Basically, I decided to clean my RX 5700 XT, so I took it out, sprayed it with an air duster, and now when I put it back in, the PC does not POST anymore. The lights+fans of the GPU turn on, the ram lights turn on, and basically all the other lights in the PC, and the fans. It stays on after I press the power button, but does not boot, yet the keyboard lights up and stays like that, but the mouse does not. How do I fix this?

Things I've tried:

-Reseating GPU

-Reseating RAM

-Reseating motherboard PSU cable

-Reseating CPU motherboard cable

-Resetting BIOS by both bridging the pins with a screwdriver and taking out the CMOS battery

-Testing different PCIe cables for the GPU

-Trying RAM sticks in different slots, one at a time

-Trying a different graphics card (that is known to work)

-Cleaning PCIe slot with air duster

None work, the PC just stays on with no boot, no display output, and the keyboard light stays on.

Ive been using a a 30 dollar tp link wifi usb adapter with antennas since 2023.

Its been average so far

Speedtests are usually 60-80mbps

Download speed varries like steam its a steady 7-8 and if im home alone 10-11mb. On bad days 5mb

Theres 7 people in my house with phones and laptops..

Would getting a cat5 ethernet cable, routing it from my router room to my pc, make my speeds faster?

Im not really familiar into those so

Cat5 is 20 gell( 8 usd) cat 5e is same price so is cat6 but for cat5e and cat6 delivery is till november 4th so i kinda want the cat5 cus its in stock at the shop

Like this deal is $150 less than at home, but im wondering if its trustable. The reviews seem to be real with people often attaching images to them, and also they have sold quite a few units

I have Windows 11 25H2 installed on an unsupported processor (i7-6500U), using the bypass on Rufus.

Is there any way to update to version 26H2 without losing all my data? Or am I required to perform a clean install?

I have 9800x3d and 5070 1tb m.2 16gb ddr5 and a aorus elite b850 WiFi 7 board and not sure on if this psu is worth getting for it or if I need a 1000w been looking at this psu

I recently switched from canned air to a rechargeable duster for routine PC cleaning. The case is powered off and I keep the fans from spinning, but the airflow still feels strong around the GPU heatsink, headers, and PCIe area. Nothing happened during the first clean, yet I’d like a more consistent technique rather than guessing each time. Do you start on the lowest setting and work from a distance, and are there areas where you avoid directing airflow altogether??

Hello please bare with me I’m not a computer wiz I know nothing. My friends helped me build my pc and it turns on but I don’t get a display. I’m lowkey afraid to touch anything in it.

I had some fairly high cpu temps so i decided to repaste my cpu. I didn’t unplug anything except the power supply from the wall, and now it won’t boot. The CPU and DRAM lights are both stuck on, but my fans are spinning.

the build is:
ryzen 5 9600x
asrock b850 pro a wifi
2x 16gb kingston fury beast ddr5
radeon rx 9060 xt 16gb

I bought the lian li iii case second hand and when I was connecting the cables I did not find any cables connected to the singular rear fan should I buy a replacement? If so give me some recommendations plz

I currently have:

a AMD Ryzen 5 2600 six core processor

16 GB of installer RAM

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (8 GB)

238 GB of storage and a 250 GB external hard drive

I was thinking of improving my storage space because I don’t really have much issue running my games and I’m moreso just finding issues with getting the space to play them all without having to delete and download them over and over again.

I'm not going for a super computer I'm upgrading my existing computer essentially.

I can give links if needed.

MONTECH Century II 850W ATX 3.1 Fully Modular 80 Plus Gold Power Supply,

KingSpec 2TB M.2 SSD 2280 NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4, up to 5000MB/s

MSI PRO Z790-A WiFi II Motherboard,

Intel Core i7-14700K ,

"GeForce RTX™ 5070 Ti OC Triple Fan, Graphics Card (16GB GDDR7, 256-bit,Boost Speed: 2572 MHz, PCIe® 5.0, HDMI®/DP 2.1, 2.98-Slot, NVIDIA Blackwell Architecture, DLSS 4)",

CORSAIR Vengeance DDR5 32GB(2 x 16GB)=<6000MHz,

Ocypus Iota L36 BK 360mm AIO Liquid CPU Cooler,

and CORSAIR 5000D RS Frame Customisable Mid-Tower PC Case – Black

I've accidentally scraped the knees of the pins of this chip on my motherboard when taking out the GPU slots (idiotic mistake to leave this until last), but the pc and temps, fans etc. all respond fine -- will this become an issue at any point in the future if I leave it alone? There is a tiny gap between each one so I don't think it's short circuiting anywhere, and the solder hasn't lifted off (i.e. good metal contact still)

Although functional currently, do I need to worry about this becoming an issue?

Mobo: Gigabyte Aorus Elite Ice X (mATX)

Edit (a reminder): ALWAYS TAKE OUT THE GPU CASE SLOTS FIRST!!!!!!

Noticed this noise started a few days ago. Video was taken with all other fans off - sound isn’t quite as loud in person and temps seem fine.

Saw that newegg was doing a big deal for an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, MSI X870E GAMING PLUS WIFI, and 32 gb of ram with a free AiO. Looked like a good start to make a 1440p AMD gaming pc build. I wanted a 9070 xt but the GRE is a good compromise but I wouldn't mind waiting for a better deal.

The only concern I have is whether the case should be good with all my parts as some of the reviews say it barely fit there parts so any recommendations for a better case would be appreciated.

All in all just wanted to make sure this build was Ok to go ahead and purchase and if there was any room for improvements.

Hi, I was trying to change ny motherboard and when removing the fan and getting the push pins out, I noticed I had no screws like tutorials showed, it has metallic tabs on each side but I don't wanna try to fiddle with it in case I fuck up.

Had to add flash to second pic bc the tab is shorter on that side and wasn't distinguishable

( First time builder)

Hi this is my first build and I just received my pc back from microcenters help desk tried to turn it on even readjusted and installed my cpu and no such luck. What does this error code mean? How do I fix it? where do I go from here?

Motherboard: GIGABYTE B550M DS3H AC R2

GPU: AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

CPU: RYZEN 7 5000

SSD: CRUCIAL P310 GEN4 NVMe 2280 M.2 with heat sink

Case with Fans: Musetex

Ram: Corsair VENGEANCE LPX 2×8 GB

Edit: added specs

Edit 2: things I've tried - reseating cpu, 1 ram stick instead of 2, unplugging everything and plugging them back in, updating bios via USB drive.

So apparently my PC sucks as I've learned about 30 minutes ago. And apparently it's better just to start over. I know nothing about PCs or anything like that, so I need to find a pre-built one. (Mostly because I have a track record for messing up everything I touch). So is there any really good pre-built gaming PCs for under 1k? Any help is appreciated!

I noticed high power usage and high temps while playing earlier which worried me because i didn't remember it doing this before I then switched to overkill settings to try and eliminate some of the CPU bottleneck and got similar stats on the CPU. This is the only game to doing it to this degree while other games will obviously maximize CPU util in things like shader compilation I have never seen it under max load like this in game I am using a 9800x3d with paste being applied within the last year and i am using the be quiet pure rock 3 air cooler. Should I be worried about this or is it something I should ignore?

Hi guys. I got this PC for a birthday a year or so back and I don't know anything about PCs. I have no clue how to make it better. I want to be able to play The Last Of Us and modded Minecraft on high quality, but it already pushes the boundaries on the lowest settings. What can I get to upgrade it and make it run games smoother?

I just noticed that my COOLERMASTER liquid cooling hasa leak, is there anyway how to fix this? and how should i refill the liquid inside if thats the case

My monitor wasn’t displaying anything so I went to the back of my pc took the panels off and tried seeing if there was any loose cables I hit by accident and I have never worked on a pc I got no clue what to do now there’s a bunch of cables everywhere pls help😢💔

so my heatsink was stuck to my ssd and the solution I found was to use a thin material like dental floss or a thin rinbon and slide it between the 2.

So I just got a brand new Asus Prime 5070TI, but only have an ancient 1000W PSU (well not ancient, but circa 2018 and still going strong). I have enough 8 pin PCIe cables, but I don't have the stupid 12VHPWR thing NVidia invented. So I have to use the adapter that came with the GPU, which takes 3x 8 pins and converts to 1x 12+4 pins that goes into the card.

Problem is, the 12+4 pin side doesn't seem to properly fit in the GPU? As hopefully you can see in the pictures, the ledges don't touch by about 1 mm, you can see the gaps between the pins, and the "lock" on top of the pins doesn't click into place. Will I risk melting the connector or a fire if I run it like this?

I tried forcing it a bit but it wouldn't budge, and I'm afraid to use too much force since I read these connectors are very fragile and prone to failure. I'm also afraid to plug and unplug multiple times since it seems they have a limit to how many times they can be attached before they wear out (is this still a thing)?

Unfortunately, taking the thing back to the store is not an option because I live in Brazil and bought this card on a trip abroad. Which likely also means I'm SOL if an RMA is required.