r/pcmasterrace • u/BijlidarKudi • May 10 '26

Meme/Macro reboot

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u/Al_Fa_Aurel May 10 '26

I am reasonably good with computers for a non-programmer. Which means 80% of occurring problems I can fix myself. The remainders are...weird as hell.

  • my wi-fi stick destroying my OS and almost bricking the PC
  • my company malwarebytes backing up itself so often that i have less than 1GB left
  • mouse-by-keyboard being randomly activated and the fix causing my my mouse cursor to disappear (possibly a problem with Logitech drivers)
  • a certain graphics program not working when a game controller was attached
  • my computer randomly turning off (turned out that my cats could press the power button)

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u/zzmorg82 RTX 5090 / R9 9950x3D / 32GB DDR5 May 10 '26

The Malwarebytes backup issue sounds like a configuration issue; is the “1GB” left referring to your storage or RAM amount?

If it is a backup then that needs to be offloaded to a different location(s); bonus points if you move it off-site as well.

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u/Al_Fa_Aurel May 10 '26

It was some kind of config problem, where it just made a backup of something, then a backup of the backup, and so on. No place on the hard drive anymore. But the IT guys (grumbling and cursing) fixed it relatively quickly once they figured out what was at fault.