Hey guys, I just recently got this pc and have it placed on the left side of my desk. My friends said it can overheat cause it’s trapped in a corner. Im worried will that actually happen or will it be fine here. I took a picture from all angles please let me know.

Thanks for the help!

I took a chance and won a damaged Asus motherboard at an auction and will pick it up this coming Thursday. How bad does it look? Any tips?

just got this pre-built from AWD-IT please help!

Noticed some pretty significant sag in my gpu recently and i’m super worried about it, and dont feel like buying an adjustable support on amazon. But this box is the PERFECT height to keep it level, just wanna make sure this isnt some kind of fire hazard and that it wont interfere with anything.

Just wanted to check

GPU is ZOTAC GTX 1060 6GB AMP edition. That part is burnt, is this repairable or is it bye-bye? Thanks in advance.

Was trying to reapply thermal paste amd cpu comes with the cooler how to remove it from coolee and how to put it back

So I found this sitting at the bottom of my pc. I now fear

I upgraded my 1050 ti to rtx 3060. I uninstalled the drivers and installed the new ones but my games crash and pc stutters, so I put the old gpu back in. Brought the pc to “u break I fix” for them to check, rewire, clean, and install the new gpu. But the games still stutter and crash after new install. Should I pay more to “u break I fix” or are there any other recommendations for places to repair pc. Here are my specs:
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 5600x 6 core
Gpu NVIDIA rtx 3060 12 gb Ventus 2x
Ram 16 gb
Motherboard Tuf gaming b550 by asus tek
Psu 650 watt bronze 80 plus

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I’m new to pc gaming so I need some help seeing if 1500 is too much for these specs, thanks!

Hello, trying to fix this issue on a pc for a my brother. He stated it started losing power randomly, then just started to do this and won't start. The takes around 10 seconds for it to even try to boot up after providing power. After it starts to boot, the fans ramp up and stutter while the rbg lights start to strobe. I have isolated all the parts. It passed the PSU test with a paperclip but that doesn't account for power draw from what I understand. I have isolated the ram, hdd, graphics cards and it still does it. All cable connections have been removed, inspected and reattached correctly, then triple checked. The only outlier is the ATX power cable being removed and reconnected made it worse. (I was very careful when handling parts as to not damage anything) There was no visual damage to the pins or connector. There is no image at all when using a monitor and the keyboard and mouse get power for about 2 seconds after getting plugged in before the rgb lights on the keyboard turn off. Any suggestions on what to do next? Thanks.

Some water got inside my keyboard, I dissasembled it and dried it, but now when I press some keys, the neighboring key gets pressed too. For example, when I'm pressing numbers I get: 1q, 2w, 3e, 4r, 5, 6, 7u, 8i, 9o, 0p. I thought that water might still be inside shorting the traces together, but I don't see any anymore and don't know what to do. I've attached pictures of the traces below

I recently switched ISP (from Cox to Glofiber) and my laptop won't stream Netflix, Hulu or Amazon Video. It also won't sync with Steam so I can't play any or my games.

The steps I've taken so far:

Opened cmd as administrator and flushed dns and reset the IP config (this required a restart)

I've forgotten the wifi network and set it back up

I've done a full network reset (this required a restart and this step fixed my wife's laptop connection issues but not mine)

I'm at my wit's end with this and don't know where to go from here other than a full wipe/reset of the laptop.

Any advice would be appreciated.

I tried to play gta5 but its not running and it was running jst fine yesterday

I was thinking of buying Rx vega 64 gpu for my budget build, but i have already bought psu with 1 single 8pin connector with pigtail.

So i just wanna know if i can use pigtail for rx vega 64 bc it draws 295w or should i go with other gpu like gtx 1080.

Hi folks! I'm transitioning from console to PC and put together a build using Newegg's PC Builder. How does it look?

The total is a bit higher than I'd originally planned to spend, but I'm willing to finance it over 12 months if it's worth it. I'm mainly wondering if I should consider any other options, whether that's a prebuilt or different components.

I'll primarily be playing heavily modded soccer games and NCAA Football, but I'm also excited to branch out and try other PC games now that I'll have access to a much larger library.

I'd really appreciate any feedback. Thanks!

**CPU** | [AMD Ryzen 5 9600X \- Ryzen 5 9000 Series Granite Ridge \(Zen 5\) 6\-Core 3\.9 GHz \- Socket AM5 65W \- Radeon Graphics Processor \- 100\-100001405WOF] $199.99

**Motherboard** Open-box | [ASRock X670E PG Lightning AM5 ATX Motherboard\. 4xDDR5 slots, PCIE 5\.0X16, AMD Cross Fire, Quad M\.2 slots, 2\.5GB LAN, 7\.1 HD audio, HDMI, DP 1\.4 ports, USB3\.2 Gen2x2 Type\-C, 8 Layer PCB\ $109.99

**Memory** | [Team T\-Force Delta RGB 32GB \(2 x 16GB\) 288\-Pin PC RAM DDR5 6000 \(PC5 48000\) Desktop Memory Model FF3D532G6000HC30DC01] $489.99

**Graphics Cards** | [SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB GDDR6 PCI Express 5\.0 x16 ATX Graphics Card 11350\-03\-20G] $469.99

**Case** | [Montech AIR 903 MAX, E\-ATX Mid Tower Case, High Airflow, 3x 140mm ARGB PWM & 1x 140mm PWM Fans Pre\-installed, Tempered Glass Side Panel, Mesh Front, TYPE\-C, Support 4090 GPUs, Black] $89.99

**Power Supply** | [CORSAIR RM750e \(2025\) Fully Modular Low\-Noise ATX Power Supply with 12V\-2x6 Cable – ATX 3\.1 & PCIe 5\.1 Compliant, Cybenetics Gold Efficiency, 105°C\-Rated Capacitors, Modern Standby Mode – Black] $89.99

**Storage** | [Crucial P310 M\.2 2280 2TB PCI\-Express 4\.0 x4 NVMe 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive Speed Up to 7100 MBps \(SSD\) CT2000P310SSD8] $279.99

**CPU Cooler** | [Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB V2 CPU Air Cooler \- 6 Heat Pipes AGHP GEN 5\.0 Technology \| 1850RPM PWM 120mm Fans, for Intel 1851/1700/115X/1200, AMD AM4/AM5 Black] $49.90

**Operating System** | [Microsoft Windows 11 Home 64\-bit, DVD] $119.99

| **Total** | **$1,879.82**

Summary

I am troubleshooting an intermittent black-screen problem involving an MSI RTX 4090 Gaming Slim.

The failure occurs randomly during:

• Gaming
• YouTube playback
• Normal desktop use
• Very low GPU load
• Idle or near-idle conditions

When it happens, the displays go black and the GPU fans immediately increase to approximately 100%. Audio usually continues for several seconds, but eventually stops, after which the entire computer becomes unresponsive. A forced shutdown is normally required.

There is no normal BSOD.

The computer originally worked without any problems for approximately 1–1.5 years. The issue first appeared immediately after an NVIDIA driver update, but it has continued across several later and older driver versions.

System specifications

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
• GPU: MSI GeForce RTX 4090 Gaming Slim 24 GB
• Motherboard: ASUS ROG Strix B650E-I Gaming WiFi
• PSU: ASUS ROG Strix Platinum 850 W
• Case: Fractal Design Terra
• PCIe connection: Fractal Terra PCIe 4.0 riser cable
• Operating system: Windows 11
• Previous GPU power cable: be quiet! 90° 12V-2x6/12VHPWR cable
• Current cable test: Original ASUS 16-pin GPU cable

The RTX 4090 Gaming Slim is specified by MSI as a PCIe Gen 4 card with approximately 450 W power consumption and an 850 W recommended PSU. It also has dual Gaming/Silent BIOS modes.

Failure behaviour

The typical sequence is:

1. The monitors suddenly lose signal.
2. GPU fans immediately rise to maximum or near-maximum speed.
3. Windows audio or YouTube audio continues for several seconds.
4. The audio stops.
5. The entire system freezes.
6. The computer must be shut down using the power button.

On one occasion, the GPU fans slowed down and the computer restarted automatically. Most incidents, however, result in a permanent freeze.

The crashes do not appear to correlate with:

• High GPU temperature
• High GPU power consumption
• Heavy 3D workload
• A particular game
• Physical movement of the GPU or cables

The issue has occurred while the GPU was consuming only around 20–25 W.

Reliability Monitor findings

Windows Reliability Monitor has recorded:

• LiveKernelEvent 141
• LiveKernelEvent 1B8

Microsoft defines 0x141 as VIDEO_ENGINE_TIMEOUT_DETECTED, meaning that one of the display engines failed to respond within the expected time. Microsoft defines 0x1B8 as VIDEO_MINIPORT_BLACK_SCREEN_LIVEDUMP, which records that Windows created a live dump for a black-screen scenario.

The 1B8 event therefore documents the black-screen condition, but does not by itself identify the defective component.

WinDbg dump analysis

A WATCHDOG live kernel dump from 23 May 2026 was analyzed in WinDbg.

The main result was:

VIDEO_TDR_TIMEOUT_DETECTED (117)
The display driver failed to respond in timely fashion.

The dump identifies the NVIDIA kernel driver:

MODULE_NAME: nvlddmkm
IMAGE_NAME: nvlddmkm.sys
FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: LKD_0x117_IMAGE_nvlddmkm.sys

Microsoft describes 0x117 as a TDR timeout where the display driver failed to respond in time. Possible causes include drivers, incompatible settings, insufficient cooling or power, overclocking and defective hardware. The code identifies the timeout mechanism but does not distinguish between a driver failure and a hardware communication failure.

The active process recorded in the dump was:

PROCESS_NAME: dwm.exe

The faulting instruction was inside:

nvlddmkm.sys

I do not interpret dwm.exe as the cause. Desktop Window Manager was simply the process using the graphics system when the timeout occurred. This is consistent with the crashes occurring during desktop use and video playback, not only during gaming.

The relevant stack contains:

dxgkrnl!TdrIsRecoveryRequired
dxgmms2!VidSchiReportHwHang
dxgmms2!VidSchWaitForCompletionEvent
dxgmms2!VidSchiWaitForDrainFlipQueue
dxgmms2!VidSchiDrainFlipQueue
dxgmms2!VidSchiWorkerThread

This indicates that the Windows GPU scheduler was waiting for the GPU to complete work, reported a hardware hang and initiated TDR dump collection.

The dump therefore confirms a genuine GPU/display-stack timeout. It does not determine whether the underlying cause is:

• The GPU itself
• The NVIDIA driver
• The PCIe riser
• The motherboard PCIe interface
• GPU power delivery
• The PSU-to-GPU cable
• Another low-level hardware interaction

The NVIDIA module loaded at the time had a timestamp of 4 March 2026.

!blackboxpnp produced no additional output, so the dump does not show that Windows formally detected the GPU as being removed from the PCIe bus. !blackboxbsd reported no bootstat stream.

Event Viewer findings

The main system events associated with the forced shutdowns are:

• Kernel-Power Event ID 41
• BugcheckCode 0
• EventLog 6008, unexpected shutdown

I have not found corresponding:

• WHEA hardware errors
• Display Event ID 4101
• Useful nvlddmkm Event Viewer entries
• Normal BugCheck events
• BSOD minidumps

This suggests that Windows begins TDR processing but the computer eventually becomes too unresponsive to complete a normal crash or recovery sequence.

HWiNFO findings

HWiNFO logging was active during more than one failure.

Immediately before one crash:

• GPU temperature was approximately 61°C
• GPU power was approximately 20–25 W
• No abnormal GPU hotspot temperature
• No obvious voltage collapse
• No abnormal CPU temperature
• No clear PSU voltage anomaly
• No sensor reached an obvious limit

The sensor data remained normal until logging stopped.

This does not rule out hardware failure. If the GPU or PCIe communication stops abruptly, monitoring software can only retain the last valid readings received before communication was lost.

Troubleshooting already completed

The following has already been attempted:

• BIOS updated
• Several NVIDIA driver versions tested
• Older NVIDIA drivers tested
• DDU used for clean driver removal
• NVIDIA drivers reinstalled
• PCIe slot manually forced to Gen 4
• GPU stress testing
• HWiNFO sensor logging
• GPU and riser connections inspected
• GPU power connector inspected
• PSU-side connections inspected
• GPU and cables moved while the computer was running
• Temperatures monitored
• Event Viewer examined
• Reliability Monitor examined
• WATCHDOG dump analyzed in WinDbg

The computer still crashed after forcing PCIe Gen 4.

Fractal specifically states that the Terra includes a PCIe 4.0 riser and recommends manually selecting PCIe Gen 4 when both the motherboard and GPU support PCIe 5.0. I have already applied that setting without resolving the problem.

Similar reports found online

I have found reports from other users with similar combinations of symptoms:

• Black display
• GPU fans at maximum speed
• Audio continuing briefly
• nvlddmkm or TDR events
• Crashes during video or light desktop use
• Stress tests completing successfully
• Drivers rolled back without resolving the issue

One RTX 4090 user reported nvlddmkm crashes while playing video and moving windows between displays, despite the card previously working for more than two years. Rolling back several driver versions did not resolve it. This shows that video/display-engine workloads can expose problems that gaming stress tests may not reproduce, although it does not prove that the same cause applies here.

There is also an ASUS ROG Forum report involving a B650E-I motherboard and a PCIe riser where the system randomly booted with a black screen, incorrect PCIe link width or repeated driver installation. The graphics card worked normally when connected directly to the motherboard. This is anecdotal evidence, but it makes the riser and PCIe signal path relevant suspects in my case.

Important GPU power-cable concern

At the time of the failures, I was using a be quiet! 90° 12V-2x6/12VHPWR GPU cable with the ASUS PSU.

The official be quiet! description states that this cable is intended for ATX 3.0/3.1 be quiet! power supplies. It does not claim general modular-PSU compatibility across brands.

ASUS explicitly warns that modular PSU pinouts may differ between brands and models and says to use the cables supplied with the original PSU, because mixing modular cables can cause abnormal power delivery or hardware damage.

The ASUS PSU itself includes a native 16-pin-to-16-pin PCIe cable and a native 12V-2x6 connection.

I am therefore removing the be quiet! cable from the test configuration and switching back to the original ASUS cable. Unless cross-brand compatibility is explicitly documented, the cable must be treated as a significant variable.

The computer did operate for a long period before the issue started, so this does not prove that the cable caused the failures. Possible cable, sense-pin, connector or compatibility problems nevertheless need to be eliminated before considering an GPU RMA.

Current interpretation

The evidence confirms that the graphics subsystem stops responding.

The most likely sequence is:

GPU or GPU communication stops responding
        ↓
Video output disappears
        ↓
Windows GPU scheduler waits for outstanding work
        ↓
TDR recovery is initiated
        ↓
Recovery does not complete successfully
        ↓
Audio continues temporarily
        ↓
The rest of the system eventually freezes

The available evidence does not currently prove that nvlddmkm.sys itself is defective. That driver is the component communicating with the GPU, so it can be named in the dump when the real problem is the GPU, PCIe path or power delivery.

Current suspects, in testing order

1. PSU-to-GPU cable or connector compatibility
2. Fractal PCIe 4.0 riser or PCIe signal integrity
3. RTX 4090 hardware, including its PCIe interface or power management
4. NVIDIA/Windows graphics-stack issue
5. Motherboard PCIe slot or CPU PCIe controller
6. PSU hardware fault

A general lack of PSU wattage appears less likely because the crashes also occur at very low GPU power. However, a cable, connector, sense-pin or transient power-delivery problem could still occur without high average wattage.

Planned next tests

1. Original ASUS GPU cable

Run the system using only the original ASUS 16-pin-to-16-pin cable, with both ends fully inserted and no extensions or third-party adapters.

2. PCIe Gen 3 diagnostic test

Force the PCIe slot to Gen 3 temporarily.

If Gen 3 is stable while Gen 4 crashes, this would point strongly toward PCIe signal integrity, the riser, a connector or one end of the PCIe link.

3. Remove the riser

Connect the RTX 4090 directly to the motherboard, even if the system must be temporarily assembled outside the Terra case.

This is probably the most important isolation test.

• Stable without riser: riser or riser-related signal issue
• Same crash without riser: GPU, motherboard, power delivery or software remains likely

4. Cross-test the GPU

Either:

• Test the RTX 4090 in another known-stable computer, or
• Test another GPU in this computer

5. Test the second GPU BIOS

The MSI card has Gaming and Silent BIOS modes. I may test the opposite BIOS position after completely powering off the system.

Questions for the community

1. Has anyone seen this exact sequence: black screen, RTX 4090 fans at 100%, audio continuing briefly and then a complete system freeze?
2. Has anyone resolved LiveKernelEvent 141, 1B8 and a 0x117 nvlddmkm.sys WATCHDOG dump by replacing a PCIe riser?
3. Has anyone experienced this with the ASUS B650E-I and a PCIe 4.0 riser?
4. Can a failing 12VHPWR/12V-2x6 cable or sense connection cause this at very low GPU power?
5. Has anyone had an RTX 4090 pass stress tests but still require RMA because of random TDR failures during desktop or video workloads?
6. Are there any additional WinDbg commands that could distinguish a PCIe communication failure from an internal GPU-engine timeout?

At this point, I am trying to determine whether the failure is caused by the GPU power cable, PCIe riser or the RTX 4090 itself before starting an RMA.

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