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so you may have tried the how-to guides on how to fix your blue screens of death you've tried changing memory sticks and you've tried changing the power supply okay some of these may indeed fix your problems but if you're still having those blue screens of death then today we're going to go through some of the weirdest problems I've encountered since I've started building pcs and of course how you can fix those problems walking back to tech yesterday the first problem we're gonna get into is under voltage default settings this one can rear its head up more than you would think especially in 2018 where AMD and Intel are how could you say it pushing the envelope as much as possible on their CPUs particularly when consumer CPUs like the rise in 2000 series and also the i7 lineup are to be discussed these have been clocked more aggressively out of the box towards the point where they may be near diminishing points of return so in some cases when a power supply is a budget one that may have large amounts of ripple which is a whole topic in itself but basically fluctuating voltage levels that can in certain cases drop below the default voltage spec leaving your computer blue screening coupling this together with a budget multiple being used with most likely a lackluster vrm that's a voltage regulator that draws power directly from your power supply and then changes it to power that your processor can use all this can lead to a situation where your central processing unit may be starved of sufficient voltage to run at even default settings so in order to fix this just simply head into the bio so hit the delete or f2 key when your computer boots and if your computer allows to which on most modern motherboards the hardware will boot at non-turbo settings so you shouldn't crash before you get into the BIOS and then simply after this go to the part where your CPU voltage settings are and then just press the plus or minus key on your numpad and try raising these over the default settings voila you may be able to kiss those blue screens goodbye however before we get on with problem number two if you have a lot of different websites that you visit and perhaps you are like me and have a different tearing of passwords for websites starting from websites you don't trust at all two websites that have your banking details then today's video sponsor LastPass can help you out greatly I find myself constantly visiting websites that aren't that important to me personally but I do enjoy reading using forums for example and then a lot of them require username and passwords that you may all well forget well if you don't want to forget any more than last parts can auto generate unique passwords for every website you frequent and store them in a secure cloud and autofill it into those websites to make your life that much easier I've been using the service for a while now and it's avoided a lot of headaches and an added benefit of it is is that you can have all those secure 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the CPU when it is in this mode so the computer doesn't wake up after you hit a button this can in particular rear its ugly head after the fourth gen Intel CPUs were introduced that is CPUs like the i7 4770k 546 70 k i5 6400 etc where Intel introduced at low power mode called c7 so in order to circumnavigate this problem and stop it from becoming a problem you can do one of two things either go into the BIOS and set your minimum C state to c3 or if you're on a laptop I do recommend c6 for power savings which is what I always do or you can go into Windows or of course you can do both which is what I do on my desktop computer x79 god bless and in the power settings you can set your computer to high power mode in here you can also change selective suspend settings and PCIe power States and in general this just helps make a super snappy machine though one negative to all this is of course higher power consumption so again if you're on a laptop do be careful you may wish to just go with c6 in the bus and call it a day and of course if you're no longer having those b-sides or freezers then you can call it a day number three faulty memory modules this one is such a pain to diagnose because sometimes it's completely random in nature and it can pass some of the Diagnostics tests and then BAM just suddenly spring on you with a blue screen or a program crashing for no reason or in rare circumstances lines going through your screen though if you do want to rule out memory problems the best way is to run mem test 86 plus and run this for a few hours going through all the tests it will stress the memory thoroughly and if the memory does have a fault I usually find it will come out in this stress test it has never given me a false positive nor a false negative so in order to get this program to work just simply download it make a bootable USB and then boot into mem test 86 and you shall be good to go so if you don't have much time and you don't want to make that bootable and you don't want to use mem test 86 then you can try just using one memory stick at a time or if you've only got one memory stick in your computer and try changing that out for another memory stick because in my time building pcs I've never had two memory sticks go bad at the exact same time and I've built a lot of computers so this is rare if this ever did happen you'll like one of those guys who won the lottery but in a negative way anyway if you do find out there was a memory problem with your computer then you should no longer be freezing or having blue screens of death coming in with number four is hardware incompatibility this can sometimes come about with things like RAM not working with a particular motherboard or simply and in this one is very weird using a cheaper chipset license like a h-60 one versus a z68 motherboard for example or a h1 10 motherboard versus a z170 I found that some budget mulder boards would just simply not have the ability to boot to different ddr3 memory modules from different manufacturers at the same time if this is indeed the problem then I would suggest just trying one memory stick at a time and of course simply just trial and error in the situation and if they don't work together then you may source another memory stick or another motherboard because unfortunately some problems like these are just not avoidable and non-curable another common problem is using a PCI or PCIe wireless adapter and the drivers not simply being installed and when you install them they just give you a b-side like in the past I've used a d-link wireless module and when I turn the computer on it was working before I installed the module but then after soon as I get into Windows bang be sod this can cause a lot of frustrations and in this case if you buy a new piece of hardware and this happens then simply return it to the store and get a refund and try a different branded product we the consumers ultimately and we should not be used as beta testers can cause some serious headaches though more problems from Hardware incompatibility can arise from things like sound cards same thing is the wireless module some can cause issues even working on Windows 7 for example but then when you upgrade to Windows 10 bang no longer works same deal save yourself the headaches and get rid of this problematic part out of your life and coming in with number 5 is a faulty or underwhelming power supply this one is a very very tricky one to diagnose sometimes and in fact I've only had this rarely pop up a few times since I've started building a pewters mind you I don't use garbage power supplies and I have been building and tinkering for a very long time though that doesn't mean that it won't happen and it can happen so basically the problem here is that if you have a faulty power supply your computer while either just not boot or a good blue screen or it can just freeze and other problems that can happen as well as that your computer may seem fine but there is this weird burning smell and it's not the smell of freshly open hardware this is different it's a smell that just lingers and draws itself to your nose if you smell this odor ladies and gentlemen then do yourself a favor shut down your PC immediately find out what source of the smell and remove that part a SAP this goes not just for the power supply but other components in your system though 99% of the times a weird smell from your PC has always been from a power splay that's just my experience so always out of all your PC components do get a power supply that is a little better than the cheapest junk they sell from the brand you've never heard of for instance if you are in Australia the promised land and you are on a budget even a power play like a corsair vs 50 will be miles better than some no-name 680 watt power supply there will in due time most likely sizzle and the problem here is that it might not just take itself but it could also take out other hardware with it or even your whole house don't risk it just like those dodgy sellers on gumtree or Facebook and the last problem with power supplies is of course the power supplied some people buy cheap 500 watt power supplies thinking they can power their gtx 1070 all okay and then when they boot up a game and find out that a computer just shuts off this is because that five under what pounds fly just like mentioned above is junk you'll generally need to spend some decent money on a power supply if you're putting in medium to high and components in a built if you need to find some decent power supplies then I will put some links in the description below but for most people a solid 650 watt power supply will cover you for years and years to come and it won't break the bank and it will be able to be ported from every PC you build meaning you can reuse it anyway guys hope you enjoy today's video if you did then be sure to hit that like button let me know in the comments section below what are the weirdest problems you've come into when it comes to blue screens or freezing or problems that you may encounter when building PC's love reading your thoughts and opinions as always and I'll catch you in another tech video very soon also don't forget to check out today's video sponsor LastPass completely free to try out links in the description below and I'll catch you on the next one peace out for now bye