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    Lenovo thinkpad P1 GEN 4, screen dies after about 20 mins and it's nothing to do with power options

    I bought a Lenovo thinkpad P1 GEN 4 off Gumtree, was working well for a couple weeks then the screen started completely going blank. On two occasions I have also heard bios beep sequences which match up with "Display error". Although the beeps havent happened for a while. It's got 11th...
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    Cannot get into BIOS (Lenovo Thinkpad P1 Gen 4)

    I just got hold of a Lenovo Thinkpad P1 Gen 4. It's a cracking laptop apart from 1 major issue. Can't get into the BIOS for the life in me. I've tried repeatedly pressing F1, F12 (boot menu usually), DEL button, and the ENTER button (LENOVO site says some models use ENTER. Not one of...
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    I need a larger ATX motherbord. But which one?

    It is a gigabyte 450m DS3H. I need a board that will accomodate my gpu and soundblaster without blocking critical USB panel ports and SATA ports
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    I need a larger ATX motherbord. But which one?

    The motherboard is tiny. Ridiculously small. Especially now I have a soundcard and a GPU. I have bought a bigger case
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    I need a larger ATX motherbord. But which one?

    My system is 2 years old and quite modest by today's standards I'm running a Radeon RX 5600 XT, trusty old ryzen 5 3600, Creative Labs soundblasterX AE plus and 32gb DDR4 3200 ram. My board, however, is awful. It is so small the GPU and the soundcard are blocking SATA ports and other ports...
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    I bought SoundblasterX AE-plus + GigaWorks T40 Series II (Both creative Labs) and sound is awful

    i'm pretty annoyed TBH and expected much better from creative. I bought a combo SoundblasterX AE-plus soundcard and paired it with Creative GigaWorks T40 Series II (Both creative Labs) When the gigaworks speakers arrived I was pretty astonished to find one single audio lead with green jacks...
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    I need a program/subscription service that lets me control windows 10 usage hours

    I initially dismissed your suggestion because I needed the time limits to be imposed on an account that actually has admin priviliges but a quick google search suggests I may be able to do this via command prompt in admin mode. I will try tomorrow...
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    I need a program/subscription service that lets me control windows 10 usage hours

    I need a program/subscription service that lets me control windows 10 usage hours, preferably from another PC in another location I also need the service to be able to block websites in a family friendly manner and it needs to function in the administrator level account. I know it's a lot to...
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    How to identify the cause when nothing happens after switch on

    Yes all the obvious stuff has been checked for. Apparently it just failed during the evening a few nights ago. I an trying to see if there is a sneaky way of dianosing cpu / board without beeps or another machine to swap parts. PSU IS FINE Can lots of dust kill a machine like this? It was...
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    How to identify the cause when nothing happens after switch on

    Ive tested the PSU which is fine. So either Ryzen 3 3200g cpu or the Gigabyte A320M-S2H board. 16 gb ddr4 ram is a third option. No signs of life at all on switch on and there is no speaker to cause fault beeps. The PC was incredibly dusty which has probably the cause
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    Major Wifi issues with ASRock b450 fatal1ty itx

    I just built a compact Ryzen system with the asrock b450 fatal1ty itx motherboard. Everything is working great except the onboard WIFI. Even with antennas (Or Antennae if you prefer) screwed in The wifi is playing up like mad. Sometimes not seeing any networks, sometimes lets me get online...
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    Best reasonable cost ITX motherboard for ryzen 3 2200g

    I don't need a top end board but a good solid one with decent functionality.
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    Need a Ryzen Build which can run fortnite pretty well 1080p

    I need a Ryzen build (Only the motherboard, CPU, RAM and PSU) under £350 without a graphics card that can run fortnite maybe 40-50fps at 1080p. Is this possible for this price?
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    I need a cheapish reliable motherboard for a ryzen 3 2200G CPU

    Also does the Ryzen 3 2200 g perform better with 3000mhz ram? Thanks.
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    Intermittent black screen for 2-3 seconds Ryzen build

    Just built a Christmas gaming PC for the kids. Ryzen 7 1600, 16gb DDR4 ram, msi tomahawk b450 motherboard and radeon RX 580 pulse 8gb graphics card. Windows 10 64 bit installed. We got a 2 second duration black screen while on GTA 5. Didn't think much of it but it happened again about...
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    *** General Troubleshooting ***

    PC's really P!$$ me off sometimes. I just finished a new ryzen build. Setup windows 10 on it. Switched it off overnight. Turned it on the following morning and power cut off after 2 seconds. Everything switched on for two seconds then cut out. So I took the RAM out and reinserted it -...
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    Stock Ryzen 7 heatsink doesn't seem compatible with MSI Tomahawk B450 mainboard

    I bought a ryzen 7 1700 in the sale here alog with a MSI tomahawk b450. I am just about to install the fan but there are four screws mounted on the fan and no obvious place on the MSI motherboard for the screws to go into. Below is a screenshot of the cpu installed on the board. Note the...
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    Anybody know where I can find motherboard removal guide Dell Inspiron 15-1557

    Here's a link to a review of the laptop (It's a review site not a sales site) https://www.notebookcheck.net/Dell-Inspiron-15-7559-Notebook-Review.154635.0.html I need a guide to get the motherboard out. None on Youtube.
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    Free Shipping for Loyal Forum Members

    These forums don't get the credit they deserve. The advice available is immense.
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    Is my motherboard m.2 nvme compatible?

    Is it possible to buy a PCIE card that will allow you to install an M.3 Hard Drive?
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