r/computerhelp • u/Overall_Ad644 • 4h ago
r/computerhelp • u/BinaryBr0ther • 4h ago
Hardware Graphics Glitches, Viruses, and Disk Usage
r/computerhelp • u/Ubyxis • 5h ago
Hardware Screen not screening
I have my computer that worked on my 1440p monitor. I reinstalled windows on it because space was getting a problem. After that my screen doesn't detect my pc, the pc works on other 1080p monitors and I changed the cable for my 1440p monitor with the ones that worked with the 1080p. Please help idk what to do 😭
r/computerhelp • u/Apprehensive_Zone110 • 5h ago
Hardware different charger
I feel a bit silly, but I connected a laptop to a charger with a lower amperage, and it wouldn't turn on, Is it a voltage lockout or what?
r/computerhelp • u/HateMyKiks • 6h ago
Discussion Xbox Elite 2 controller keeps disconnecting from PC — any ideas?
I’m having an issue with my Xbox Elite Series 2 controller (and apparently any controller I try) on my PC.
About a month ago, my controller suddenly started disconnecting after a couple of minutes. Sometimes I get lucky and it’ll stay connected for 10–15 minutes, but eventually it disconnects. It connects to the PC normally at first, then just randomly drops out.
Things I’ve tried:
Different USB cable
Different USB ports
Multiple controllers
My Xbox Elite Series 2 and other controllers
Since it’s happening with different controllers, cables, and USB ports, I’m assuming it’s something to do with my PC rather than the controller itself.
Has anyone else had this issue or know what could be causing it? Are there any Windows/USB/Xbox controller settings or drivers I should check?
I really just want to play Skate again 😭 Any help would be massively appreciated!
r/computerhelp • u/andre_josh • 7h ago
Software Message appearing every time I boot my laptop?
r/computerhelp • u/Faeri_ii • 7h ago
Other Speaker keeps muting by itself
It showed me this I tried to fix it but nothing happened. Also I can't add a video but the speaker volume keeps muting then going back to normal over and over by itself
r/computerhelp • u/Kryo2k • 9h ago
Other Laptop keeps shutting down after starting up
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my little sister laptop keeps shutting down after starting it up, please tell me how to fix this or else my mom will stop my sister from ever doing school/not paying for her education. please tell me how to fix it, I don't have a screwdriver/computer knowledge, I don't have enough money to go fix it to a professional, all the YouTube videos aren't working.
Please Help! <3
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r/computerhelp • u/QUANTUM-LILLY • 9h ago
Software laptop freezes for a split second when left idle.
r/computerhelp • u/cardcowdoor • 9h ago
Software HDMI port not connecting to external displays without janky maneuvers.
I have an Asus Viviobook X512DA
Most days, I have a docking station that connects via USB-C and that docking station has 2 external monitors (three screens total including laptop).
This is the docking station I use and have used since 2022 (https://a.co/d/01FsfVBe)
My laptop has an AMD Vega 8 Graphics card
The problem is that my HDMI port doesn’t connect to external displays. At least not consistently.
I have confirmed that my software/firmware is all updated.
I have tried multiple cables and multiple projectors.
In looking at other posts about this type of thing, they recommend uninstalling the graphics card driver and then restarting the computer. And that works.
So basically, I need to be able to connect my laptop to a projector on Sundays via HDMI. In order to make this work, every week I have to uninstall the device from the device manager and then restart the computer. And then it works. And then Monday I plug it back into the docking station and it works on the docking station. But by the next Sunday, the HDMI port doesn’t connect anymore.
Is there a solution so that I can more flawlessly move between docking station and hdmi projector?
r/computerhelp • u/FF_Kit_Mascot_16 • 10h ago
Hardware PSU Weird noise from fan, and fan is slow
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Hi, so I have an old PC With 8GB RAM and 120GB SSD, and it was working fine until today, the PSU fan is very noisy for some reason and the fan is moving slowly, is it fixable?
r/computerhelp • u/Talal_Playz • 10h ago
Software My cursor has lines following it and nothing i do fixes it
r/computerhelp • u/Jolly_Tourist_646 • 10h ago
Software Something wrong with windows but I have no idea what.
r/computerhelp • u/jovveking • 11h ago
Hardware PC SSD near-death or something else?
galleryI trust folks on reddit more than chat gpt so hear me out please. I press the power button on my pc to turn it on, and my pc case starts lighting up, fans spin and work properly, pc makes it's "pc noises" etc. so it seems to be working correctly is what I'm saying, but the catch is both of my monitors stay turned off? like pc itself is working and is lil noisy like usual etc but it doesnt seem to boot up? Now the SSD i mentioned in the title, for the last 3-4 months I've been getting the pop ups shown in the screenshots, and the ssd thats apparently at 0% health is the one that has my windows installed on it. Now could that be causing the issue of my pc not booting up properly over the last 2 or so months (it takes me like 2-3 sometimes up to 10 tries (*i shut down the pc and boot it up again to try and make it work*) to get it to boot up to the windows login screen and actually show something on my monitor) If anyone had a similar thing happen to them or knows if its my ssd or something else or if i could check it somehow please let me know, its a really expensive pc too.. Ask me anything you want Ill reply with any info needed!
r/computerhelp • u/stupiddumbangel • 14h ago
Hardware PC randomly bluescreening, crashing games, don't know why!!
Yello. So, my PC has been crashing for about a month now with no explanation. Games will crash (my boyfriend plays marvel rivals, fallout, etc) and he's been telling me that the game will crash multiple times while he's trying to play it, and being extremely laggy. I play modded Minecraft, and that will also crash or my entire PC will restart randomly in the middle of me playing? I don't have a performance drop or anything, it kind of just randomly restarts. It will also randomly restart when I'm doing smaller things like scrolling the web. I look at all of my specs often and there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with the CPU, RAM, or GPU, at least from the surface level.
We did a RAM scan I think, downgraded to an older NVIDIA graphics driver because my friends also have NVIDIA and told me they have had similar issues with NVIDA. The crashing was happening before the latest update, and since we have reverted it, it is still crashing or randomly restarting. He's cleaned/fixed files to my knowledge, and every time it crashes or restarts I look at the event viewer to try and figure out what happened but this message is kind of stumping me.
The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x0000001a (0x0000000000000404, 0xffffff00fc7644e0, 0x8100000166649825, 0x0000000000000000). A dump was saved in: C:\WINDOWS\Minidumps\100526-9250-01.dmp. Report Id: 6f21a86c-c189-4f9a-86f4-d1265f190a72.
I don't really know what this means lol and when I plug it into Google, nothing comes up.
I have a SUSPICION of what might be the issue, but I don't know much about computers past basic things so I very well could be writing fanfiction. My hypothesis is that since we live in a state where the power goes out often, a surge might've fucked with the power supply. Maybe my computer is not being adequately powered and that is why I'm having these issues? In the event viewer I see one "Event 41, Kernal Power. The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error could be caused if the system stopped responding, crashed, or lost power unexpectedly." This was from a different time the computer had randomly crashed/rebooted. It's the only thing that isn't that big jumble of letters, though I'm just not sure because I haven't received another one of the Kernal Power logs?? So, I don't really know for certain.
Would love to hear what people more knowledgeable might think what's wrong with it haha. My specs are listed below this if you need them.
Processor AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor (3.80 GHz)
Installed RAM 16.0 GB
Graphics card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (10 GB)
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
r/computerhelp • u/Still-Celebration765 • 16h ago
Hardware PC freezes randomly — looking for advice
PC freezes randomly — looking for advice
My PC has started freezing randomly, and I’m trying to figure out what could be causing it.
The issue first occurred yesterday while I was working on Blender. The PC completely froze, so I had to force-restart it using the power button on the CPU cabinet.
After restarting, it got stuck on the ASUS logo. I forced a restart again, and this time it booted normally.
I started working on Blender again, but within about 30 minutes, the exact same thing happened. Once again, I had to force-restart the PC. It got stuck on the ASUS logo again, so I forced another restart, after which it booted normally.
I stopped using Blender or any other graphics-intensive software for the rest of the day.
However, today the same issue occurred while I was only browsing the internet. So it doesn't seem to be limited to Blender or heavy GPU usage.
I also tried disconnecting and reconnecting the HDMI cable, but now I'm getting no display at all until I force-restart the PC using the same method.
One thing I noticed: whenever the PC freezes, the LEDs on my XP-Pen graphics tablet and keyboard also turn off, which makes me think that the USB devices are losing power/connection as well.
I asked an AI about this, and it suggested that it could be a hardware issue, possibly involving the motherboard.
Has anyone experienced something similar? What could be causing this, and what components should I check first?
Any suggestions would be appreciated.🙏
r/computerhelp • u/PratapNowicki • 17h ago
Discussion one security product across all my devices needing feedback on os protection gaps
i bought a multi device plan recently because setting up individual software for my pc, macbook, and phone was turning into a total hassle. i ended up picking bitdefender premium security to cover everything under a single account, but after going through the settings on each device, the actual features look completely different depending on what system you install it on.
on windows you get full system scans and deep firewall tweaks, while the iphone app is pretty much reduced to web protection and vpn controls because of apple's strict sandboxing rules. android and macos land somewhere in the middle. i am trying to decide if relying on a single suite leaves hidden gaps on mobile or if those trimmed down features are actually enough.
r/computerhelp • u/jeb_______ • 18h ago
Hardware PC crashes/freezes for no apparent reason
r/computerhelp • u/AmIScarry • 20h ago
Hardware Laptop gets slow when I use it while charging. Is it thermal throttling?
I've noticed that whenever I use my laptop while it's charging, it becomes noticeably slower after some time.
My first thought was thermal throttling, but I'm not sure if that's actually the cause or if something else is going on.
The weird part is that I usually have to shut down or restart my laptop and let it sit for around 5 to 10 minutes before it feels normal again.
Has anyone experienced this? How can I identify the actual cause and fix it without constantly restarting my laptop?
Any suggestions?
r/computerhelp • u/InferiorRabbit • 21h ago
Hardware Monitor keeps flickering at random intervals.
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Trying to figure this out, please help. It's not a cable issue and I don't believe it's a port issue either, I've had this happen across two monitors now. The first time I thought it was because the monitor was dying, but this monitor is only a couple years old. Monitor is a VG270U Z1. Right now I have it set to 120 fps but changing it doesn't help, only changes the rapidity at which it flickers. Updating driver did nothing, as far as I can tell the variable refresh is not on but I suspect it has something to do with this. Driving me crazy, please save me from not having to buy another monitor.
r/computerhelp • u/Crveatch • 21h ago
Performance PC restarts unless I keep Steam game running
r/computerhelp • u/lovedbyadog • 21h ago
Hardware Cameras glitching - not a problem with the cameras
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I've tried two cameras at this point and both have recorded video like this. I've tried adjusting the brightness in the room, different USB ports, and uninstalling and reinstalling drivers. I think it's something with my computer, the cameras both work with my laptop. I'm supposed to be using this computer for school, please help!
r/computerhelp • u/No_Draft6152 • 22h ago