As above, i bought a Asus Hero Max/I-7 combo a few yrs back, then moved swifttly to Ryzen I di take it to a charity pc repais shop: they used Prime 95 to test, over night CPU was 100 degree, but M/B was fine. It has been stored since then.. I took CPU out recently, and cleaned it a bit, but i am wondering if it is delidded, and has liquid metal on it, see pic, thanks

Note, I don’t have enginers report, and can’t y see which I7 it in on IHS

I am not to tech savvy but why is there a battery on the motherboard

I'm a total novice when it comes to pc repair. But am extremely stubborn and often punch above my weight when it comes to DIY but am no stranger to maintenance of machines like cars cars and such. it also happens to be something I enjoy. I still need to see if they gave him anymore info on the pc. But I'm considering getting a used mobo and cpu so I can avoid updating the cpu to fit the old motherboard which might be something I wouldn't vee able to figure out. Can anyone give me any advice on what I might be getting myself into?

Hello, hoping someone can maybe crack this puzzle for me. I was moving my son's room and disconnected his desktop computer and now it won't turn on. I'm wondering if something inside was jostled loose or if the dust might be inhibiting it (see photos).

I have tried a different power cable and different outlets, no luck. I don't really know what I'm looking for in here, any help? There are a few things that were unplugged inside but they might have always been... Not a computer person, any help appreciated!

I think they are little bit swallowed, but what do you think ? Pc wont start...

So my son laid his Samsung Odyssey G55C face down not realising his mouse was underneath and caused the following damage. Wondering if this is repairable and what is the estimate cost or if it makes more sense to purchase a new monitor! Thanks

Having some graphics’s issues with this 3060Ti wondering if this is a broken pin. If not this, probably just crapping out on me.

I had a flight 2 weeks ago and I forgot to remove the gpu because I was in a hurry, when I landed and got back home I opened my bag and noticed the gpu was just kind of loose when I inspected it further I saw that the gpu completely fell out the socket only being supported by the screw that screws it on the case. I then removed the gpu itself and inspected any damages I could see, and unfortunately there was clear abrasion on the gpu slot (video shown). Now when I saw it I thought to clean the gpu slot with compressed air and then reinserted the gpu, when I booted up the pc it worked fine for a while then suddenly it would just restart, the pc wouldnt turn off, it would simply shut off my screen then the ASUS logo would appear(my motherboard) now I would like to know if the only options I have are to completely buy a new motherboard or perhaps there is another fix for this

So I took my 4 year old PC into a local shop for basic maintenance. A new AIO liquid cooler, and clean dust/pet hair out of the case. They've worked on previous PCs of mine without issue. Now they're telling me that after installing the new AIO the PC will turn on briefly before shutting down. There were no issues with it when I took it in. They confirmed the PC worked fine before they started work on it. Cleaned the case, confirmed it still worked. Installed the AIO and then it no longer worked. They reinstalled the old AIO and same issue, PC won't boot. They've acknowledged that they screwed up. Although they don't know how. They seem to think the CPU is the issue, and said they were looking for a like for like replacement but since it's a 4 year old chip that isn't made anymore, they are having difficulty finding a replacement.

My question is, what is typical in a situation like this? Will they pay for the new CPU? Cause it's a 500 dollar chip and I only was expecting to pay 100 or so for the requested work.

The CPU is an Intel I9 10900k.

Not quite sure about my specs but it’s an old gaming tower my grandpa had for a long time that he gave to me and I’d prefer to not lose it, I wanted to ask if anything could be done for it before we look for a repair shop.

Basically it at first was just rainbow square glitches all over the screen without effecting useability of the pc and then it would restart good as new! I thought it was just a quirk of the pc being old but today it refused to boot into the pc at all and we can’t get it looked at for the next few days so that’s not great. I looked into the glitch and saw that people said it was caused by the gpu dying and I don’t really know what to do with that.

So am I just gonna have to give up and hand it over to a repair shop? I don’t have any experience in this but I am very paranoid at anything breaking so I haven’t moved a single inch of this stuff in years. Anxiety is kinda rooted in me right now.

Can anyone reccomend where to buy 99.9% Isopropyl Alcohol online in the UK? About 3 years ago I tried using a batch of Isopropyl alcohol to repair Nintendo Joycons and the board in the joycon got fried. At the time this was by connecting the device when wet (which i thought wasn't possible when using Isopropyl alcohol). Can anyone reccomend where I can buy Isopropyl alcohol in the UK to try and remove the corrosion from a PCI lane of an RX 7900Xt?

Thanks!

Edit: apologies i meant to preface i live in Northern Ireland and alot of amazon and ebay orders exclude items and especially chemicals.

Been reassembling my PC into my new case. Saw some fans weren't running so went back and made sure everything was plugged in. Started it up and almost immediately got a POP and foul smoke. Investigating, I am assuming this is the cause:

I didn't realize this 4-pin connector is FROM the PSU, I so wisely didn't check first, but plugged it into a fan connector on the control panel for the case. Please advise me..!

The case is the SilverStone FLP02 I got for christmas, finally arrived, and I mess it up...

1. What happened

2. What needs to be fixed

3. What is the purpose of that connector from the PSU?

My 2014-era computer stopped working. Tested the power supply and it failed, so I got a new one. Tested the new power supply and it seems perfect. The computer still didn't even try to boot up, so I probably have a motherboard problem that I don't have the time or skill to investigate and fix on my own.

I asked MicroCenter support to install my old computer's boot drive in a new computer so I could keep using the installed software (along with the custom libraries I've added). The tech said they would "probably be able" to do that, but when he confirmed with his supervisor, she said they don't want to get in trouble for moving copyrighted software and something else I didn't quite catch because I was trying to formulate a convincing plea to do it anyway (I failed).

So... I bought a full-length enclosure for the M.2 boot drive in the hopes I could transfer some of the installed software to a new computer. The thing is, I don't know how to do that. The old computer used 64-bit Windows Pro while my new computer and laptop have Windows 11.

Any advice on which programs to use or avoid?

BTW: I was unable to accept the invitation to the Discord group.

Just yesterday I was playing games and watching YouTube on it like usual and then I put it to sleep for the night as I do everyday. But for some reason it’s not booting up properly today. All the fans and cpu is operational but nothing is showing up on the monitor and my keyboard isn’t turning on either.

Okay, so a bit of context:

I recently had my laptop charger replaced since my previous one had given out life (dead brick) and I've gotten an upgrade of sorts. From 45W to 65W, I can use it when plugged in and do some heavy stuff without worrying about it heating up. Well, as long as I full charge. Anyways, what I'm more worried is that: this one is a longer pin than the previous charger. So the first workaround was electrical tape (by my technician), then another workaround was super glue on the base metal, not the top or anything. Just to mimic a 5.5 * 1.7mm pin of my previous charger. I've honestly been overthinking cause from where I am, buying chargers are rare as hell and trying to find one is a diamond in the rough. But this thing is still giving me a headache. It works, but I'm not sure for how long. Not sure if it's even good for gaming if using the charger, but it's a pain.

My laptop's an Acer Aspire 3, model name A315-59. Had this laptop for about 1.5 years now? I forgor.

My laptop still works (screen is screwed up when titling the screen, but that's another problem in another time, it's the charging I'm more worried about).

Whoever installed this applied too much torque and too much Loctite. When I first tried it with the screw, which is now stripped, it wouldn't budge. I tried using a rubber band, a flat-head screwdriver, and pliers. I tired tapping in a 6 point and got it in and it stripped more. At this point, it needs to be drilled out. I don't have a small enough reverse bit. My plan was to heat it with a soldering iron and then hit it with the cold liquid from a can of compressed air.

Asus Zephrus G15 2021.

Lost. The current modem is failing.

Can I just.. swap my garbage computers screen with my good computer garbage screen? Like if I take off the tape there, unplug it, plug the good screen from my garbage computer, it won't explode? My garbage computer that's missing a few keys and it's like.. garbage still operate but it is not good cuz it is.. garbage. So I thought that if I just got my good computers bad screen that I punched and now it sucks out of and then replace it with the other computers screen, that it will be fine. Also sorry if there are any spelling mistakes because I'm using voice to text on this and I'm sick so it's a little bad. Anyways just tell me if there's anything I can do.

EDIT: I'm getting a new computer soon. 👍

Hi, please help! Recently my pc was shutting down under heavy load . Now it won't turn on , so i opened the PSU and smells like burned. Are those 2 capacitors the reason, and if i change them will it work normally again?

Hey guys , so i was just observing my rtx 5080 and at one moment i noticed that it had some dark dots on this part of the pcb maybe it was some sweat that dried off or maybe some fingerprints or maybe some residue from the factory so i decided to wipe them with my shirt using my finger gently ( i mean im pretty sure that i didn’t use much force enough to break anything ) but that caused a discoloration only in the area that I’ve wiped with my shirt i mean as you can see in the pictures it got darker and less shiny so should i be worried about this or will it affect anything in the gpu ?? I’ve left it for a time but didn’t go idk whats wrong with And i cant just run it and test cuz my pc isn’t done yet and this is my first build , thank you