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NunoLava1998

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  1. Definitely wasn't expecting a reply from this almost four years later, lol- glad to hear that I was able to help though!
  2. I'm trying to build a retro system, and the motherboards from that era don't even have a CPU power connector lol - just a 20-pin. The motherboard manual says that it shouldn't consume any more than 50-200W, so it shouldn't be a huge deal. One will just be my main system, and the other will just be a retro system I'll use for testing out older software - I want to emulate the conditions of a real system from those times, so I'd rather not use a virtual machine. The reason why I'd want it in a dual system case is because it wouldn't look as cluttered on my desk, but it does seem pretty expensive, so I'm not sure whether it would be a good idea.
  3. I'll probably go for a separate case then. A bit of a shame, but at least it's a lot cheaper. (As for the PSU - the second system I want to build is a retro build with an iGPU, so it consumes almost no power - from what I'm reading, it shouldn't be any more than about 50W, so it wouldn't be a huge issue to use one PSU to power both as long as you have the right adapters)
  4. From what I understand, it's on the back; the front isn't anything really special. Not sure about two PSUs, but I plan on powering both with my main PSU if that's possible
  5. Dual-PC, as in, two motherboards - sorry if I didn't make that clear
  6. I was thinking about building a new PC, but I don't want to buy a whole other case and power supply (to conserve space, but also because it should consume pretty little electricity). I've looked into mini cases, but getting the SFX power supplies for those are usually pretty expensive, and they still occupy some space, so I've been looking into dual system cases - that way, I'd have one case with both of my systems. I can't really find that many cheap dual-system cases though; the only decent one I've found is the MagniumGear NEO Qube 2, but that's 179€ on Amazon - I'd really like to get that down if possible, given that it's nearly the price of my entire new build. Does anybody know of any decent cheaper dual system cases?
  7. Finally, can't wait to see the performance
  8. I doubt it's a hardware issue considering how extensively you've troubleshooted this by now, so it's probably a software bug of some kind; that's why I was trying to rule out your graphics drivers (which are the most likely culprit). If it only happens every couple days though, I wouldn't really recommend staying in Safe Mode just to rule it out, so scrap that. Next time this happens, can you check if there's anything in Event Viewer? You don't have to interpret it, just tell us if anything shows up there.
  9. It does sound as if something is wrong with your motherboard, your power supply, or your CPU. It seems as if it's having trouble with something early on in the boot process, but it's not clear what exactly. Can you swap out your CPU or PSU with a known working one, reseat anything that might be loose, and see if anything changes? They already tested it with the HDD and CD-ROM drives unplugged, so it's not those. (I'm also pretty sure that they can't lock your system up that early in the boot process, but I could be wrong)
  10. You've already ruled out any hardware or power issues; you've tested out several different systems (with different parts altogether), monitors, cables, and even had it happen with a UPS. If the underlying cause is a hardware fault, it would be extremely unlikely for it to persist across so many different systems; the only exception would be if you used the same GPU model on every system (which could be a design fault). Based off of how you're describing this, it's likely a software bug, so it could be something wrong with your drivers, or with Windows itself. If you boot into Safe Mode (which will only load the default graphics drivers), does this still happen? If it still does, does anything show up in Event Viewer?
  11. Did you change anything in your BIOS settings? It sounds like it's crashing because something's misconfigured; it could be an unstable overclock, for example.
  12. By the way, what? If you're getting a BSOD, it should automatically restart, not continue normally. Do you mean that it works fine after restarting?
  13. Sounds like something is very wrong with your OS (or with your drivers); ntoskrnl.exe is the Windows kernel. It's essentially saying that the OS kernel is crashing; I'm not even sure how it manages to display a BSOD in that condition. Does this still happen if you boot in Safe Mode? That should rule out any faulty drivers.
  14. Seems like Edge is the culprit here. There are more lightweight browsers out there, and they won't use as many resources as Edge. Windows also seems to be taking a bit of a toll on your CPU and RAM usage as well; there are scripts that optimize/debloat Windows 10, and they might be able to reduce the burden on your system resources by a fair amount.
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