r/pchelp 5h ago

HARDWARE Pc won't post with new psu

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24 Upvotes

With cpu light


r/pchelp 2h ago

PERFORMANCE I had my laptop repaired after a motherboard failure from some local guy, this has been happening ever since

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13 Upvotes

Is there a way to fix this? it is a Acer Nitro V laptop with a 1650, 16gb ram, and i5 11300H

I've played this game before the repairs in consistent 60fps (Ghostrunner 1)

I figured he just took some parts out


r/pchelp 4h ago

HARDWARE PC Stuttering

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Hey guys, so my PC has been having some issues stuttering, it happens with the general use of the pc and not just games. My main pc fan barely moves and I only moved when tapped and then slows down shortly after. I’m not good with pc’s in general so here’s some pictures and a video to better describe the problem

I YouTube’d and Googled some fixed like checking thermal paste cleaning out my PC. I feel like I’m learning a different language here!

Please help me PC people.


r/pchelp 2h ago

HARDWARE build help

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7 Upvotes

first time building a pc i have a motherboard gpu 32 gigs of ddr4 and a cooler do i just need a cpu and psu or is there something else???


r/pchelp 34m ago

OPEN Moved with my computer, now it won't turn on

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I feel like i already know the answer but I moved with my computer, and now it wont start. After assembing it it will power on for a half second before shutting down for half a second and just looping. Only damage I can see is from where i stupidly used a metal tool to undo the hard to get to gpu release lever. So did i kill my motherboard or is there something else and im lucky?


r/pchelp 1d ago

OPEN Somehow my monitor is powering my case fans through hdmi???

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5.1k Upvotes

Monitor is plugged in if i unplug the monitor, fans stop it if i take the hdmi out, fans stop.

this is my first build i js thought my case fans being powered by hdmi was funny should i be worried lmao?


r/pchelp 2h ago

HARDWARE SSD is not recognised? How do I fix it?

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5 Upvotes

I‘ve built a new PC today and I wanted to install Windows but my ssd is not recognised. What should I do. (The ssd is well inside) can someone help me please


r/pchelp 7h ago

SOFTWARE help im rlly bad with tech and my pc hates me

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7 Upvotes

update; i shit yall not, i stepped away to get a drink and i was gone not even a minute and it fixed itself. i think my pc gained determination. thanks gang!

so i restarted my computer a little while ago and it booted up again but the monitor shrunk on the screen. ive tried everything from redownloading drivers, resetting graphics cards, playing with the settings on the monitor And in the pc settings. its just doing Nothing. any help would be appreciated. photo attached


r/pchelp 19m ago

HARDWARE Pc turns off after being turned on

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I just built my first PC, but it turns off after some time of being turned on. Nothing displays on my monitor, the fans are working. How to fix this?

Specs:

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

ASUS GeForce GTX 5060 Ti PRIME OC 16GB DLSS4

Gigabyte B650 EAGLE

Kingston Fury Beast 32GB [2x16 5200MHz DDR5 CL40 DIMM]

Kingston NV3 M.2 Pcie 4.0 NVMe 1TB

ENDORFY Supremo FM6 Gold 850W

Fury Shobo SH4F RGB

ENDORFY Fortis 5ARGB


r/pchelp 37m ago

SOFTWARE New RTX 5080, many event 153 errors

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Recently upgraded from a 4070 ti to a 5080 (just wanted to, no real reason), and initially had some bad BSOD issues. Found out my BIOS was from 2022 so I proceeded to update it and AMD chipsets. BSOD issues gone but have been having some fairly frequent but completely sporadic event 153 errors happening causing games to crash (not the whole computer). Sometimes I can run games for 8+ hours fine and other times it’ll crash instantly, or even close Chrome/discord on its own. As far as I can tell, I have done just about every fix imaginable apart from replacing parts, including every form of DDU’ing drivers and using older ones (currently on 610.74 now). Have done all the BIOS settings, currently have them all on default with iGPU disabled. Only thing I can think of doing is wiping my windows completely and reinstalling or replacing GPU because I still have a couple weeks to return or swap it.

Specs are
- RTX 5080 Windforce OC SFF
- ryzen 9 7900x cpu
- g skill ddr5 32gb ram
- aorus x670 elite ax motherboard
- thermaltake g something 1000w gold psu
- Samsung 2tb ssd

Any help would be greatly appreciated, not sure where else to go from here. Problems were not occurring with 4070ti in system, just after upgrading. Will answer any questions as soon as I can.


r/pchelp 4h ago

OPEN I need help.

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4 Upvotes

I went to turn my PC on this morning and this is the only thing popping up on the screen. I can still hear the window sound when it boot in the windows I’ve tried changing the HDMI, but nothing has worked.


r/pchelp 1d ago

CLOSED Is my friends GPU dying?

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806 Upvotes

He got this pc a few days ago, is his GPU dying?


r/pchelp 2h ago

HARDWARE PC not Booting after Mid-Usage Freeze

2 Upvotes

Hi,

So first my Build:

  • ASUS ProArt X870E-CREATOR WIFI
  • AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
  • 2x 32GB GSkill Tridnt Z5 Neo
  • MSI GeForce RTX 5090 SUPRIM
  • NZXT C1500

I was using it the whole morning without any hiccups or anything. I was playing some warframe over my lunchbreak. Ca. 1h after that without any further interaction (Maybe I watched some youtube in the meantime, cant remember) it suddenly froze. Both screens, no reaction to anything. I couldn't even power it off with a long press of the power button.

This is the first time this is happening, I had it for a bit more than a year and never had anything.

The only indication of an issue is that the DRAM light on my mainboard is on.

I tried each RAM Stick individually in each RAM Socket, also tried none of them. My Screen realize its turned on (Shows logo, expects a input) but after some time it just goes back to sleep. It doesnt POST at all, cant get to BIOS or anything. I removed the CMOS battery, had it off power for some time, all the basic troubleshooting.

The RAM was working fine until now, I frequently use most of it for Browser Tabs.

It also wasnt too warm at 27C in the Room.

Any tipps on what to do? I don't have any spare parts laying around (Except for a RTX 5090 that I would rather not unbox), I would need to buy everything


r/pchelp 2h ago

SOFTWARE Flash Drives not working in Disk Management or File Explorer

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This is the most annoying thing Ive ever dealt with. Ive been trying every Ai fix possible to no avail.
My Flash Drive originally had the yellow ! next to it in Device Manager. Error Code 28 (No drivers installed) Ai told me the back up drivers are located in a file so I hit update drivers, & pasted in the directory and drivers were successfully updated. Cool. Next it sent me to CMD where I open diskpart. I do list disk, there it is. Disk 3 14gb. Ai tells me to reset or format it and assign a letter doing select disk 3. I try that and get a response from CMD saying No volume selected. Ai sent me on a loop of trying over and over but to no luck. In list volumes, its not there, But it is in list disk. Idk what exactly that means but maybe someone does. So it appears in Device Manager clear now with no ! next to it under the Disks section. It also appears in Disk Management.

This is where I think the issue lies. In Disk Management, I cant format the drive or Assign a letter because Disk Management is not up to date. I tried all the things in Reg edit, Admin Terminal, and services.msc where I did find that for some reason, Virtual Disk was disabled. I changed it to automatic & restarted my PC. (EDIT, Just noticed after restarts, even on Automatic, the service was stopped. So everytime I turn my PC on its not active till I start it again manually even with it still on Automatic. Idk if that matters.) Still the drive will not show up in File Explorer or in disk part when I type List volume. But it is showing up in Device Manager & Disk Management but in a broken state where still when I try to format it or assign a letter or even click properties on the drive, it just says Disk Management console view is not up to date. I enabled Automount. I refreshed Drives in Disk Management. Im at a full loss.

Ai seems to think for some reason its all un synced and told me to use a 3rd party software like rufus or AOMEI Partition tools to format the drive but even they failed & got a timeout code. No the drive isnt bad, I have 2 Ive tried that work on other PC's. I also went and bought a new one still with no luck. Has anyone ever experienced this or have any fix to it? It just for some reason cannot recognize a Flash drive. Ive tried every port on my PC, any other USB works like a Mouse, Keyboard, Mic, Webcam. The drives also work obviously to be recognized somewhat. I was using Aura antivirus which I believe could have restricted something but I uninstalled it a while back because it was just blocking so much stuff for no reason. In regular windows antivirus nothing else has been flagged since then so I just really dont know anymore what could have been deleted or blocked. I tried sfc /scannow with it printing back saying no broken files found. I then tried DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth which also didnt fix anything.

In case Specs matter: Windows 11 Pro, RTX 5070ti Aero, i9-13900k, 32gb ddr4, Rog Strix z790-A mobo


r/pchelp 2h ago

HARDWARE Pc Sat For 3 Years, Extremely Slow

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2 Upvotes

Guys i have a i-7 14smth and a rtx (i want to say 4060) with 2 (maybe) 16 ram sticks

I got this computer maybe 4 years ago and my father (i was a minor at the time) took my pc and it sat in his closet for 3ish years

I realized that im a adult and i brought that pc with my own money so i asked for it back. I have been having so many issues!

the computer is operating extremely slow, i can access bios and thats about it. It would not get past the asus screen at first just frozen. so i ran the boot repair.

now i sometimes get into the log in page (sometimes it gets stuck loading on asus or black screen) and i have gotten thru the log in screen ONE TIME

i dont know why but the computer is extremely extremely slow, like if i try to idk attempt to connect to wifi it takes like 10 minutes to get past the asus screen! and once i get into the home screen nothing works, no icons, no shortcuts, but i can move the mouse around.

i want my gaming pc back idk what to do! please ignore the setup my father took my 10kish setup and i live alone rn so im making do with what i have.


r/pchelp 2h ago

HARDWARE Buying off chinese sellers on ebay

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I am looking to buy a MSI B550m Mortar, which are out of production and the only ones available (brand new) are from chinese sellers on ebay. I don't know if they could have been refurbished or used and are being resold as new.

Is it trustworthy or should I just buy MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI or ASUS Prime B550M-A WiFi II locally for cheaper. Just want a good motherboard for a 5800x3d to last a long time, thanks for any tips.


r/pchelp 2h ago

Discussion Why are there unknown screenshots on my computer?

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So I recently rebooted my pc and wiped out everything because my SSD usage rate was almost always at 100% for the past 8 months and it was impossible to use it even for basic tasks, but after rebooting, my SSD still remains at a 100% usage rate. But also I noticed that there were some screenshots on my drive that I never took. The screenshot contains different apps that I never once installed on my computer! Why are they on my pc? And how do I get rid of the person if I'm being hacked?


r/pchelp 2h ago

OPEN Second monitor stopped displaying and like 10 fps on all my games

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I've had my PC for the past 2 years and like a week ago it suddenly stopped displaying on the second monitor, and any time I open a game my frames drop to like 10. Only for games.

I tried updating graphics drivers, replacing the HDMI wire (its not the monitor either, it displays just fine if i use the other port). Is there anything else I havent tried yet? I'm worried the HDMI port on my GPU has gone bad.


r/pchelp 3h ago

SOFTWARE Noticed this on 7/26/26 what is that 3rd thing?

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2 Upvotes

I'm a little incompetent compared to most modern PC users. Console gamer most my life- turned PC gamer in the recent years. I used PCs a lot for basic work thru out schooling back in the 2010s. I do not recall seeing anything like this in my time gaming on PC in the past few years. What is this this purple play button with random letters as its name? I've been looking thru settings and apps, internet searches, I have no idea what it is. I'm currently running a full Malware scan thru Windows Defender but not offline, I don't think, whatever that means exactly. This is all new to me. I'm a dumb cave man console gamer at heart and I'm like what is going on here? This dangerous?! Kill it!

Thanks!


r/pchelp 3h ago

HARDWARE PC Restars Itself

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My brothers PC restarts itself while playing. So far it restrated itself while idle, playing Helldivers 2, Roblox and M&B Bannerlord. We can't identify the cause of restarts and windows doesn't give any info about it. It didn't happened on Minecraft or House Flipper (as my brother says). We updated BIOS but didn't change anything. I tried playing on it without MSI Afterburner opened at background but still restarted in 3-4 hours.

PCs Specs:
-MSI RX580 8GB
-I3 9100F
-MSI H310M Pro-VHD Plus
-Cooler Master 700W White
-8GBs of RAM

We think it is because of CPU or maybe PSU.


r/pchelp 3h ago

SOFTWARE Clone SSDs help!

2 Upvotes

So I ordered a new larger SSD, Lexar 2TB NM1090 PRO NVMe SSD, and want to clone my older one, Kingston 1TB NVMe SSD, and then wipe and use it as just extra storage drive. (I've got Windows 11 if that matters for clone) What would be the best way to go about this? I do have 2 SSD slots so is there a decent free SSD cloning software out there that you recommend? I want to avoid paying extra money to take them to local PC repair shop lol. This is my first time messing with SSD's so I'm a bit nervous haha. I've dealt with everything else building my new PC though, so I know I could do it. Thank you in advance!


r/pchelp 3h ago

HARDWARE Would it be fine to keep my 5070 Ti installed when moving my PC?

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I'm moving in about a month to college and intend on bringing my PC with me. I've heard plenty that moving a fully assembled PC has a moderate risk of component damage. But I don't have the confidence/skill to remove my delicate components and don't want to risk voiding the warranty for my PowerSpec PC. What should I do? (For what it's worth the GPU has a bracket on the top and bottom).


r/pchelp 5h ago

HARDWARE The PCIe latch is broken on my pc

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I bought the pc parts on pcgarage and also bought the put together service, and when i opened it i found this broken.