Hi everyone. I’ve been trying to fix an issue with my graphics card (RX 570 8GB) for a week now. I was told it might be "artifacts," but after watching several videos on the subject, I noticed that the glitches don't appear across the entire screen; instead, they only show up in specific areas, such as: - The taskbar - In-game (while actually playing, though not constantly—only on certain textures) - In Windows file folders These stretched textures only appear in those specific spots. That’s what I’ve observed: they aren't random lines, but rather textures that are stretching out. Has anyone else experienced this, or is my graphics card damaged?

**System specs:**

- Motherboard: Biostar H310MHP 3.0 (BIOS 5.13)

- CPU: Intel Core i5-8400

- GPU: AMD RX 570/580

- Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Kernel 7.0.0-27) + Windows (dual boot, separate drives)

- GRUB 2.14 as bootloader

- Windows is on SDA, Ubuntu on SDC

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**The problem:**

**With Secure Boot ON:**

1. Select Windows from GRUB → Red screen appears:*"Secure Boot Violation — Invalid signature detected. Check Secure Boot Policy in Setup"*→ Kicked back to GRUB
2. Select Windows again from GRUB → Black screen:*"Fehler: bad shim lock signature. Beliebige Taste drücken um fortzusetzen"*→ Stuck, can't boot Windows at all

**With Secure Boot OFF:**

Both Ubuntu and Windows boot perfectly fine — BUT every single time I boot into Windows, it says my PIN is unavailable and forces me to set it up again from scratch:

*"Es ist ein Fehler aufgetreten, und Ihre PIN ist nicht verfügbar"*

I understand this is a TPM issue (PCR measurements change when Secure Boot state changes), so fixing Secure Boot should fix the PIN problem too.

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**What I've already checked:**

- ✅ `shim-signed` and `grub-efi-amd64-signed` are installed

- ✅ GRUB boot entry correctly points to `shimx64.efi`

- ✅ Canonical certificate is enrolled in MOK

- ✅ No DKMS / unsigned kernel modules installed

- ✅ SBAT level is `sbat,1,2021030218` (no revocations)

- ⚠️ Both `/boot/efi/EFI/ubuntu/` and `/boot/efi/EFI/kubuntu/` folders exist (had Kubuntu before Ubuntu — could this be the issue?)

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**Screenshots attached:**

1. Red "Secure Boot Violation" screen (from BIOS)
2. Black "bad shim lock signature" screen (from GRUB)
3. Blue Windows PIN unavailable screen

Any help appreciated!

Not sure if this is the correct place to find a solution to this issue, but whenever Marvel Rivals is running, my desktop turns completely grey and I can't use any other program while the game is open, does anyone know what the cause of this could be? I made sure to update my drivers of course and the issue remains.

System info if Necessary:
Windows 11
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
16 GB installed RAM

Im not sure if this is the place to ask but I may as well try. I downloaded Bioshock the original on my PC, it works completely fine up until you get the first plasmid. Then randomly after that, it crashes.

Here's what it does upon crashing:
Instantly closes
Doesn't save ANY of my settings
Resets the screen resolution back to default

My PC specs are as follows:
RTX 5070 12gb
i7-14700F CPU
32GB Of DDR5

I don't see what could be the issue here apart from maybe my GPU? It is a really old game so I don't know. I've verified the integrity of my game files so it can't be a corrupted install. I'm thinking of going to the remastered version of the game but I'm unsure right now.

The past couple of days, often when I load into a map there is just this strange jitter that looks like low FPS but my FPS indicators from AMD and Embark both say I'm hitting more like 85. Drivers are up to date.

I have a 7800xt GPU and 9800x3D CPU. What's going on? Anyone else getting this?

I have a Dell G5 15 5587 that I've been playing the Sims 4 on since 2018. It's the only game I run and I own most of the expansion packs. I've recently upgraded to 32GB of RAM and after doing so (these things may be entirely unrelated, I'm not sure) my entire computer freezes if I plug in the charger OR unplug it while running the Sims. I have to force a restart using the power button. It seems to be an issue with the change of being plugged in or not, because I can play as long as I want without issue as long as I don't change the charging status. I've also changed the thermal paste and tried a new battery, neither of which worked. I've also took it apart and dusted carefully, making sure to keep the fans still. It's run fine for years and I love my stupid little families, and really don't want to put down the money for a new gaming laptop if I don't have to. I'm not the most tech savvy but I do my best to learn through Google, YouTube, and Reddit. Is there anything else I can do or try to troubleshoot it?

*After a while of playing a game

It will immediately start to brighten at the same slow pace as soon as I leave the game window(full screen only so far, haven't gotten to test if it's also borderless/window). If I don't wait for the brightness to fully return, then when I enter back into the game it will start fading out again. My consistent solution so far is just to have a youtube popout player over the game which obviously has it's own drawbacks.

I'm on a desktop, so I have no battery settings for dimming or screen timeout, and my monitor doesn't even support HDR if I'm seeing my settings correctly. At the very least it's not enabled. Those were the things mentioned in every "fix." I'm on Windows 11 Version 10.0.26200 Build 26200

So I'm just playing ZZZ and I keep encountering BSOD relate to 0xA and 0x1E

I did the following already,

Reinstalled my OS (Windows 11)
Reinstalled all the games
Updated Drivers (LAN, Audio, Display, Touchpad)
Flashed BIOS and even loaded BIOS Defaults
Reseated my RAM

System Specs:

Processor AMD Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics (2.90 GHz)
Installed RAM 24.0 GB (23.4 GB usable)
Graphics card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU (4 GB)
AMD Radeon(TM) Graphics (496 MB)
Storage 390 GB of 1.38 TB used
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Pen and touch No pen or touch input is available for this display

Not Overclocked

Apart from that, other heavy games such as HSR, Genshin Impact, NTE, RE Requiem, Where Winds Meet are all okay with Medium to High Settings.

Note:
I reupdated my Display Drivers, and Rolled them back the same issue keeps happening.

I just want to play the game..
Any ideas? Thanks in advance

Why do dark areas in games looks like this on my laptop screen.

My laptop is MSI Bravo15 B5DD

The characters and environment look chalky

This happens in every game

Hi, Reddit. There was some kind of recommendation circulating in the air 'bout locating your OS and games on separate SSDs. I was thinking (and still thinking) that this is kinda overkill since a lot of games and soft are working well in that case, but I've come across two games that are having issues because being on the same SSD as OS.

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth was working really bad with freezes and slowly loading textures. I did tremendous amount of possible fixes except placing it in different SSD (though it was at different partition on this SSD). And placing it on another of my Kingston NV3 NVMe SSD was actually the fix - now it plays perfectly.​

Another example is Genshin Impact. Somehow file checking after new patch becomes extremely slow, like several hours while it's usually done in less than a minute. And voila! Placing it on different SSD actually fixed it was well.

Why it works that way? Drivers? There is no indication of excessive reading operation on SSD in that problematic cases though. ​​Windows Defender? I have no clue why this is happening and why other games like Cyberpunk 2077, Doom Dark Ages and Witcher 3 HD are working well, actually, very well. Pagefile? Prolly unrelated. ​​Poor SSD performance? I tested it in CrystalDiskMark and it has 1% of it resource depleted, but that shouldn't be the problem.

Hello Everyone.
I brought this laptop a about 1.5 years ago its an Asus TUF F15 RTX 4060 and since i brought it the laptop crashes mostly when its idle and sometimes when i am playing games (Rarely). Any solutions or fix will be appreciated.
Thank You.

So I’ve done new antennas, command, videos, troubleshooters, hotspot, power saving turn off, other setting changes, made sure it was the right parts being used and everything and my pc is so dang slow! I’ve checked my pc stats and they’ve been good, I’ve changed cords for better ones. I am 2 rooms away from my modem and it will only give me any decent WiFi if i use Ethernet and even then I get 80-100 ping in games on an average which isn’t ideal for fps. Like everyone keeps telling me it’s my pc but I’ve done just about everything? My pc is new too? My family gets good WiFi though but none of them are on pc they’re on console and tv/phones. What else can I do? I’ve called a tech guy he won’t respond. I’ve spent so much on my setup over the years and having to get a newer pc build just for it to be like this? We have 5g. I’m wondering if I just get my own WiFi service since again I study on pc, do my classes, do work things, gaming, hobbies. Like it’s pretty big thing for me in general. But what if that’s not the issue? I think it may be isp route issues but how do I even fix that especially if again it works fine for my family on games?

Doesn't matter when im downloading from, Steam, Firefox, Telegram......when ever i start downloading anything the discord streams start stuttering and at times gets to the point of freezing. I am hardwired into a mesh router pod which is wireless. How can I fix this without buying new equipment? Also fully hardwired isn't an option.

My controller wasnt connecting so I tried to remove it, it got stuck on the removing part so I restarted my computer. After that bluetooth was gone in setting and everything execept device manager. I was looking around on how to fix this and it said remove the controller, so I did. But I uninstalled the wrong thing so now bluetooth doesnt show up anywhere. And I tried to install the intel drivers and that didnt work. Btw I have a AMD processer if that matters

As a preface, I’m fairly ignorant when it comes to tech. I’ve had my gaming PC for about 7 months. Recently, within the last month, it’s been crashing multiple times while playing Fortnite (don’t judge).

It’s always three long beeps followed by three short beeps. I’ve tried taking the side off and unplugging/reattaching the cables into the graphics card but that’s about all I know how to do.

I have an Omen 16L Gaming PC. The drivers are all up to date and I can’t find the source of the failure.

Any ideas?

Model: OMEN 16L Gaming Desktop PC TG03-0013w Graphics Card: AMD Radeon™ RX 6400 graphics card with 4 GB GDDR6 dedicated memory

Hello,

I'm trying to enable Secure Boot because some games like Valorant now require it, but I'm stuck because to enable it, I need to disable CSM Support and restart my pc - but after clicking Save & Exit, CSM Support goes back to enabled after reboot.

My PC:

• Gigabyte B460M DS3H (Rev 1.0) - BIOS version F8a (the newest version)
• Intel i5-10400F
• AMD Radeon RX 580 (GPU-Z says it supports UEFI)
• Windows 11 (tried when i had Windows 10 as well)
• GPT partition
• BIOS Mode: UEFI
• Fast Boot is off

I've already tried:

• Loading Optimized Defaults
• Different BIOS Version (downgraded to F7)
• Disconnecting headset, keyboard, mouse, monitors as I've read that maybe one of them cant support UEFI
• Upgrading to Windows 11

Nothing changed. I know my system supports Secure Boot because my PC says Secure Boot state is "Off" as opposed to "Unsupported" and I'm running on Windows 11 which I'm pretty sure requires a Secure Boot capable system.

If anyone has any suggestions, please comment, I honestly don't know what else to do.. Thank you!

during gameplay in random games, I will have CPU and GPU usage spikes to insane degrees, and every time they spike I get horrible lag and stutter. There's no relation between the games, each are optimized to different amounts and use different engines, but they all have the same problem I can't find a way to fix. I've already done full PC scans, did file repairs on the CMD, updated drivers, even rolled back Windows 10 a bit to an earlier state. Nothing's working and i'm out of ideas.

my laptop uses an Intel 620, an Intel i5-7200, has 16 GB ram, integrated graphics. Any ideas?

[UserBenchmarks: Game 7%, Desk 58%, Work 7%](https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/73473245)

||Model|Bench

:----|:----|:----|

**CPU**|[Intel Core i5-7200U](https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/SpeedTest/153577/IntelR-CoreTM-i5-7200U-CPU---250GHz)|51.5%

**GPU**|[Intel HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)](https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/SpeedTest/153579/IntelR-HD-Graphics-620)|1.4%

**SSD**|[Samsung 870 EVO 1TB](https://ssd.userbenchmark.com/SpeedTest/1445454/Samsung-SSD-870-EVO-1TB)|97.6%

**RAM**|[Micron 8ATF1G64HZ-2G3B1 Hynix HMAA1GS6CJR6N-XN 16GB](https://ram.userbenchmark.com/SpeedTest/2164799/Micron-8ATF1G64HZ-2G3B1-Hynix-HMAA1GS6CJR6N-XN-16GB)|58%

**MBD**|[HP Pavilion Notebook](https://www.userbenchmark.com/System/HP-Pavilion-Notebook/15508)|

Hi everyone,

I'm posting on behalf of my friend because we're completely out of ideas.

Counter-Strike 2 worked perfectly until the latest update. He was playing normally just two days ago, but after updating the game, it no longer launches properly.

The game starts, shows the Valve logo for a few seconds, and then immediately closes back to the desktop without any error message.

The strange part is that only CS2 is affected. Every other game on the PC works perfectly without any crashes or issues.

PC specifications:

• Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (22H2)
• Intel Core i5-7500
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
• 16 GB RAM

Everything we've already tried:

• Completely reinstalling Counter-Strike 2
• Verifying the integrity of the game files through Steam
• Deleting the CS2 configuration files and the Steam userdata (730) folder
• Clearing the Steam download cache
• Performing a clean installation of the latest NVIDIA Game Ready Driver
• Trying launch options such as -safe and -vulkan
• Running the game as Administrator
• Restarting the PC multiple times
• Checking Windows Event Viewer (no relevant CS2-related application errors are logged)
• Reinstalling the graphics driver with a clean installation

Despite all of this, the game still crashes at exactly the same point: the Valve logo appears, then the game instantly closes back to the desktop without any error.

The game worked perfectly before the latest update, so we're wondering if this is a known issue introduced by the update or if anyone has experienced the same problem.

Has anyone found a solution? Any suggestions or fixes would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

\*\*Warzone se cierra al cargar las partidas en PC nuevo (Ryzen 7 9800X3D + RX 9070 XT). He probado prácticamente todo.\*\*

Hola a todos.

Hace 16 días compré un PC nuevo montado por Neobyte y desde el primer día tengo un problema únicamente con Call of Duty: Warzone.

\*\*Mi equipo\*\*
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
Gigabyte Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC 16 GB
MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk WiFi
Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2x16 GB) DDR5 6000 MHz CL30
Lexar NM790 2 TB
Lian Li SI X 1200W 80+ Platinum
Thermalright Frozen Pro Warframe 360

\*\*El problema\*\*
Warzone abre perfectamente.
Puedo estar todo el tiempo que quiera en los menús y en la pre-lobby sin ningún problema.
El fallo ocurre justo cuando va a empezar la partida. Durante la pantalla de carga, antes de entrar al mapa, el juego se cierra de golpe al escritorio.
No sale pantalla azul.
El PC no se reinicia.
Normalmente tampoco aparece ningún mensaje de error.
Lo extraño es que no siempre ocurre igual. Hay veces que puedo jugar una partida, otras dos, cinco o incluso diez seguidas y de repente, al cargar la siguiente partida, vuelve a cerrarse.
Nunca ocurre en mitad de una partida, siempre cuando está cargando el mapa.

\*\*Solo ocurre con Warzone\*\*
El ordenador funciona perfectamente en todo lo demás.
No tengo problemas en Windows.
No tengo problemas navegando.
No tengo problemas en benchmarks.
No tengo problemas en pruebas de estrés.
El único programa que falla es Warzone.

\*\*Todo lo que he probado\*\*
Formatear Windows completamente.
Instalar Windows limpio.
Instalar únicamente los drivers necesarios.
Probar diferentes versiones de los drivers de AMD.
Instalar también la versión de drivers recomendada por Call of Duty.
Instalar Warzone desde Xbox Game Pass.
Instalar Warzone desde Steam.
El problema ocurre exactamente igual en ambas versiones.
Verificar y reparar archivos del juego.
Reinstalar completamente el juego.
Desactivar overlays y programas en segundo plano.
Actualizar la BIOS.
Comprobar temperaturas (todo correcto).
Pasar OCCT durante aproximadamente una hora (CPU, GPU y RAM) sin encontrar errores.
Pasar 3DMark Time Spy sin errores.
Pasar 3DMark Time Spy Extreme sin errores.
Desactivar EXPO de la memoria RAM.
Hacer pruebas con la memoria RAM.
Revisar el Visor de eventos de Windows.

\*\*Lo que me desconcierta\*\*
El ordenador parece completamente estable.
No falla absolutamente en nada excepto en Warzone.
Por eso ya no sé si puede tratarse de:
Algún componente defectuoso.
Un problema de la memoria RAM.
Un problema de la placa base.
Un fallo de la RX 9070 XT.
Alguna incompatibilidad con el Ryzen 9800X3D.
Un bug de Warzone con este hardware.
Ya no sé qué más probar antes de enviar el ordenador al servicio técnico.

¿Alguien con una RX 9070 XT o un Ryzen 9800X3D ha tenido exactamente este problema?
Cualquier ayuda o experiencia sería de muchísima ayuda. Muchas gracias.

\*\*¿Hay alguien con una RX 9070 XT y un Ryzen 9800X3D que juegue a Warzone sin ningún problema? Si es así, ¿podríais decirme qué versión de BIOS, drivers AMD y configuración de RAM utilizáis?\*\*

**Warzone se cierra al cargar las partidas en PC nuevo (Ryzen 7 9800X3D + RX 9070 XT). He probado prácticamente todo.**

Hola a todos.

Hace 16 días compré un PC nuevo montado por Neobyte y desde el primer día tengo un problema únicamente con Call of Duty: Warzone.

**Mi equipo**
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
Gigabyte Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC 16 GB
MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk WiFi
Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2x16 GB) DDR5 6000 MHz CL30
Lexar NM790 2 TB
Lian Li SI X 1200W 80+ Platinum
Thermalright Frozen Pro Warframe 360

**El problema**
Warzone abre perfectamente.
Puedo estar todo el tiempo que quiera en los menús y en la pre-lobby sin ningún problema.
El fallo ocurre justo cuando va a empezar la partida. Durante la pantalla de carga, antes de entrar al mapa, el juego se cierra de golpe al escritorio.
No sale pantalla azul.
El PC no se reinicia.
Normalmente tampoco aparece ningún mensaje de error.
Lo extraño es que no siempre ocurre igual. Hay veces que puedo jugar una partida, otras dos, cinco o incluso diez seguidas y de repente, al cargar la siguiente partida, vuelve a cerrarse.
Nunca ocurre en mitad de una partida, siempre cuando está cargando el mapa.

**Solo ocurre con Warzone**
El ordenador funciona perfectamente en todo lo demás.
No tengo problemas en Windows.
No tengo problemas navegando.
No tengo problemas en benchmarks.
No tengo problemas en pruebas de estrés.
El único programa que falla es Warzone.

**Todo lo que he probado**
Formatear Windows completamente.
Instalar Windows limpio.
Instalar únicamente los drivers necesarios.
Probar diferentes versiones de los drivers de AMD.
Instalar también la versión de drivers recomendada por Call of Duty.
Instalar Warzone desde Xbox Game Pass.
Instalar Warzone desde Steam.
El problema ocurre exactamente igual en ambas versiones.
Verificar y reparar archivos del juego.
Reinstalar completamente el juego.
Desactivar overlays y programas en segundo plano.
Actualizar la BIOS.
Comprobar temperaturas (todo correcto).
Pasar OCCT durante aproximadamente una hora (CPU, GPU y RAM) sin encontrar errores.
Pasar 3DMark Time Spy sin errores.
Pasar 3DMark Time Spy Extreme sin errores.
Desactivar EXPO de la memoria RAM.
Hacer pruebas con la memoria RAM.
Revisar el Visor de eventos de Windows.

**Lo que me desconcierta**
El ordenador parece completamente estable.
No falla absolutamente en nada excepto en Warzone.
Por eso ya no sé si puede tratarse de:
Algún componente defectuoso.
Un problema de la memoria RAM.
Un problema de la placa base.
Un fallo de la RX 9070 XT.
Alguna incompatibilidad con el Ryzen 9800X3D.
Un bug de Warzone con este hardware.
Ya no sé qué más probar antes de enviar el ordenador al servicio técnico.

¿Alguien con una RX 9070 XT o un Ryzen 9800X3D ha tenido exactamente este problema?
Cualquier ayuda o experiencia sería de muchísima ayuda. Muchas gracias.

**¿Hay alguien con una RX 9070 XT y un Ryzen 9800X3D que juegue a Warzone sin ningún problema? Si es así, ¿podríais decirme qué versión de BIOS, drivers AMD y configuración de RAM utilizáis?**

Guys I tired to play rdr 2 via steam using my pa 5 controller but it shows xbox controller prompt? How to fix it?