Why has my gaming performance suddenly dropped from 150 FPS to around 30 FPS?
I built my PC near the end of 2024, originally using a Radeon 6750 XT. I later upgraded to an RTX 5070 and then to an RTX 5080…
GPU troubleshooting
No Display Output on a Newly Built PC—How Can I Diagnose It?
I'm building a PC with an ASUS Prime B550-A WiFi II motherboard, Ryzen 5 4500 CPU, Wraith Stealth cooler, ASUS RTX 2060 6GB, one unbranded 4GB DDR4-2133 stick,…
Web Apps Freeze and Trigger AMD Driver Timeouts While Games Run Normally
My web applications occasionally slow to a crawl and then freeze at the same time, sometimes making the entire computer nearly unresponsive. When it happens, the AMD software…
No Display Signal on a New Ryzen 5 4500 Build
I'm building a PC with an ASUS Prime B550-A WiFi II motherboard, Ryzen 5 4500, Wraith Stealth cooler, ASUS RTX 2060 6GB, two different 4GB DDR4 sticks (one…
Why Has My Gaming Performance Suddenly Dropped So Much?
I built my PC near the end of 2024, originally using a Radeon 6750 XT. After upgrading to an RTX 5070 and later an RTX 5080, American Truck…
Windows 11 freezes for 10–20 seconds during games—could the GPU or power supply be causing it?
Since around August or September, my Windows 11 PC has been freezing roughly every 15 minutes, especially while playing Overwatch or Roblox. The mouse still moves, but the…
New AM5 PC Won’t POST and Gets Stuck on White and Yellow Motherboard LEDs
I'm very new to building PCs and assembled a new system with a friend. It powers on, all the fans spin, and the lighting works, but it won't…
RTX 3050 Causes a Black Screen After a Few Minutes of Use
My PC starts normally with a Gigabyte RTX 3050 installed, but the display cuts out after roughly 3–4 minutes. The fans and RGB remain powered, and the monitor…
GTX 1660 Super powers on but isn’t detected or displaying video
I'm using a B650 Aorus Elite AX motherboard with a GTX 1660 Super. The graphics card's fans spin, but the monitor stays black when the HDMI cable is…
Refurbished GTX 1060 Causes No Display or USB Response
My nine-year-old GTX 1050 Ti recently died, so I bought a refurbished GTX 1060 Windforce OC 6GB as a replacement. The new card's fans spin, but when it…
RTX 4090 Black Screens With PCIe Completion Timeouts—How Can I Isolate the Fault?
I'm troubleshooting an increasingly frequent black-screen and hard-lock problem with an ASUS TUF RTX 4090 OC. During games, the monitor suddenly loses signal while audio, fans, and system…
New AM5 PC Won’t Complete POST and Shows White and Yellow Motherboard LEDs
I'm new to building PCs and assembled my first system with a friend. The computer powers on, all fans and RGB lighting work, but it won't complete POST.…
What could be causing RTX 4090 black screens and thousands of PCIe timeout errors?
I'm troubleshooting an intermittent black-screen and hard-lock problem with an ASUS TUF RTX 4090 OC. During games, the monitor suddenly loses signal while audio, fans, and lighting may…
New RTX 5060 PC turns on, but the monitor shows no signal
I just bought a €1,100 PC with an MSI GeForce RTX 5060. When I powered it on for the first time, the monitor stayed off and the graphics…
PC Stops at the VGA Debug LED After a Crash—Could the GPU or PSU Be at Fault?
My PC stopped booting after shutting down while I was playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. The motherboard now stops on the white VGA debug LED, which…
Why does this older PC black-screen and restart after installing an RTX 5060?
My sister has an older PC with an Intel i5-9400F, MAG B365M Mortar motherboard, and 16 GB of RAM. Her previous graphics card began showing artifacts, so she…
RTX 5070 Powers On but Shows No Display
I upgraded my PC from an RTX 3060 to an RTX 5070 12GB, replaced my Ryzen 7 3700X with a Ryzen 9 5950X, and upgraded the power supply…
Black Screen and Maxed-Out GPU Fans After Upgrading to an RTX 3070
I recently upgraded from a GTX 1650 to an RTX 3070 so I could play newer games at better settings, even though my i5-9400F may bottleneck it a…
Newly Built PC Worked Once, but Now Powers On With No Display
I just finished building a new PC. On the first boot, it powered on normally, displayed an image, and let me enter the BIOS, but I couldn't get…
Gaming PC Loses Display and Ramps Up GPU Fans at Random
My PC was completely stable for about six months, but it has recently started having display-related crashes during gaming. At first, the screen would turn solid gray and…