Theguywhobea

Is it just me or does Linus look like he just got done eating a sloppy bowl of pasta before filming this?

Pretty confident it's the 4060 now. The 1660ti worked as well, and I tried the 4060 in a different computer and it also would not boot in that one either. Not sure what could have caused this GPU to fail so quickly, hasn't even been in use for a full month yet.

So far I have updated the BIOS to the latest version, this actually made it worse and it would no longer post with the 4060 in it anymore. I swapped in a 1050Ti and it posted and I got into Windows. It installed the graphics driver and it did the normal quick flash to black and then back to displaying properly... Not looking good so far, but once I get everything in Windows up to date I will try swapping the 4060 back in and see what it does. Also thinking of putting in a 1660ti to test that a gpu that needs supplemental power works and this isn't a PSU issue.

Not yet but I was going to try that this morning. Looking at ASRock's site it looks like there was only one bios update over the one it's on right now, so I'm not incredibly hopeful but I will give it a shot.

So, working on the PC I built for my cousins kid for his Christmas present. B550 motherboard, 5700X, 16GB RAM, RTX 4060, was running Windows 10. I was called yesterday when he couldn't get his PC to show anything, he said he was told to update to "Windows 5" but I believe he was actually just trying to update to Windows 11? However this kid is 10 so he was impatient and force shut down his PC while it was still installing. After this his Windows install was no good so I reinstalled Windows 10 fresh thinking this would solve his issue. However, once I got Windows 10 up and started to update, everytime it would install the GPU driver the screen would flash to black and sit there and never give me a display again. The PC was not locked up as num-pad and caps lock lights were going on and off, however if I then force shut the PC off it would start booting windows and then go to a black screen again with USB devices not powered. I would have to do this until it did a start up repair, then it would roll back to before those updates were installed and the process would start all over again. I tried reinstalling the OS again and got the same results. I tried reseating the GPU power, I tried reseating the GPU itself, I disabled above 4G Decoding and resizable BAR, I tried installing the driver from Nvidias website with the latest driver, and then with an older driver and always got the same result. Is it possible this GPU is just no good? Going to try swapping out to a new GPU in a bit and see what difference that makes but figured I would post here for suggestions.

Putting together a build for my nephew after I realized I likely have enough spare parts from past builds to put together a half way decent PC. I think all he really plays in Fortnite, but I'm not entirely sure. My question now is that I can either put in my old 1080, or an old 1660Ti. Based on benchmarks it seems like the 1080 is about 20% faster, and has more VRAM, but that architecture is getting pretty old. The 1660Ti is obviously on a newer architecture, I know it's only 1 generation newer, so I'm not sure that even really matters in the grand scheme of things. Also, I believe most of his gaming will be done on a 60Hz 1080p monitor/TV he currently uses for an Xbox. Budget (including currency): 0 Country: USA Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc):

Crazy to think the guy who made it is from the same town I went to high school in.

Is it trying to boot to one of the other drives in your system rather than the USB drive with Unraid on it?

Are you absolutely sure its a 3070Ti? It has the same boost clock speed as the TUF 3060Ti. If GPU-Z is reporting it as a 3060Ti, you might be mistaken. Maybe take a picture of it or the serial number or something and look that up.

Yeah I have been looking at that case. Not a massive fan of front panel doors, but realistically this seems like it might be the only case you can buy new that is checking all my boxes.

Oh right, I just turned 30 so I am a boomer now. So I guess when I imagine a generic office PC I'm thinking of something pretty old.

Yeah I think you are on the right track. This would almost be perfect if it just had a perforated top panel

I'm on the hunt for a kind of strange case by today's standard. I really like cases that look as close to like, a generic office PC as possible while still having decent internal mounting options. My specific requirements: Fits ATX motherboard Has an optical drive bay Can fit a 240mm radiator (preferably in the top) Absolutely no side windows, RGB, tempered glass. Closest thing I have found so far would maybe be an Antec P10 Flux, but I'm not a huge fan of the bare slab front.

Yeah no worries man, I was already sent a return label from eBay. I will be sure to be documenting my packing it up to send back though just in case lol.

No, just model trains. Even though his profile says no returns it appears he has accepted a return this time? So I guess this card will just be going back. To be honest, still not convinced $180 for a working 2080Ti was even that amazing of a deal?

Hopefully it's not stolen or something? He kept saying he had no way to test it, which makes it sound like it obviously wasn't something he purchased at any point...

Yeah this guy just would not hear that at all, and said I should have asked him questions about it before I submitted my offer lol.

Yeah that's the thing, it was sold as "Used" condition, but he wrote "untested" in the sellers description. I contacted him to try to work it out without having to get eBay involved but he is firm that even though he sold it as Used it doesn't have to work properly, so I will let eBay sort it out. The odd thing is that it doesn't even reset the whole graphics driver, just the game? Like explorer stays working, my other monitor stays on showing video like normal.

Alright so I recently low balled a guy on a eBay for a used 2080Ti and it ended up working out. However, now that I have it in my system, it doesn't seem to be working all that well. My current setup is an 11900k at stock settings, 32GB RAM, Seasonic Focus 750w power supply, and the aforementioned 2080Ti. Whenever I boot into a game, it crashes the game within a minute or two maybe, sometime I don't even get in the game. I have been able to see through GPUZ and Afterburner that it appears to either crash when it reaches a hotspot temp of 105C, or when it starts drawing around ~275w. This is also the Gaming X Trio version so it has 2 8 Pins and 1 6 Pin, all of them are connected using their own separate cable going to the PSU. I am starting to get suspicious that the GPU itself is busted as firstly it was packed incredibly poorly, and when I got it out it had some nasty gunk on it? It also smelled kind of sweet? I took the back plate off and cleaned it all off with IPA, and there was no signs of corrosion or burn marks or anything troubling. Hoping this just means it probably needs to be completely torn down and cleaned + repasted?

To wrap this thread up, I re-terminated each end, and that has fixed the issue. Makes sense now after looking at how the old plugs were on, they had the wires in the wrong order.