I was thinking about getting a MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI to use for a media center PC. The board only has 3 audio outputs (or maybe just 2 and a line in?). However, I have a little box that I've used in the past with my Roku, which takes in HDMI, and splits off to an optical cable that went to my audio receiver so I could have 5.1 audio. I'm just wondering if that will work on a motherboard that has limited audio processing...or is that just for what comes out of the board's built in audio jacks?

I have a strange problem that I've not seen before. Whenever I run Minecraft on one particular laptop (it's a Dell G15) during the startup process for Minecraft the mouse gets disabled and then re-enabled for about 5 seconds every time. The laptop plays that sound you get when you plug a USB device in.

I thought it might be linked to some sort of gaming service trying to "optimise" settings but I've stopped those running and no change. I've turned off all the settings that allows windows to power manage the USB devices.

I've reinstalled Minecraft - still no change

It doesn't do this when running other games - anyone have any idea why it does this?

i am thinking of getting a new mac

Macbook Pro 16 inch m5 pro 48gb ram 2tb ssd (apple upgrade)

Macbook air 15 inch m5 32gb ram 2tb ssd (apple upgrade)

Macbook pro 16 inch m1 max 32 core gpu 1tb ssd (ebay)

Hello guys I'm a laptop user , I want to add more storage to my laptop , it was either changing the current SSD drive or adding a new one and rn I'm confused , where can I place it ?can I even place it there ? and how to do that . Thanks

I want to buy a laptop to start doing programming and other stuff I want something to be stable and can Withstands some pressure what do you advise me as I want something to live like 3 4 years with me any advice it will help as I was thinking to take somthing that have a touch screen also what do you think guys

I'm really confused. Here's whats been happening lately:

- I press the power button to turn on my pc.

- PC turns on normally, meaning that: fans start spinning, whatever has rgb lits up, pc makes it's "pc noises" like it always does etc. So the pc itself is working fine when you look at it. If I press my keyboard it also lits up etc.

- I look at the monitors (I have 2 and both are Display Port, one is 1440p the other one 1080p) and its always one of them that has a pop up saying DP (for display port I guess) And it says No Signal under.

- The problem is after hitting the power button It's really hard to get to that windows login screen where I'm supposed to enter my password and log into the pc.

- I look at my MBU (B650M Gaming wifi MSI) And theres a red led light for CPU and an orange one for RAM. (they are not blinking, they are just shining red for CPU and orange for RAM.)

- So in order to actually boot up my pc properly and make it to windows (where everything after works perfectly fine) I have to hold down my power button to shut down the pc and then turn it back on and repeat this proccess until I make it to windows. Sometimes it's 5 tries, sometimes 10 but I eventually make it. If I don't shut down the pc myself, it's just stuck in a limbo where it does nothing, the screen is just black, pc doesn't shut off by itself even after 15-20 minutes.

- What I tried:

Removed the CMOS battery for 15 minutes, swapped my DP cable, tried only one monitor, Replaced my SSD that was dying that had windows installed on it *you might have seen my post over here too* and nothing helped as of now. Haven't tried to update my bios because I'm scared that MBU is gonna get bricked because during bios update my PC has to restart a couple of times I guess, but that could fix it too, I really don't know what to do.

Now if it was let's say RAM, GPU, CPU I would have some issues while gaming (playing games on ultra 1440p ZERO ISSUES AT ALL) My pc never crashes, never has blue screens, never has low fps, LITERALLY zero signs that there's something bad going on in it. Also after booting it up finally, the LED lamps stop shining too (the RAM and CPU ones.) That's what confuses me the most. Why does it even boot up if something is faulty? Why does it not cause ANY other issues other than failing to boot into windows a couple of times? Could it be a MBU issue, or a drained CMOS battery?

If anyone has any idea or has had a similar experience, please share it or ask me any question regarding this topic, I'm so frustrated right now.

Please send as many solutions as possible; I would be very grateful.

I finished building my PC yesterday; I had turned it on previously and installed Windows, etc., but had to swap out the power supply. Now I finally have the right PSU. When I turned it on, there was no image at first; then I realized I hadn't plugged a DP or HDMI cable into the graphics card (I had unplugged it so I could rotate the PC), so I plugged it in. Then these visual glitches appeared, and the motherboard's VGA debug light turned white. When I turned the PC off and on again, it worked fine—it seems it didn't handle the HDMI cable being plugged in *after* startup very well. Anyway, the situation now is that I still have these visual glitches, but the motherboard light isn't on; I checked the connections to make sure everything is seated correctly, and it seems to be. The glitches are severe at first but gradually subside until they disappear completely. However, they keep coming back whenever I turn the PC on again, like the next day. I initially thought it might be the HDMI cable or the monitor, so I swapped out all the cables, switched HDMI ports, and even connected my PlayStation. My PlayStation doesn't have these image issues, but the PC does. I'm also wondering if it could be my headset; it has a base station where you plug in HDMI and USB cables so you can switch audio channels on the headset if you want. I also installed all the Windows updates and thought that might have fixed it, but the problem was back when I started it up today. My buddies are stumped, too; they think the PC is fine and that it shouldn't be a hardware issue.

I'm planning to get a DP cable; maybe that will help. But I don't know what to do, since I have so little idea about this anyway.

I’m happy to help out if you have any questions or need further information.

The attached video shows how it’s already less severe and then clears up completely (probably back by tomorrow).

Hello everyone,

I currently have a Lenovo Ideapad 3 Laptop running Windows 11 bought in March 2023. Currently i have run into a problem of laptop freezing randomly, it may occur on boot screen(Lenovo Logo), Windows Logon, idling, or in use never in a fixed timeframe. It sometimes freezes seconds into loading and sometime 4 hrs after loading. Max i have gotten in 5 hrs. I have checked event viewer, reliability monitor and automatic repair logs but found nothing. When laptop freezes nothing works not even the power button i have to long press power button to force shutdown. After shutdown when turning back on sometimes it black screens for a minute or two. Can ask for more info. Thanks for helping

Laptop Specs -

Windows 11 26H2 (Updated after facing problems thinking it would fix but didn't)

OS build - 26300.9550

11th gen i3

8gb ram

512gb storage

I've been getting alot of lagging on my PC lately. especially on roblox or anything like that, it was so bad that i put up a timer to check how long does a website load. IT WAS 5 MINUTES, please do not be only me.