Computer Issues
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TheNozz
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After the latest windows update I installed last night, my PC is having an issue where after I sign into windows, the home screen is unable to load and the task bar keeps flashing in and out. There is no flashing problem while signing in
computer can work in safe mode
I already completely deleted my gpu device drivers and the issue is still happening
computer can work in safe mode
I already completely deleted my gpu device drivers and the issue is still happening
Edaw
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TheNozz
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TheNozz
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Weird issue, my monitors don't go into standby/power off. I'd pretty much given up trying to figure out why but today , just now I only had one turned on and it went into sleep mode just like it was supposed to. I usually have them both on and it's never worked. I guess it does with one. I'm open to ideas as I've changed/messed with every thing I can think of. It's not life ending so I just turn them off when I need the PC on but I'm not going to be there.
Windows 10
Video is 3080ti evga hybrid
(2) Gigabyte M32U monitors
both hooked up via displayport cables (recently replaced) NOTE: didn't work with the old cables either.
AMD 3950X CPU
It was weird enough that it wasn't working to start , it's REALLY weird that it works with one monitor on when they are the exact same monitors/cables and go to the same video card.
Windows 10
Video is 3080ti evga hybrid
(2) Gigabyte M32U monitors
both hooked up via displayport cables (recently replaced) NOTE: didn't work with the old cables either.
AMD 3950X CPU
It was weird enough that it wasn't working to start , it's REALLY weird that it works with one monitor on when they are the exact same monitors/cables and go to the same video card.
Lanx
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do a quick check to see what requests are made
cmd
"powercfg -requests"
i remember you can get to cmd line by right click windows start
also sometimes its a cable issue, dp vs hdmi
at least unplug 1 and see if you can get 1 sleeping w/ a different cable
Lanx
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this is the second time this year i've had fltmgr.sys issues on bootup, nothing i did got it working, not sys restore, not sfc scannow or chkdsk /f /r
first time it happened on a yr old win10 install and this time it happened on win11
so yea i wiped and reinstalled
hopefully it'll just be my nvme drive, it's an old hp fx nvme, i only got it cuz it was gen4 and all the other gen4's were crazy price at the time, so i'm just gonna get tried and true samsung 980 2tb, this time i'll just a get ps5 in case my ps5 runs out of space so it's dual purpose.
first time it happened on a yr old win10 install and this time it happened on win11
so yea i wiped and reinstalled
hopefully it'll just be my nvme drive, it's an old hp fx nvme, i only got it cuz it was gen4 and all the other gen4's were crazy price at the time, so i'm just gonna get tried and true samsung 980 2tb, this time i'll just a get ps5 in case my ps5 runs out of space so it's dual purpose.
jeydax
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Got a weird issue here that I am completely stumped on.
I recently picked up a new ASUS PG27AQN monitor and got it all hooked up as my main gaming monitor. I run a Dell U2412M, a Dell P2715Q, and a Dell S2240M as my chat/internet/movie/whatever displays, so 4 monitors total. The main monitor along with the U2412M and P2715Q run on DisplayPort, the 4th monitor (S2240M) is HDMI
Earlier today I got the new PG27AQN setup on the mounts and get everything fired up, new monitor is great.
But now I cannot get the 4th monitor that is HDMI up to be listed as "active" in Windows. It just refused to show up. I swapped out the S2240M and tried my old monitor as HDMI, same issue. It just will not let me run the 4th monitor and it is driving me bonkers.
I've tried uninstalling the nVidia drivers, I've triple checked that its not doing some weird display setting in windows, I've tried forcing it to extend to it... nothing seems to work. I've googled the shit out of it and can't find a solution.
Windows will just show this:
And not let me extend to the 4th because it won't become active.
Anyone got any idears?
I've already tried the solutions shown here: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforc...-control-panel-recognizes-display-but-checkb/
I've tried a different HDMI cables as well.
No luck.
Build:
Intel i9-13900k
ASUS Rog Maximus Z790 Hero
GSkill Z5 DDR-7200 CL-34 2x16gb
Samsung 990 Pro 2TB
ASUS TUF RTX 4090
I recently picked up a new ASUS PG27AQN monitor and got it all hooked up as my main gaming monitor. I run a Dell U2412M, a Dell P2715Q, and a Dell S2240M as my chat/internet/movie/whatever displays, so 4 monitors total. The main monitor along with the U2412M and P2715Q run on DisplayPort, the 4th monitor (S2240M) is HDMI
Earlier today I got the new PG27AQN setup on the mounts and get everything fired up, new monitor is great.
But now I cannot get the 4th monitor that is HDMI up to be listed as "active" in Windows. It just refused to show up. I swapped out the S2240M and tried my old monitor as HDMI, same issue. It just will not let me run the 4th monitor and it is driving me bonkers.
I've tried uninstalling the nVidia drivers, I've triple checked that its not doing some weird display setting in windows, I've tried forcing it to extend to it... nothing seems to work. I've googled the shit out of it and can't find a solution.
Windows will just show this:
And not let me extend to the 4th because it won't become active.
Anyone got any idears?
I've already tried the solutions shown here: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforc...-control-panel-recognizes-display-but-checkb/
I've tried a different HDMI cables as well.
No luck.
Build:
Intel i9-13900k
ASUS Rog Maximus Z790 Hero
GSkill Z5 DDR-7200 CL-34 2x16gb
Samsung 990 Pro 2TB
ASUS TUF RTX 4090
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Lunis
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If you're using a Ryzen cpu you may just need to update your bios. They are notorious for black screening new builds b/c of not being fully compatible with whatever bios is on your mobo.
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So my m.2 970 Evo took a shit last night. Was watching some youtube and all of a sudden PC stopped. I had to hard turn it off and when I turned it back on, right to bios. Tried to reformat, reinstall win 10 but nothing worked. So this morning got a 980 pro 2 terrabits from local Best Buy, and back and running like a champ. Like WTF? The drive was like 2 yrs old?? didnt even use it for anything other than windows and a few apps. Games and other shit was always on my other SATA SSD.
Lanx
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do you have a secondary m2 slot? if so plug it in and download samsung magician to see whats up
Lunis
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There's a known firmware issue with certain SKU's of the 970/980/990. They have been randomly dying on people, see here: Samsung SSDs Dying! 980 Pro, 990, 970 EVO PLUS, PM9A1 and More Reporting Failures - Everything We Know So Far!
I think Samsung has already released new firmware, so just make sure it's all up to date.
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Leadsalad
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Well, I moved my rock stable computer to a new case in preparation for a GPU/PSU/NVMe upgrade...
And now it's an unstable mess. Put the new GPU and PSU in, random black screen freezes at desktop/Chrome. No issues under load.
Removed new GPU, put old GPU in. Put new GPU in an old system to see if it was the problem. Was perfectly stable for 20 hours of idling on the desktop/watching youtube in Chrome.
Old GPU seemed stable for a week, then I started getting freezing/crashes/restarts again at desktop/browsing the internet. Changed the PSU back to the old faithful. Fresh Win10 install. Crashed the next morning after waking from sleep. Maybe it's the drive? Cloned the drive to the old NVMe, still crashed. So it can't be the drive. What's left? Mobo/CPU/RAM, things that worked fine before swapping cases...
I've disabled C-States this afternoon. Will see what happens tomorrow morning if it crashes after waking up while I make breakfast.
Intending to buy a 7800X3D so this mainboard and such aren't meant to be active much longer, but this is a really really frustrating couple of weeks now in what should have been a simple update.
And now it's an unstable mess. Put the new GPU and PSU in, random black screen freezes at desktop/Chrome. No issues under load.
Removed new GPU, put old GPU in. Put new GPU in an old system to see if it was the problem. Was perfectly stable for 20 hours of idling on the desktop/watching youtube in Chrome.
Old GPU seemed stable for a week, then I started getting freezing/crashes/restarts again at desktop/browsing the internet. Changed the PSU back to the old faithful. Fresh Win10 install. Crashed the next morning after waking from sleep. Maybe it's the drive? Cloned the drive to the old NVMe, still crashed. So it can't be the drive. What's left? Mobo/CPU/RAM, things that worked fine before swapping cases...
I've disabled C-States this afternoon. Will see what happens tomorrow morning if it crashes after waking up while I make breakfast.
Intending to buy a 7800X3D so this mainboard and such aren't meant to be active much longer, but this is a really really frustrating couple of weeks now in what should have been a simple update.
Lanx
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Leadsalad
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I did that, still crashed. It feels like some kind of hardware failure at low power states, hence the disabling c-states in the bios. Also set the PCIE power option in windows to never turn off earlier, but it still crashed.
The crashes typically happen so quick there's no BSOD so no logs to view.
Lanx
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