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    that would do it. chrome is... weird.
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    How are they connected? Running any display management software?
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    Hi all! I'm looking to replace my TV soon. It was a quick, open-box purchase after my previous much larger TV died a few years back. I have the wiring in place to connect it up to my gaming/workstation desktop which contains a 1070. PCPartPicker build is in my signature. I don't intend to play games at 4K on it, mainly because I'd rather have higher frame rates at 1080p than slower, higher resolution gaming. Plus, a 1070 isn't fantastic for 4K, and I don't really feel like upgrading yet. What are good options for TVs that display 1080p well, in the 50 inch class and up range? Budget is ideally $500. I don't really care about smart tv features, especially given that I already have a new and modded Fire TV stick connected to my media server. Thanks!
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    oh that's plenty. you could go as low as 650 very, VERY comfortably.
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    Run a Memtest on it, if it comes back clean, you're good.
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    A couple things. Kaby Lake runs really hot, and that single radiator is not going to be super great at handling all that heat. That said, those temperatures aren't dangerous or risky yet.
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    My best guess is bad board rather than bad CPU or ram.
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    Ok. I would try setting them all up with NVidia surround. As you start changing things. there will be some odd behavior, but once you get the monitors placed and set correctly, that will go away.
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    Install Corsair Link, and go manually set your pumps and fans to quiet.
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    Your best bet for free tools you can use yourself is this: https://www.partitionwizard.com/partitionmanager/bootable-partition-recovery-tool.html Try and recover the partitions. Your mileage will vary greatly. If this fails, I'd start shopping for local data recovery services. There's a non-zero chance that taking the drive to the professionals might help.
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    Also, go into command prompt and run sfc /scannow and see what it says.
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    Looking at all that, it shows the micro SD to USB adapter but not the card. All this suggests dead card to me.
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    Reset your BIOS to factory defaults. There's something else in there having a fit. Also, with the PC unplugged, take the bios battery out and hit the power switch. Clear that CMOS. Should fix it right there.
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    What OS? How recent are the GPU drivers? What power supply?
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    Uninstall MSI Command Center, update your Mobo drivers, run Windows Update, and then reinstall command center. That's crashing and throwing memory errors.
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    I'll take a stab at this. First thing, does it generate any .minidump files in the Windows directory? Usually c:\Windows\Minidump Second, what's the OS you're running? And third, how old is your Windows install? This seems interesting. I've had similar issues before with Dell machines.
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    Also, if you can get access to the files on your drive, Windows creates a .minidump file for every BSOD. If you can upload the latest few of those, I can analyze them and give you more specifics.
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    What GPU, what OS, how are the monitors connected, and what resolutions are the three displays?
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    Since you're having system file errors, I'd make a clean one. Sometimes, the tool to build those doesn't quite work, and you end up with these issues. I would also go and get the latest drivers for everything on your motherboard, as those tend to throw BSODs pretty often.
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    Here's a few things I would try. Set the sound card volume and system volume down to somewhere around 50-60%, and use the speakers' amplification, turning those up louder. If that doesn't solve anything, plug your speakers into a UPS or surge protector instead of just the wall or a basic power bar. I would also go and install the latest sound card drivers.
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    That's plenty for that system. Make a fresh Windows 10 installer, and try again.
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    Here's what you need to do. First things first, format the boot drive. Completely wipe the thing. Next, run a completely fresh Windows 10 install on your PC. After that, install the motherboard and GPU drivers first, and then proceed as you normally would. Those errors are system file and memory addressing errors. This happens with a slightly wonky install or upgrade, or missing system files. Don't install to a drive in a different PC. You'll end up with Windows configuring itself incorrectly.
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    passive cooling

    JohnMLTX replied to Nickinum's topic in Cooling

    ~~Switch to an all-in-one liquid cooler for the CPU, with a triple wide (360mm) radiator. Go get three fans from either Noctua or Be Quiet for that. Also replace all your case fans with some of those, too.~~ EDIT: I don't think that case has any radiator mounts. I'd go for the biggest possible heatsink for the CPU, and run a 140mm quiet fan. Next, check your power consumption. If you're rarely pulling above 400-500 watts, the PSU fan will run slow enough to be a non-issue. On the GPU front, I'd check that to see how fast it's running and how hot the card is getting. You can try underclocking the card to trade some performance for some quiet.
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    I use RAID 0 for the spinning disks in my physical tower, for things like Steam and whatnot. I only endorse running this when you have local AND offsite backup. Everything on the RAID0 is copied nightly to a RAIDZ2 server, and online continuously. It's fantastic for performance, but HORRIBLE for reliability. If either drive has issues, you have no data. Full stop.
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    I mean this entirely non-accusingly: This sometimes happens with non-activated versions of Windows. I've seen it a few times over the years sporadically, either pirated or genuine but not activated. If that's the case, the BIOS and Linux will report all systems normal, but Windows will be behaving oddly.
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