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(Reposting this from reddit, as I did not get much help there) Specs out of the way: - i7 12700F - B660M Aorus Pro AX (DDR4) - 16gb 3200mhz DDR4 RAM (8gb x 2) - Gigabyte RTX 3070 Good day! The specs listed above is my new PC that I had just built last year February. This year starting February I've been having issues with it. Particularly, it won't turn on. The issue started when one day, It wouldn't turn on automatically with just one press of the power button. The fans would spin for just a split second but my PC won't continue powering on. I found out that if I hold down the power button for around 3 seconds, it was effective in making it boot up. Call it brute force if you will. I didn't really mind this issue because I was too busy with work in general and thought it might have been just caused by my UPS's battery dying which I can easily replace later. nonetheless, it was an effective way for making my PC turn on for a while (around 1-2 weeks). Until one day, it just wont power on anymore. At that point I realized that it was definitely a problem with my PC, as it still won't turn on when plugged directly to the wall. The first thing I (or anyone this case) would suspect to be the problem would be the PSU. I was using a Gigabyte P750GM (yes, the one that's known to explode, but it never exploded and never smelled like burnt electronics). So I ordered a Seasonic Focus Plus Gold GX850 as a replacement. So I installed the Seasonic PSU and to my surprise, my system still won't turn on as I spam the power button. I thought I might have been just unlucky and got a unit which was dead on arrival. I was lucky I was able to send it back. Alas I settled for a Corsair HX850 (the latest model I believe). So I installed the Corsair PSU and it STILL won't turn on. However, I did not spam the power button this time. I figured it was definitely some other hardware problem. After hours of tinkering. I found out that strangely, my PC turns on when my RTX 3070's power cables are removed. At that point I was convinced that my GPU was dead, but after trying it on my old 2015 PC, it would still turn on and run, and is detected correctly by windows. I need a GPU to make my newer PC work (because my CPU doesn't have an iGPU) so I tried plugging in my GTX 960 which I scavenged from my old system. The strangest thing is that my PC runs with the 960, but not when the 3070. It is still my current setup. Does this mean that my motherboard was the problem this whole time? Before I decide to buy a new motherboard, I would just like to ask your opinions if that would be the correct move to finally resolve everything. Why is it that my PC refuses to turn on with a 3070 but turns on with a 960? Things I've tried: - Tried using different power cables - Tried reseating RAM - Tried plugging the 3070 in the PCIe 3.0 slot - Cleaned the 3070 as well as my entire PC - Opened up PC case's power button and checked if it's working correctly Things I haven't tried: - Updating bios (I have little faith that this a firmware issue because the PC does not boot up in the first place. No fans spinning or signs of powering on if the 3070 is plugged in, and it was working well for a whole year prior to having these issues). Currently, I am still using the same PC but with the GTX960 installed. It has been working well and has no issues when gaming. Any knowledge / information regarding how this could be a motherboard issue (or if you have any other ideas) would be a great help. It would also help me decide whether to get a new motherboard or not.

Hey guys, so just yesterday I noticed some artifacts on my screen during boot up and I don't exactly know what's causing it. Prior to these events, my GPU (1650) Driver was not installed to the latest update. I don't know if that's relevant or anything but I just want y'all to know. video-1617235086.mp4

I bought a pre-built PC from Skytech, once I plugged in the DP to the graphics card and plugged in the power the monitor displayed green dots in a grid pattern on the screen. While that is happening windows started loading but the screen got filled with more green dots and the loading screen froze, then turned into a black screen. I tried resetting in and it bring me to the "Automatic reboot diagnosis" or something like that. The green dots were gone but the quality of the resolution was low. Is there anyway I can get my PC to boot up properly, I already troubleshoot it and nothing seems to work. The display port I use is fine, I even switch to HDMI, same problem. Could it be the GPU?

Hello, everyone! I recently experienced something odd about my PC. Whenever I boot up my pc, the BIOS screen is not being displayed. The display will start when the PC successfully boot Windows. That is the only problem. There is no other issues. I can still play for about 6 hrs straight and there is no performance drop or random crashes whatsoever. I already reset the CMOS, updated my BIOS (using other gpu), and updated my GPU driver (1660 Super). Thank you!

hi guys Just got myself one of those new gtx 1050 ti msi edition link will be below for it, i have a old hp pavilion with the gpu gt 610 2gb msi edition and i decided to upgrade it. My psu is 300 watt, but i dont have a pcie 3.0 which it requires so i put it in the 2.0 because ive heard it works. now the problem is it goes into the hp boot screen and says press esc to go to startmenu but the keyboards wont work and it just stays that way. i tried putting in the old gpu and it worked fine but the new gtx 1050 ti wont work please help. https://www.msi.com/Graphics-card/GeForce-GTX-1050-Ti-AERO-ITX-4G-OC.html#hero-overview

Guys, I'm really stressed out right now. I'm trying to turn on my acer laptop. All it does is go through the acer start screen. I don't know what to do. I need to do homework and I'm freaking out. Please help. I appreciate it so much. i will attach a video of what it does. 50000269732__0E1AE2C1-EB01-47DF-83AB-E462A27B96D6.MOV

Hello! I'm having an issue with my pc that was built 2 years ago. It originally had windows 8 and then upgraded to windows 10. I upgraded my graphics card recently to a ASUS gtx1070. The issue is seen when I boot up from a cold start. It boots up to a black screen. I then hit the reset button on my pc case. When I do hit the reset button it boots up like nothing was wrong. If i shut it down afterwards and turn the pc on it works perfectly fine. Like i mentioned before it does it only on cold start. I've made sure all my drivers are up to date. I was hoping to hear some helpful feedback to see what can be causing the issue. It just annoying having to reset the pc every time to get it to work properly. UPDATE: I manage to fix the problem for now. I went into the bios and reassured the boot was set for my ssd. I also enabled the fast boot option out of curiosity. I after several days and boot ups everything seems fines now.

Hi i am having a problem booting up my PC, it takes an unnaturally long time. I am aware that boot ups from an ssd are supposed to take around 10 seconds yet mine is taking a long time in comparison, around 30 seconds. i understand this is not a very long time but it is unnatural as most of the time it takes when booting up is withing POST and it is important to me that this will solve this problem ,since it is bugging me for over a week. Here is a video of what is happening (sorry for the bad quality) And here are my specs, i did a fresh install of windows on 13-06-2017. So the system is very new. [PCPartPicker part list](https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/TtXGgL) / [Price breakdown by merchant](https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/TtXGgL/by_merchant/) Type|Item|Price :----|:----|:---- **CPU** | [AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor](https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/mV98TW/amd-ryzen-5-1600-32ghz-6-core-processor-yd1600bbaebox) | £194.99 @ Ebuyer **Motherboard** | [MSI - B350 PC MATE ATX AM4 Motherboard](https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/c2DzK8/msi-b350-pc-mate-atx-am4-motherboard-b350-pc-mate) | £88.14 @ Amazon UK **Memory** | [G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory](https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/Cf98TW/gskill-memory-f43200c16d16gvkb) | £135.08 @ Amazon UK **Storage** | [OCZ - TRION 150 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive](https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/kbKhP6/ocz-internal-hard-drive-trn15025sat3480g) | £114.99 @ Amazon UK **Video Card** | [Palit - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB JetStream Video Card](https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/TwgPxr/palit-geforce-gtx-1080-8gb-jetstream-video-card-neb1080015p2-1040j) | £448.36 @ Ebuyer **Case** | [NZXT - S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case](https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/ms6BD3/nzxt-case-cas340wb1) | £62.10 @ CCL Computers **Power Supply** | [Corsair - CSM 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply](https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/DbqdnQ/corsair-power-supply-cs550m) | £65.40 @ Aria PC **Operating System** | [Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit](https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/wtgPxr/microsoft-os-kw900140) |- | *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* | | **Total** | **£1109.06** | Generated by [PCPartPicker](http://pcpartpicker.com) 2017-06-21 15:03 BST+0100 | Some things i already did: I Have windows 10 fast boot up enabled. I updated my bios i restarted my CMOS

Hello guys, So yesterday i was trying to install all the gigabyte apps like @bios and easytune and app center. now when i got the app center installed and opened it it chrashed my whole pc... and everytime i reboot it gives me a error and if u click the error away the pc crashes again.. so i uninstalled appcenter and everything seemed fine. until i reboot my pc again.. now every time i boot my pc it will get stuck on the gigabyte loading page (before u go in to windows or bios) for like 10min before it really starts the pc.... can someone please help me solve this!! its so frustrating... so at first i want my pc back to his fast booting and maybe if thats fixed there is someone who can help me getting the gigabyte app center to work? Sorry for my bad english! Row. PC specs: ryzen 9 3900x Gigabyte 570x gaming X rtx 2070 super 16gb ddr4 ram 3600 (G-skill ripjaws) 1tb m.2 ssd (intel) 750W corsair rm (windows 10)

OK so basically I bought a new motherboard, MSI PEG Z390 GAMING PRO CARBON and a new cpu i7 9700k. I installed these no problems, but now when I went to boot up my pc, i pressed the power button i was brought to the MSI splash screen and the buffer circle froze, this happens EVERY time i try to turn the pc on. I have tried to boot from a windows USB no luck, I have even taken the pc apart and put it back together again... I have spoken to Microsoft support and they dont know how to fix it and have also tried to contact MSI but have had no response. Really struggling here and starting to fear that my days of gaming are coming to an end :( I have searched every deep dark corner of google trying to find at least one solution to this but have found literally nothing, please help me. I BEG YOU!

Everytime i start up my pc im greeted with a screen that tells me: "Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key" Pressing any key will just show the message again. If i shut my pc off and restart, it does it again everytime, however, if i go into my bios menu then start from there it works everytime. My ssd shows up fine in bios under storage, and i never have issues after it boots into windows, but it doesnt show up as a device i can pick in bios, despite it booting fine and working after entering the menu Additional notes: included pictures of screens issue hasnt always happened since i got the m.2 drive issue started either after adding the new HDDS (got 2 4TB drives to replace my old ones, and a 2TB drive that was my external drive before) or after a windows update i think ran chkdsk on the ssd and found nothing ran sfc scannow and had no issues Specs: windows 10 version 1809 WD blue m.2 ssd asrock x99 extreme 6 motherboard w/ latest bios on their site intel 5820k 3 extra HDDS gtx 1080 32 gb drr4 ram

My specs: Win 10 x64 Intel Core i7-6700K Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Crucial MX300 275GB (system drive) Seagate Barracuda 2TB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB Pure Power 11 600W It started months ago, my computer would freeze randomly and Windows wouldn't boot again - machine starts, lights are on, fans are running but the screen is pitch black, no logo, no "press DEL for setup", nothing. No PC speaker sounds as well. Sometimes Windows would start after a minute or two or the computer remained in this state until I tried turning it on and off a couple of times. It started becoming more common and random - there were weeks with no issues or days where I wasn't able to use my PC because it just refused to start. I tried changing my PSU to new one (it's listed above) but it didn't help. I took it to repair and it ran perfectly when they turned it on. They kept it for over a week, cleaned it up, checked RAM, voltage, cooling, checked if everything is plugged correctly. They gave it back and said there were no issues with my computer. It worked well for month or something but the problem started occuring again, though this time if the computer passed POST screen it wouldn't start because it couldn't access system files (all of them at once, everything ending with .sys) according to the errors (one was ending with with "21a" iirc). I tested my drives with crystaldisk and some other software (I don't remember the name) - they appeared healthy. I reinstalled Windows, PC worked fine for a day (no file errors anymore), but today it's same old thing, screen is black when I turn it on and nothing happens. Removing GPU or unplugging disks doesn't change anything. I don't know which version of BIOS I have but I did update it some time ago hoping it'd help. I also tried resetting CMOS. I never overclocked my PC and didn't change anything in BIOS settings. All my drives are up to date. I checked multiple times and I didn't have any viruses.

Okay, this has me confused, so I'll try my best to describe my issue clearly and extensively, but no promises. I got a new (to me ) AMD 580 8gb and installed it in my Dell Optiplex 980, after removing a GTX960, I had to bend the tower's frame a little to get it in there, but I figured that trade off was worth it. Anyhow, I got it seated pretty well in the PCI e slot and plugged in my 500 w PSU, with all 8 pins. At first it had an issue where it wouldn't find any drives, but after a bit of research, I fixed that by just resetting settings to default in the f2 menu. I also decided to switch back to my gtx 960 to do a clean install of the drivers and such for the new AMD, but now it cannot find a boot device! I found out that this is related to the hard drive, so I checked its plugs and it hasn't ever given me any reason to think it's going bad or corrupt. I am currently running the tests. Also to be noted: * I noticed some capacitors on the motherboard are bent slightly near the graphics card slots * It beeps twice on start up which is said to mean issues with the RAM on Dells. I have 4 4 gig ram sticks and I didn't mess with them at all during installation. * Some of the things plugged into the USB slots have randomly stopped working during this, and I have to move my keyboard from slot to slot to get it to actually enter my choices. * There is one wire unhooked from something, but it leads to a little device on the front "grill" I would call it, of my computer. Can somebody please help me get back to Modern Warfare with my friends (preferably with the AMD) as cheaply as possible?

Just built a PC, been about 10 years since I have built one so I don't know if it's something I am doing wrong. But to keep things short. I tested all parts before installing and also boot Linux from ram using a USB and everything works fine. Just after installing windows 10 fresh copy from USB after initial setup ( screen saying "getting everything ready for you") the pc restarts like it should and goes back to the same screen for the rest of initial setup and then locks ups and moves no further.( the little circle comprising of the little circles)-stops moving and doesn't continue on with the boot up. Things I have tried ----------------------------- Disabled fast boot , Cleared CMOS, Checked all connections , Booted with no USB devices connect, Changed boot order multiple times, Reinstalled windows multiple times, And updated bios. Am I missing something here? The hard drive was from another computer with windows on it working before moving it to the new case but different mother board. Intel i5 6500 Corsair 8gb 2133 (checked compatibility before buying) ASRock h110-itx 256gb SSD Evga 500watt 80+ silver No GPU yet

i have customer cpu here actually i got some random problem that is it freeze up during window logo. first i trying unplug the hard disk but same result still come out and trying to put other ram also same result will come out i trying clear cmos but result is the same

When I turn on my pc the led on the motherboard gets stuck on "dd". I have tried rebooting and still stuck. I have had this happen before but normally the reboot solves the problem. Pc specs: Motherboard: MSI Z107A power gaming titanium edition. CPU: Intel i7 6700k LGA1151. RAM: Corsair vengeance LPX ddr4 4x4gb 16gb. Power supply: Corsair RM850 850 watt. CPU Cooler: Coolermaster hyper TX3i. OS: Windows 10 64bit. SSD: Samsung V-NAND SSD 950 pro M.2 NVM Express 512gb. Hard drive: 3tb (don't know what it's called but it's not my c: drive).

Hi there Over the last month or so i have had an issue with my system. When i go to turn the computer on, sometimes i get 5 beeps which for my motherboard which according to ASROCk means that the VGA device is not being detected. I do not get to bios, just black screen and no further progress. The computer does not power down though. The issue is that this error seems to be entirely random. It can happen for 20-30 reboots then work fine like there was never a problem an hour, a day etc. I have reseated the GC, unplugged and checked all the cables for the GPU as well as checking the pcie slot for damage and swapping to the secondary pci-e slot. When it does boot i have stress tested everything and it all appears normal. I do not have other parts to swap in at this stage unfortunately. I have also updated my bios and checked all drivers. I am at a complete loss as to what the issue may be. I can fiddle for ages and get no results. Get frustrated, go grab a beer and come back and it decides to work.... I thought that it may be a power issue as my relatively low end psu is getting old. However the kingpin has LED indicator lights on the side indicating that it is getting all the correct power (these turn on even when the 5 beep error code occurs). As it also occurs in both pci-e slots it has lead me to strongly believe that it is my GPU at fault. But if anyone has any experience of anything similar happening or how to fix it that would be great . It also boots up fine every time using onboard graphics. My GPU is currently not overclocked either, not that makes a difference i don't think because it doesn't get to bios let alone the desktop. And it runs perfectly anyway when it does boot. Thanks a lot for any advice you may be able to give! Specs: 980ti Kingpin i5 7600k Corsair CX750M PSU ASROCK Z270 extreme 4 MOBO Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 Ram

Hey all, my pc, as the title says, powers up, but doesn’t boot up. My M&K, headset or anything that is connected to my pc, doesn’t power up, and my monitor is just black with nothing on it. It has been doing it for a while, and it would eventually boot up, but after my small session on world of Warcraft today, I left it for around 1-2 hours, came back, and it doesn’t boot up what so ever. My my friend said it is my PSU, but if it was that, it wouldn’t be working fine once it’s up and running would it? Then I have seen that intels meltdown update corrupts some people’s boot sequences. If that’s the case, I can’t repair it as I can’t actually access my pc as I said above, it doesn’t boot up. I have noticed, when it’s in the failing to boot up but it’s powered on phase, my exhaust fan lights, are the standard brightness for around 5 seconds, then they go really bright for a second, then back to standard brightness again, and it’s that repeated over and over again. Here are my specs if they are needed: Asrock b85m pro4 intel i7 4790k MSI GTX 1080 TI 16GB ddr3 Ram XFX 650w PSU But I honestly don’t know what it could be. also if this is in the wrong forum section, I’m sorry as this is my first time posting here, so I apologise in advance.

I recently built my own pc! It was very fun, but when i started it up and started playing games like csgo and run teamspeak at the same time my pc would just freeze and i can't do anything but move my mouse. So it forces me to cut off the power and shut it down. Sometimes it freezes after an hour or two of gaming and sometimes immediately when it boots up. I first thought the ram was broken so i did a Memtest86, but no errors showed up Specs: CPU: Core i5-6500 GPU: Gigabyte Geforce GTX 1060 MOBO: Gigabyte H170M-D3H RAM: 2x8GB Corsair vengeance ram PSU: Sharkoon 600W Bronze SSD: 256 GB adata SSD Case: Corsair 100R Does anyone know what might be the problem, because it really bothers me?

Every time near 95%, the installation for windows 10 on my new PC I built gives me an error code, windows error code 0x8007045D. It says, "Windows cannot install required files. Make sure all files required for installation are available, and restart the installation.

So I'm having some odd problems with my PC. Specs: I5 4670K CPU R9 290 Graphics card MSI Z97-G55 Motherboard 8 GB Corsair Vengeance RAM Corsair CX750 PSU Issue number one: Every time I turn it on the screen stay black and then loads up the windows login screen. No showing the BIOS screen, no showing the motherboard manufacturer logo nothing. I found this issue only happens when I have a graphics installed but have tried different cards and still the same problem. Issue number two: So this one's a bit more on the odd side. My computer will randomly start up if it hasn't been turned on that day. For example, if I've been out all day, get back late and just go to bed, at about 11 (time varies) my PC will just start up. No error messages or updates to be installed or anything. I have changed my PSU and even house and it still happens every day without fail. If I start the computer in the morning and then turn it off it won't start up in the evening. It only does it if it hasn't been on all day. Any help or comments would be greatly appreciated! Thank you

So In short i'm 17 and a few years back had an opportunity to build some computers for our local dentist so i built him 14 computers! freaking sweet I l know! Well now one of the computers i built him crashes on boot up right after the windows animation. It blue screens for about 1/10 of a second then restarts so I can't see what the blue screens says. Recovery mode does not work and I can't recover with the windows cd either, says there is no save to recover from. Also I cant seem to boot into safe mode. F8 and shift F8 only gives me the options to select what i boot from like the c drive, d drive, or a disk, but it doesn't give me an option to boot into safe mode. Can't find anything in the bios to boot into safe mode and I cant get into the computer to reset into safe mode. I swapped the ram and that didn't help either. I have an exact copy of every part of the computer as I will be building another pc for him with the same specs except i cant find the ssd... He would like me to recover all of the information on the ssd then partition 120 gbs of the d drive to be in raid 1 with the boot ssd (if that is possible.) PC specs: Motherboard - ASUS P8 H61-M LE CSM R2.0, CPU - Intell core i5- 3570K, GPU - EVGA Geforce GT 620 1GB DDR3 RAM - Kingston HyperX 8GB (2x4GB), PSU - EVGA 500w, SSD - Kingston HyperX 120GB, D Drive - Western Digital 500gb. I have already had this computer for a while and it is important i fix it ASAP as it's one of the operating room computers and he can't do X-Rays in that op room until I return him with a working computer. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!! Also sorry for any and all spelling/grammar errors, typing this out as fast as I can! First time posting in the LTT forums but I do watch every video uploaded lol! Thanks again!

Hello everyone. I have a toshiba notebook with amd e-240 processor. So this problem happened twice already. It took him about 2 hours to finish all stuff when turned on. First cause was failing hdd. But second time i gacmve it to friend and he told me to stop updating and he cleaned some malware. But the most important thing that ge did was to disable certain update. After that the boot time was less than two minutes. The process svchost.exe is taking 95% of cpu. Then comes trustedinstaller.exe and msmpeng.exe ( microsoft security essentials) is working too. This thing is happening again and there is only 1 reason why, i did not do anything else that could affect system. The volume icon went missing and i already solved this before by activating some reg file. And that us it. If someone knows that update he can tell me and i would really apreciate it.

Help, I am the IT of the house but I need some big help my dad has a laptop (ASUS A53Z) and went to a video to mp3 website with a pop up and he clicked the X to exit out and he also had problem with Adobe Flash so I said uninstall it cuz you don't need a pop up for Adobe Flash constantly saying update, update so he uninstalled it, then he went to Microsoft Office word 2010 and it said sorry could not authenticate the license and tried to troubleshoot and cannot and closed out he tried that 3 times same thing happened so I said turn it off maybe the uninstall of flash hindered something then we turned it on and right after the windows 7 login there is a black screen and nothing else happens so I'm wondering did I do something wrong with uninstalling flash or did it trigger something from a malware or virus from the pop-up ads from that sketchy website if not I can boot into safe mode but I have a black screen also and I cannot get a Windows 7 ISO and if I did it would delete all of his data so I'm wondering is there a workaround or are we pretty much screwed. Thank you.

Just put my first build together today and I had a successful test boot outside of the case but noticed the start up was only recognizing half of (8gb) of the memory, so I switched them around and made sure they were really seated correctly. I assembled the rest inside the case and everything appeared to be working correctly but it was not booting. Took the RAM out and re installed and I'm now getting a 55 on the Q code. I've tried everything, switching the configuration, resetting the BIOS, booting with one stick of RAM and it's still stuck on that 55. I even tried different RAM (brand new) in it and it's still staying no memory. Is it possible for the DIMM slots to break or something? Running out of ideas here and I've googled everything. Its an ASUS Maximus VII Hero MoBo Intel i5 4690 processor Corsair Vengeance 16 Gb (2 8's) 1866mhz RAM EVGA GeFORCE 970 gtx Video Card Corsair 850w power supply gold rated