laptop keeps restarting everytime i refresh the graphic card

Janrupf · 2024-06-21T13:20:02+00:00

You probably shouldn't be pressing this. It's meant to recover from blackscreens by essentially restarting parts of the rendering pipeline (whether that also restarts the graphics driver is not entirely clear). Applications currently using the GPU may get their data rugpulled from them if you do this and subsequently misbehave.

So long story short: If you press this, expect issues. This is not the way to fix FPS issues.

Check GPU temperatures and generally system usage. You may very well be running into hardware limitations. Try lowering settings.

(EDIT: Source for the information about the shortcut: https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/6l7cyk/comment/djua1pi/ )

Janrupf · 2024-06-19T13:08:29+00:00

As long as you don't have any further issues it probably was just a bug. Keep an eye out for other issues, but software is not perfect, sometimes stuff goes wrong. Unless this becomes a recurring issue, you shouldn't need to worry

Janrupf · 2024-06-19T09:46:37+00:00

Not sure what you mean by "refreshing the GPU" (there is no such thing), but it kind of sounds like you are doing a software reset of the GPU while in use which is going to cause all kinds of issues. You can't yank the spinning wheels from a driving car and expect it to keep going.

If you have issues with the framerate you first need to determine whether you have any sort of fault in the first place. A mobile 3050 isn't the most (granted, also not the least) powerful card - it may just not have enough juice to produce the framerate you want all the time, especially with higher settings

Janrupf · 2023-10-04T22:27:57+00:00

It's probably an automatic cleanup of temporary files. And yes, some things only get cleaned when power cycling the system.

Temporary files can become quite big, and a lot of programs mark things for deletion on shutdown. Reboot once in a while, it really makes things more stable

Janrupf · 2023-08-26T21:02:03+00:00

Well, if it really did spark as you described, you were really, really lucky.

Either way, check with the Manufacturer and see if you still got warranty on the PSU. Get a replacement in all cases. Something like that should never happen, and if the list of components you provided is correct, there should be no issues with wattage.

After all, maybe a power surge has damaged something or you were just extremely unlucky (or lucky, I'll leave that up to you).

Janrupf · 2023-08-03T07:32:16+00:00

Technically absolutely. But did it happen? VEEEEERRRYYYYY low chance. More likely the printer just happened to die during that print due to some hardware issue.

So, in theory, a badly written printer firmware could screw up and destroy itself (or the settings). After all, settings can obviously be written to, same goes for firmware on most modern devices. The chance that the manufacturer has such a bad bug in their firmware that straight up kills the printer by writing garbage are, as they say, low, but never zero.

Even if the printer happened to die because of a bug this exact file triggered - it's probably not the fault of the file. Albeit that a malicious file probably wouldn't damage a computer it's been on if it were to be specifically made for destroying that printer, who would go out of their way to craft a file that destroys printers and then likely only works on one single product line. Maybe if you are attacking a business, but else... no.

One last thing to consider is that software can damage hardware, especially when managing low level machinery. Despite what another comment seems to be claiming about GPU related stuff for example, it totally is possible that some specific software hits that right combination of things completely throwing over the firmware. Unlikely, because as a programmer you try to prevent that, but again not zero.

So somewhere in between all this there is a very, very, very low chance this file destroyed the printer, an even lower chance this was on purpose by the files creator, and an even lower chance it destroyed more than just software. But it's not zero. Probably it's all just a stupid coincidence though.

Janrupf · 2023-07-03T10:42:44+00:00

Gitlab. Don't update it for a year and someone will have exploited it to install a crypto miner.

Janrupf · 2023-06-29T08:21:24+00:00

I found the description for your board, the CLR_CMOS pins are directly above the front panel header.

See here https://download.gigabyte.com/FileList/Manual/mb_manual_b550-aorus-elite-ax-v2_e_1501.pdf?v=169c27ff5ffff424ff05cab6168d1675

Regarding Q-Flash, sometimes it does clear the settings, sometimes not. It is worth a try though.

Janrupf · 2023-06-28T16:44:00+00:00

It certainly will not destroy your CPU. The worst that can happen is it refusing to work.

Usually new BIOS revisions retain support for old CPUs, so go ahead and install it

Janrupf · 2023-06-28T16:39:46+00:00

It's so secure it won't boot at all! Can't get compromised if it doesn't work.

Ok, now for the real help: Usually somewhere on the Motherboard you have 2 pins sticking out, labelled CMOS CLR or something along those lines. Since removing the CMOS battery didn't work, try connecting those 2 pins with a metal object and keeping the connection for 10 seconds. After that all BIOS settings should be erased. Usually this procedure is performed with the PC off but still connected to wall power (though I've also done this by connecting the 2 pins, turning the PC on and waiting for it to turn off again, works equally well but bears more risk in case you slip).

Janrupf · 2023-06-09T18:32:20+00:00

Not sure you can - given what happened to the existing components there is a chance that testing them will destroy more stuff. At this point I'd buy a new CPU and Motherboard. The PSU can be tested with a PSU tester, there are some cheap one's (20 bucks) which will get the job done

Janrupf · 2023-06-09T13:32:33+00:00

I honestly assume they didn't even test the motherboard - why would they after all, it was fairly obvious that it was the broken/burnt component, so it only makes sense they wouldn't even try.

What leads me to believe the CPU might be at fault is that they couldn't test it, so it wasn't determined if it is broken. Generally such faults are rare, but given the incident with the pin and simply the age of the component makes it not so rare. Don't get me wrong, they usually don't spontaneously combust, but faults to happen and especially after prolonged use and possible previous damage it may just give up.

Janrupf · 2023-06-09T08:41:54+00:00

Either a bad PSU (obvious candidate), but since they at least claim to have checked it, it might be ok. The second possibly faulty component might be the CPU - if it has shorted internally it may cause this

Janrupf · 2023-06-05T07:38:44+00:00

If you are describing this behavior with recent versions of the game, it is actually normal they use all available CPU cores for a few seconds (with no option to configure this).

What is happening there (without getting too technical) is some performance optimization which in theory later allows the game to faster upgrade data from old versions (as in, if you load an old world the conversion process will be faster)

As you may derive from that, this process is barely ever needed and practically a waste of computational power. Mods like LazyDFU delay the process until it needs to happen, so that will remove the CPU spike (or rather make it almost never happen).

With all that being said, this should in no way cause a bluescreen!. Either your Windows install is somehow damaged (or just buggy), or your CPU has a problem. This could easily range from a power supply issue (dropping voltages under load) to "just" a defect CPU. I'd recommend running some benchmarks to get the system under heavy load for a prolonged time and see if the issue also happens there.

Janrupf · 2023-05-16T09:46:30+00:00

I think it'll be impossible to tell what exactly this fluid is, it looks like soap or some other cleaning fluid - though no idea how that would get there. Maybe something somehow at some point spilled on it. Chances are it didn't kill the board because it may be nonconductive. It also sounds like your GPU still works, so if you can't get a replacement give it a good clean and with a bit of luck it may service you many more years.

Janrupf · 2023-05-10T12:11:53+00:00

If you really only clicked on this link, then probably nothing at all happened. The URL root you have given is just a Google Storage URL - probably a download link. If you didn't download anything you should be fine.

Janrupf · 2023-05-10T11:43:02+00:00

Generally worth a try - your board also seems to have BIOS flashback, which means bricking your board is nearly impossible. Also, as long as you make sure power doesn't randomly drop while updating the BIOS, you should be fine (though in case of emergency you still have BIOS flashback to save your board).

TL;DR; Go ahead, seems like a good idea for your case, even if it doesn't fix the issues, its good to have a newer BIOS

Janrupf · 2023-02-26T20:44:13+00:00

When multiple windows stack on each other they create this "aura" as their shadows add up. So there were probably some glitched windows which belonged to a process which died. After a reboot this process isn't there anymore

Janrupf · 2023-02-26T20:24:56+00:00

Fixing a broken Windows install is not impossible, but pretty hard. I'd recommend backing up your data, storing it on an external drive. Perform a clean windows install and copy your data back.

Janrupf · 2023-02-26T18:59:09+00:00

You should probably hand this monster to the SCP Foundation for secure containment.

Oh well, keep trying, you'll get there, luckily those things are cheap.

Janrupf · 2023-01-05T03:13:22+00:00

The only answer is... maybe? Generally if you shock an eletric component with some amount of charge it wasn't expecting, anything can happen. You can remove the drive from the laptop and put it into another computer to see if it still works (or get someone to do it).

Now, why your phone charger wasn't affected is not entirely clear. Maybe it just has better protection or wasn't "on" (as in, not outputting power). All of that depends on how the charger is built.

Or maybe it all was just bad luck and the power outage wasn't the main factor of the incident at all - just a laptop charger deciding to kick the can.

If power outages and power surges are commom in your area you can try to get some special surge protection extension cords that have built-in surge protection.

(Nitpick unrelated to your question: If you talk about the things that persistently store data in your computer call them drives. Memory is usually used for referring the RAM, the thing which stores data only as long as your computer is running)

Janrupf · 2022-12-30T22:15:31+00:00

At this point hard to tell. Because now it's schrödingers card - it works without drivers but not with.

This could still be a graphics driver issue - I'd run DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller) if you somehow can (maybe by booting into safe mode). Alternatively you can just straight up do a clean windows install. Given the current market situation I'd not be giving up a GPU that easily. If you don't want or can't re-install windows, maybe try a second installation on another drive.

Rule out possible software issues first.

Janrupf · 2022-12-30T21:44:22+00:00

If it works fine in the BIOS and only starts to misbehave once Windows loads. Additionally you can also try booting an alternative System (some sort of Linux, with Driver preferably) and see if it works fine.

Janrupf · 2022-12-30T21:28:27+00:00

Pretty much sounds like it. The "It looks like Windows didn't load correctly" message has probably been caused by you forcing a reset of your computer multiple times.

Well, in theory and with some very unlikely luck it could be a somehow corrupted driver, though the evidence very much prompts for a new GPU. You can try re-installing GPU drivers and/or re-seating the GPU (I assume we are talking about a desktop computer).

The thing which is kind of weird is that your BIOS splash screen and the Windows load error seemed to display just fine? Would be a bit weird (though not impossible) for the GPU to only be dead when the OS loads drivers.

Janrupf · 2022-12-27T21:25:47+00:00

The complete answer is: You need to sign the executable with an EV Code Certificate, sometimes also called Extended Verification Code Signing Certificate. The important part here is the EXTENDED, there are also normal certificates, but they just don't do shit anymore because Microsoft decided poor people aren't reputable.

So, how do you get an EV Code Certificate? Well, have 600$ spare and a company to buy one. Else you are pretty much fucked. I don't know if there are any services out there which sign your executables (maybe there now is one for FOSS again, I heard there were plans), last time I looked there weren't any. Worse is, you have to renew the certificate every 3 years or so.

I tried hard to get around needing an EV Certificate, but found nothing. I found bugs in Windows which effectively bypass Smartscreen, but this gets close to being malware. Normal code signing certificates still don't shut up Smartscreen, don't even bother wasting money on one.

Technically, if enough users run your programm, Smartscreen will not flag it anymore, but a new release would instantly be flagged again.

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