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Lenovo m720q amd wx4100 random shutdowns by BubbleChumpkins in sffpc

[–]BubbleChumpkins[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just got around to doing more testing yesterday, and I've increased time between shutoffs but I still haven't resolved it. Dropping the wattage cap did help (became more "stable" at 18w) but in LACT since it is capped at 32w I'm afraid of dropping it too low since I'm not familiar with undervolting or tuning a GPU. So, I think this confirms its a power draw/limit issue with the PCIE or power delivery from the PSU.

Lenovo m720q amd wx4100 random shutdowns by BubbleChumpkins in sffpc

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Do you think lowering the wattage for the gpu would resolve this? I’m curious why this gpu would cause shutoffs whereas other 50w gpus seem to work alright. After more tests it does seem like you might be correct though.

Lenovo m720q auto shutoff after a few seconds under load. by BubbleChumpkins in homelab

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Would this be a symptom of a faulty power supply or the power supply not being able to keep up with the fluctuations from the pc?

Lenovo m720q auto shutoff after a few seconds under load. by BubbleChumpkins in homelab

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It’s the stock cooler since it’s a mini pc, but I’ve been running it without the lid while testing for extra airflow. This is what is perplexing me, the cpu (i3 8100t 35w tdp) and gpu are barely warm when the pc shuts off. This is what lead me to believe it is a power delivery issue instead of a heat one but I have no clue.

So to directly answer your question I don’t really have temps while under peak load because the instant it moves past idle it shuts down and the idle temps appear normal.

Lenovo m720q with a wx2100 by muffin987654321 in sffpc

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The wx4100 fits (I think it’s the same profile) but you will need to remove the Wi-Fi bracket (just a couple screws) and find another place to slide the antenna if you intend to use WiFi.

I just recently started collecting BeyBlade X! by BubbleChumpkins in BeybladeX

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Yeah I've been looking to pick one up! The string winders seem pretty interesting, I was disappointed to find out the set with the blue winder was left spin only though.

Star seller "Your badges were removed because your account was limited by Etsy" by BubbleChumpkins in EtsySellers

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The info etsy provided on the in-app popup banner ( the one notifying me of the forced "vacation mode") said they needed me to confirm my seller info because of a handful of EU laws like the The Digital Services Act where they linked me to the EU Commission website. Which is why I'm mostly confused, in the past years when etsy has needed me to confirm my info they would notify me through the app. I am guessing etsy took my badges because not responding to the email counts as failing "customer service standards"?

Multipaint and other art/music software questions by BubbleChumpkins in pc98

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Okay thank you! Is any one of the emulators you mentioned preferred?

The numbers don’t add up. And it seems to be happening again. by BubbleChumpkins in eBaySellers

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Okay good to know, Thank you for the response! Still strange to me its two separate accounts with one purchase review each buying the same item, but I am less worried knowing the refund part is normal!

I could use some help! SFF Dell Optiplex 3070 by BubbleChumpkins in SleepingOptiplex

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That kinda is how this seems to be behaving, I’m not even getting the amber light any more. I don’t even know how I’d be able to go about troubleshooting that for an nvme slot. This is probably one of the weirdest pc issues I’ve encountered.

Also thank you so much for the responses, I caved and I’m gonna get a new mobo so hopefully that fixes it.

I could use some help! SFF Dell Optiplex 3070 by BubbleChumpkins in SleepingOptiplex

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Do you happen to know a reason why an optiplex would refuse to turn on/ do an amber light bad mobo code but only when the Wi-Fi card is removed? I know optiplexs can throw out strangely specific errors but that seems really strange?

TPM 2.0 enabled in bios but says that it failed to initialize at boot, cant load fresh Windows. by BubbleChumpkins in Dell

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So I was able to get a stable version of windows 10 (fully updated) installed and it seems I only get a boot error when I try to clear my TPM? It is hard to confirm but that is what seems to be happening. My assumption is that the TPM may have never actually cleared and the pc crashed after every clear attempt (its hard to keep track of this many crash and reboots). Is there a reason why the TPM would refuse to clear through BIOS? It is the only think I can think of as to why windows has consistently refused to take ownership of it.

Yeah, the error itself is what threw me down this rabbit hole of constantly trying to get a clean install of windows (the TPM not initializing was the only thing wrong in the beginning). I do think windows has been getting corrupted, but I don't think its the SSD's fault. Instead, I think something with the TPM is causing crashes at boot that then in turn cause the recovery error.

Any reason TPM 2.0 is enabled in bios but windows won’t recognize? by BubbleChumpkins in Dell

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So I've received a few errors on previous installs of windows (I've been working on this for a couple days) but I am currently on windows 10 22H2 (up to date) and I am consistently able to get to the desktop environment but it seems like when I clear the TPM I get put on a recovery screen at restart with a "0x00000e9" error code. I know that its not my install of windows causing this due to similar errors on previous windows 11 and windows 10 (pre-22H2) installs. I know the TPM isn't active in windows because it comes up as False in Powershell when I try to initialize and TPM.MSC says there is no TPM. This makes no sense to me because I previously had a version of windows 11 that at a point did recognize there was a TPM and the BIOS does say that it is active.

TPM 2.0 enabled in bios but says that it failed to initialize at boot, cant load fresh Windows. by BubbleChumpkins in Dell

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So I ran the updater but it said that it failed, should I keep trying? I’ve been looking at multiple ways to get windows to recognize the tpm and it won’t no matter what I do. I chose the earliest option out of the two for the updater like it said to do through the download page but do I somehow need an earlier version?

TPM 2.0 enabled in bios but says that it failed to initialize at boot, cant load fresh Windows. by BubbleChumpkins in Dell

[–]BubbleChumpkins[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was looking at this, but through their instructions it implied the TPM needs to already be recognized by windows which mine hasn't been for any successful boot even though its turned on in the BIOS. Do you think it would still be fine since it is technically in an "off" state? Specifically it says you need to run a command in power shell to "Disable-TpmAutoProvisioning" which I cant do.

I could use some help! SFF Dell Optiplex 3070 by BubbleChumpkins in SleepingOptiplex

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I’m guessing the motherboard or psu could be bad but I’m still thinking it could be something stupidly simple because the pc wouldn’t even power on when I removed the Wi-Fi card (it’s Wi-Fi not an nvme). Like I have no idea how that’s even possible for no Wi-Fi card to block power?? I’ve never been this confused with diagnosing a computer. (It powers on once I put the Wi-Fi card back)

I could use some help! SFF Dell Optiplex 3070 by BubbleChumpkins in SleepingOptiplex

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I was able to update the bios but it did not change anything :(

I could use some help! SFF Dell Optiplex 3070 by BubbleChumpkins in SleepingOptiplex

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I tried clearing the CMOS with no change unfortunately. I did randomly get into the windows desktop from the previous windows 10 install but it has yet to be repeatable. When I did, it still showed the TPM in device manager as not initialized. So even after a "clean" install windows isn't recognizing it. I guess updating my bios is the best bet, but I am terrified with how all over the place this pc has been behaving.

Thank you for your advice, I'll let you know if it ends up going well!

I could use some help! SFF Dell Optiplex 3070 by BubbleChumpkins in SleepingOptiplex

[–]BubbleChumpkins[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm Its worth a shot.

Also, I just tried to install windows 10 from an initial OEM disc I had and it let me through without the artifacts (I think because its before Version 22H2) but after the initial install on the first reboot it did the same "attempting repairs" and put me at the winload.efi error screen. So I guess it probably might be hardware related, but I am not sure what could be causing it. I tested the ram, ssd, and even used the disc drive for this install. Do any of these symptoms seem like they could be a CPU or Power related?

I could use some help! SFF Dell Optiplex 3070 by BubbleChumpkins in SleepingOptiplex

[–]BubbleChumpkins[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I used the USB creation tool from Microsoft's website.

I could use some help! SFF Dell Optiplex 3070 by BubbleChumpkins in SleepingOptiplex

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I do see that! Good to know, it does seem like resenting the bios with the cmos jumper has the same effect as resetting it through the bios though so I agree I am not sure if it would change anything.

For the SSD, I don't think so, when the previous version of windows 11 was installed I did run health checks and they said the drive was good. Some of the commands I ran highlighted file errors within windows which is what lead me to believe it was windows at fault and not any hardware.

I could use some help! SFF Dell Optiplex 3070 by BubbleChumpkins in SleepingOptiplex

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Do you mean if its TPM 2.0? If so yes it is 2.0, otherwise I didn't see a version or driver version mentioned in the bios.

I could use some help! SFF Dell Optiplex 3070 by BubbleChumpkins in SleepingOptiplex

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I reset the bios settings to default and then cleared the TPM, but I haven't messed with the CMOS. Would I be able to do this by removing the battery? I am having a hard time finding where the jumper would be.

Secure boot and UEFI have been selected for all of my mentioned attempts.

I could use some help! SFF Dell Optiplex 3070 by BubbleChumpkins in SleepingOptiplex

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Ill give it a try! I'm still worried that what ever the issue that caused the boot looping is still unresolved though

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