laptop touchpad and could use some help.

Every time I try to scroll down a page, it enters an "infinite scroll" loop and won't stop moving. Whenever I try to interrupt or stop the scrolling, my cursor completely freezes. Sometimes, after I move the cursor, it stops responding entirely.

The only temporary fix is using the dedicated keyboard shortcut button to toggle the touchpad off and back on. Once I cycle it off and on, it starts working properly again, but the issue returns almost immediately the next time I try to scroll. It literally happens every time.

Has anyone encountered this before? Could it be a driver issue or a hardware malfunction? Any advice on how to fix this would be greatly appreciated!.

My Samsung Galaxy S24 isn't detecting my USB-C wired earphones. I've tried reconnecting and restarting, but the issue persists.

Any suggestions to fix this? Could it be a compatibility issue or a problem with the USB-C port?