Recent content by mwforrest7

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    Question Boot Loop - But remains on with battery removed

    Just tried a new CMOS battery. No luck there either
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    Question Theorycrafting System Cooling with RTX 3080

    I think those are good points. It seems like an obvious and relatively cheap test case for Nvidia to try the fans in both configurations (push and pull). It does seem like pretty bad design to have the airflow going up into the CPU/RAM when using purely air cooling (which is the main reason I am...
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    Question Theorycrafting System Cooling with RTX 3080

    I was watching JayzTwoCents unboxing of the 3080 today and his theory as to why its a pull design was for acoustics. But otherwise, yea I have no theories
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    Question Boot Loop - But remains on with battery removed

    I tried the CMOS reset during the boot loop and no luck :confused_old: I did not! Looks like I can get a 4 pack for 5 bucks on amazon so I may just go ahead and give it shot.
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    Question Theorycrafting System Cooling with RTX 3080

    Sorry for the confusion as those pictures are someone else's computer that I am drawing over (they are using the same case and it gave me a good idea of the positioning of things). My plan is to use a single AIO (CPU) and stock 3080 FE cooler. For the GPU inlet/outlets I was basing it off of...
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    Question Boot Loop - But remains on with battery removed

    Nay, though I did try mild-to-moderate OCing on it a couple of times years ago I ultimately ended up leaving it at stock.
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    Question Theorycrafting System Cooling with RTX 3080

    I am planning a new RTX 3080 Founders Edition build and have been doing some research and theory crafting of sorts on how I would optimize cooling in the system (especially with the new 3080's cooling design in mind). I threw together some sketches using a picture of someone else's computer but...
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    Question Boot Loop - But remains on with battery removed

    Oh geeze, that sounds risky but I guess I got nothing to lose at this point!
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    Question Boot Loop - But remains on with battery removed

    I gotcha that makes sense. Well, this is a bummer but on the bright side I was actually planning to put together a new build later this year with the new Amperes and new Ryzens coming out. This build was definitely showing its age in modern games. It just pooped out a couple months too early...
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    Question Boot Loop - But remains on with battery removed

    Yea, can't get any input out to the monitor regardless of whether its plugged into GPU or mobo. Also tried hdmi, display port, and dvi-d connections. So as far as I can tell, it's not booting to BIOS. I've got two different monitors I tried. I can't say for sure what happened to put it into...
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    Question Boot Loop - But remains on with battery removed

    Unfortunately this is an older machine so no warranty. Components are: GA-Z68XP-UD3P mobo i5-2500k EVGA 970 GTX SSC 32GB G.skill ripjaw DDR3-1600 500GB 850 EVO Seasonic X-750 PSU
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    Question Boot Loop - But remains on with battery removed

    Hey all, I've got a peculiar boot loop issue: If I remove all components and just run the system with motherboard, CPU, and PSU I've only successfully managed to get the boot looping to stop if I remove the battery and clear the CMOS. If I put the battery back in it starts to loop again...
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    Question 2060S or 5700 XT?

    I am also curious about these playback issues. And what is the impact of AMD's drivers not being WHQL and therefore not HDCP compliant? Does that translate into not being able to watch YouTube, Netflix, etc? Or is it more like not being able to read a DVD?
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    Question 2060S or 5700 XT?

    haha mine was $400 back when I got it... Display tech seems to be progressing a lot! I really like the sounds of the ROG Swift PG27UQ but I don't want to try and push 4K resolution. Everything else about it sounds amazing though. And I know they got a new version coming out with the mini/micro...
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    Question 2060S or 5700 XT?

    Thanks for all the replies! You all are making me feel a lot better about going with the 5700 XT. The monitor I have right now is a 2560x1440 IPS panel @ 60hz, no freesync or g-sync (it's getting old lol). I've actually been wanting to upgrade on this front as well. On that note, I've never...