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And what about the USB dock fuse? Any shorts popping them instantly? I think I would go over the whole rack to see if there’s anything wrong, both the dock and the switch having issues is quite weird…

So, this is like 3h after i turned the PC off and went to dinner. I was about to start pulling RAM, reseating the CPU, etc, and decided to power it up one last time to get a baseline on the PC behavior... i turned the PSU switch back on (because i forgot to earlier), pressed the power button and the SOB turned on like nothing ever happened. XMP enabled, it booted to the correct drive, RAM, GPU. The only thing wrong was the time. Since i already had this issue for a few weeks now, i'm willing to bet that if i put it to sleep, it will wake up like it did during those weeks. It seems that this issue only pops up when restarting or turning it back on after a complete shutdown. Obviously there's something wrong with it, but now at least i have another way to perform tests. Any suggestions?

I managed to scavenge a buzzer and install it. I got 4 longer beeps and one short. I tried to attach a recording of it here, don't know if it worked. I also can't seem to find this exact beep code, can someone point me in the right direction please? buzzer.mp4

My PC posts randomly, as far as i can tell. I was using it normally and restarted to solve a bug, but after that it only posts eventually. I've tried to reset CMOS, remove battery and reset CMOS, tried to post w/ no storage, no storage and no GPU, with only one stick of ram (tried both sticks, one at a time). It really seems to be random, got it to post twice. The first sucessful post was after i removed storage, GPU and one of the sticks of RAM. Swapped both sticks to verify if that was the issue, no post. Swapped back to the same stick of RAM that posted earlier and it wouldn't post anymore. The second sucessful post was after i reinstalled all parts, GPU, both sticks of RAM, storage, etc. Everything showed up in BIOS as it should, but with memory running at 2133. Applied XMP and boot order for the drivers and it refused to post again. Checked cables (both HDMI and DP), screen, power, etc, and everything works as it should. It really seems like the CPU or the MB decides to work and post randomly. I don't have access to other compatible hardware to test CPU and MB, anyone has any idea on how to solve this without finding another MB/CPU? Specs: i7 7700K Asus Z170M-Plus 2x Hyper X 8GB 2400 Galax RTX 2070 Super 1x Samsung 1TB SATA SSD 1x Kingston 128GB SATA SSD 2x WD HDD 1TB Corsair VS600 (i know, i'm pushing it to the limit)

Actually i haven't, because the conduits are small and it will be a pain to pass the cable, but i might give it a try before splurging on fiber, i'll only need about 20m anyway, and i think i have a long enough cable laying around here. But thanks for the suggestion for fiber hardware, i'll keep those on mind too!

Hello, I live in an old masonry building, and i have a room that has terrible internet connection. This room has water pipes made of metal on the walls and lots of wooden furnitures, which all cripple the Wi-Fi signal from my main router. I've tried using Access Points and Powerline connections, but i can't seem to crack 20 mb/s on my connection. Since i'm planning to upgrade my internet to 100mb/s, i'd like to upgrade the connection to that room too. Unfortunately, running a regular ethernet cable to that room isn't possible because this building has only eletrical conduits, so interference from the eletrical cables are a big issue. Also, the thickness from shielded cables are also a problem, since the conduits are quite small to begin with (adding another conduit would require major renovations which aren't an option at the moment). So i've been thinking about running fiber optic cables between my router and that room, but i'm unsure if that's the best course of action in this case. I'm also unsure about what kind of hardware i'd need. I saw that TP-Link makes some ethernet to fiber converters like the MC200CM, but i don't know if that is the best option for my needs (or if it even is the correct one, since my understanding of fiber networks is basically non-existent). What advice would you give me in this condition? Go for fiber optic cables? Would the MC200CM be the correct hardware in this case? Or there is another solution that i didn't think of? Gigabit connection would be nice to have for future-proofing, but it's not a basic requirement. Thanks for your help!

That worked, thank you kind sir!

Hey guys, I have an Asus Z170M-Plus here, w/ a i7700K (not overclocked) and an old GTX 650. I had a power outage yesterday and my 600W Corsair PSU died. So i'm trying to troubleshoot if anything else got fried, but i only have access to an older Cooler Master 650W PSU that doesn't have a 8-pin CPU connector, only a 4-pin (and two 6 pin GPU connectors, for what is worth). I don't need to boot the system, only check if it posts and check if the GPU, CPU and memory show up on the BIOS. I don't need to test the drives, so I won't be powering them. My question is: using this 4-pin connector just for this troubleshooting is fine or do i need to figure out some ghetto wiring to test it? I've searched for something similar, but could only find ppl asking if 8+4 with the 8-pin only or using the 4-pin for older CPUs could work, so i'm a bit weary of testing this. Thank you for the help!