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Issue: Experiencing an interesting type of crash I believe is coming from the GPU. When running video games or other graphically intensive applications like Heaven Benchmark 4.0, Red Dead Redemption 2, Blender Renders, etc. This crash causes both of my monitors to go black, and into 'inactive' mode. Audio will continue playing through my headphones, but I always have to press the power button to let windows shut down and reset the driver before I can get video back. Also on a rare occasion, when booting the PC after a crash, the windows login screen will display very odd artifacting, which only a quick glance at the bios (don't need to change anything) will resolve. When the driver crashes, the GPU will display a red LED light indication next to the 12pin Nvidia PCIE power cable adapter, which I believe from my research indicates that no power is coming into the unit. The same Red LED turns on when the system is off, and stays on until the system is booted. When the GPU crashes and the LED turns on, about 60 seconds later the LED will turn back off, showing the unit has power, but the display drivers do not recover (until I press the power button and let windows shut down). I have taken a video of the crashing process which I can easily replicate, running Heaven Benchmark 4.0 and monitoring HWinfo, I'll attach a screenshot to this thread in a reply below. To my knowledge, there is not any temperatures out of line, nor is there appear to be any abnormal voltages. I have taken the following steps in my own troubleshooting process: - Fresh install Windows 11 - Set everything to default values in BIOS - Reseat GPU into PCIe Lane - Move the GPU one PCIe Lane down - Reseat all power cables between GPU and PSU - Roll back Nvidia Driver from 522.25 to 516.59 - Roll back BIOS from 1720 to 1505 - Turn on/off XMP Profile 1 - Move M.2 drive off of the shared Gen5 lane with GPU - Replace/Upgraded Display Port Cable and HDMI Cable running to my monitors - Swapped GPU out for an old EVGA 1050ti and ran HeavenBenchmark4 with no crash Thanks for coming to my ted talk, am happy to discuss and troubleshoot further, and provide more screenshots. I will be available to do so. Not sure if I have a Lemon GPU on my hands and need to RMA or if there is some deeper compatibility issues with the rig I have built. Motherboard model: ROG STRIX Z690-E GAMING WIFI UEFI Version: 1505 CPU: 129000KS Memory kit part number and amount in GB: KF552C40BBAK2 64GB - Kingston Fury Beast 5200MT/s GPU: ASUS TUF 3090 Ti (O24G) Gaming SSD/HDDs/Optical drives: 2x Samsung 980 Pro M.2 2TB PSU: Corsair HX 1200 USB Devices (model/version number): Ducky Shine 7 Mechanical Keyboard Logitech G9x Mouse Shure PG27USB Microphone CPU Cooler: AIO Arctic Liquid Freezer II 420mm PC CASE: Fractal Design Torrent Operating system: Windows 11 64 bit (22H2) Microsoft Activated yes/no? YES Drivers Installed (include version info): Intel Management Engine WMI Provider: 2130.1.15.0 Intel Management Interface #1: 2131.1.4.0 Intel Dynamic Application Loader Host Interface: 1.41.2021.121 Nvidia Display Driver: 31.0.15.1659 Nvidia Game Ready Driver: 516.59 Nvidia High Def. Audio: 1.3.39.3 Nvidia Virtual Audio Device (Wave Extensible) (WDM): 4.45.0.0 Windows Audio Driver: 10.0.22000.1 Any third Party temp/voltage software installed: No System Overclocked (provide details)?: No CPU Set to default settings in Bios XMP disabled currently in Bios, however having XMP enabled or disabled doesn't change the result Card is at default clock from the factory

Decided to update the bios on my Zephyrus M16. I let it do it's thing for about 10 minutes and came back to see with black screen and keyboard backlight on. I followed This reddit thread. I only have a macbook so I followed this guys intructions. Now I'm stuck as I can't find the CapUptBkTemp file even though I'm in the right disk. Got any idea what to do now?

Hows it going everyone? So I have an Asus Zenbook 14 OLED q409za. Here's the link to the ASUS product page. I bought it as an open box item and it had burn in on the screen from when it was a demo. The store shipped it off and they replaced the screen, motherboard, and SSD. Well the laptop came with a 2880x1800 resolution screen 90hz refresh rate, but it now has a 3840x2400 60hz screen. I am not sure why the screen is different now. The problem is playing 4k content or even hdr content. I cant get any higher than 1080p on prime video and disney+. I tried some of my purchased 4k movies on youtube and the best i get is 480p. I have tried the cyberlink ultra hd blu ray advisor and it says that I do not have intel SGX, advanced protection audio/video path (gpu). I have tried to find sgx in the bios but cannot find it as an option. I have tried the intel sgx tool it says it cannot enable/activate it. I have gone through all of the windows updates, intel updates, and asus updates. I am at a loss what to do or try. Willing to try basically anything. Intel Iris Xe Graphics (Alder Lake-P 682 GT2) - Integrated Graphics Controller [ASUS] Alder Lake-P GT2 Intel Alder Lake-P PCH Intel Core i5-1240P UX3402ZA.310 uefi bios windows 11 64bit Whatever info you need or want let me know. Thanks in advance.

I was looking for a basic side monitor with my only requirements being that it goes into portrait mode and is 24 inches or smaller. Would this be a ideal choice?

Hey all, Im in the market for a new monitor and I was considering the Asus ROG Swift 1440p 360hz. I was wondering if it would be a bad idea since 1) lots of negative reviews mentioning QC issues and 2) it’s a gsync monitor and I have an amd card. Any suggestions on wether I go for it or get the Alienware 280hz instead? Thanks!

Guys im gonna buy one of this laptops but idk which one is better and i dont have time so im just asking u guys pls help. Lenovo LOQ 15APH8 or Asus TUF A15 FA507NV-LP037

I recently built a new PC around May and it wasnt till later that I learned about Asus's isses with frying AM5 CPUs when enabling DOCP/EXPO. Ive had DOCP II and DOCP I enabled in my pc for the past couple months and I have noticed that my boots times are longer than when I first built it. Im wondering if anyone knows if enabling DOCP will lead too performence degradation on the CPU and if the damage will only be done to the CPU or too other parts of the PC aswell? Would simply replacing the CPU and updating the BIOS fix everything or could the MOBO and RAM have taken a hit? PC Build: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/gJbzqm

Hello everyone, I've built my pc around 5 years ago and it's been serving me well, but around July I started having weird freezes while gaming (mostly gtav and valheim) in which first the game freezes, then rapidly the whole system locks up except for the mouse cursor, but I can't click anything, any input from kb or mouse is ignored and it requires a hard shutdown. It could go days without happening, or it could happen multiple times within an hour. There's no bsod, and the event viewer shows no errors or warnings before the shutdown. Temps aren't exceeding 60-70C, voltages seem fine, it happens regardless with cpu/gpu/ram either stock or oc/optimized. Reinstalled windows, issue still happening. So I'm like f it, I wanted to upgrade the pc anyway. I just got all the parts last week and been gaming on it fine for a couple days, and surprise! same issue on new machine, which seemed to run ok before I installed a riser cable though, I'll have to test again without it but it could as well be a coincidence. While I'll get around to try that, I'll ask you if there's anything else I should test. Specs time: Machine 1: OS : win 10 home. Cpu : i7 8700k. Cpu cooler : corsair h110i. Motherboard : ROG strix z370-e. RAM : corsair vengeance 3200 c16 2x16gb. Gpu : ROG strix 1080ti oc. Psu : seasonic focus+ 750w 80+ Gold. Ssd : 970evo plus 1tb, 2x 870evo 2tb. Peripherals : corsair kb k95 rgb platinum, mouse scimitar pro rgb, headset void pro wireless, Xbox One bt controller. -"Possible" issue trigger: updating from icue 4.3 to icue 5 Machine 2: OS : win 11 pro. Cpu : ryzen 7 7800x3d. Cpu cooler : ekwb nucleus CR360 Lux. Motherboard : ROG strix x670e-e. RAM : g.skill trident z5 neo rgb 6000 c30 2x32gb. Gpu : ROG strix lc 4090 oc. Psu : corsair RM1000e 1000w 80+ Gold. Ssd : 3x 990pro 2tb. Peripherals : corsair kb k100 rgb, mouse scimitar elite rgb, headphones sony wh-1000xm4, mic blue yeti, Xbox One bt controller. -"Possible" issue triggers: switched gpu to vertical mount with official Lian Li kit, switched from using headphone in wired mode to bt mode, icue being icue. Monitors: main 144hz wqhd asus tuf vg27aq gsync compatible connected via dp, secondary 75hz uw 2560x1080 LG 29wk500 via hdmi. Notable pieces of software in common that may or may not be involved in the problem: nvidia drivers (without gfe), iCUE, armoury crate, hwmonitor OR hwinfo, discord, chrome, GTA V (online), Valheim. Nvcp settings: max framerate 141fps, low latency on, vsync on (AFAIK, suggested gsync settings which worked fine for me for years). Latest BIOS on both machines. Since I'm having the same issue on 2 different machines, I feel like it's more likely a software issue rather than a hardware one. Troubleshooting attempts made on pc1: reverted to older iCUE version which I ran for almost 2 years with no issues, tried several gpu drivers (with DDU wiping), nuked down nahimic service, disabled fast startup, disabled hw acceleration for all apps running on 2nd screen (like discord and chrome), reinstalled windows, tried running the pc without any monitoring softwares, checked disk for errors, verified game files, ran the pc overclocked and stock. pc2: all of the above, plus reinstalled windows without any asus softwares. Considering I'm not really bothered to fix pc1 right now, next steps I'll try on pc2 are: install gpu back into mobo directly, try some known good video drivers (528.49 according to some posts on reddit should be considered stable and consistent by the community), nuke down iCUE (that will suck because I use it for macros). Anything else I should try? TIA

I've been told by a lot of people slightly into tech that ASUS has a lot of problems. And that MSI is the way to go. However looking at product reviews the ASUS board I was looking at had way better reviews then the MSI board. The ASUS board in question: ASUS ROG Strix B650E-F Gaming WiFi The MSI board in question: MSI MPG B650 Carbon WiFi Gaming I'm open to suggestions outside these two but I want a well known brand, and similar specs. (WiFi, DDR5, AM5, RGB, ect.) Something important to me too is ease of setup. So a nice BIOS and stuff like that. Thanks in advance fellow nerds!

Hey! I have a Asus Maximus XII Hero and apon entering BIOS by holding f2 at boot up, it always displays A9 no matter what I do. I have attempted reseting it, updating it, even entering it via my OS just does not work. All I need to do is launch a Thumbdrive to install a new OS to replace me currently corrupted Windows. Does anyone know how to fix this? Thanks. Extra: I have tried entering via windows but I cannot anymore becuase I corrupted it.

So with Ryzen 7000 and Asus boards having issues with x3D chips overvolting I was wondering if its safe for me to enable D.O.C.P. for my Ryzen 5 even though my DRR5 6000 Mhz ram runs at 1.35 Volts, and if so if wether DOCP 1 or 2 would be better. Also would setting the FCLK frequency to 3000Mhz improve RAM with out issues?

I have zephyrus m16 2022 and I was using my laptop to watch YouTube but suddenly it got blank screen and turned off. I tried turning on but nothing. At first I thought it was overheating or something but after a full day of rest it still isn't turning on. When I try to turn on the drive activity led lights up but no sign of life. same for when I connect cord except power led doesn't turn on for main power supply. I can charge it using type c but it charges for like 5 sec before it gets cut off and starts charging again.

Hi All, I just recently built my first PC about three weeks ago but I've noticed my on board wi-fi keeps cutting out randomly. I tried troubleshooting tips on ASUS's website and updated the latest drivers for everything but it still cuts out. The only thing I haven't attempted is updating the BIOS itself which I don't know how to do but I will look into it if that's the problem. I was wondering if there was a fix for it or if it's just a faulty motherboard. Here is my build if it helps: Ryzen 5 3600 Corsair DDR4 16GB MSI GTX1660Super 650W Corsair 80Gold Asus b550-F Wi-Fi MoBo Windows 10 64-Bit Thank you and have a good one Cy

Asus laptop (g512lw) keyboard not working Just a little back story about 6-8months ago my laptop stopped booting up. Troubleshoot as much I felt I could. Gave up for a few months and thought I’d plug it and and see. It booted up and everything worked for about 10 minutes shutdown and wouldn’t reboot. Soo I… -Checked charger voltage and battery voltage they checked out. -Tried removing battery and just booting off charger power None of that worked. -Replaced battery and now it seems to boot up continuously without a problem as far as starting Problem now is the keyboard doesn’t work and RGB. I don’t care as much about the RGB but I would like for the keyboard to work. The Caps lock light is continuously lit and keyboard is completely unresponsive and no backlit keys. I tried installing drivers and windows troubleshooter. Unplugged and replied the keyboard on the mobo. All with the same result. I have ordered another keyboard and am waiting for it to show up in the mail but does anyone have any other ideas or insight as to what the problem is? None of the plugs were damaged or anything during battery replacement. keyboard has also been replaced as of today.

I am wondering which laptop is better. Can you help me or give your suggestion. The laptop I am looking for is for coding and studying in university mostly, video games too but let's say a lower or middle class games. ASUS TUF Gaming F15 Intel Core i5-12500H (12-core) 16 GB DDR4 3200 MHz 512 GB M.2 NVMe SSD 15.6" 1920x1080 IPS 144Hz NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (4GB GDDR6) OR MSI BRAVO 15 C7UDX AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS 16 GB, (2 X 8 GB) 512 GB M.2 NVMe SSD 15.6" 1920x1080 IPS 144Hz NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3050 Laptop GPU 6GB GDDR6 96-bit

Hi, I have the below soecs i7 9700k gigabyte rtx 2080s gaming 8x2 GB DDR4 @3000MHZ Seasonic Focus 650w Gold Im having micro stutter issues when playing some games (NFS Heat, BO4, CoH2), while other games run fine (Overwatch, the division 2). I noticed that the coil Whine coming ouy from my GPU goes away for microseconds when stuttering happens. Tried everything, DDU, different cables, No OCing, all drivers updates, temps are fine. default bios and NCP... I believe i have sufficient PSU.

Hello, this is my first post on this forum! Im looking for some advice, and you’ve probably heard it a lot before anyway, but here goes. I’ve recently taken delivery of a part built system, that I specified with a PSU from beQuiet, specifically the Pure Power 12M 1000w fully modular unit. When I received the machine, it was my intention to add, among a couple of other peripherals, a GPU. I found an Asus ROG Strix RTX 3090 on sale on Facebook Marketplace for an absolute steal, so naturally, I bit their hand off. However when it came time to fit the card, I discovered there were only 2 12-pin ports on the IO of the PSU, the third is a PCIe 5.0 slot, very different in shape and character to the “standard” PCIe power cables (12-pin to 8-pin). I’ve trialled the card with two out of three 8-pin ports populated and connected, and even though the RGB on the card lights up as expected, I also see a red LED over the unpopulated port, and naturally I get no display output. I’ve read various comments about Daisy chaining two connectors from one cable, about how it isn’t recommended but is also field tested and indeed carried out in various situations. Is it also possible to adapt PCIe 5.0 to an 8-pin, via a female to male adaptor cable, to keep the recommended 3 dedicated cable setup? Or would I have to daisy chain in this case? Thank you for your time and attention, may you all have a very pleasant day!

My custom build that took me over two years to build I think I may have gone overboard lol. Specs: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12 core G.SKILL Trident Z Neo 64GB 3600MHz F4-3600C16D-32GTZNC(Two kits) ASUS Dual AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT OC Edition ASUS ROG Strix X570-E Gaming Motherboard ASUS ROG Strix LC 240 RGB AIO Liquid CPU Cooler ASUS ROG-Thor 850 Watt 80+ Platinum PSU ASUS ROG Strix Scope TKL Mechanical Gaming Keyboard (Using a wireless gaming keyboard at the moment Logitech G613) ASUS ROG Gladius II Wireless Gaming Mouse Storage: Kingston KC3000 1024GB NVMe SSD(SKC300) Team Group T-FORCE VULCAN Z 2.5" 2TB SATA III(game storage) Seagate Exos 16TB ST16000NM000J Hard Drive WD Black 8TB Performance Hard Drive Creative Sound BlasterX AE-5 Plus Sound Card Creative Gigaworks T 40 Series II speakers Windows 10 Pro Xbox Wireless Controller Case: Phanteks Eclipse P400A Cooling: 6 CORSAIR ML120 RGB Elite, Magnetic Levitation RGB Fan with AirGuide

Hello Everyone, This is a weird one for me. I do not live in the U.S. at the moment, however where I am located I've never needed to use a VPN to access Hulu. I've used it for 2 years up until this point without a single issue. However, I recently bought a new Asus RT-AX86U router to take over router function from the modem router combo provided by my ISP and after getting it set up I suddenly get blocked from Hulu and told I cannot access it while using an anonymous proxy even when I am not. I do have a VPN but that does not work either when I try. I've looked through the settings and the only ones I've enable are QoS and OpenNAT which I can't see causing this issue. Has anyone else had this issue before or any idea how it may have happened? Thanks in advance!

Hallo Sers i experience this specific problem When my computer is idle and turns off the monitors, all of them go blank and then the backlight turns off as expected. However, a few minutes later, one of them, the ASUS PG329Q awakens, and flashes the indication displayport, but the backlight turns on and stays on forever. All of my monitors (three of them) are connected to my GPU via DP cables. None of the other monitors presents this problem. Seems to be a very common problem for various monitor models, when the monitor is connected via DP. Various resolution steps that I went through but did not work: · Multiple DP cables · DDU uninstalled NVIDIA drivers · Multiple NVIDIA drivers · All monitors OC settings · All ASUS display widget settings · Update GPU BIOS · Unplugging USB3 cable · Factory reset of monitor · Reflash the latest firmware For your information, I quote below reports on various similar issues for different models and brands with common ground DP connection: Asus https://www.reddit.com/r/Monitors/comments/hgydke/asus_pa278qv_wont_go_into_sleep_mode/ https://linustechtips.com/topic/1334859-motitor-wont-go-to-sleep-connected-to-displayport/ https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/monitor-wont-stay-asleep-power-light-turns-back-on-but-screen-goes-black.3690392/ https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/forums/discover/252346/monitor-wont-sleep-windows-10-creators-update/ Other https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI5QyNR9X_4&t=63s https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/primary-monitor-wont-sleep-go-black-during-power/cbc3fead-ac47-4929-959a-e99ddefae61b https://www.reddit.com/r/MSI_Gaming/comments/i7ar61/monitor_backlight_stays_on_when_connected_via/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ZOTAC/comments/ke2es6/3060ti_displayport_monitor_backlight/ https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/632743/vg280k-backlight-turns-on-and-off-forever-via-displayport-when-monitor-sleeps https://dough.community/t/backlight-stays-on-when-i-put-computer-to-sleep/30906 I tried and i failed to update the GOP firmware at my inno3d 3090 via this tool AMD and Nvidia GOP update (No requests, DIY) - BIOS/UEFI Modding / BIOS Modding Guides and Problems - Win-Raid Forum (level1techs.com) and this GOP Update and Extraction Tool (NVIDIA Only) - BIOS/UEFI Modding / BIOS Modding Guides and Problems - Win-Raid Forum (level1techs.com) with the same result Invalid firmware detected PS: Interesting finding when I am logon in windows, and I swap. display port cables between monitors the "problematic" monitor seeps correctly and the other one has the problem now after I restart my pc the problem reset to the ASUS monitor if anyone can modify my bios with new GOP i will be thankfully VGA Bios Collection: Inno3D RTX 3090 24 GB | TechPowerUp Any other suggestions will be appreciated ASUS PG329Q monitor win11 22H2 build 22621.2215 mainboard ProArt X670E-CREATOR BIOS :1602 PG329Q firmware v036 inno3d rtx3090 bios 94.02.59.00.DD GOP 0x6000a nvidia 537.13

I wanted to get the ROG MAXIMUS Z790 HERO EVA-02 EDITION. But I literally can't find anywhere to get it. Any ideas? Is it exclusive and not for normal purchase?

Budget hello My Name Is Chris! I’m Sharing an Update on My Battlestation! (Custom Setup) I will include the specs for the nerds like me and others that are wondering and some pictures! Hope you enjoy! black Case Build: mobo: Asus ROG Strix B450-F II Cpu: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Ram: G.skill 16GB 3200Mhz Cooler: CoolerMaster 240L Aio Gpu: Nvidia Rx 570 8GB SSD: 2TB WD Black SN770 M.2 HDD: 4TB Seagate Ironwolf Psu: Apevia 500w Green Machine: mobo: Asus A520m Cpu: AMD RYZEN 5 3600 GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1080 8GB Ram: Corsair 32GB 3600Mhz cooler: Thermalright Assassin 120 SSD: 1TB Samsung Evo 850 HDD: 2TB WD Psu: 500w

I replaced my old Asus Z10PE-D8 WS board with 2 Xeon e5-2690 v3's, 4x8GB DDR4 2133 CL15 ECC udimms, and vega 64 Graphics card. With an Asus Pro WS X570 Ace, Ryzen 9 5900x, 2x16gb DDR4 4000MHz non-ecc udimms, and a 6950XT. I've had an unbelievable amount of problems, If anyone can help me, I greatly appreciate it. Day 1: Mostly spending time putting things together, my PC ends up only being able to get to the pre-bios screen (where it says "press DEL or F2 to enter the bios") I can't enter it, but I can press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart, I used a friend's spare 3600XT and load a new bios onto a flash drive, this fixes it. I try loading into windows, frequent Random Hard Reboots and BSODs (with visual artifacts) "WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR". I take it to be a GPU Driver issue. Day 2: I spend several hours trying to install new GPU drivers, almost all with the result of my PC encountering the same problems as the day before, before the installation could complete. At some point my SSD's detection by windows and my motherboard's bios becomes intermittent, and only on certain boots (hot or cold didn't make that much of a difference, it seemed more random) I figure it's an issue with my windows version because of how much newer my hardware has become with only a single upgrade. So I decide to back up my data and format my SSD (I would have done an in-place, but my system was too unstable for that). I couldn't install windows, I would get mountains of errors, I was so desperate I contacted microsoft support, who did a good job helping me. (The fix was downloading chipset/sata drivers onto another flash drive and having it plugged in during the setup, if you're interested). The system would crash during CDM or any significant driver updates. I Figured that the SSD was toast. (even though it was working just fine 2 days ago) Day 3 (today as of writing this): I went to micro center to get a new SSD, I tried installing windows via boot media, seemed more stable from the start. (I got my hopes up). Granted the machine with the new windows install IS more stable, I was able to install windows updates, gpu drivers, and chipset drivers fairly easily. No more BSOD's, and random reboots can occur up to 30 minutes after booting instead of 0.5-5 minutes (I even made this post on the machine, even if it did shut off a few times while I was doing it). Trying any other actions regarding updating gpu or chipset drivers, windows update, or large file transfers will cause a hard reboot. In-place upgrade windows doesn't work, and all audio (whether from the GPU through my monitor speakers, or my logitech G435 USB headset) sounds like someone is holding down the pause button (you know how you can hold space on a youtube video and it rapidly pauses and unpauses. All sound sounds like it's been ran through a filter to produce that effect, it is unusable). I'll probably run Memtest86 tomorrow just to rule out RAM. I'll also contact Asus to see if my board is still under warranty, I got it in late 2020, but it's been sitting on a shelf until I started my upgrade. Additional Info: I'm pretty sure it's not a GPU issue, the artifacting has gone away with the driver updates. NOTE: I can't reply too much as I'll be going to bed within an hour, but I'll try to. I'll be back tomorrow and the day after.

My laptop faced a random shutdown and it won’t turn on again. I tried both with and without power adaptor but only the keyboard lights come up for 1 second and it goes off and it doesn’t boot up. Does anyone have any idea what happen here? the laptop is not turning on, no fan, no post, nothing just blinking keyboard LEDs. reference link : https://linustechtips.com/topic/1352582-asus-tuf-fx505dt-not-turning-on/?do=findComment&comment=14843165

Hey, I've been using my ASUS TUF Gaming F15 quite frequently. Unfortunately, the keycaps on the laptop have started to crack, or the color has faded, making it difficult to read which key is which. Where can I find replacement keycaps for my laptop? Are there any stores that sell them? Can I contact ASUS for replacement parts? My laptop is the ASUS TUF Gaming F15 FX506HM-HN115T, with a QWERTZ (German) layout. Thank you in advance for your answers!