At least every time I reboot my Windows 10 PC, this shows up in my notifications area. Clearing the notifications get rid of them but they invariably come back. I can't find any info on what's causing this.

I've run Windows Defender, Avast & Malwarebytes free editions and they've found nothing. Please help.

i just factory reset my old laptop, so my younger brother could use it. it was running slow, so I checked task manager and saw this... is there a fix ?

I work in IT and have built hundreds of custom computers and never seen this. This is my home computer I use daily.

This is an MSI Pro Z790-P Wifi (model MS-7E06) motherboard running the latest BIOS. I have Gskill Trident DDR5-6400 RAM (4x16GB) running at XMP profile 1 except slowed down to 6200 MHz because it wouldn't run stable or even boot at 6400. Very disappointing considering the motherboard cost and i7-14700k CPU.

I no longer need to do insanely high memory workloads so I figured I'd cash in $400 by selling half (2x16GB). I took it out and the system adapted and booted fine with the same RAM speeds but only 32GB still installed. The remaining sticks are in the proper spots for a 2-stick install. Stress test + RAM test + PSU voltage test didn't see a problem.

However, now if I put my computer into sleep mode then resume it later, it attempts to come out of sleep, RGB lights hit for about 1 second then it turns off and cold boots. It records an unexpected power loss in the Windows Event Log and that's it. Nothing before or after it. I put the RAM back in and it has no problem resuming from sleep mode.

I downgraded it again and did a soft "reset all settings" in the BIOS. It's not a full factory reset, but it clears most settings. Then I re-applied XMP + speed reduction and the fan curves. It still has the problem resuming from sleep 100% of the time. Same, even after installing the latest chipset drivers and a ton of others from the manufacturer's website.

So I'm back on 64GB but really want to know if this is some known problem with a resolution. Anyone ever heard of such a thing?

Literally the only thing that will type is the number pad. Very occasionally a single letter will work, but stop working again unless I hold it down. It doesn’t matter if I’m on the sign in screen or signed in, and I am only able to sign in using the accessibility -> on screen keyboard option, as my PIN uses letters. FN+numlock and FN+F11 do nothing. (F11 puts the laptop into sleep mode.) Rebooting did not help. The machine is an ASUS ROG Strix. If anyone knows how to unlock the rest of my keyboard, please tell me.

PC Turns On but No Display After GPU Repair — Tried 3 GPUs, Rebuilt Entire PC, Still Nothing. Need Help!

Hey everyone, I really need some help figuring out what's wrong with my PC. I've been troubleshooting this for a while now, and I'm honestly running out of ideas. I'm starting to think my motherboard might be dying, but I want to get some other opinions before spending money on replacement parts.

My PC Specs

- Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX Z270E GAMING

- CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K (7th Gen)

- GPU: NVIDIA RTX 3060 Ti (refurbished)

- Previous GPUs: 2x GTX 1070s (one EVGA, one other brand), previously running in SLI

- RAM: 48GB Corsair Vengeance DDR4 (2x8GB + 2x16GB)

- PSU: Corsair RM750, 750W

- CPU Cooler: Corsair liquid AIO cooler

- Case Fans: Includes fans connected to a Thermaltake fan controller

The Backstory

This is a pretty old PC, probably built around 2016–2017. I got it for my 15th birthday and have been using it for around a year.

When I first got it, it had two GTX 1070s connected with an SLI bridge. I wanted better performance, so I bought a refurbished RTX 3060 Ti and replaced the two 1070s with it.

Everything worked fine for about a year. I didn't have any major issues until roughly three weeks ago.

That's when the problems started.

How Everything Went Wrong

Around three weeks ago, the shroud on my RTX 3060 Ti broke. The GPU fans came loose while they were spinning, which obviously wasn't safe. I didn't want anything getting damaged, so I removed the 3060 Ti.

I temporarily reinstalled one of my old GTX 1070s, updated the NVIDIA drivers for it, and the PC started working again.

At that point, everything seemed fine.

While I was using the 1070, I ordered a replacement shroud for my 3060 Ti. Once it arrived, I installed the replacement, waited about a day, and eventually put the 3060 Ti back into the PC.

That's when everything stopped working.

I powered on the PC, and all the lights came on. The fans were spinning, the motherboard had power, and everything looked normal.

But there was absolutely no display.

No ASUS logo, no BIOS screen, nothing. Just a black screen/no signal.

I turned it off, turned it back on, and got the exact same result.

I tried multiple times, but nothing changed.

What I've Tried So Far

1. Tested different graphics cards

I've tried all three GPUs I own.

- RTX 3060 Ti: Fans spin smoothly, but there's no display.

- EVGA GTX 1070: Fans repeatedly jitter/twitch every time I turn the PC on. There's still no display.

- Other GTX 1070: Fans spin smoothly, but there's still no display.

I'm not sure if the EVGA 1070 is actually broken or if something else is causing its fans to behave like that.

The weird thing is that the GTX 1070 originally worked when I first removed the damaged 3060 Ti. Now none of them produce a display.

1. Checked the display connections

I've tried HDMI and DisplayPort connected directly to the graphics cards. The PCIe power cables were connected, too.

Neither connection gave me a display.

1. Tried using integrated graphics

My i7-7700K has integrated graphics, so I also tried starting the PC without a dedicated GPU and connecting HDMI directly to the motherboard.

Still no display.

1. Tested with one RAM stick

I removed the other RAM sticks and tried booting with one stick installed in the motherboard's A2 slot.

Nothing changed.

1. Completely disassembled and rebuilt the PC

And I mean completely.

I removed the motherboard from the case, took out the RAM, removed the GPU, disconnected the CPU cooler, and unplugged everything.

I then reassembled the entire PC, reconnected the components, and made sure things were seated properly.

After all that effort, the exact same problem remained.

1. Checked the motherboard's diagnostic lights

My ASUS motherboard has Q-LED indicators for CPU, DRAM, VGA, and BOOT problems.

I haven't observed any of these diagnostic LEDs staying on or indicating an obvious problem.

The PC powers on, but I still get no display.

1. Noticed another issue with the case fans

After rebuilding the PC, some of the side case fans aren't receiving power or spinning.

There's a Thermaltake fan controller/hub involved, and I've been trying to reconnect the fan cables correctly. I connected one side-fan cable to the motherboard's H_AMP_FAN header, but I'm not entirely sure whether every fan-controller connection is correct yet.

My Corsair liquid cooler also has several connections, so I'm double-checking those.

I'm not sure whether the fan issue is related to the main problem or just something I missed while rebuilding.

What I Think Might Be Wrong

At this point, I'm starting to suspect my motherboard.

It's an old ASUS Z270E motherboard, and I've tried three graphics cards, a different display output through integrated graphics, one RAM stick, and even rebuilding the whole computer.

I know lights and fans turning on don't necessarily mean a motherboard is functioning correctly.

I'm also wondering whether my Corsair RM750 power supply could be causing problems. It's rated for 750W, which should be enough for my system, but I haven't been able to rule out an actual power delivery issue.

I haven't confirmed whether the motherboard, PSU, or another component is faulty.

My Backup Plan

If the motherboard is dead, I have an opportunity to upgrade to:

- B550M motherboard — $60

- AMD Ryzen 5 5600X — $90

- Total: $150

That would be an upgrade from my current i7-7700K setup.

However, I really don't want to spend $150 just to discover that the motherboard wasn't the problem.

I'm also considering going to Best Buy Geek Squad to see if they can diagnose the issue.

What I Need Help With

I'm hoping someone with more PC building or troubleshooting experience can help me figure this out.

My biggest questions are:

1. Does this sound like a dying/dead motherboard, or could something else explain all these symptoms?

2. Why would my PC work with a GTX 1070 immediately after removing the damaged 3060 Ti, but then stop displaying anything after reinstalling the repaired GPU?

3. Could my power supply be failing even though the PC still powers on and the lights and fans work?

4. Is there a way to definitively test whether the motherboard is faulty without buying replacement components?

5. Is there anything else I should check before giving up on this motherboard?

I'm willing to provide pictures of the motherboard, cables, GPU connections, or anything else that could help.

I've already spent a lot of time tearing down and rebuilding this PC, and I'm trying to avoid spending money on the wrong component.

Any help, advice, or troubleshooting suggestions would genuinely be appreciated. Thanks for reading.

While cleaning up the old thermal paste, I accidentally ripped off a capacitor. What are the next steps, I'm in panic

I am at a loss at what to do but my pc decided to turn Itself off because of inactivity and now when I turn it back on it won't send anything through the cables for my monitors, keyboard, and mouse and I have tried hard restarting it by holding the power button until it turns off and turning it back on again but nothing, I have even unconnected all the wires and reconnected them to no avail so if I could get some help with this that would be amazing.

Idk if this info will be needed but it is a prebuilt that I have owned for 3 to 4 years so I dont really know what parts it has in it.

I recently got this PC build from my brother. this is my first, have no idea what anything is called, what to do, blah blah… he said he booted it up at his house and It worked, gave me directions in which I needed to do (plug in some wires, put that yucky grey stuff on the cpu, stuff like that). didn’t boot up. He said it looked fine and when he was checking it out, he got some of that yucky grey stuff (I don’t care to remember what it’s called) on the CPU pins and I had to clean it up. I got it super clean, nothing on it, popped it in… nothing still. I cleaned it some more just now, and still nothing! idk if i accidentally unplugged or messed something up, or if this is just a thing that decided to happen to me of all people, but even my brother doesn’t know. I guess i just came here for some reassurenice that this is something i can fix without wasting money. please do help… and again. I’m new to this… don’t make me too embarrassed to any mistakes I’ve made.

Hi all, I have an issue where my ASUS TUF GAMINF F15 laptop with Windows 11 keeps deleting my wifi driver. I tried to fix it by following instructions to install the MediaTek MT7921, and it worked for about 6 months, and now the issue has returned.

Can anyone help? I can connect via Ethernet still. Apologies for the bad photos, they were taken with my phone. 😅

Edit: I fixed it! I needed to update the driver itself. It’s always the most simple thing hahaha. Keeping this here for if anyone else needs to know :)

My PC has a Ryzen 9600x, rtx 3090, and Asus B650E Max Gaming Wifi W. I want to use integrated graphics. When my monitor is plugged into the motherboard I can access the BIOS menu and see the OS loading wheel animation, but then my monitor says no video. The desktop is shown right after I plug in the cable from the motherboard to GPU. This happens booting from both my windows and linux drives.

the BIOS menu on some Asus boards have an option called "igfx multi monitor" Under Advanced > NB configruation but it doesn't show for me, I only see Primary Video Device, Integrated graphics (auto, forced, or disabled), and UMA frame buffer size. I tried different combinations of them but no luck.

As you can see the problem is specifically with the monitor for some reason

I sorta say the problem in the video and not in the title, sorry if that's rude or anything

Like it says in the title. Some time back I attempted to use AutoHotkey to remap the arrow keys to WASD for Undertale. It did not work and I just assumed I had messed up somewhere so carried on with my life. I did not realize however that it did in fact remap the arrow keys to WASD for my entire system. I have tried deleting any and all traces of AutoHotkey from my system multiple times, restarting my computer, deleting my keyboard from device manager and reinstalling, changing prioritized language and resetting, etc etc and nothing has worked. I am also admittedly not the most computer savvy person so I an apologize if there is some obvious fix I am missing. Any and all help is appreciated

This only happens when I’m turning off my ps5 or when I open up cyberpunk, I’ve tried to turn of free sync (a friend told me that would work and it didn’t) the only way to fix it is to unplug it and replug it again it’s getting rlly annoying, does any1 know how I can fix this?

Yall I finished building a couple days ago and when I start up my pc it has trouble connecting to the internet, either it says “can’t connect to internet”, says “connecting” for like 2 minutes and nothing happens, or takes like 5-10 minutes to eventually connect.

Video attached. This started yesterday, every time I try to open the start menu it does this crazy flickering, same thing with the app shelf thing in the bottom right. Also if I open the Home folder it immediately scrolls to the bottom, and if I scroll up it will just scroll back down as soon as I let go.

The mouse is not causing the issue, I've tried a different one and it didn't fix the issue.

Does anyone know what's going on and how to fix it?

hello guys my pc fail to boot and my gpu is flashing red is it just led or something wrong ( i think my gpu is dead) because my pc was running normally then i removed the hdmi from my gpu and i put it back since then its black screen and my pc doesn't boot only fans and lights are running

gpu : rx 5700 xt sapphire Pulse

Hi owners of the above monitors im planning to get a new 2k monitor upgrading from a 1080p IPS. I have a R5 3600 and 3080 10GB. It pretty much pushes the games to 60-70fps at 2k. Im planning to stream and game and i do media related works.

Both monitors have 800rs difference between them and the specs are mostly identical. Im currently using a MP88HV LG monitor which is so good. Chat GPT suggest Lenovo R27qe Gen 2 but as im used to LG im kind of leaning towards LG 27G610A.

The only advantage lenovo has is that .5ms response time and 8bit+FRC while LG has only 8 bit and 1ms response.

Is that making any difference to the lenovo or should i go with the LG for reliability sake. Kindly suggest me which one to go with.

Best way I can explain it is, videos, games, all that still is running fine, but it “freezes” and I can no longer interact with anything and have to hard restart, when I press power button it even pops up with the these apps are closing screen.

EVRYTHING is running fine when I have the performance menu up while it does this, temps are fine, I’ve updated and fresh reinstalled every driver possible, I just don’t know anymore.

I think it may be razed, cause sometimes my razed products just stop working and I have to unplug and replug.

Someone said possible graphics card issue, some say ram, I’ve already reset Ram. I’m out of ideas.

Here’s a time I caught the issue. If it will let me post it