Questions tagged [motherboard]
The motherboard or mainboard is the central printed circuit board (PCB) in many modern computers and holds many of the crucial components of the system.
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How to interpret 'number of connectors' in Corsair PSU manual?
I have slight difficulty in understanding ‘Total Connectors’ number as mentioned in Corsair PSU manuals. More specifically the EPS connector.
Some of the newer power hungry boards & CPUs now need ...
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No video output after BIOS upgrade
My PC's WiFi was disconnecting intermittently. I tried common solutions like network reset and reconnecting, but they didn't work. After installing the latest WiFi driver from the MSI website, the ...
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RAM compatibility issues
I have an ASUS M2N68-AM SE2 motherboard, I want DDR2 RAM so I bought a Simmtronics 2GB DDR2 800 MHz RAM, after I plug it into my motherboard it doesn't turn on with my old RAM,
but if I plug only the ...
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how do we recover boot for motherboard MSI PRO H510M-B. we have one long beep two short beeps
how do we recover motherboard MSI PRO H510M-B. we have one long beep two short beeps. light on VGA - indicates GPU is not detected or fail. How do we solve the problem?. memory Apacer NOX [...
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Troubleshooting white VGA LED on ASUS B550M motherboard
I'd like to ask. What can I do to fix my pc? Yesterday I turned it off as usual, but today the PC won't boot and the VGA led is constantly white.
Pc specs:
Ryzen 5 1600, stock cooler
Gtx 1050ti, ...
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Additional 4-pin power connector on motherboard [closed]
Do I need to connect the ATX12V 4-pin power connector in addition to the standard EPS12V 8-pin power connector on my motherboard? If not, will damage result if I do?
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MotherBoard or NVME disc error - unclear
Recently there was a power outage, and while the PC seemed fine, woke up later to all NVME disks not being bootable.
I had a dual boot win11 and ubuntu, I was still able to access all the files on the ...
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Determine max installable RAM for a CPU that supports but no official motherboard support
I have a Lenovo Ideapad-520IKB laptop with a single 16GB memory SODIMM module and no soldered memory on motherboard. I want to upgrade it to 32GB (or 24GB if 32 not possible)
When I searched Lenovo ...
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Why does my PC lag after installing Nvidia graphics? Closing programs by its own and stutters [closed]
As I am installing my Nvidia driver my PC is stuttering, programs are crashing, sometimes screen is going black, sometimes monitor is saying no signal, I am very frustrated.
And talked to MSI ...
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Intel server not booting with dual processors
I've bought an intel S2600WF server. At first, I put two Intel Xeon Gold 6148 processors into the server, but then it got stuck on the initialization screen after "Memory initialization complete. ...
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Reflowing my laptop GPU, any advice? [closed]
I recently revived my old HP Elitebook 8560p with a Radeon 6470m GPU and need some advice on keeping it functional. Here’s the situation:
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Six years ago, my GPU overheated from extensive ...
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Missing M.2 screw that I can't identify for MSI MPG B550 Gaming Plus"
I just received a second M.2 SSD that I'm trying to install, but the screw wasn't included in the box and isn't in my motherboard's box. It doesn't help that it looks like an uncommon screw type
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Combining more than 2 GPUs for gaming
I have seen rigs for multiple GPUs used for training AI, crypto mining, and password cracking, and I'm wondering if something similar could be done for gaming?
In trying to research this on my own, ...
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Can computer components be damaged if they stay off for a long time?
I want to know if computer components can be damaged if they stay a long time off?
For example, if a good working PC stay off for some years, this can damage for example the motherboard or RAM ... or ...
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Notebook CPU upgrade: Pentium to i7
I have an old notebook and I'm considering to upgrade the CPU. My current setup is:
Product Name: Notebook Gateway NE56R
Motherboard: Q5WVH LA-7912P, rev 1.0
Chipset: Mobile Intel® HM77 Express | ...
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