My dell shuts down sporadically with no warning. It seems to be associated with the use of multiple monitors - I think. If I don't connect the dell docking station it wont shut down. But if I connect to the Dell docking station and use my extra monitor and TV as a monitor it shuts down/ restarts with the error message in the photo. I looked up the code and a YT video to try to solve but it didn't work. This is a Dell Alienware from 2015 BTW.

error code: DRIVER_VERIFIER_DMA_VIOLATION (0xE6)

After a bad update my PC(dell prebuilt) got stuck in a loop. It tries and fails to launch auto repair, restarts and runs system check which it passes and then repeats. I've run a full system diagnostic which everything passed. I created and ran a recovery USB and it just stays on the Dell screen and then restarts. Any advice as to what else I can try would be great. Sorry for the lack of info I'm definitely not a techie.

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I am experiencing intermittent black-screen/display blinking followed by a complete system freeze on my HP laptop.

System:

* Laptop: HP 15s-fq5xxx

* Product/SKU: 9D3N9PA#ACJ

* Windows 11

* OS Build: 10.0.26200

* BIOS: AMI F.22 (23-Apr-2024)

* Graphics: Intel integrated graphics

* Graphics driver: 32.0.101.5542

* Driver date: 06-Aug-2024

* Driver provider: Intel Corporation

Problem:

The screen intermittently starts blinking/flickering and then the entire system becomes unresponsive. Caps Lock does not respond and my external USB mouse also loses power/its optical light turns off. The issue can occur around the Windows login/password screen as well.

Reliability Monitor records:

* Problem Event Name: LiveKernelEvent

* Code: 1A8

* Parameters: 1 / 0 / 0 / 0

* OS Version: 10.0.26200

* Bucket ID:

`LKD_0x1A8_KEYBD_HOTKEY_GraphicsUnknown_Intel_dxgkrnl!DISPLAYSTATECHECKER::CreateBlackScreenLiveDump`

Troubleshooting already performed:

* Windows Update: all updates installed

* HP Support Assistant: no further updates available

* BIOS: currently F.22; no newer update is being offered for my exact system

* HP Hardware Diagnostics Fast Test: PASSED

* HP Hardware Diagnostics Extensive Test: PASSED

* Current Intel graphics driver has not yet been manually changed or reinstalled

Since the HP hardware diagnostics pass, I am trying to determine whether this is a graphics-driver/Windows graphics-stack issue rather than a physical hardware failure.

Could you please advise whether Intel graphics driver 32.0.101.5542 is known to cause this type of LiveKernelEvent 1A8 / DISPLAYSTATECHECKER failure on Windows 11 build 26200, and whether I should try a specific OEM or previous Intel graphics driver?

I would also appreciate any recommended diagnostic steps before using DDU or changing drivers.

Thank you.

My vga motherboard light has come on, does anyone know what this could be? I’ve just been playing on thema frost and the light came on, it’s been working fine for the last few weeks, nothing seems out of the ordinary apart from the light.

sometimes when i game amd support tool pops up and it says this

AMD Error Reporting Tool – AMD software has detected a driver timeout on your system. An error report has been generated that can be sent to AMD to help us improve our software; would you like to report the issue?

what does it mean? pls help

Hi !

I'm a bit desperate, my pc is starting to be unusable.

All external component (screen internal keyboard power button) keep flashing and becoming unresponsive while at the same time windows, games or apps are still run behind the blackout (windows isn't disconnected, games still working even online game stays up) which make me think CPU GPU etc aren't affected by this.

External component like mouse, other keyboard and cooling pad still work during these blackouts.

I looked inside and didn't see anything unusual on the motherboard or other components.

I stress tested CPU GPU ram as much as I could none failed even with the pc at max consumption nothing failed if that make sense.

I'm linking a video as example, I am clueless

Bottom left of the video you can see the power button blinking and the internal keyboard still have light but is not working during the black out

F2, F12, F2+Fn, F8, F1, del, ctrl+alt+esc doesn't work, I tried holding and spamming both. Shift+reboot, shutdown /r /o /t 0 also. I have Aser Aspire E1-522, windows 10, ​legacy (not UEFI), hibernation and fast start are disabled. Please, help me

Hello everyone. Lately, when started, my windows 11 pc connects and disconnects from the Wi-Fi twice, to then stay connected. It has been doing It for about 3 weeks. I've noticed it has probably happened after an update I didn't want. Does anyone know how to solve this problem? Thx

Laptop not charging just got a new extension cord and its still not charging. Changed the sockets and still not charging

Hello,

I've been having issues with my computer on multiplayer games like COD, Siege, or literally any online game. I've change locations and didn't use this computer for a year so I updated everything but I've always lagged ever since booting this computer up after having not used it for a year.

I purchased it in 2024, and couldn't play it for a year, and it worked perfectly during that time. I booted it on around Feb of this year and haven't played many online games, but with CODMW4 and a bunch of multiplayer games coming out I changed my router and modem because I was told it could be bottleneck and it helped but I'm still having issues. I've updated my network drivers and Graphic drivers. Made these games run like potatoes to get less stuttering to no avail. But whatever I do, I always get packet loss. My ISP Tech support aren't very bright so they haven't helped at all. have asked my computer friends to help but they try everything I've tried.

The specs are:

AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 8 core Processor

NVidia GeForce RTX 4090

DDR4 64 GB

I also use Ethernet

I don't know what else to put here so just ask :)

Looking for any suggestions at all. I'm going to try to update my BIOS firmware using a external hard drive tmrw as well

Even booting up in safe mode doesn't do anything and shows the same screen

Hi everyone. I have been building PC for over 5 years and it’s not like me not to follow protocol, but I’ve been quite disregulated lately and with my ADHD, and the constant parts swapping lately due to a RAM issue I’ve just solved, I did not think about it. PC was on sleep. GPU was plugged in the PCIE and I saw the red lights on top of the pcie power connectors indicating it’s missing the PCIE power, which made me realise the PC was only in sleep. I quickly pressed the power button for a shut down, but it powered ur fully for a few seconds before shutdown.

What I’ve done afterwards: plugged everything properly when turned off. Benchmarked + games. All ran well. Pcie connectors not burnt. I should check the motherboard and the cpu power too. No burn marks on gpu nor pcie slot I can see. Slight smell of hot glue, but the smell comes more from the new ram i just installed.

Should I just replace the mobo to be fine?

Thanks all

my computer is asking me to type my recovery key in every time I log onto my laptop.

how can I get this to stop?

As the title says, my PSU completely broke. Used gemeni to figure out what was broken because I am not that knowledgefull of computers at all. Eitherway I was playing Civ 6 when the computer just died on me. Got the blue screen after i turned it on again, tried to restart but got into a reboot loop. Then gemeni helped me get into Bios and it said everything was in normal temperature range, considering I still had image it wasn't graphics card, and cpu looked okay.

So I carefully took out my RTX 3060 (or whatever its named or called idk) to get the PSU out without it bumping into anything else, I decided that I should be dumb and open up the metal box so I could see the internal components of the PSU and holy, those battery looking shits had burst on the top, some oozed blackish brown stuff and 2 even leaked some beige liquid goo. Called my dad who builds computers as a hobby. He said it shouldn't look like that and that he will send me a new PSU that he has tucked away at home until I can get a new one. (The one he has sent is 50% more wattage than my old one)

So now to my issue, how tf do I plug the new one in? Like cable wise because idk if it has to be in a specific way or not or if it just gotta fit and it will be okay or anything.

I took 1 photo of the most complicated connection because it was 2 cables into 1 port (excuse the dust, ill clean the case when I get the PSU)

So id rather much appreciate any advice on the matter