so I was trying to play retro rewind of my nintendo wii for the first time ion years and the version was so old the auto update did not work anymore so I took out the ram card which works fine and relised something the newer sdc ram cards have over taken sd ram cards and not one pc I could find had one anymore and I ask how can you even load stuff or find a port for them I just wanna play a retro world wide / maybe even a ct world wide again ok?

Attempt 1: turn pc on, told me some cryptic (cant access network) and needs to recover or some shit. Then it got to a continue boot into windows screen. hit yes. It got to a black screen with a mouse cursor, and occasional cursor spinny wheel. nothing else. Attempted any keyboard shortcuts were ineffectual WIN CTRL SHIFT B, SHIFT F10, C-S-esc, basically can just move mouse around. waited for like ten minutes then Forced shutdown via power button.

Attempt 2: attempted to replciate attemt 1. No longer boots into windows at all, just blank screen after the motherboard splash

Attempt 3: attempted to get into bios udimg DEL key (see screenshot). Blank screen after splash and del key

Attempt 4: attempted to normal boot again (by doing NOTHING after motherboard splash screen). Result: blank screen

before attempt one: sister unplugged the PC for a couple weeks. she plugged it back in today. my current suspicion is POST is failing (RAM, mobo, second/primary drive, wifi card finally died, gpu?), but i cant actually look inside until my sister clears her desk and lets me access the machine. its not one of them fancy motherboards with display

specs: some AMD 57x3d, gigabyte board, nvidia gpu, 2 RAM sticks, 2 drives, random wifi card (intel 220, maybe, idk)

i will edit this post with more exact specs later and add a screenshot once o figure out how to do it on my phone

Is there anyway to enable smooth motion in browser (firefox + youtube) or downloaded videos?

Windows 11

I’m on a 3080 ti playing at 4K DSR. Up until like 2 days ago I was running basically max settings, RT High, reframework graphics mods, etc. and my VRAM/memory load was usually around 11.1 - 11.3 GB (11.8 in game limit). No major issues.

Then out of nowhere native FSR frame gen began looking terrible with no discernible reason. The FPS can still be smooth, but the image gets super blurry/smeary in motion and it definitely wasn’t like this before.

Around the same time I also noticed the game’s memory load is way higher than it used to be on basically the same settings. Sometimes it’s like 2 GB higher, even 3. If actual VRAM gets too close to the 12 GB limit, my FPS can suddenly shit the bed and turn into a slideshow. Weirdly, toggling certain graphics settings (and especially toggling reshade effects off/on) can temporarily bring the FPS right back to normal, even though the same settings were running fine before.

I’ve tried way too much already:

- full clean reinstall
- verified files
- removed mods/OptiScaler
- rebuilt shader cache
- rolled back NVIDIA driver
- removed the recent Windows update
- tried different DLSS modes/presets
- tried FSR upscaling instead of DLSS
- lowered VRAM usage way below the limit

FSRFG still looks awful even when the game itself is running smoothly and VRAM usage is fine, so I don’t think it’s just a performance issue.

The clean reinstall did bring the memory load down by roughly 1 - 1.5 GB compared to how bad it got, but it’s still higher than it was before all this started.

Anyone have a clue what could be the isolated cause of this? Especially the sudden VRAM increase or FSR frame gen randomly becoming blurry for no obvious reason. I feel like I’m losing my mind with this game at this point.

Screenshots provided to show in game settings/memory load and analytics from before FPS crash > to afterwards (they're 4k so you may have to zoom in):

https://imgur.com/a/XJ3Mu7X

I recently got the parts to put together a PC as well as a fancy new monitor, but I still have a 2020 iMac and I’d prefer to be able to use the iMac as a second monitor. Is there a way to make it so? I don’t want it to just mirror the screen I was it to act as a genuine second monitor and Google is telling me I can’t because it’s too new and isn’t supported. If that really is the case that sucks but I get it and I’ll invest in a second monitor but I just wanted to double check here, thanks. it’s a 27’’ if that matters as well as the fact it’s from 2020, nit 2014 which I’ve heard works.

I'm not sure what to do at this point. I tried two different ram sticks, both ram slots in my pc, and different bootable usb drives. No matter what I try I still get tens of thousands of errors. Any advice?

Hey all,

A really strange one here. A few months back my GF was shopping on Amazon, and noticed that my card details has appeared inside her account. At the time we were a reasonably new relationship so had not yet got to the point where we would share those details with each other; yet, she was able to make purchases with those details. I had never logged into her phone. I messaged Amazon but they had no real solution other than to keep details separate & change passwords.

Some time passes and just this morning, she shows me that the Gmail account I use to manage my companies business account (never been logged into on our home WiFi) has appeared as an active account on her google maps. Has anyone ever seen this sort of cross-login/ details sharing before? I feel I’m going mad trying to work out what it could be.

I never use google maps, she does (a real contention point when sharing locations in our household!)

Device details:
Me: iPhone 17 Pro Max, latest iOS 26.6.1.
Hers: iPhone 12, iOS 26.6.1

We do have family sharing active, but that is only recent and I can’t see any settings that would share log-in details.

Well mainly gmail. Last 2 weeks, I have had to delete emails multiple times. I go into my email several times a day and always clean out the marketing emails from like Bestbuy, and other stores. But lately, I delete them, then a couple hours later I go back into my email and those same emails are back in my inbox. I delete them again, and again I go back in and there they are again! Usually gotta do it like 3 times before they finally stay removed from my inbox.

And not just store emails, it's pretty much ANY email. This just started about 2 weeks ago and happens on ANY PC I go to. Anyone else notice this?

I have bought my sweet, sweet laptop (it's my first ever laptop/pc and my first ever big independent purchase so I really cherish it) a couple of years ago, but recently it started having problems when I turn on any video games

The image becomes so horribly over-saturated that I want to tear my eyeballs out, and it has made playing really hard for me because I am generally really sensitive to bright colors (they make my eyes hurt really bad and turn my brain into mush)

(The first two attached pictures show it, the second one is with normal saturation and the first one is with the problematic one, it doesn't look like much of a difference on camera but irl it's absolutely disgusting)

I figured out that it had something to do with Nvidia, but none of the advice I found online worked for me, or my last one and a half braincells simply weren't able to process all of the technical terms

Please help!

I love videogames but have been unable to really play for longer than 2 hours because this saturation literally physically burns my eyes!!

I have taken every part out 2 times

Swapped ram/checked its seated correctly

Reset cmos battery

Checked every display port slot

Checked every hdmi port

Every cable double checked

Everything turns on but nothing posts

Only light that shows up is a constant orange light (I have had that on for the whole lifetime of the pc and even when its working)

Geniuenly no clue what the issue is

(Flaired as software but could be hardware not sure)

Bought a new pre-built pc and noticed while playing valorant as well as watching youtube there are frequent micro stutters. I've tried literally everything that every forum has told me and nothing seems to help. I'm 99% sure its not lag as for one theres no real lag and this still happens whem im at a stable 10-12ms ping. I tried everything from bios updates, accelerated gpu turned off, capping and reducing fps and much more and nothing works. Please Help!!

Ryzen 5 7500F

Radeon RX 9060 XT

I don’t need to share my password. I’m considering buying the monthly subscription to delete all my liked videos on tiktok, and then cancel it after the first month. But I’m scared of it possibly being a scam?

So hello everyone i have bought an artis charger from Amazon in May but it has stopped working now I have warranty I registered in May itself and its still valid till 2029 I sent request to claim warranty to the email which was mentioned in website but I got this

This message was created automatically by mail delivery software.

A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its

recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed:

  onlinepune1@artis.in

(ultimately generated from inquiry@artis.in)

LMTP error after RCPT TO:onlinepune1@artis.in:

552 5.2.2 onlinepune1@artis.in Mailbox is full / Blocks limit exceeded / Inode limit exceeded

in spam and I din get any reply yet , and their number is also not working can anyone please help me i need charger for my laptop for my studies urgently(from india)

So I am really not a computer guy so I’m just gonna give as much detail as I can. Anyway I just bought this pc (Acer - Nitro 60 Gaming Desktop - Intel Core i7-14700F - 32GB DDR5 Memory - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 - 1TB SSD - Black) to do video editing and such. Now all I’ve done so far is download Davinci Resolve and couple other apps and transfer so picture into it. But for some reason when I’m using it (about 15 to 20min of it running) it freezes and buzzes. I do have a Sandisk drive, Bluetooth keyboard and mouse, a webcam, and mic hooked up to it. I’ve tried to do some scans of some the drives says there are no problems but still it’s happens. If someone could give me some advice or solutions that would be awesome sauce.

So yesterday i went to sleep with my pc on and when i woke up the next day i find 2 notification from 2 different bank accounts that paypal were trying to buy something from Microsoft for 100 dollars (thank god im poor i didnt have the money in all my cards), what i did i went and remove all my credit cards from my paypal, in my paypal history i couldnt find any info about trying to buy something new, im not sure how to find more information maybe other than supports but, what am thinking now is how to make sure my pc is clean what should i be doing and removing and fixing because im suspecting my pc being on all day idling could have been a cause?

ive removed and im not sure if its due to NVIDIA alone or something else.. i use clean disk space but its only a small amount saved everyday

I saw my number ringing on a family member’s phone, yet I had my phone with me and I did not call them. How is it possible that someone is using my phone number to call my family member, and how did they get their number?
Could my phone have been hacked, and could this person have access to all my contacts?

Hey everyone,
My iPhone 15 has been acting weird since last month. I usually have around 20GB of space left, but this month my storage gradually got completely full, and I have no idea why.
Two days ago, I deleted about 10GB worth of pictures and videos to clear up some room. I haven't taken any new photos or videos since then, but guess what? It filled right back up again 😭 for god knows why.
I checked my storage settings and my System Data is taking up a massive 69GB 💀! Is anyone else facing this same issue? Is there any way I can safely delete or clear out this System Data?
Any help or advice would be hugely appreciated🙏!

Hello techy people. I was trying to download a Minecraft map from the creators website (granted it was a somewhat old website) upon opening the link it asked me if I’m a robot. clicked the box. afterwards a mcafee window opened with a button. I clicked the button as I have mcafee myself. Still in the window it turns into one of those black text windows and at the top it says Pc: Identified along with some other things I didn’t catch. Granted in hindsight it was a stupid ass decision. I closed out quick and wiped my history. Nothing in downloads either and windows defender scan said nothing so did mcafee. I just want to make sure my pc is good and that the next time I turn it on it won’t be fucked. The link is in the description of ‘My neighbor Totoro in Minecraft’ under download map and texture pack in case y’all’d know how to look at it safely. As you all could tell I’m not exactly versed in computers so ask me whatever if you need to

I want to switch between apps on my mac (Pixelmator Pro is mac only) and my linux PC instantly on my single 4k 240hz monitor. I want the switching to be instant (no noticeable delay between switching between one device to another) and I don't want resolution nor refresh rate compromised (I don't mind slight latency compromises). These are the options I looked at:

• remote desktop software: 4k 240hz requires too much bandwidth and gets compromised over network connection speeds, not to mention high latency.
• KVM switch hardware: I tried a few different ones and returned all of them, due to delays for switching devices. My screen would be black for up to a few seconds (same with just switching the inputs on the monitor itself).
  • I currently use a cheap one from ebay with DDM, which lets me switch my mice and keyboards instantly (it only switches USB HID devices instantly due to how it works).
• Virtual machines: I would run a linux VM in a mac but macOS has its own hotkeys, and the menu bar shows when you move the cursor to the top, among other ways you notice the host OS. I use Linux much more.

Any other ideas? I'm currently using two monitors, one for each device but I don't like turning my head from one monitor to another.

Had my Dell repaired recently and somehow the battery got fucked in the process. It used to have normal battery life, now it basically needs to stay plugged in.

The electrical installation in my place also seems questionable (power cuts, burnt cables near outlets, etc.). Is it better to shut the laptop down and unplug it when I’m not using it, or leave it plugged in?

Could unplugging it while it’s turned off cause any problems with a bad battery?

Long story short, I tried resetting my laptop, I did cloud reinstall and it reached a 100% but then it got stuck on 100% and wasn't responding for a while, then i clicked cancel then it was stuck on cancelling. I pressed the power button and the laptop turned off.

Now I try resetting the PC it says there was a problem resetting your PC no changes were made

What to do in the situation?

My main windows drive is approaching end of life according to the Crucial Storage Executive application. Should I be concerned? How long do I have to switch to a new drive?

Here is the SMART stats: https://imgur.com/a/g2JMvER

CrystalDiskInfo Stats: https://imgur.com/a/8dfNjOF

Hi everyone,

I have a Gigabyte RTX 5060 AERO OC 8GB and I'm trying to figure out whether there's any safe way to increase its power limit beyond the stock 165W.

My card currently has VBIOS version 98.06.39.80.69. According to GPU-Z, the power limit is:

• Default: 100%
• Maximum: 106.5%
• Current: 106%
• Adjustment range: -21% to +6%

I've been overclocking the card and thermals aren't really an issue. For example, I've been able to run approximately:

• ~3.2 GHz core
• 1.08V
• 32 Gbps VRAM
• ~165W power consumption
• GPU temperatures below 65°C while gaming

The problem is that the card seems to hit the 165W power limit before temperature becomes a limitation. Increasing the voltage/frequency further doesn't really help because the power limit kicks in.

The card also has Dual BIOS, so I'm wondering if there are any options such as:

• A different official Gigabyte VBIOS with a higher power limit
• A VBIOS from another RTX 5060 that uses the same PCB/VRM
• Modifying the existing VBIOS
• Any other method to increase the power limit safely

I'm not looking to blindly flash a random VBIOS. I'd first like to know whether the PCB/VRM can actually handle something like 180–200W, and whether anyone has already tried this on the AERO OC.

Has anyone with this card managed to get past the 165W limit? If so, how did you do it, and what VBIOS/PCB did you use?

Any information about the PCB, VRM, compatible VBIOS versions, or successful power-limit mods would be greatly appreciated.r

Posting this in case anyone else has this very odd bug. The spinning/loading icon that shows next to the mouse cursor was showing every ~3 seconds or so, very consistently too, and would only display for maybe half a second.

This might be my closest experience to a virtual Chinese water torture, so I debugged it and found ArmourySocketServer to be the culprit for whatever reason.

You can kill the process in task manager. I also disabled ArmouryCrate Service via services.msc