GTX 1060 causes no display or USB input—could the card or power supply be faulty?
My nine-year-old GTX 1050 Ti 4GB stopped working, so I bought a refurbished GTX 1060 Windforce OC 6GB as a replacement. The new card's fans spin, but when…
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Monitor loses signal during gaming, but the PC keeps running
My PC works normally for browsing and other light tasks, but after playing games such as Counter-Strike or Rainbow Six Siege for a while, the game may freeze…
Is my RX 9060 XT defective, or is it incompatible with my Lenovo system?
I bought a Lenovo Legion 5i Gen 7 in December 2022 with an i5-11400, RTX 3050, and 8 GB of RAM. I later upgraded it to 32 GB…
My 9070 XT randomly loses display signal and requires a full power cycle
I recently built a PC with a Radeon 9070 XT, Ryzen 7 7800X3D, 32GB of Corsair Dominator RGB DDR5, a 1TB M.2 SSD, and an ASUS ROG Strix…
Nvidia GPU Shows Code 43 and Won’t Output to a Monitor
The Nvidia GPU appears in the BIOS, but Windows cannot use it: HDMI output does not work and GPU-intensive applications fail. I have already restarted several times, completely…
Nvidia GPU Shows Code 43 and Won’t Output to a Monitor
The Nvidia GPU appears in the BIOS, but Windows won't let me use it. HDMI output doesn't work, and GPU-intensive applications fail. I've already restarted after removing the…
Why did my RX 9070 XT benchmark drop from 250 FPS to 170 FPS?
I installed an RX 9070 XT today and am seeing around 170 FPS in a benchmark where I expected about 250 FPS. I have not intentionally changed any…
New Radeon RX 9060 XT has power but won’t display or POST
I'm replacing a working RTX 2080 with a brand-new Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB, but the new card produces no display and the system doesn't appear…
RX 9070 Suddenly Has No Display Output During Boot
My PC completely freezes during startup and the monitor never receives a video signal; its indicator stays yellow/orange in standby. The RX 9070 worked normally for about two…
GTX 1070 Causes Black-Screen Crashes During Gaming
My used GTX 1070 crashes during games, even after I removed and reinstalled the graphics drivers, disabled hardware acceleration, switched to a balanced power plan, underclocked the card,…
RTX 3080 Ti Stuck at 220W and 900 MHz Despite Low Temperatures
I recently bought a used GALAX RTX 3080 Ti Gamer and tested it with 3DMark, but the score is only around 2,800 instead of the roughly 5,000 I…
Is my GTX 1650 failing, or could something else be causing these crashes?
My computer has been used regularly for about four or five years, and the crashes only began recently after I reinstalled Windows. It has crashed while doing several…
New RX 9070 Detected but Games and 3DMark Crash Immediately
I just installed a new RX 9070, but I can't run games or 3DMark without crashes. I used DDU to remove the previous graphics drivers, installed the latest…
Is My RX 5700 Failing? System Hard-Freezes During Gaming
Whenever I launch a game, the entire computer hard-freezes after one to three minutes and requires a forced restart. After rebooting, the system no longer detects my Radeon…
5070 Ti Loses All Display Output Under Sustained Heavy Load
I have been troubleshooting an approximately one-year-old PNY GeForce RTX 5070 Ti OC for two months. During sustained heavy GPU workloads, all three connected monitors—using a mix of…
GTX 1660 Works for a Few Minutes Then Causes a Black Screen
I bought a used GTX 1660 for $50, but it only works for about 5–10 minutes after installation. Then the display goes black and the entire PC hangs.…
GTX 1650 suddenly lost performance across multiple games
My GTX 1650 OC 4GB used to run Horizon Forbidden West at around 70 FPS, but near the end of my playthrough it suddenly dropped to about 20…
Is This Clicking Noise From My Used RTX 5060 a Failing Fan Bearing?
I bought a used PC containing an MSI RTX 5060 8G SHADOW 2X OC. The card has a 0 RPM fan-stop mode, but whenever the fans start spinning,…
RX 9060 XT 16GB stuck below 500 MHz during games and stress tests
I recently built a new PC with a 16GB RX 9060 XT, but the GPU clock never rises above roughly 500 MHz. In AAA games, the card shows…
Why is my RX 580 2048SP only using around 100W while gaming?
My used RX 580 8GB 2048SP only draws about 100W and runs at roughly 1286 MHz while I have Steam and Silent Hill 2 Remake open. I'm worried…