Showing posts with label gaming. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gaming. Show all posts

Monday, December 1, 2025

Ryzen 9800X3D NO POST on B650 Motherboards

 


Ryzen 9800X3D NO POST on B650 Boards:
What You Need to Know


Upgrading to the new AMD Ryzen 9000-series is exciting; especially the 9800X3D, which promises top-tier gaming performance thanks to its stacked 3D V-Cache technology. But over the past few months, a trend has emerged: a noticeable number of these chips simply refuse to POST, even on fully compatible AM5 motherboards.


If you’ve dropped a 9800X3D into a B650 board and you’re staring at yellow + red debug LEDs (CPU + DRAM) with zero video output, you’re not alone. This article breaks down what’s going on, what’s not the problem, and whether switching to a 7800X3D or another CPU might save you a ton of trouble.

Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Xbox Elite and PS4 Controller PC Gaming Issue - Keyboard Keeps Popping Up!

When gaming on a PC with a Xbox, Xbox Elite, or PS4 controller, a virtual keyboard opens when pressing the left stick!


A virtual keyboard that pops up when clicking the left stick on an Xbox controller (or even a Playstation Controller), is specifically related to a Steam App gaming feature called "Big Picture Mode".  Somehow this feature can get triggered outside of Steam if it just happens to be running in the background, and it can affect other controllers/games as well.


Here is how to fix the issue!

  1. Go into "Settings" in the Steam App
  2. Click on "Controller" near the bottom
  3. Next, you want to click on, and open, "Desktop Configuration" settings
  4. When the settings window opens, you will see the left stick has the "Show Keyboard" setting mapped to it
  5. Click where it says "Show Keyboard" in the Left Thumbstick mappings list
  6. At the bottom of the mapping window that opens up, click where it says "Remove"
  7. Then close the "Desktop Configuration" settings window
  8. Close out of settings all together
  9. That should remove the problem permanently for you!

Jon Pienkowski
Pacific Northwest Computers
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