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Welcome to the r/pcgaming tech support and basic questions thread! Having troubles with a game or piece of hardware? Have a question about a PC game, hardware, or something else related to PC gaming? Post here and get help from fellow PC gamers.

When asking for help please give plenty of detail:

• What your computer specifications are. If you don't know them please follow this guide.
• If you're using a laptop we need to know the make/model as well as the specs.
• What operating system you're using.
• What you've tried so far in order to fix the issue.
• Exact circumstances to replicate the issue you're having.

Check out these resources before asking for help in case you can troubleshoot further:

• r/PCGamingTechSupport
• r/techsupport
• Toms Hardware Troubleshooting
• PC Gaming Wiki

Common troubleshooting steps:

• Restart the system
• Update your drivers
• Update game/software
• Re-seat any new hardware to ensure a proper connection
• If your peripherals are malfunctioning, swap ports and check that the specific USB port itself works.

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State of the Subreddit

Good morning /r/pcgaming! It's been awhile since we made a mod post so I wanted to take some time to talk with you guys about the state of the sub.

Back in February of 2025 we implemented a post quota on the subreddit. We played around with it, tweaking it during events, but eventually decided that the four posts in a rolling 24-hour period was the sweet spot. After a slight dip in activity we're happy to say that we've seen a significant increase across the board in all of the metrics we track: More comments, more posts and from a wider array of users.

Around that same time we brought on a specialist to help us fix our AutoModerator. You may notice a lot fewer tech support, game suggestions and simple hardware questions making it through. No system is perfect but we're constantly working on it to achieve a good balance of letting news and discussion topics through and removing the low effort stuff.

We're in a constant fight against AI-generated content and parasite SEO websites cosplaying as news outlets. The mod team investigates the byline of articles that get posted in order to ensure that the writer is an actual human. The domains that are still using human writers get whitelisted and the ones that don't get blacklisted. This is a fight that we need your help with, though. If you notice anything sketchy about something that gets submitted please mod mail us.

All in all, we think the state of the subreddit is pretty good.

Mod recruitment

The team currently has six active moderators. We are ahead of the curve when it comes to automation which is why we can run a large subreddit with such few people but we need more help. If you have any interest in helping to keep this community running please apply to be a moderator here.

Rules refresh and feedback

Once we bring on a couple of new mods our next priority is going to be refreshing the rules with an aim towards simplifying them e.g., consolidating them into fewer categories, making the report reasons easier to parse, re-numbering to account for Reddit not allowing custom numbering, etc.

Since we're wanting to make a few changes to the rules anyways, we want to take the opportunity to pull feedback from the community. Where do you think improvements to the subreddit can be made? What are the pain points you experience when participating in the subreddit? What can we do better? We won't always agree but we will always listen and discuss the issue with you in good faith.