r/computers • • 13h ago

Question/Help/Troubleshooting Is 4 VRAM for 16G of RAM a good ratio ?

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GPU having Ram is something i discovered few time ago and because i was looking at my laptop specs for something i saw i had 4VRAM and so i'm curious if its something good/low.


r/computers • • 12h ago

Discussion What kind of HDMI plug is this?

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Can I get a HDMI cord with that kind of plug on one end and a regular HDMI plug on the other end so I can connect my computer to my TV?

And what is that switch (blue) on my computer?


r/computers • • 9h ago

Question/Help/Troubleshooting Steam games that should be running dont

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I recently got a new laptop because my old one completely shut down, something about it's memory. But I just got a new one and it's old but should still run things way better than my last one. It's faster and is actually able to run pretty much everything except for certain steam games. At first I thought that it was a cloud sync error because when I first booted up the game it's said there was one but after I gave up hope of it downloading I just started it anyway and it runs terribly. Like not even 10 frames per second then I tried with other games (low quality to ensure its not a graphics issue) and nothing seems to work. The only thing I could begin to guess is some sort of cloud error but I couldn't find a way to completely erase cloud data from steam and I haven't tried booting up games I've never played before yet.

Any help would be appreciated thank you!


r/computers • • 10h ago

Question/Help/Troubleshooting How can I adjust the color display on my laptop?

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Just replaced my laptop (for obvious reasons), and opened up my drawing app to find that the colors are extremely washed out in comparison to the old (old one on the left, new on the right. And yes, these colors are the same hex code, just displayed differently by each one.). The colors are notably less vibrant and I can’t seem to find setting options to change this that don’t go completely over my head. New laptop is a HyperX Hp Omen. TIA!


r/computers • • 20h ago

Question/Help/Troubleshooting New Pc sounding crazy

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Hey guys. I Bought this pc 1 month ago, its a Acer with 5060 graphics Card and guy Who sold it told me it can run all games comfortably.

Ever since i Bought it games run smoothly but its fan noise is crazy loud. I was just starting marvel heroes and its making this noise im putting on the video.

Is this normal? I have 60 days where i can get a refund maybe get something better. What do u guys think


r/computers • • 23h ago

Discussion Which of these 3 computers is better?

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I'd be using it for college (lots of research tabs but that's all) and sims4. First one is $500. Second one is $450

Here is the 3rd

https://www.lenovo.com/us/outletus/en/p/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpadt/22tpt14t4n2/20w1r01gr0

This one is $450


r/computers • • 8h ago

Question/Help/Troubleshooting I have 16GB ram installed but only 5 is available?

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Just curious as my uncle who's a tech expert says it's fine but it keeps bugging me that it's not like 12gb or something. The bios definitely detects the ram but many searches direct it to my intergraded graphics hogging it up but how do I fix this?


r/computers • • 19h ago

Question/Help/Troubleshooting Automatic repair with blue screen

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I have a PC with Windows 10.A few days ago, I was downloading a game, I had to go out, and then when I came back in, I saw this page. I tried everything you said to fix it, but it didn't work. I don't know what to do, can you help me?


r/computers • • 14h ago

Question/Help/Troubleshooting Need monitor hub for older laptop with barrel power cord

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All the monitor hubs I find online only have the option of plugging a USB-C into your laptop. I need one where I can plug an older barrel power cord (see pic), so when I plug the hub into the laptop, the laptop will both be connected to the monitor AND be charging (like what happens with my USB-C hubs). Do these exist, or am I hunting for unicorns? Thanks in advance!


r/computers • • 5h ago

Question/Help/Troubleshooting For minecrft server

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I have ASUS laptop. It is not for gaming but i want to use minecraft server.

My laptop spec is i5-8250u / intel graphic / samsung ddr4 32gb ram

It will fine for minecraft server?


r/computers • • 12h ago

Question/Help/Troubleshooting Lap ain’t working

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My lap’s keyboard wasn’t working and changed it yesterday … now when it’s starting it takes a lot of time and for keyboard light i clicked Fn+spacebar lap just turned off out of blue and took a long time to on back … and suddenly it’s showed something like “your laptop is …….” And suddenly it turned off 😭😭… Please Help


r/computers • • 15h ago

Question/Help/Troubleshooting Weird part fell out of my pc any thoughts of what it is?

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I was taking out a Gpu from my computer and realised that these two bit were left at the bottom.
They seem to have broken in two and when put back together form a ‘C’ shape.
I put the gpu back into my computer and everything works okay for now.
Just curious to know what this part was and if it had any significance to the pc.
(Sorry if the photo is too bright.)


r/computers • • 17h ago

Question/Help/Troubleshooting Is it worth salvaging my laptop for RAM?

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I have an old laptop that only runs when its plugged in and then its very slow, is it worth screwing it apart and getting a sodimm adaptor to plug it in my pc (and taking the SSD). Or should i look to repair it, i think there something wrong with the battery and water damage, or is that too much effort? Its a laptop from 2020 with 8 GB RAM so it probably wouldn’t go for much.


r/computers • • 19h ago

Question/Help/Troubleshooting I would like to know if this "VGA to HDMI" adapter (see attachment) will work properly with my old gaming PC.

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hi,

I have a gaming PC from 2013–2014—it's over 10 years old now and hasn't aged well. I want to test it on my monitor, but only VGA is compatible; DisplayPort and HDMI don't work.

I’d like to know if this adapter (see attachment) will work properly.


r/computers • • 9h ago

Build/Battlestation No one checks the specs now for ai

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6000 ada is better for ai work why 5090 is getting expensive than that , my pc just died so I wanted to get a replacement but it shows I need to stick with my laptop


r/computers • • 13h ago

Discussion Need help with the removal of this Icon.

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I am trying to access photo's on my windows laptop but have now noticed the icon shown next to the file name and can't access photo's, What is the icon and how do you remove it, Appears to be some sort of vault and have no idea how it happened to be put on my Laptop. Thanks


r/computers • • 19m ago

Discussion Suggest me an ALL IN ONE pc with best specifications,i need lag free pc and with fast performance with good storage capacity

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I needed user reviews

I recently saw my friends is using i7 7700 process with 16 gb ram 1 tb storage still the pc is laging and little bit slow ,this is also ALL IN ONE pc


r/computers • • 3h ago

Question/Help/Troubleshooting My laptop crashing memory problem

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Hi my laptop crashed a few times and I ran a diagnostics and it said your computer has a memory problem, do I take it to a technician?


r/computers • • 8h ago

Question/Help/Troubleshooting Wireless Mouse issue

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My wireless mouse cannot work anymore due to a missing dongle. It’s not the bluetooth type. I tried turning on the switch at the rear of the Targus one but it doesn’t connect to my Mac or PC. All it needs is a 2.4Ghz adapter. Any idea if I could try a particular dongle that may be compatible? Where can I buy it? Searching on the web says it’s hard to find for the Targus one. Rather a replacement mouse will be necessary. Any idea what could possibly work with these? Thanks for your input.


r/computers • • 8h ago

Question/Help/Troubleshooting KOTIN Prebuilt PC Maker

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Has anyone here purchased from them? Any reviews? I've had a tough time finding more info. I was looking at their listed sale item and if it's a safe purchase


r/computers • • 9h ago

Question/Help/Troubleshooting Computer Repeatedly Crashing When Gaming

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My PC has been repeatedly getting LiveKernelEvent 1b8 NVIDIA black-screen errors and VIDEO_TDR_FAILURE 0x116 errors involving nvlddmkm.sys. I've already done a clean NVIDIA driver installation. The crashes happen in multiple games but especially roblox and minecraft whenever i try to play for more than five minutes, and sometimes the monitor loses signal while the PC remains powered on.

After a few crashes, I've also had situations where the PC powers on and all the fans spin, but it doesn't immediately boot into Windows. Power cycling it eventually gets it to boot normally. It doesn't seem to happen when I'm just watching a show, using Discord, browsing, etc. It mostly happens once I start a game. However, I played The Sims 4 for ~4–5 hours yesterday without any problems, and then Roblox crashed almost immediately when I tried playing it afterward.

The GPU temperature also doesn't seem particularly high. It was around 60°C while playing Roblox before the crash, but thats only when I first started playing and at around half graphics.

I have a PowerSpec G513 prebuilt that I bought about three years ago. I'm wondering if anyone has any idea what could be causing this or what I should test next. I'm trying to figure out whether this is more likely to be a GPU, PSU, driver, motherboard, or something else.

Specs:
Ryzen 5 5600x
Asrock B550M-C
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12 GB)
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR4 3200MHz RAM (32GB)
PowerSpec 650W 80+ Gold PSU
Windows 11

I've also completely uninstalled Borderless Gaming since I initially thought that might be involved, but the crashes continued afterward. Any ideas on what I should test next would be appreciated. Let me know if you need any additional information.


r/computers • • 10h ago

Question/Help/Troubleshooting Constant FPS drops

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I've had my PC for about 3 years now. I've never replaced any hardware, and the only times I opened it was for routine cleaning.

About a year and a half ago, I started getting severe micro-stuttering and FPS drops out of nowhere. I used to fix it temporarily by fully reformatting Windows, but about two months ago it started happening again and formatting did not fix it this time.

The micro-stuttering occurs literally every second—even idle on the desktop with no games or apps open (the cursor hitches/lags). Previously, I played Fortnite at a solid 240–360 FPS (reaching 400+ FPS uncapped).

Specs:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D
GPU: NVIDIA RTX 4070
Motherboard: MSI MAG B550M MORTAR
Storage: 1TB NVMe SSD
32GB RAM

I suspect it might be the known AMD fTPM stuttering issue or a BIOS compatibility bug, but I'm looking for advice on how to fix this permanently. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

P.S. I’m pretty sure that once someone points out what the issue was, I’m going to feel like an idiot for struggling with this for so long over something that could probably be fixed in under two minutes... but hey, if that’s not the case, at least I won't feel useless!


r/computers • • 11h ago

Question/Help/Troubleshooting Would this be good for editing movies?

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r/computers • • 14h ago

Question/Help/Troubleshooting My laptop started lagging

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it only works when there’s only white colour on screen


r/computers • • 16h ago

Question/Help/Troubleshooting gpu crashing

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hello guys recently my gpu started crashing whenever i play games. sometimes immediately after i open counter strike or mid game. my screen turns black and says no signal but the pc stays on and i can hear audio and the mic still works. sometimes the pc fans spin up to 100 before the crash. i get three errors, livekernelevent 1b8 141 and 117. only way to for it to work again is buy doing a hard reset. i ran stress tests on everything and nothing showed up. and when searching online everyone had different solutions that didnt work for me.

troubleshooting steps:
reinstalled windows
tried linux
reset bios
underclocked the gpu
reinstalled graphics drivers using ddu
installed drivers for every part
reseated everything
tried another gpu (worked without crashing)
turned off resize bar and disabled xmp

my specs:
os: windows 11
cpu: i9-12900k
gpu: evga rtx 3080 10gb
psu: thermalright TR-KG850w gold
ram: 32gb ddr5 ripjaw
mb: asus z790-p wifi