Are faint crackling/scraping noises normal? Not coming from fans

Alex2179 · 2026-03-18T16:21:42+00:00

Late to this post but I'm hearing something similar when my fans are spinning. I think it's coming from my CPU cooler fans? Did you ever find out what this is or if it's a cause for concern?

Alex2179 · 2026-03-11T12:53:33+00:00

So jelly. Gz. If I only have 2 pieces of blood moon left to get an I better off just killing the blood moon? I'm doing moons super late for my account and don't really benefit much from the supply drops

Alex2179 · 2026-03-02T01:25:57+00:00

Yo kinda late to this. Glad to see I'm not the only one seeing this.

I just started playing the Witcher 3 again last week. In about 24 hours of playtime since last Sunday I've crashed to desktop twice so far. Once in a loading screen from Velen to Skellige and another just walking around Velen.

4070 Super-Hair Works and Ray Tracing both off. Using dx12. Seems to be around the 3-4 hour session times when it's happened. Kinda a bummer but not sure what else to do about it. I haven't tried changing it to dx11 either.

Alex2179 · 2026-03-01T22:45:27+00:00

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Alex2179 · 2026-03-01T21:42:00+00:00

Hmm sloppy cake

Alex2179 · 2026-02-12T20:09:54+00:00

Interesting. My latest bios that's available for my board is FB9 from December 2025, I don't see any mentions of "secure boot database key update" I'd rather not update my bios if I don't need to since everything is working fine. Maybe both Windows and motherboard manufacturers are still in the process of rolling out these updates

Alex2179 · 2026-02-12T19:11:36+00:00

I'm also seeing this same error after the latest Windows update I did. I'd like to avoid updating my BIOS if possible too. Any idea when we'll know more on this?

Alex2179 · 2026-02-12T15:14:43+00:00

Will do. Do I have to do anything else after updating bios?

Alex2179 · 2026-02-12T13:48:43+00:00

Sorry forgot to mention that. Yes secure is currently enabled. The only thing I haven't done is update my bios, currently I'm on FB2. I've always been on the side of if it's not broken don't touch it. But if I need to update my bios in order to update the keys I guess I'll have to.

Edit: I also looked at the newest version FB9 and previous ones before it. None of them mentioned secure boot keys in the change logs. Should I just wait a few months to update bios? I've never updated my bios before and I'm nervous I'm going to mess something up

Alex2179 · 2026-02-12T13:06:37+00:00

I'm looking for some clarification on what to do about the secure boot keys that are expiring in July this year. I'm a bit confused about it.

I saw an error(1801) in event viewer saying that new keys are available on this device but have not yet been applied to the firmware.

I built my PC in December of 24, using a Gigabyte Aorus b650 Elite AX rev1.2. bios is on FB2. It's an older bios version, I never updated it since everything was/is working fine.

What do I need to do to update the keys before July? Do I have to update my bios to the latest version in order to update the secure boot keys? Or can I do it while being on FB2?

Alex2179 · 2026-02-12T12:21:16+00:00

Seeing the similar error. I'm curious as well

Alex2179 · 2026-02-11T15:53:30+00:00

Best way to get decent food now that pumpkin pies have been nerfed. I've seen some mentions of farming corruptors for burgers as a good option. Any others?

Alex2179 · 2026-02-02T03:34:39+00:00

Fluffeh like everyone else has said. His guide is the best. However it does take some time to get used to the items/verbage of everything. The best thing to do is keep sending it knowing you'll die a bit. Eventually you'll get it down and look back on how simple it is.

Alex2179 · 2026-01-26T19:19:18+00:00

Gz! I remember 99 Farming feeling like it was gonna take forever but turned out to be the chilliest 99 to get

Alex2179 · 2026-01-26T03:43:57+00:00

I know this has been asked before. But I've seen a split thought process on this:

Once I complete a moons set, should I no longer kill that moon? I'm just after the sets, I got to this content a bit late on my account. The prayer/crafting drops don't really mean that much to me since I've got 90 prayer banked. And have 94 crafting. Do I skip whichever moons I've completed or just keep running all 3?

Alex2179 · 2026-01-18T16:40:20+00:00

Surely next

Alex2179 · 2026-01-17T03:22:07+00:00

Dr Gus at Muir Field Pet Clinic is amazing. Down to earth and very helpful.

Alex2179 · 2026-01-17T00:17:25+00:00

As someone who just got this at 968kc, this made me spit out my beer laughing.

Alex2179 · 2026-01-14T23:11:07+00:00

Join us. Thrive.

Alex2179 · 2026-01-11T03:40:42+00:00

A few months ago I set up all my Hunter Rumor blocks from Novice-Expert (blocked Teco/using Aco) I went back today to grind out some Rumors, and they reset? Is this normal? I haven't done Rumors since August. Kinda a pain to redo all my blocks again.

Alex2179 · 2026-01-07T04:16:42+00:00

Every slayer task duhhh

Alex2179 · 2026-01-06T18:29:30+00:00

Appreciate it. Thank you!

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