Recent content by ghastaphish

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    Installed new cpu and gpu, now computer won't start

    Turns out it was an overheating issue. Installed new fan with new thermal paste and it booted right up.
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    Installed new cpu and gpu, now computer won't start

    according to asrock, that beep code means a "system timer failure." Really wishing I would have installed 1 component at a time now...
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    Installed new cpu and gpu, now computer won't start

    it beeped 4 times in quick succession, before turning off and restarting.
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    Installed new cpu and gpu, now computer won't start

    Tried to reset the BIOS, both by taking out the battery and by shorting the pins on the CMOS. Now when I turn the computer on, all the fans seem to be working properly, if a bit loud, but the computer still keeps turning off and back on, over and over.
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    Installed new cpu and gpu, now computer won't start

    Thanks for the quick response! Would you recommend resetting the BIOS while old components are in or should I put the new CPU and GPU back in for the BIOS reset?
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    Installed new cpu and gpu, now computer won't start

    Ok, just put old cpu and old gpu back in, but it is still doing the same thing where the computer tries turning on over and over. The only difference is the cpu fan seems to be working now...
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    Installed new cpu and gpu, now computer won't start

    I just replaced my intel G860 with an i5 4370 and my 7850 with an R9 280x, now the computer can't seem to turn on. It will power on, the fans on my tower will turn on, but the fans on the gpu and the cpu will not turn on, and then the computer powers down, restarts, and does the same thing over...
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    re-installed AMD driver/Catalyst Control Center, now sound does not work

    Hey all, any help would be much appreciated. Games kept flickering and sometimes crashing, and a window would pop up saying that the AMD driver had failed, so after some research I decided to uninstall all the AMD stuff using their uninstall tool, and reinstall. After doing that, the sound...
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    Computer screen goes black during games, emits screech from speakers.

    Hey all. I've been having this problem almost since I first built this computer, about two months ago. During any game I play, the screen will go black, after a few minutes to several hours of play, and the sound from the speakers will get caught in a kind of screech-mode. Usually this meant...
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    please help, my computer display is shutting down more and more

    Ran Memtest for 9 hours, no errors. Now I dont have any sound coming out of my monitor...
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    please help, my computer display is shutting down more and more

    Update: I purchased a much better PSU, and the problem persists. Any other ideas?
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    Why are games crashing my new computer?

    It appears to be the PSU, thanks a lot for the answers!