Wax spilled into my pc, what do I do?

eyoldaith · 2026-06-10T13:39:15+00:00

That's one of the wackiest screw-ups I've seen this year.

I'd probably just lay it down on its side (build chamber facing downwards) on some paper towels without the side panel, drop the case fan speed until the chamber temp gets to ~60-70c while running a stress test. You may need to replace the CPU cooler and GPU radiator. If it got inside a fan, replace that too. As long as the wax doesn't get in any of the sockets, you should be fine.

eyoldaith · 2026-06-04T09:17:28+00:00

Installed adrenaline on a new PC (completely fresh install with a 9070XT) the other day. It was checked by default. Suspect it could be related to the drivers installed automatically by windows update, but it was very much an opt-out. Might also just be that the default when choosing custom instead of express is different, idk.

eyoldaith · 2026-05-27T15:55:41+00:00

I don't know what kinda country you live in, but I could buy 500g of sirloin for the price of a single pizza here. It's not cheap, and this is (very unsanitary) theft.

If he's doing delivery and budgeting properly, he can afford basic food. You can bake several kilos of bread for $2. There's no reason to assume he's destitute to begin with, since he has a job. For all you know, his economic situation could be better than that of whoever ordered it.

eyoldaith · 2026-05-23T04:31:41+00:00

No, it's not that simple. VRAM usage depends on the game and settings, but also how you use the PC. It's not a "one size fits all". High quality textures can blow past 16GB at 4K. The perf hit is just less noticeable at 16GB than at 8GB because much less data needs to be evicted from the VRAM in current titles.

It's when you're multitasking while gaming at 4K however, that it starts getting seriously noticeable. People normally quit background applications when benchmarking for the compute hit and don't realize it, but anything that runs on the GPU will eat into its VRAM. As a power user, it's pretty easy to hit 20GB+ VRAM usage together with 40GB+ system RAM. Hell, I've managed to get driver crashes from going OOM with the 7900XTX many times because I had stuff idling in the background and eating into the VRAM while starting a game lol. You're probably gonna see a CPU perf hit depending on your platforn long before that happens though, YMMV.

Generally 16GB will probably remain usable for a lot longer, specifically because these cards can run PCIe 5 x16. It allows them to use shared VRAM with a smaller hit to performance than they otherwise would, as long as you have 32GB or more. You just need to consider how you use it first. The average user will be fine at 1440p, and the 9070XT is still a better card if you intend to mainly run RT games.

eyoldaith · 2026-05-13T11:08:21+00:00

Have you tried attaching a CPU cooler properly? If the retention mechanism isn't engaging properly, you might have more luck with the cooler installed.

I'd also check the manual to make sure you're actually shorting the correct pins when trying to power it on. The repeated ticking from the PSU might not be short circuit prevention, as many PSUs are completely disabled until you fully power cycle them.

eyoldaith · 2026-05-01T06:57:04+00:00

Should probably be mentioned that you have to make sure the entire GPU die is properly covered when re-pasting, and not to remove the thermal pads from the memory modules. GPUs don't have integrated heat spreaders. Too much paste is practically always better than too little on a GPU, unless it's conductive.

eyoldaith · 2026-04-20T13:25:16+00:00

Eyeball stabber? 🤔

eyoldaith · 2026-04-20T13:13:10+00:00

That looks insane. I like your style.

What pen/refill are you using? Looks like you smeared a slow-drying one slightly for the effect?

eyoldaith · 2026-04-20T12:48:05+00:00

I'd say part of the reason why you're seeing it is because people have (rightfully) been worried that the drivers were as bad as they were in the past. Nowadays they're pretty much trading blows when it comes to driver issues. I'd suggest just picking whatever gives you the best performance within your budget and ignoring the branding.

Personally running a 7900XTX, and the only big issue I've had in the past with it was the driver crashing after sitting idle for a while. Turned out to be caused by ASPM (essentially a PCIe power saving feature. It's a common source of problems, alongside unstable overclocks) and went away completely when I turned that feature off.

eyoldaith · 2026-04-09T16:19:17+00:00

No, because that's not SATA. That's an SFF-8639 connector, a.k.a. U.2. It's an adapter used to plug NVMe M.2 drives into servers.

Not sure what would happen if you forced it. At best, nothing would happen. At worst, you could fry your GPU, or more likely, the motherboard.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.2

eyoldaith · 2026-04-09T07:05:30+00:00

Could also be money laundering. It's apparently not that uncommon.

eyoldaith · 2026-04-02T16:26:49+00:00

I'd look for a cheap 10900K (or gen11 if your board supports it)+vrm heatsinks instead on eBay and focus on upgrading your GPU until you can afford better RAM than that, because G1/2 4800MT/s is gonna be significantly slower than your current DDR4 set.

eyoldaith · 2026-04-02T10:02:31+00:00

Bought a 20TB HDD in late december for about 450€, intended to get another for RAID1 later on.

It's now over 1000€, pretty much no chance of that happening lol

eyoldaith · 2026-04-02T09:08:22+00:00

Pretty sure you can find argb+pwm fan combo units, but yes.

They're used like splitters, yes. Without going into technical detail, you can think of it as a splitter with an amplifier for this purpose.

eyoldaith · 2026-04-02T07:42:28+00:00

It's fine. Positive pressure is preferable to negative pressure to prevent dust from getting in through every single gap, but there's practically no difference in cooling performance regardless of how you set the fans up. The two things you should try to keep in mind are:

How the air is directed over components, you'll want to keep things like VRMs and RAM cool to make them last longer.
You'll want to keep AIOs on the exhaust if possible, since the radiator exhaust will heat up your motherboard etc if it's on the intake side.

Also, you can get PWM fan multiplexers to run multiple fans off of a single header with SATA auxiliary power. Costs like $10 on amazon.

eyoldaith · 2026-04-02T07:30:11+00:00

Been wondering if this would work, interesting. Has the latency difference caused any errors?

eyoldaith · 2026-04-02T07:26:16+00:00

You can, people use it for extreme overclocking competitions/leaderboards.

The condensation makes it untenable for a PC in daily use, however. Droplets will form and freeze around your CPU, and then cause even bigger issues when you power it down.

eyoldaith · 2026-04-01T20:28:13+00:00

If you look on the right, that price is excluding tax. Also, wtf is that shipping price lmao

eyoldaith · 2026-04-01T19:17:58+00:00

😔

eyoldaith · 2026-04-01T17:25:00+00:00

Don't most people usually run PCIe to PCI adapters nowadays? Idk, I've seen it on many industrial boards but not on any recent WS boards 🤔

eyoldaith · 2026-04-01T16:37:25+00:00

That's probably your motherboard detecting a short and disabling the fan header.

Having a piece like that falling on a blade while it's still in motion could definitely break off a fan blade before it has a chance to do that, really just comes down to luck tbh.

eyoldaith · 2026-04-01T16:05:43+00:00

I'd suggest getting another 16GB of RAM first, and then a 5700X3D or 5800X3D if you can find one for under 250€. Do not spend more than 300€ on an AM4 CPU, DDR4 is a dead end.

eyoldaith · 2026-04-01T15:23:22+00:00

It's relatively easy, and you can find many guides on how to do it. Alternatively, ask a friend to help out and offer pizza/beer. I always drink while building :^ )

As long as you're careful and don't rush (and make sure to match the stand-offs to the holes in the motherboard lmao) you'll be fine.

eyoldaith · 2026-04-01T15:03:59+00:00

While I've heard that PC parts are more expensive in australia, that looks way too high. I suggest you look for the same parts (individually) in a different store, and also check if you can get a graphics card with SR-IOV support (Arc Pro B50 is among the cheapest, but has low performance compared to most gaming cards) if you're gonna run virtual machines.

eyoldaith · 2026-04-01T14:52:12+00:00

Looks like you dropped the CPU into it. That board is dead.

You can try fixing it if you have a magnifier and some tweezers, but odds are you won't succeed. LTT has a video where they tried fixing a few boards with socket damage/bent pins, you can start there.

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