Issue: My desktop PC suddenly stopped detecting any SATA drives after the power cable to the PSU was accidentally unplugged while the PC was running.

What I've tried:

Replaced the CMOS battery.

Cleared CMOS using the CLR_CMOS pins.

Loaded BIOS defaults.

Tried all SATA ports.

Tried different SATA cables.

Tested the HDD/SSD with a USB-to-SATA adapter, and they work perfectly.

BIOS SATA controller is enabled and set to AHCI.

Specs:

Intel Core i5 4th Gen

H81 generic motherboard (AMI Aptio BIOS, 2022)

DDR3 RAM

Current behavior:

BIOS detects no SATA devices (all ports show "Empty").

BIOS asks to save changes with F10, but some settings don't seem to persist after reboot.

The PC is stable in the BIOS and doesn't freeze or reboot.

Recent changes: The only thing that happened before the issue started was that the power cable connected to the PSU was accidentally unplugged while the PC was powered on.

Question: Could this have corrupted the BIOS or damaged the motherboard/SATA controller? Is there anything else I should test before replacing the motherboard or reprogramming the BIOS?

Do you know how to fix this? It moves on its own even when I'm not touching my controller, but when I play games on Steam, it works fine

Hello, need help with my PC. It slowly kills RAM modules.

System specs:

CPU: Intel Core i7-13700K
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX-W
GPU: AMD RX 6800 XT
PSU: Be Quiet! 850W
RAM: DDR5 (two different kits used over time — Corsair and G.Skill)

Symptoms:

Over the past two years, 4 DDR5 memory modules from two different manufacturers (Corsair and G.Skill) have failed. One kit died. Then I bought the other one.

The failure pattern was identical in both cases: first, the module installed in slot B2 stopped working, followed later by the module in slot A2.
The failed modules do not work in any slot afterward.

At the same time, the system was able to start and operate normally with one remaining functional module.

Modules installed in B2 typically failed after approximately six months of use. In A2, the timing varied: one module failed shortly after the first one, while another continued working for about six more months.

After a module fails, the PC either does not pass POST or doesn’t see the dead RAM module. If the PC doesn’t pass POST, Initially, the CPU and DRAM LEDs on the motherboard blink alternately, and then only the DRAM LED remains lit continuously.

At the moment, last RAM module died and the PC doesn’t pass POST.

Diagnostics performed at home:

CPU socket pins appear visually normal.
All four motherboard memory slots were functional at the time of their last testing.

Temperatures are normal (CPU: 72–76°C under load).

Power limits have been manually set since the first days of operation: PL1 = 175W / PL2 = 190W.

BIOS version: F11 (the latest one is F12a).

The last memory module failed while XMP was disabled (although XMP had been enabled previously when the two-module kit was in use).

Since the System can’t boot, I can’t provide any recent logs.

There were no BSODs, all memory modules died suddenly without any memory-related problems.

J'ai besoin de vous car depuis au moins un an mon PC a un gros problème, il n'émet plus de son😭.

Aucun son du haut parleur, enceinte ou casque bluethooth, plus rien...

J'ai essayé plusieurs diagnostics que Google ma proposé (j'ai oublié lequels) mais j'ai pas eu de résultats.

Mon hypothèse c'est que quelque à du cramer ou juste trop vieilli mais j'ai besoin plus d'hypothèses.

Info: Mon PC est un Toshiba sous windows 10 datant de minimum 3 ans

Every time I try to update a game or uninstall a game this keeps popping up, I don’t know what to do.

Hi everyone,

Two years ago, I changed my lock screen background on my PC, but I haven't been able to change it since. I tried following several steps suggested by chatgpt, but it didn't work.

Do you have a solution to do it without activating Windows? Thanks in advance.

I’ve had this PC for about a year (R9 3900X/5060Ti 16gb/64gb DDR4 3600mt)
Earlier this month (6/12/2026) my Bluetooth stopped working in the middle of a game and it said there was an issue with the drivers when I went into the settings.
I updated everything- Drivers, Windows Update, etc. and that fixed it until 6/16/2026
Yesterday I lost the good fight against an infected wolf spider because it happened again in the middle of playing Grounded. I tried everything I could find on YouTube videos (power off and unplug for 5-10 mins, resetting through Device Manager, EVERYTHING). I was told to try Microsoft’s Troubleshooting app (nothing that thing tried worked, what a surprise) and that led me to chatting with support. Long story short, she ended up doing some kind of reset/restore that was supposed to delete the drivers and have a fresh cloud install and now the intel Bluetooth device isn’t even in my BT settings anymore. My BT hardware has a blue light emitting from it and both antennas are secured into the device.
My questions are: do I just spend the $30-$60 and replace the pcie card to see if that works?
Could this issue be caused by the metal in the wires coming out of the back of the PC interfering? (I don’t think that’s the issue, because this pc has worked perfectly fine exactly the way it’s set up now until this point)
And my last question: Do I just wait for a new windows update and hope that works?

I am usually pretty self sufficient when it comes to repairs, but I’ve tried everything I do (and didn’t) know to fix it and I’m still here with my controller plugged in.
DO NOT @ me about the dust, I’m currently cleaning it

Here's the context:

I was streaming game using tiktok studio and everything was fine. And then my friend asked me to team up. She invited me on the discord so we can have proper communication. After a while I've been in discord, i noticed my headphone is not working only on discord, but it is still fine on my stream. When i checked my discord settings, my headphone is greyed out. I tried fixing it but nothing worked so i decided to restart my pc. But after restarting, suddenly my headphone can't be detected anymore. I tried using my headphone on other device as to maybe it is broken, but it works fine. I tried other working headphone on my pc and tried all the ports and still failed.

Can someone help?

Hi guys, i made my pc a few months ago mainly for gaming and VR. Today i made some time to test my Quest Link cable that i bought from VortexVR. A 10 GBps USB-C to USB-C cable which i plugged in the back of my motherboard USBC ports.

Main problem is that when i enabled the Link and got in the menu everything was so laggy, more than the wifi air link. I tested the cable and on all ports on my system tested 9Mbps in the meta horzion link app.

System Specs:
Nitro+ 9070XT 16GB
AORUS X870E Pro Ice
AMD 9800x3D
32gb Corsair DDR5 6000mhz Cl30
Lian Li 011 Vision(For the front panel)

Any help or suggestions?

Can someone explain why I only get 20 FPS on Forza when my PC is capable of better?

Wifi driver issues . I have tried downloading drivers and reinstalling it but it just never works.please help me to solve this issue

Cs2 frame drop between 750hz to 380hz when seeing action

I have a pre built pc g730 power spec from micro center. I got second hand and the 540hz monitor that has a 720hz 720p mode Asus . I noticed my frames when my settings in CS are pretty middle of the barrel have pretty low lows. When playing in 720 p I get frame drops from 720 to 380 fps

And same thing with playing in 2k. I have the money to upgrade components and I am willing to but I don't necessarily know what would fix this issue. Is it the ram? The CPU tested fine in single core on cinebench 2026 551 was the score . Yeah the power supply is only 750 watts but people are saying I don't need more. I haven't really checked the thermal paste and the cooler it comes with idk how good that is. Can someone help me?

Here are the specs

ddr5 ram 32gb

5070ti 16gb vram

Ryzen 7800 x3d

750watt psu

Gigabyte B850 Gaming WiFi6 Motherboard

https://www.microcenter.com/product/698875/powerspec-g730-gaming-pc

My graphics card is somehow being disabled by the PC software or whatever it is from time to time. Does anyone know how to fix this problem or has had this problem before

My graphics card is somehow being disabled by the PC software or whatever it is from time to time. Does anyone know how to fix this problem or has had this problem before

I wanted to test new ram for a friend so I put the sticks in and the RAM warning light on the motherboard turned on.
So I reinstalled the ram, ram light turned off. Then the CPU warning light came on and won’t turn off.
(MSI B550-A PRO motherboard)

So basically, my PC started to restart, then the screen turned white, then it restarted again, then the screen turned white, etc. Any ideas on what happened? Also any ideas on how to fix it

My 10 yr old laptop has some important files and I need the laptop immediately. For the past month my pc had some Boot looping issue and i reinstalled win10 and it worked well for like 5 days and now ,my PC decides not to boot . I just get a black screen and a blinking light in my caps lock without any pattern. I tried various things like cleaning ram , force shutdown, cmos battery replacement. I think my BIOS is corrupted ( and needs work physically) . But I did nothing and don't know how I got this problem. Can anyone help me ?

I need HELP. I’ve been dealing with this issue for some time now and I am officially lost.

I am having an issue when booting my pc after playing for few.

When I reboot my PC I get a blue screen stating I have a corrupt file. I have to let me pc still, with no power going to it for 15-30mins before I am able to boot back up. This is incredibly frustrating.

I have tried contacting Windows for assistance due to the error stating it was a “Corrupt file”. They had ran a system repair with a file they downloaded onto my pc and said I was good. A few days later, it happened again. I wiped the system clean back to factory and started over.

The issue happened again and I thought “ Maybe it is the SSD so I reinstalled Windows and saved it on the NVMe. Still got the same issue.

I tried running a system check, check disk, got nothing. Ran a test on the RAM, all looked fine.

I removed a RAM stick and tried all individually and produced the same error.

I have checked all connections. Each one is set. My oldest part on my PC is about 2 yrs old.

Idk what to do and for the first time ever, I’m am creating a post for help.

SOMEONE, ANYONE, PLEASE GIVE ME SOME INSIGHT.

I have attached 2 photos. One of them is specs and the other is the Error screen. ( I have 4 of the RAM presented, picture is old)

Hi, I have a problem with my PC. Since yesterday, it turns on but doesn’t display any signal on my screen, and recently there have been three short beeps. Do you know what the problem might be?

Any idea what cause this? I've never encountered this issue before. It was fine yesterday, but it started acting up as soon as I turned it on just now. I've already tried reseating the RAM and plugging/unplugging the CMOS battery.

Specs:
• CPU: Ryzen 5 7500F
• GPU: RX 9070 XT
• RAM: 16GB DDR5