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Ossoi

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Daidraco said:
Boot into safe mode options:

Boot into Safe Mode from Windows 11 or Windows 10​

  1. Press the Windows + I on the keyboard to open Settings.
    • If that does not work, click Start and then select Settings.
  2. Click Update & Security and on the left pane select Recovery.
  3. Under Advanced Startup, click Restart Now.
  4. After the computer restarts, on the Choose an Option screen, select Troubleshoot > Advanced Options > Startup Settings > Restart.
  5. After the computer restarts, a list of options appears. Select 4 or F4 to start the computer in Safe Mode. If you must use the Internet, select 5 or F5 for Safe Mode with Networking.

Boot into Safe Mode from the sign-in screen in Windows 11 or Windows 10​

  1. Restart the computer.
  2. At the sign-in screen, hold the Shift key down and then click Power > Restart.
  3. After the computer restarts to the Choose an Option screen, select Troubleshoot > Advanced Options > Startup Settings > Restart.
  4. After the computer restarts, a list of options should appear. Select 4 or F4 to start the computer in Safe Mode. If you must use the Internet, select 5 or F5 for Safe Mode with Networking.

Boot into Safe Mode from outside of Windows 11 or Windows 10​

Windows 11 and Windows 10 automatically boot into the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) if Windows fails to start three times in a row. Three consecutive failed attempts trigger this action. Booting to Safe Mode outside of Windows is achieved in the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE).

Follow these steps to enter Safe Mode from the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE):
  1. At the Choose an option screen, select Troubleshoot.
  2. At the Troubleshoot screen, select Advanced Options.
  3. At the Advanced Options screen, select Advanced Startup Options.
  4. Select Startup Settings.
  5. Select Restart.
  6. The computer restarts and enters the Startup Settings menu. Select 4 or F4 to start the computer in Safe Mode. If you must use the Internet, select 5 or F5 for Safe Mode with Networking.

As for fixing it, etc. This reddit may help:
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ty, I managed to get into safe mode and run a system restore

But now I'm having an issue with new PC - connecting my headphones into the front audio headphone jack either gets very very low sound or "incomplete" sound coming through the headphones. By incomplete sound - watching a trailer on youtube just has ambient effects no dialogue, listening to music only some of the instruments are audible.

  • Intel Core i7-13700K 16-core CPU
  • EKWB 360mm AiO liquid cooler
  • 32GB (2x 16GB) 6000MHz Kingston FURY Beast RGB DDR5 memory
  • ASUS Prime Z790-A WiFi ATX motherboard
    Nvidia 3080

I've updated all the motherboard drivers and utilities etc. Installing the realtek audio console software helped get from very very low sound to incomplete. Plugging the headphones into the rear jack works fine

I don't have any external speakers, but I do have my Audio Receiver plugged into one of the HDMI ports of the graphics card. I will need to use my headset for work calls
 
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Lanx

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Ossoi said:
ty, I managed to get into safe mode and run a system restore

But now I'm having an issue with new PC - connecting my headphones into the front audio headphone jack either gets very very low sound or "incomplete" sound coming through the headphones. By incomplete sound - watching a trailer on youtube just has ambient effects no dialogue, listening to music only some of the instruments are audible.

  • Intel Core i7-13700K 16-core CPU
  • EKWB 360mm AiO liquid cooler
  • 32GB (2x 16GB) 6000MHz Kingston FURY Beast RGB DDR5 memory
  • ASUS Prime Z790-A WiFi ATX motherboard
    Nvidia 3080

I've updated all the motherboard drivers and utilities etc. Installing the realtek audio console software helped get from very very low sound to incomplete. Plugging the headphones into the rear jack works fine

I don't have any external speakers, but I do have my Audio Receiver plugged into one of the HDMI ports of the graphics card. I will need to use my headset for work calls
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maybe your jack plug is dirty, clean it with a toothpick
 
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I moved my PC into a new quieter case with quieter fans and I thought all was well. But the CPU is overheating now and all I did was move the case/motherboard.

I have

Amazon product ASIN B09HDJ3Z47
and its not even a year old. The LCD plate on this thing reads a good 39C but when the computer is on and I use HWINFO CPU reads at 90C even idling then shuts down due to heat. Where should I start looking?
 
TJT

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Nevermind fixed. Had a screw loose on the liquid cooler cap that didn't give the full surface area to it. Nice and cool now.
 
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I am trying to find a free program that will play Walmart security footage. They are AVI files encoded by SN40, which is what Walmart uses to encode all their videos. Anyone know of anything?
 
Kiki

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Deebo said:
I am trying to find a free program that will play Walmart security footage. They are AVI files encoded by SN40, which is what Walmart uses to encode all their videos. Anyone know of anything?
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Looks like VLC won't do it unless you change the codec value in hex. SN40 is just H263 renamed to be cool.
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Ranak

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I have a 10 year old PC I built that is giving me a bunch of different BSOD and I'm trying to figure out what needs replacing. Maybe RAM? Sometimes takes 5-10 boot ups before it stable enough to use for just Chrome, but I'd like to get it working again and replace whatever has gone bad. Ideas?

Most Common:
Clock Watchdog Timeout
System Service Exception
Page Fault in Nonpaged Area
Kernal Security Check Failure
KMode Exception Note Handled
Critical Process Died

Some others I've seen:
System Thread Exception Not Handled
Driver IRQL Not less or Equal
Attempted Write to Read Only Memory
 
Lanx

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Ranak said:
I have a 10 year old PC I built that is giving me a bunch of different BSOD and I'm trying to figure out what needs replacing. Maybe RAM? Sometimes takes 5-10 boot ups before it stable enough to use for just Chrome, but I'd like to get it working again and replace whatever has gone bad. Ideas?

Most Common:
Clock Watchdog Timeout
System Service Exception
Page Fault in Nonpaged Area
Kernal Security Check Failure
KMode Exception Note Handled
Critical Process Died

Some others I've seen:
System Thread Exception Not Handled
Driver IRQL Not less or Equal
Attempted Write to Read Only Memory
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i'd double check your thermal paste which has most likely dried out
 
Daidraco

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Lanx said:
i'd double check your thermal paste which has most likely dried out
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I was thinking it had something to do with the CPU and thats probably it. Ive got an AIO Water cooler on my old computer thats been around since the 970's were brand new. Start it up and the thing sounds like an old Volkswagen Diesel. CLACK CLACK ClaaCk Clack clack clack clack cl...ack .... cla.. ck.... silent.
 
Lanx

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Daidraco said:
I was thinking it had something to do with the CPU and thats probably it. Ive got an AIO Water cooler on my old computer thats been around since the 970's were brand new. Start it up and the thing sounds like an old Volkswagen Diesel. CLACK CLACK ClaaCk Clack clack clack clack cl...ack .... cla.. ck.... silent.
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yea he's getting different bsod all the time, probably cuz he starts pc cold, then it works then it heats up then fails, then he restarts but it's still hot from the temp and then just keeps on rebooting from there.

it's 10yrs old so no thermal throttling just turn off
 
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Ranak

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Lanx said:
yea he's getting different bsod all the time, probably cuz he starts pc cold, then it works then it heats up then fails, then he restarts but it's still hot from the temp and then just keeps on rebooting from there.

it's 10yrs old so no thermal throttling just turn off
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What's the fix here if that's the case? Built PCs for almost 30 years, but never dealt with thermal paste.
 
Lanx

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Ranak said:
What's the fix here if that's the case? Built PCs for almost 30 years, but never dealt with thermal paste.
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take off your heatsink, wipe off the now caked on thermal paste, use 99% isopropyl (not 70%) alcohol on heatsink and cpu, and then put a pea sized dab of new thermal paste in the middle

my most recent thermal paste is mx6
ARCTIC MX-6 (4 g) - Ultimate Performance Thermal Paste for CPU, Consoles, Graphics Cards, laptops, Very high Thermal Conductivity, Long Durability, Non-Conductive, Non-capacitive
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if you can't wait for amazon, you can just goto any microcenter and buy the most popular paste, it doesn't really matter for that old of a pc, you just need new paste
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Lanx

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if you haven't touched your pc in 10years you also have a horde of dust bunnies so pick up some compressed air, take your pc out side and clean, also when you blow anywhere next to a fan, hold the fan blade down, b/c free spinning it could damage it.
 
Ranak

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Just lucky I guess?

But really, I dunno. I've seriously never used it before over probably 6-7 PCs. Does it usually come pre-applied?
Break said:
How'd you build pcs for 30 years but never touch thermal paste?
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Break

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Ranak said:
Just lucky I guess?

But really, I dunno. I've seriously never used it before over probably 6-7 PCs. Does it usually come pre-applied?
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Yeah stock coolers from INtel/AMD usually have it pre applied.
 
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Lanx

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Ranak said:
Just lucky I guess?

But really, I dunno. I've seriously never used it before over probably 6-7 PCs. Does it usually come pre-applied?
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i'm now more confident in my assessment that it is heat related
 
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Denamian

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Lanx said:
i'm now more confident in my assessment that it is heat related
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Pre applied thermal paste wasn't common 20+ years ago, at least in my experience.

Ranak Ranak thermal paste is a dead easy thing to check for anyone with PC building experience. Clean the old paste off with isopropyl alcohol and apply new paste. If you want to get fancy, you can pick up this:

Amazon product ASIN B001JYQ9TM
My bottles have lasted me over 10 years.
 
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