I can't get into the BIOS to write settings because I can't access the first PCI slot, screen is blank, and i don't have a spare cooler. I already have a PS5.
I understand without having the same board no one can confirm this for sure; is there any more general evidence to suggest that if I...
I'm open to buying another cooler, but it is my backup HTPC rig and a 4 year old GPU - I wouldn't consider it modern anymore, my main gaming will be on ryzen 5000 and rtx 3000... this old HTPC 3930k will likely be CPU bottlenecked a bit won't it? And it's gaming duty list is much lighter weight...
I am assembling my old spare parts into an HTPC gaming PC: Asus Rampage IV Extreme with 3930k (socket LGA 2011), evga GTX 1080 TI, Corsair 4000D Airflow. I junked my old Corsair H80i AIO and replaced it with a Noctua NH-D15, but like a dummy I assumed it would work being LGA2011 compatible but...
An update for anyone interested. After using a Ryzen 3000 series chip to update the BIOS and swapping back to the 5950x, everything went on flawlessly. No detectable damage seems to have occurred. I ran memory test for 14 hours, zero errors, prime 95 and other benchmark software is stable...
Thanks, all. Another academic question: does the SCP (Short Circuit Protection) feature on the Corsair AX1600i come into play at all in the scenario described here?
Thank you for the clarification. First time in 20 years I’ve ever done such, hence the anxiety around it. To any future googlers, clearly you do not want to deal with the stress of wondering even if it works out fine.
As far as my belief, no, I do not know if it is a common occurrence. That is...
Geez, UsandThem, did you read my posts? From the very beginning I stated I was well aware this is a problem and thus concerned. I’ve built over 50 rigs, accidents happen. What’s with the antagonist attitude?
Gotcha, thank you mindless. That all makes sense and is very helpful. Also good to hear that I would not experience a shortened lifespan problem 2+ years down the road due to this (my main concern if all boots up and tests out) and that any problem, if any, should be more immediately diagnosable...
Well, I was getting this in the first place after meticulously assembling the build, which is what sparked the troubleshooting. So if that's the case, the components came defective. After a number of part swaps, I got mixed up on one go with the PSU standby power still kicking to the...
Thank you for these very detailed answers. I’ve been a bit stressed because I was troubleshooting my new premium build (specs in sig) - it wouldn’t boot, and I was swapping components. Turns out I suspect the issue is that I need a Ryzen 3000 chip to update my boards bios.
In all my years I’ve...
Computer off, but power supply still plugged in and on with motherboard LED light on. How bad is changing a PCIe card, GPU, or RAM module in this state?
I know this is not best practice, that’s not the question. Question is, if done accidentally, how likely is it to actually damage something...
My motherboard has a heatsink spreader built into the shield piece for two m.2 ssd drives. The spreader is all one piece. I am planning to leave one slot empty and install one drive right now... but will add a 2nd m.2 ssd in the near future... meaning to do so I have to remove the whole...
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