TheMightyEthan Posted January 11, 2016 Report Share Posted January 11, 2016 Yeah, my first thought was PSU, although it could be a loose connection on basically anything connected to the mobo. It's just shutting off right, no bluescreen or anything? That to me suggests it's something with the PSU or a power cable, not a data cable. I hope it's not the PSU, a dying PSU can take the whole machine with it. Sometimes when my cat jumps on my PC it restarts, which I've concluded has to be due to static discharge, so GOH's right that it could be almost anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baconrath Posted January 11, 2016 Report Share Posted January 11, 2016 I think I'm going to toggle automatic restart upon system failure and see what kind of error(s) I get Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 I think this has happened to me before, and the cause was one of my RAM sticks had gone bad, or the slot it takes on the motherboard has gone bad. Try moving to another slot, it might help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 Typically bad RAM/RAM slot would cause a bluescreen though, not an instant restart. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 Yeah, no bluescreen and just a sudden restart while playing a game is most likely some sort of short on the mobo or a PSU problem. if the RAM or GPU or even CPU have issues, usually you will get a blue screen. A short or bad PSU will cut power, though, and cause an immediate restart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted January 13, 2016 Report Share Posted January 13, 2016 So in the process of installing my new PSU I also reinstalled my old SSD. It worked initially but in the process of playing around with it it for some odd reason went to being not detected. I was about to completely wipe it since I think it still contains some elements of my old boot drive. No big deal, I'll just restart my computer to see if it comes back up. Nope! My current boot drive (a SSD) also goes undetected. This freaked me the fuck out but luckily unplugging my old SSD seems to resolve this issue. So what do you guys think is going on here? BIOS problems? SATA ports/Mobo problems? If my current SSD didn't go dark I would assume that my old SSD is junked but my old SSD going undetected was the main reason why I replaced it in the first place. So an old problem resurfaces. As a side note, modular PSU are pretty neat. No mess of extra cables to hide! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 13, 2016 Report Share Posted January 13, 2016 That sounds to my inexpert ear like a mobo/sata problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 So my HTPC is making a kind of burning smell, and I can't figure out what's causing it. I opened it up and blew out the dust from everywhere I could find (there wasn't much), it functions normally and nothing is visibly wrong. I have no idea what to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 After further investigation (read: turning it on for a while until the smell got strong, then sniffing around the inside) I think it's the PSU. So I ordered a replacement, since I can't think what else to do other than start replacing parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 PSU would be my guess as well. One of my first computers had it happen to it. The computer worked but there was a pretty strong burning smell, especially after sniffing the PSU exhaust. I think replacing that PSU was the first time I touched the inside of a computer... now look at me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Yeah, my initial thought was that it was the PSU, but I really didn't want it to be the PSU because this PSU came with the case and is a weird shape and I was worried about finding another one that would fit. Upon closer inspection, however, I realized a panel can be removed and a regular sized PSU will slot in, so now I'm happy because that was probably about the cheapest component to replace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 Replaced the power supply and no smell, so either that was the problem or it's a really weird coincidence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 Okay so I'm looking into getting a new laptop (and before anybody says anything a laptop suits my personal needs better than a desktop) and I am a little confused about two of the choices between GPUs. One model I'm looking at has a 6 GB GTX 970 while the other has a 4 GB GTX 980. Shouldn't the 980 have more memory? Or is there something I'm not seeing here? The two laptops are pretty close in price, so which card is better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted February 8, 2016 Report Share Posted February 8, 2016 970 vs 980 is the chipset, and is independent of the amount of RAM the card has. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted February 21, 2016 Report Share Posted February 21, 2016 And there was my second BSOD in like a week. I'm hesitant in saying it's Windows 10 that is causing the BSODs since my hardware is getting old. However... ever since I upgraded, I've been noticing quite a few longer than expected startup times. Sometimes it's snappy as it was back on Windows 7. Now the BSODs when doing not much of anything: streaming music, Photoshop and internet. Nothing that should tank my computer. If it was my hardware, I would expect the BSODs to be more consistent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 21, 2016 Report Share Posted February 21, 2016 You checked all your drivers? Probably worth having a bit of a check they're all updated (BIOS included) for Windows 10 and you're not kicking around with some Windows 7 stuff (which is many years old at this point) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted February 21, 2016 Report Share Posted February 21, 2016 It's also possible it's a RAM issue, if there's a portion of the RAM that's bad it will cause a BSOD when it tries to use that part, and it can be seemingly random when it happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 Is there a point to USB 3.0 hubs? I mean, if you plug in a hub with 3.0 ports (say 4-port with external power), into a USB 3.0 port, will you get the full speed on all devices attached to the hub? I mean, it's still using just 1 port... If I want to move files from 1 USB 3.0 external drive to another (also USB 3), and I plug them both into a hub, would both run at full speed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 Ideally, yeah? I never tried it with my hub. Main reason I got it was so I can have more than one hub which happens to be USB 3.0. I just don't see why it wouldn't work as designed... You checked all your drivers? Probably worth having a bit of a check they're all updated (BIOS included) for Windows 10 and you're not kicking around with some Windows 7 stuff (which is many years old at this point) My parts are ancient enough that there isn't any notable ones. My mobo doesn't even have Windows 8 drivers or BIOS. Network is from April of last year... I'll sleep while a RAM test is ran. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 Is there a point to USB 3.0 hubs? I mean, if you plug in a hub with 3.0 ports (say 4-port with external power), into a USB 3.0 port, will you get the full speed on all devices attached to the hub? I mean, it's still using just 1 port... If I want to move files from 1 USB 3.0 external drive to another (also USB 3), and I plug them both into a hub, would both run at full speed? They can't both run at 3.0 at the same time, no, because they're limited by the speed of the single connection to the computer they're sharing. Though with moving files specifically you might get better results because one of the drives will be downloading and one uploading. The point of a hub is the convenience of being able to plug things in without getting behind the computer, and also being able to plug things in at the same time. Most people probably aren't going to be using multiple things that require 3.0 speeds at the same time, and even when you are you're still going to get better speeds than if you had them connected with 2.0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted February 26, 2016 Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 Does anybody have any program recommendations for moving files back and forth between an SSD and an HDD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted February 26, 2016 Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 What do you mean? Isn't copy/paste enough? In any case, when I want to copy or transfer a large number of files, I use TeraCopy. Just makes it easier to deal with copy errors like file too long, etc. I can see exactly which files failed and deal with them manually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted February 26, 2016 Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 Holy shit, I got my T100 working again. Apparently I can power cycle it a few times or flash the BIOS blind to get it working. It has been a while so I don't recall if things were ever this sluggish but hey, I can read PDFs in bed now. It's my main reason to try to fix it again and well, this time I got the patience to do it. Last time I lost my school computer so I was in a panic to replace it. The T100TA everyone! Shit has problems but it never seem to be truly dead. Figuratively smack it a few times and it just might work again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted February 26, 2016 Report Share Posted February 26, 2016 What do you mean? Isn't copy/paste enough? In any case, when I want to copy or transfer a large number of files, I use TeraCopy. Just makes it easier to deal with copy errors like file too long, etc. I can see exactly which files failed and deal with them manually. It works for some programs, like the little ones that don't make registry keys, but for big programs like steam games, not so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted February 27, 2016 Report Share Posted February 27, 2016 So you mean moving programs, not just files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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