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Specs:

CPU: Ryzen 7 5800X3D (tested two different units)

Motherboard: Gigabyte B550 Aorus Elite V2 rev 1.5, BIOS \[version\]

GPU: \[brand\] RX 9070 XT, bought mid-August 2026

RAM: 32GB DDR4 (originally G.Skill Ripjaws 3600, now a different replacement kit), running at 3200, XMP off

PSU: \[model, wattage\] (already replaced once, previous: \[model\])

OS: Windows \[10/11\], AMD Adrenalin \[version\], installed clean with DDU

The problem

Hard reboot with no BSOD. Event Viewer shows WHEA-Logger Event 18, Error Source: Machine Check Exception, Error Type: Cache Hierarchy Error, Processor APIC ID different every time, followed by Kernel-Power 41.

Battlefield 6 reproduces it reliably within 10 minutes.

Apex Legends and CoD: they used to crash too, but have been stable for days since I set LLC to Medium (see below).

Other symptoms: one DEVICE_HUNG driver crash in Apex (fixed after DDU + driver reinstall), monitor occasionally goes black for a second at idle, and a USB controller once showed Code 43.

History: the same motherboard was fully stable with a Ryzen 5 5600X + RX 6700 XT. Problems started after upgrading to the 5800X3D + 9070 XT.

What I've tried

CPU: two different 5800X3D units, same crashes (the first one was sold and works fine for the buyer).

PSU: replaced, no change.

RAM: replaced the kit. MemTest86 passes, XMP off (3200 JEDEC).

BIOS: loaded defaults, PBO off, Core Performance Boost off, Global C-State Control off, PCIe forced to Gen3, SoC voltage 1.10V → 1.148V (no difference), CPU Vcore LLC + SoC LLC set to Medium (helped Apex/CoD, not BF6). Resizable BAR/SAM currently off.

Stress tests: OCCT CPU and OCCT Power (CPU+GPU) for \~25 min with zero errors. Only gaming triggers it.

GPU: reseated many times, clean driver install with DDU. \[Separate PCIe power cables / no daisy-chain: yes/no\]

\[Registry: MPO disabled (OverlayTestMode=5) + TdrDelay=10 / TdrDdiDelay=20: done / not yet\]

\[FreeSync off: done / not yet\]

\[Adrenalin power limit -10%: result\]

\[FPS cap at 60 in BF6: result\]

Planned next tests

Moving the GPU to the second (chipset) PCIe slot to rule out the primary slot / CPU lanes.

Clean Windows install on a separate drive.

My questions

Has anyone with a 9070 XT (or 9060 XT) on AM4/B550 seen WHEA 18 that only shows up in BF6?

Since CPU, PSU and RAM are ruled out, does this point more to the card or to the motherboard/PCIe?

Anyone with the B550 Aorus Elite V2 running a 9070 XT stable in BF6? Which BIOS version?

Any fixes I've missed before I send the card in for RMA? I can't easily test it in another PC, and I'd rather not ship it without being sure.

Thanks in advance!

I bought a new laptop of Dell and in it's specifications it said that I'll get MS office home 2024+ microsoft 365 for 1 year but now when I opening my excel or word it's not letting me create any document and the product says unlicensed product.

Can anyone please help me.

Hi everyone, I'm having trouble launching Call of Duty: Black Ops III on Steam.

Context:

This issue started happening right after I installed my new NVIDIA RTX 3070 Ti. Previously, when playing with the integrated graphics on my Ryzen 5 5600G, the game launched and ran fine.

The issue:

When I click Play, Steam changes the button to "Stop"(as if it's running), and immediately a pop-up appears saying:

"The game did not close properly last time it was run. Do you want to run in Safe Mode?"

I've tried clicking both "Yes" and "No", but in both cases the game fails to launch, closes itself, and Steam goes back to showing the "Play" button.

What I've tried so far:

• Trying both Safe Mode options (Yes and No).
• Setting the dedicated GPU (RTX 3070 Ti) as primary/priority in BIOS.

Has anyone experienced something similar after changing GPUs or knows how to fix it? Thanks in advance!

Title says it all; bluetooth headphones work tho, but I don't wanna use bluetooth since there's always an awful audio delay associared with that, which makes anything gaming/game dev related pretty impossible lol

I've already tried restarting, reinstalling drivers, restarting windows audio related services, and checking additional sound settings (basically every solution you can find on the internet on this issue) with no avail.

I’m on my third G.Skill kit in this PC, and before I file another RMA I want to make sure the computer isn't killing the RAM.

1. Has anyone had their PC kill RAM? Any idea what caused it?
2. Is there anything else I should be testing? The PSU is budget and 6 years old so I wonder about that.
3. Has anyone else had repeated failures with this or a similar kit?

Specs (everything bought in 2020 except the RAM)

• Ryzen 5 3600
• Gigabyte B450 AORUS PRO WIFI
• Sapphire Pulse RX 5700 XT
• Thermaltake Smart BX1 550W Bronze
• Windows 11 Home
• RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws V F4-3600C16D-32GVKC (2x16GB 3600 CL16, 1.35V), upgraded in 2025

Kit 1 (bought 2025): Memory crashes started early this year. In July, memtest86 found one bad stick, failing at stock 2133 with XMP off. RMA’d.

Kit 2 (label date July 2026): Crashing within about two weeks (0x1A MEMORY_MANAGEMENT). One stick failed memtest on the same bits in two different slots, and the other stick had a few errors too. RMA’d.

Kit 3 (label date Aug 2026): Passed 4 full memtest passes when it arrived. About a week later it started failing (note: I was using the computer more heavily than normal during this period). It kept getting worse until Chrome tabs were crashing constantly and I was getting crash screens about memory.

In memtest, the failing bits are different between kits.

Thanks for any help you can provide!

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WizTree shows an ota-artifacts folder on my Windows 11 laptop (RTX 3050) which is huge.

C:\ProgramData\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA App\UpdateFramework\ota-artifacts

It contains a grd folder, including post-processing. NVIDIA App shows no update in progress.

Can I safely delete this to reclaim the 7 GB without affecting my installed driver or future updates? Why doesn't NVIDIA clean them up automatically? Is there an official cleanup method?

I Googled and most people say it's safe but I want to be sure.

My computer keeps crashing, faster than my meager skills can investigate. When it fails, screen turns black and the error message says "stop code: DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE (0x9F)"

As far as windows help goes I should be programing with debug tools, trying to solve by disabling "power saver", or it may have to do with driver or device failures... I have A LOT of peripherals, but no matter what or how many, I unplug, it seems to persist. Power saver has already been disabled, and all drivers are up to date according to both first and third part software.

What can I do to quickly (as there is limited time before device failure on boot) to diagnose and solve this issue?

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My extremely un savvy grandma uses AOL (yes lol) for email on google chrome with a very old iMac (~2010?). She is encountering an issue where the AOL tab will continue copying itself until she asks me to close them. The only solution I have been able to provide is to just close the tabs which she struggles to do. I have not been able to observe this happening, I sometimes here the computer chime but I believe that is just the sound for a new email. I was watching the computer and heard the chime but iirc no new tab opened. Is this a fixable bug that anyone knows of or just a quirk of a very old computer?

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I’m trying to open my ASUS F15 as I ordered a 1TB stick to throw in to finally upgrade the 512GB. That and I’m finally going to try and clean it regularly as my cat loves the thing.

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So, I've been using a second monitor for over a year now, and I've never had any issues with it, even when gaming. However, recently, my GPU utilization has been randomly dropping below 10% every few minutes while playing games, causing massive stutters and lag.

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Has anyone experienced something similar or knows what might be causing this? Could the HDMI cable be the problem, or is there something else I should check?

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Monitor: Lenovo R24e

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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