Continue, or call it a day?

[Shane_B.]

3 hours ago, pwalpwal said:

reseating components, including blowing the dust out (which can cause shorting) can sometimes (not sure how often) resolve weird hw issues

good luck, hope this is the winner

Hah! We posted at the same time and said the same thing.

Another thing that's a good idea is to clean and replace the thermal paste on your CPU and GPU. Over time it breaks down. I'm always terrified to take those back out once they are in and working though. I've never done it but I've read that you should once a PC gets a few years under it's belt. This guy has a really good utoob channel on cleaning PC's.

I'm glad the OP is getting it working well. When all this technology gets in the way it really ruins the creativity. (coughxcough1cough ?).

EDIT: Another thing I forgot to mention. Never spin the fans when blowing things out. Spinning them generates a voltage and if spun fast enough can fry your mobo. Hold them still with something that's non-conductive.

I remember from my copier days Canon's were notorious for bad connectors. So bad you had to leave them plugged in and physically take something pointy like a straightened out spring hook or a small jewelers screw driver and push the individual little metal clamps on each wire in the connector through the connector and on to the pins on the PCB's. There were thousands of wires in some of those bigger machines and no way to replace entire harnesses without gutting everything to the frame. It was a nightmare. So glad I don't work on those anymore. Hah.

Edited May 6, 2022 by Shane_B.

[craigb]

Dust is why IT guys like me always have canned air handy.  The main way dust kills performance is by clogging the air flow which raises temperatures inside the box.  The computer is designed to automatically throttle performance as things get warmer.

Glad you got that resolved! ?

[Bapu]

4 hours ago, Mr. Torture said:

Could it have been dust all along?? 

Not sure, but you did do a performance art version of 'Dust In The Wind'

Edited May 6, 2022 by Bapu

[Shane_B.]

4 minutes ago, Bapu said:

Not sure, but you did do a performance art version of 'Dust In The Wind'

 

[Mr. Torture]

Ok, few hours and tried a few sessions, so far everything is good. One other thing I found is shutting of "Dithering" Under the "Playback & recording" tab. That was causing issues as well.

Edited May 6, 2022 by Mr. Torture

[craigb]

2 hours ago, Mr. Torture said:

One other thing I found is shutting of "Dithering" Under the "Playback & recording" tab. That was causing issues as well.

Just like it does in this forum! ???

[Bapu]

Wasn't there a song by ABBA called Dithering Queen?

[craigb]

1 hour ago, Bapu said:

Wasn't there a song by ABBA called Dithering Queen?

No, that was by AmAm! ?

[Tim Smith]

I'll be staying away from "dust in a baggie".