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Pretty sure we found the problem. 550W is enough for an RX 580 sure, but VS550 is a really low end unit. So seeing power trips like this could be traced to the PSU. What country is your friend in? Sounds like he'll need to be in the market for a new PSU.

Also..Event Viewer can be really helpful in these scenarios.

So you've stress tested and observed temperatures? Around 80c is fine. You said 'randomly' what are some of the programs/apps that were running when this occured. Let's look at hardware. What kind of shut down is it? Are you BSOD'ing (if so reply with the error code) is it an immediate power loss (comment power supply model and rest of PC specs)

You can use MSI Afterburner Rivatuner Statistic to monitor temps during games. It's an on-screen display/overlay. As long as youre under 90c you're fine.

You could just stress test using OCCT (SMALL AVX2) and monitor temps with OCCT or HWiNFO.

Corsair moment ig Just RMA the memory kit

Thanks for the response. Yes we have CPU-Z downloaded atm. Just disappeared to Narnia for now. This situation really is tricky. I will look into the memory reserved causes you mentioned. I'll also look for the mainboard name, hopefully it'll give us a clue to some 'official' three DIMM layouts. All such a mess. Note: When in original config 1x2 in Slot 1. Slot 2 Empty, Slot 3 2Gb, Slot 4 4Gb. DIMMs were reported as single channel. I do have SS of each DIMM in CPU-Z if needed.

Yep, exactly why I was worried about flex/asymmetric. Task manager readout here: (Shows 8Gb being recognized, but only 3Gb memory usage..?) Still think the optimal layout is 1x4 in Slots 1/2, and 2x2 in 3 + 4. For 4Gb per memory channel. Not sure tbh, thought it was a memory remapping issue. Will keep updated as 'buddy' returns.

My thought was that modern AMD CPU's do support Intel Flex Tech, or well something similar. Wasn't quite sure because of the age of Phenom II X4. This was for a buddy of mine and kind of disappeared after recommending this. Previously, he had tried 2Gb Slot 1, 2Gb Slot 3, and 4Gb Slot 4. Don't know why it was set up like that, but Windows reported only 3GB usable memory (hwat.) I'm thinking we should finick around with the memory remapping setting for this. Thoughts?

Hey all, little bit confused on how to utilize Intel Flex Tech. Buddy of mine is on an old Phenom II X4, and has 1x4Gb and 2x2Gb. Is Intel Flex supported on this platform? If so, how would we go about making this work in the most optimal way? Mainboard has 4 DIMM slots. I was thinking something like 1x4 in Slot 1, and then the 2x2 in Slot 3 + 4. Leaving Slot 2 unoccupied. Or would 2x2 in Slots 1 + 2, and 1x4 in Slot 3/4 work better? If so, why?

Just go for the WD Blue

Re-seat CMOS battery, or short the CMOS jumper on your mainboard if you have one. Shut the PC down and unplug the power cord from the wall outlet Remove the silver watch battery on the motherboard Hold down the power button on the case for 3 seconds Put the battery back into the motherboard and plug the psu back into the wall Turn the PC on

No. 1660 Ti is not worth 500 Euros. It's basically twice the MSRP. Look for sub300 Euros. Although that will be quite difficult in this market

Hey all, recently purchased an Omen 17 11800H + 3060 @ Microcenter. Currently dissatisfied with out of the box battery life (talking about -20 to -30W discharge rate with just Chrome + Discord , and OS came riddled with HP bloatware. Ended up downloading throttlestop to mess around for a bit until I eventually reinstall Win10 onto this machine. Wondering what your thoughts were on some of my settings applied. Keep in mind this is an open box unit and battery wear level is at -8% at the moment. Main goal is to improve battery as it will be used mostly for school/web surfing. Currently have 3 profiles set. Battery, Performance, and Failsafe. Battery has a -80mv offset applied to CPU Core + Cache, and a -50mv for iGP. This profile also has Turbo Disabled and an EPP of 192. See below: This profile is not currently binded to a power plan (HP Recommended and Balanced are the ones that were available on stock) Should I select one of these? If so, what should the custom settings be (Min processor state and anything else) I have also set Profile 4 (Battery) to be the Battery profile in Options. So when on Battery Throttlestop will auto switch to this profile, and on AC Power it will switch to Profile 1 (Performance) Which I will get to soon. See below: Didn't touch much in the Performance profile, just lowered the EPP to 64 and applied a High Performance power plan to the profile. Minimum processor state is set to 100% though (what should this be? iirc having a min processor state below 100 can lead to higher sustained performance) I also have a failsafe/alarm profile, which should activate at 80c CPU. This profile just lowers max turbo frequencies to ratio of 32, + EPP of 192. Thoughts and opinions? Will get to undervolting the 3060 soon, don't see much point in that though because any scenario that will utilize the dGPU will be on AC power anyways (gaming mostly)

Make sure you have XMP/DOCP enabled. If the memory kit is stable at those speeds then you're out of the woods.

What CPU? Probably just a vengeance thing kekw.

12100F on Z690 ? kekw.

Tried resetting BIOS to default?

Make sure you're plugging it into a 4PIN header + make sure your fan cables are 4PIN. Then you can set fan curves. Control it through BIOS by adjusting the header you've plugged the hub into. Sata for power, 4PIN for control (doesn't worht with 3PIN)

Try toggling CSM (Compatibility Support Module)

What country and budget? What are the capacities of each drive?

Oh yikes.. what kind of CPU and GPU are you planning to throw on that W1..? I would heavily consider replacing the PSU. But in regards to your fan connector. That is a molex connector, there won't be any voltage control or fan curves. The fan will run at 100% speed all the time. It plugs into your power supply's molex: Your PSU has 3 of these.

Edit: What kind of crashing is it? Do you lose power, blue screen, no display? Tried out different wall sockets ? Try running a DDU

Quite possible a troll.