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m0oble

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  1. I bought this Lenovo P520 from Amazon a few weeks ago. I didn't have an SSD for it so it sat in my basement with an 8 TB Ironwolf and a GTX 1060 dormant. my friend gave me a 120 GB M.2 SSD he had to try while I waited for my SSD to arrive (still hasn't by the way). it started to trip the breaker whenever I plugged in the drive. so I unplugged it, but it still tripped it. it only stopped when I had unplugged my hard drive which was already working. then later that night it started to trip either way. however, when I plugged it into a normal outlet, it worked fine with all of the drives plugged in. 

     

    so the company ships me a new PSU (900w 80 plus platinum btw) and I plug it in. keep in mind that it is back downstairs on the GFCI outlet. the computer works fine for a bit, I boot into Windows, and everything seems fine. I restart it, and the breaker trips. 

     

    it's at this point where I can't boot into Windows because the motherboard reads no boot devices. it will try to reboot itself a few times, before tripping the breaker again. 

     

    it is currently in my room, plugged in next to me, reinstalling Windows on the SSD because it still would not read a boot device. I'm leaning towards it just not being good with GFCI outlets, but I'm not sure why that'd be. any help with this would be appreciated.

  2. 19 minutes ago, m0oble said:

    there were separate times where it would either bsod, or cut power entirely. anytime it would bsod it would restart after.

     

    just reapplied thermal paste and i am running the SFC rn

    SFC found corrupt files and fixed them, and the temps were down 10-15C after i reapplied the thermal paste. didn't shut down

    ty for the help @Applefreak

  3. 1 hour ago, Applefreak said:

    Chkdsk checks the drive itself while sfc checks the windows installation for errors. So those hard shutdowns are happening after the BSOD or even without it? If it shutdowns hard like flipping a switch, it's probably the motherboard cutting power to protect itself. Question then is why now. If were an issue with the GPU, it would have caused issues right away. Thermals are a concern so take care of that first and then try again. If it shuts down after the BSOD showing up, it just means bios is set to not recover after an error. Also make sure to update to latest bios to rule out any stability issues with a potential windows update or newer driver. Speaking of, reverting back to an older version might also help, if it was automatically updated recently.

    there were separate times where it would either bsod, or cut power entirely. anytime it would bsod it would restart after.

     

    just reapplied thermal paste and i am running the SFC rn

  4. 13 minutes ago, Applefreak said:

    A BSOD usually shuts down a system to reboot it. Your motherboard may not allow it to do that so it just shuts down. The kernel issue here is a major one that halts the entire OS. It has nothing to do with the GPU as the error is one related only to windows and the kernel (a driver issue or GPU issue would probably throw an interrupt error here). Thermals could also be an issue of course. What you can do before reinstalling the OS is to run SFC and then DISM (check windows manual, use in cmd as admin) to fix the OS. If it can't be fixed it will tell you so and also if errors were found. If SFC takes forever, the storage device is probably bad or you have some infection on that system that slows or halts the process. Can't hurt to have a malware scan run with a free tool like malwarebytes to be safe before backing up stuff. There is also a chance that the RAM is bad but that should not happen unless the system was manually overclocked. 

    when i said shut down i meant it was like you unplugged the computer or flipped the switch on the psu as the game was running

     

    admittedly i didn't think to run a malwarebytes scan, can't run it until i replace the thermal paste (already cleaned it off last night). would sfc detect anything that either chkdsk missed? both of the drives were bought new in december 2021 btw.

  5. 3 minutes ago, Applefreak said:

    A clean install of windows (backup data, format the drive) would rule out the OS and a potential virus. It still leaves a faulty storage device as well as some mod she had running (if it only crashes in game, maybe the mod got an update or the game did and broke it?).

    she said it also crashed running roblox, so not sure. i'm leaning more on faulty drivers considering the bsod error, but thermals could probably be better considering the shutdowns plus the thermal paste being smudged years ago when building it (she touched the preapplied paste on accident and when i took the cooler off there was a fingerprint in the middle) 

     

    i don't understand why it would have both blue screened and also shut off.

  6. posting this for my sister

     

    2 weeks ago i replaced her rx 570 with my old 580. replaced the drivers and everything. a night or two later she is telling me it is repeatedly bsoding (don't have the error code on the first one but the rest were KERNEL_DATA_INPAGE_ERROR) while she's trying to play modded minecraft. 

    so far i have tried

    • reinstalling gpu drivers
    • running DDU THEN reinstalling gpu drivers
    • running a chkdsk on both the ssd and hard drive, both showed no errors and made no changes
    • running a memory diagnostic, no issues
    • replaced the power supply after it started completely shutting down as well (as if she had just unplugged it)

    and still the issue persists

     

    she is going to buy thermal paste after work later today and i will try to see if reapplying the thermal paste fixes it. my instructor (trade school) said i could try to reinstall windows. those are my only two options left before i am lost and we just have to take it somewhere. any ideas?

     

    specs:

    • ryzen 5 3600
    • 16gb 3200mhz ram
    • msi b450 tomahawk max
    • (old gpu) XFX rx 570 8gb
    • (new gpu) red devil rx 580 8gb
    • (old psu) thermaltake smart 500w
    • (new psu) EVGA 700 GD 700w
    • windows 10 (i think pro? not sure)
  7. 1 minute ago, Skiiwee29 said:

    Series S is the newer generation. Eventually game development will cease on the "One" generation of consoles. 

    most of the reason why i want an xbox is to play it with friends that don't have pcs, or to play game that i have on 360 instead of having to buy them on pc. any new games i would want to play i'd probably just buy on pc

  8. ive found multiple xbox one s' and xbox series s' on facebook marketplace for around the same price ($150-$250), how much of a pain is it to have to use all digital? is it just more worth it to have worse hardware so i can play my 360 games?

     

    better question, would it be worth it to spend 50-100 dollars more on an xbox one x over a one x?

  9. 7 hours ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

    SMR makes sustained writes really bad performance wise, esp if there random writes. So it really depends on your use case. Its probably fine for storing games, media and programs. I woulnd't use it for things like a high use backup drive, seed/torrent drive, download at high speeds.

     

    Id personally only go cmr as its not much more and I have spend way too much time dealing with slow smr drives already.

    so basically the only thing i would have to worry about is download speeds being worse, alright

  10. i would not use samsung drives. they really aren't necessary, especially for your kids. i'd also add a hard drive for when they get older, and inevitably want to download bigger games, or for storing the also inevitable meme folder. you also can use the stock cooler as long as you undervolt the cpu, and get them in the habit of doing it. there's probably better changes you could make, but these are the ones i made. take it all with a grain of salt. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/2bqtwz 

     

    also you're a badass dad

  11. 1 minute ago, gsk07765 said:

    can you share the site?

    also what model of your 2tb drive? maybe it will be ok to dump all files to new drive and use old one for soft if it is faster. so you will have space for files and for software.

    im looking at amazon, i have a 2tb wd green that is currently failing to open folders and upload files because of an "i/o error" its been doing this on and off for a couple months now.

  12. 5 hours ago, FakeKGB said:

    That is a symptom of a dying hard drive. I have a hard drive that "works", but locks up File Explorer if I try to use it.

    You'll want to get a replacement drive ASAP and copy as much data as you can to avoid losing it.

    how long do you think i could go without the drive just dying? i wouldnt have money for it until christmas. also would this be a good replacement? wd black 4tb

  13. i use windows 10 64 bit, i have a ryzen 5 3600, msi tomahawk b450, 16gb ddr4 3200hz, rx 580 8gb, 750w red dragon psu (i think its red dragon im honestly not sure), 256gb sata ssd (dont know brand), and a 2tb wd green. all the parts are from december 2020, but the drives are however old because i took from out of a refurbished pc. (i can't see all the info because my computer is having an aneurysm as i type this)

     

    so sometimes everything will run fine and i can play games and install stuff and nothing is wrong, but then sometimes i will try to just turn on my computer, upload a file to discord, and it says that i can't access any folders on my hard drive because of an i/o error. if i try to restart my computer, it gets stuck on the screen saying restarting. if i just shut it down, once it reboots my hard drive won't be recognized and i have to reboot and unplug it for it to work. usually it's just every once in a while on startup, occasionally its only after i try to start a game on steam, i don't think anything else causes it. it literally makes using my computer impossible. 

     

    should i just replace the drives? or is there some sort of solution

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