Recent content by jay32267

So you intended to do a clean install of Windows on the SSD? Is this a SATA SSD or an M2 style SSD? If it is an M2 style....M2 drives can disable SATA ports on certain motherboards and that may be your issue.

What do you mean? How do you "install it as your primary"? I assume you powered down.....and installed it. Then what did you do?

I always do a new install with a new motherboard. I recommend it if you don't want problems. Installing to the M2 is as easy as installing to any other drive. Just make sure when you do the clean install to only have the one drive connected to the PC when you do the install. After you have done...

I don't see a surge protector sitting on top of a tower causing any problem.

I was unaware you were monitoring voltages. That's good. ....and if they look really stable it may not be the PSU. Although I think that if the GPU were causing the crash...it would probably crash immediately.....without the 10-60 second delay. Usually in my experience ....if some time goes...

If the temps look fine.....I would be suspecting the PSU first. It is possible it's the GPU....and you could swap another one in if you have one...but I think PSU is more likely. ...and in my experience.....it is very rarely the CPU.

You're welcome! Good to hear!

It's possible there were caps that needed to be drained in the PSU....due to odd things that may have happened during the brownout. I would just keep an eye on it. If you want....you can check your voltages with HWInfo....or many times you can also check them in the BIOS. They main...

When you have a brown out....it is common to also have damaging voltage spikes....which can damage the power supply. If a brownout damaged anything....I would suspect the power supply would get damaged ....as opposed to the motherboard of the CPU.

With certain motherboards....SATA ports get disabled when you use an M2. With your motherboard.....the manual says this... " SATA2 will be unavailable when installing M.2 SATA SSD in the M2_1 slot. ** SATA5 & SATA6 will be unavailable when installing M.2 SATA/PCIe SSD in the M2_2 slot." Make...

Make sure the cooler is snug. Make sure the cooler fan is spinning. I think there's a good chance the cooler came loose.

I need to read music at a distance of about 2 meters and I find that a 55"-65" TV does nicely for that.

I would go to (in Windows) where you choose the displays and the display configuration. Make sure the correct display is selected. I've had this happen when Windows had the wrong display selected.

I think some MBs do and some don't. I think it would depend on the BIOS code....or perhaps they default to full speed until the BIOS takes over. I've had motherboards that do it and motherboards that don't. I'd replace the fan...the bearings sound like they're failing.

It sounds something like this...