I got a fairly old PC with an AMD A8 7680 apu. to upgrade from the integrated graphics. I bought a RX 550. I followed the standard DDU in safe mode, then shut down, installed the new GPU, got out of safe mode, and let it download its own graphics driver. The PC still boots, and the monitor has a display. As it downloaded its own graphics driver, the monitor lost signal. but the PC is still running. When I try to restart it, the PC boots, mouse, and keyboard both work, but my monitor has no signal. When I removed the GPU and reconnected my display connectors to the APU, the monitor had a display. As I check the device manager, it shows that it downloaded the rx 550 graphics driver that has been hidden. I redid the process of installing, but I tried using the adrenaline in their website that is compatible with the GPU, but the same thing happened after downloading the graphics driver. I only have an old monitor that uses VGA; however, I have been using an adapter to connect to the HDMI port. and that adapter works as I connect it with my motherboard and have been using it since there is a problem with my PC's VGA port. How do you think I should resolve my problem? I have tried clean install of OS since i thought that old drivers are conflicting but same problem is showing. went to a repair shop but they also dont know, they tried repasting the cpu since they thought it is because of overheating but the problem persist.

Hello, my friend's PC was having issues. It would bluescreen at least once a day. He upgraded the power supply but the issue persisted, so he gave me the computer and bought a new one instead.

He said it was likely a faulty RAM issue, so I bought new RAM and did a clean installation of windows 11, but the problem persisted.

We then replaced the motherboard, which worked for about a week until it started bluescreening again.

Finally we put back the old motherboard and put in a new CPU but it still restarted. Also, when it bluescreened it would often fall into a boot cycle and never actually get boot. I had to turn it completely off with the power strip and then turn it back on.

The screen recently started flickering every 2-4 seconds, then it did it a couple times per second, and finally went solid black, restarting without an actual bluescreen. When looking in the event viewer it gives the issue as "kernel-power 41" but google searches seem to lead nowhere.

I am at my wits end and would like to know if there is anything I could be missing or not thinking of? I will include a parts list of everything in the PC currently. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/2tnzn6 Thanks you so much!

edit: I should add I asked on the discord server too. Just wanted to cover my bases here too.

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I’m having an issue with my pc boot loading. It takes a very long time to do anything it just sits there for ages.

I’ve tried cleaning the reg and that isn’t helping. It’s a windows 10 os I haven’t made any changes recently

Hopefully someone might know what I can do to hopefully fix it

I’m not sure how to explain it aside from it takes almost 10 mins before it starts even then it goes back to that and then eventually loads.

During this freeze thing I can’t access anything such as bios or boot options

I have experience with reinstalling an os but I rather not do that if I don’t have too

I thank you for any help

my Hp elitebook 840 g7 won't charge when connected to a docking station like it used to.

i've tried with the built in dock in my monitor and the hp docking station i have but neither worked. i still have video out, mouse and keyboard work and network too but the laptop won't charge.
both docks are still able to charge other devices, i'm pretty sure the problem's just the laptop.

since both ports aren't working i thought it was the battery dying (since it's about 4yo) but it can still power the laptop for a few hours and will still charge with the hp proprietary charger.

i don't know much about laptops; i'm ok with taking it apart but i don't really know what to look for. i've checked the bios and both ports are enabled; they don't work even when the laptop is powered off so i think the problem might not be caused by software (i might be wrong).

what should i check? i'm absolutely clueless

the logo of the company that doesn't seem to have a customer support anymore

Tried messing with different settings and changing passwords in the bios. It’s really hard to get into the bios as well for some reason. Really want to get past this password it’s for an elderly man, and his 2003 gateway laptop it’s an absolute artifact.

Latitude 3540 powers up with the backlit keyboard coming on but unfortunately the backlight of the monitor comes on but nothing is displayed.however if I run the bist it shows perfectly. I have tried all sorts of repair options ranging from changing the RAM and reseating everything is this a motherboard issue? Also have no error codes. Doesn't even display anything on an external monitor as well :(

My HP Pavilion 15 won't turn on unless I heat it with a hair dryer XD , WHAT CAN BE ?

When I try to run a game, it works for a while, and then my card crashes, I get a black screen, and the fans start spinning too loud.

It´s not a thermal paste issue if you meant to write me this. And there are latest drivers installed.

Hi!

i had this Asus motherboard that died after a failed bios update. (its a ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING)

Got the eeprom reader (ch314a), desoldered the eeprom and mounted it on the reader, got a reading in the program so the eeprom its still alive but the point is: where do i find the needed file to write on it? i have tried many methods and the motherboard refuses to come back to life, on some pages they say that i need to rewrite the serial number on the bios itself but cant find anything that helps.

How do i proceed?

Hi,

only 1 key has this problem: when I press it, nothing is registered, after like 10 seconds it works, and the delay between not working and working is less when using such key frequently. When such key pressed with other key, the other key works the broken still have the delay.

So the "broken" key works, but has delays - meaning when pressed will get registered after while and work like normal.

Seems like the delay was way less noticeable on Linux, reinstalling Windows does nothing.

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My Graphic card driver is lost from device Manager after I get these 2 bsod frequently, I have to restart many times and reset the bios many times to get it back, With it my intel PCIe controller driver also throws an error in the device manager. I have done like reinstalling the graphics driver but as soon as I enable the dgpu graphic driver on my laptop any of the above bsod appear just after some time.

Intel PCIe controller (x16): An ACPI power object failed to transition state. (error in intel driver)

My Laptop: Acer predator helios 300, i7 10th gen, rtx 3060, 16GB ram, windows 10.
Some strange thing: From some days when the laptop sleeps it shuts down instead of sleeping, the screen light is blue but it dosen't respond, respond only after I force shut down it using power button.
Please I am not able to comprehend that is it a hardware or a software issue.

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Ok so I have a Deep Cool liquid cooler that has two fans. One of them is slowing down and needs to be replaced or cleaned not sure if that's a thing. My question is can I replace it with any fan or does it need to follow some specifications other than size and daisy chaining? Also should I replace both fans or just the one that's having issues?

I just found my 10 year old laptop (HP 15-r030wm) and thought it would be fun to upgrade the RAM, slap a new SSD in it and see how it runs with Linux.

1. What is the issue?

When I put in the new RAM the laptop screen stays black and doesn't boot.

2. What fixes have you tried?

• I removed the laptop battery and held the power button for 20 seconds before dismantling and installing the RAM
• I installed the new RAM and attempted to power on the laptop, the screen stayed completely black. The power and WLAN LED (on F12 key) both came on, but the hard drive light did not. Every 10 seconds or so the PC will restart (I think) because the lights briefly go out and the CD/DVD drive makes a sound.
• I put the old RAM back in and it boots no problem. I am very confident the screen is properly connected.
• The RAM socket has "1.5V" etched on it, even though the manual specifically calls for 1.35V low voltage RAM. Not sure why it's on there, the old RAM is 1.35V DDR3L.
• I tried powering on with no RAM installed and the caps lock light blinks three times. This doesn't happen with the new RAM.
• I removed the CMOS battery for 10 minutes, put everything back together with the new RAM and held the power button for 30+ seconds to try to reset the BIOS. The screen still stays black. When I put the old RAM back in and powered on, I got a message that the CMOS checksum changed and the BIOS will be reset.
• I couldn't find BIOS update files online. Everything seemed to point to installing HP Support Agent or something like that, but I already removed Windows from the original hard drive.

3. What are your specs?

HP 15-r030wm Old RAM (top in pic): Samsung 4GB 1Rx8 PC3L - 12800S DDR3 SODIMM New RAM (bottom): Timetec 8GB 2Rx8 PC3L - 12800S DDR3 SODIMM

4. Any recent logs in event viewer that may provide clues?

N/A

5. Any recent BSODs? If so please paste the error message.

N/A

6. Any recent changes to your PC?

New battery, RAM and SSD. I've individually tested each component and only the RAM gives issue.

While trying to replace my fan on my laptop, this wire that was connected to the battery came off and wont stick back on, any idea on how to fix? The laptop is an Asus Zenbook Flip 15 UX564

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My laptop is HP pavilion gaming. Wifi gets disconnected when I move my laptop. Bluetooth also re-connect to bluetooth device. so I think maybe hardware issue?. In windows, the wifi gets disconnected but wifi is on and wifi devices are showing but when I try to connect, "cannot connect to this device". I have dual boot (win10 + ubuntu). I am facing similar problem with both. So remove my laptop back piece and reattach the antenna to the wifi card. The wifi card looks firmly secured. so I think the problem is with the antenna. The antenna goes upto laptop display right? and I have to remove all the parts including motherboard the access that. I have not dis-assembled a entire laptop before. So is that better to go-to technician or try myself.

My short term resolve to this problem is:

windows - Run the network troubleshooter when this problem occurs, then the wifi adapter is reset. Then the wifi is connected and works well(until the next time I move).

ubuntu - Didn't try because I work in desk during work time. so don't move laptop that much. I think I can do some things in terminal.

Is there any easy way to do this in windows using terminal or software side or should I solve the hardware issue.

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I’m helping my sister move her motherboard and other pieces to a new case, but the last screw to the mobo was so stubborn that the screw is stripped to shit.

We’ve tried rubber bands, pulling it with pliers, and it’s not budging at all. We do t wanna break the mobo but we’re at our wits end. Any advice to get a stubborn piece of metal out?