HanZie82

why are you not using resolution scaling , setting it to 50% and picking a target framerate...

forcing the display to use only the center of the monitor to make the resolution lower is a very 2004 solution to a modern problem.

Are you sure its not showing VRAM which is the memory in the graphics-card (which isnt replacable).
Only way to change that is get a graphics-card with more memory.

Are you sure its not showing VRAM which is the memory in the graphics-card (which isnt replacable).
Only way to change that is get a graphics-card with more memory.

We know how mice look, most likely he asked to see yours, as thats the one with the issue.

We know how mice look, most likely he asked to see yours, as thats the one with the issue.

More is better right?! 😛

No no it's that new rapper, what's his name... Oh yeah x69.

gotta love that x86 and x32, wait which one is that I should have? oh the x420

Thats monkey 🐒 with his crayons 🖍️
(Basically notepad but with colors)

give it the new york times bestseller award too, because any book seems to be a new york times bestseller anyways

Take the HDD out of the case and connect it directly to SATA.
Then you also have a free SATA-to-USB adapter. 😉

Computer power supplies are actually made out of two power supplies, a very small one that provides stand-by power (behaves more or like your phone charger, it consumes practically nothing in idle) and the big power supply that's turned on only when you press the actual button on the case (or the BIOS can turn it on if it receives events  like mouse click or keyboard press, a special network packet coming to the network card - helpful for a network adminstrator to remotely turn on a computer to install updates to it for example - IF these are configured in bios)
 
This stand-by power supply is always on, even when you shut down the computer, and besides powering the chipset on the motherboard (so that it can monitor for power-on events as I explained above)
 
This stand-by power supply  also has the secondary purpose of taking over the role of keeping the bios settings and everything fresh by disconnecting the CR2032 battery installed on the motherboard, to extend that battery's life. If the power supply can't provide this stand-by power (because you unplug or flip that on/off switch), the battery has to be used.
The CR2032 battery is not rechargeable and will typically last for maybe less than a year, if it has to keep those settings without help from the power supply.
 
You don't have to replace that battery so often - it typically lasts for 5+ years, even 10 years - because while computer is running, the stand-by power supply takes over and while shut down and power supply is not turned on, it also keeps powering that circuit saving the battery.
 
So if you keep turning off the power supply, you may have to replace the CR2032 battery on the motherboard more often, could be even once every 6 months or so, depends on battery and motherboard.
 
Also keep in mind that those on/off buttons have a finite life, but usually it's quite big, like in the 5,000 - 10,000 cycles ...
 
TLDR ... you should only flip that on/off switch to protect your computer from bad weather, so if there's heavy storm outside or if you go away for some extended period of time but even then it would be safer to just unplug the power strip from the mains socket to have complete separation from the house electricity  - a lightning strike that manages to get into the house wiring can jump through the air over the button contacts even when the button is on the OFF position.

Why would you use USB to connect one of the HDDs to your PC ? If you want to use both of them just hook them up with Sata.

Just note, the PSU's of today have great capacitors that needs to be charged.
This is a huge spike/drain on the houses power system.
And also the constant charging and emptying fully isnt the best use for those capacitors.
But they should be rated for many power ons and power offs.

But all in all by flipping that switch you're introducing more points of failure.
Just reason for yourself if it outweighs the risk of leaving it connected.

And if you're really afraid of power surges, use a surge protecting power strip.
https://www.amazon.com/GE-Outlet-Protector-Extension-14092/dp/B00DOMYL24/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=Surge%2BProtectors&s=aht&sr=1-6&th=1
 
And also, just don't buy powerstrips with damn lights or switches in them.
They are the biggest point of failure on powerstrips.

Hell yeah, and Hello.
Up for another 4?!! 😛

I used to switch off my PSU when I would be gone for longer periods. What I learned the hard way is that is a perfect way to drain the CMOS battery on your motherboard. When your PSU is switched on, your motherboard draws very little power to keep volatile memory charged instead of using the battery. While on many motherboards, replacing the CMOS battery is easy and cheap, on many others it's a pain to get to (behind shielding, thicc GPU blocking it).
 
 
Personally, I only switch off my PSU when working on the PC or moving/unplugging the PC. I see others mentioning thunderstorms and can understand doing that as well, but in general you should get a surge protector for those concerns.

I never turn my PC off at night.
 
Regardless, can't you two just let this drop? 

So it was turned on, until it was 'last night'.
Even tho English isn't my first language this looks pretty obvious?
I'm sorry i cannot make it any clearer then this.
But lets not pollute this topic with our misunderstanding. 🙂
 
 
Yeah tell him, if he wants solutions he needs to be as precise as he can, without the exaggeration as that helps no one.
Make him check to be sure there are no cables around that can fall onto the fan blades, as that can be somewhat loud.
Altho the sound that was described, that's almost a physical impossibility, for the hardware to do so, unless something was added like a speaker and amp. 😄

Yes it's great and i loved it, unfortunately only for windows tho.
 
Thought combine all of it some programs works for linux too tho.

Not enough info.
Please read the howto.
 

This is just plainly not enough info to help you.

That mangled pin is shorting +5v to ground. Your motherboard detects this and shuts the USB controller off to protect it.
 

 

 
Like others said, you need to get all the pins on that port separated so they're not touching the sides or each other. Once that pin stops touching the side, your motherboard should work again and you can forget that port exists.
 
You should be able to do this with a tiny screwdriver, or bend a little hook in the end of an unbent paper clip, or pick up a cheap pick set like this one. 

@CiglaYeah, this is about your only option now.
Goodluck.

@CiglaYeah, this is about your only option now.
Goodluck.

Not enough info.
Please read the howto.
 

This is just plainly not enough info to help you.

turn off your computer, and unplug all cables, including, very obviously, the power cable.
 
Leave it for 10 minutes.
 
Do not skip those steps.
 
 
Use a small, thing flatheaded screwdriver tip to pry those pins AWAY from the inner housing - the pins should be touching _absolutely nothing at all_, not even each other.
 
Once you have done that, put some electrical tape over the socket and never touch it again.
 
Try booting.
 
You may have fried the USB hub chip inside but those pins touching the housing/each other is likely the cause.