Recent content by Tprobst23

Quick update for anyone who cares, bit the bullet and ordered a new GPU. Seems that was the issue. Everything working perfectly again, barring the broken clip on the motherboard. Luckily I have no use for that slot on the motherboard. Still in the process of getting approved on the damage...

Sorry I am still not following, the piece I found(the one that broke off) was the clip for the slot on the motherboard that the GPU is inserted into.

Thank you for the good wishes, I will post the reply once they respond to my claim. As for the caps? what are you referring to here?

Thank you for all this I am definitely going to follow all the precautions from the videos when I end up shipping it back... You wouldn't have any advice on testing my motherboard more thoroughly would you? Someone mentioned it may be a bad cpu cooler issues but I double checked and temps all...

Thank you for the info as I will have to ship my computer back home in a couple months! haha thats funny cause I searched "ups" after posting this thread and all I could find was info on backup power units and instantly thought people may be misled from my acronym. I will also say this, I...

Ok so your suggestion would be to go for a motherboard replacement and upgrade the power supply (more as a precaution)? My initial thought was the mother board as well but I did forget to mention the computer does still turn on and function, just very poorly. Performance seems significantly reduced.

Thanks for the reply! I have filed a claim with UPS and they are in their investigation process. Full value was declared as well as the insurance. Regardless of those things I cannot wait for them to pay me for my computer and need to get it into a working state as my income relies on my...

Hey Guys, Long time reader, First time poster so excuse me if this is in the wrong place. Device Specs: CPU: i7 - 6700k GPU: GTX 970 Mobo: Gigabyte Z170 Gaming 7 PSU: Corsair CX600m (If more info is needed about the device I will be happy to post but this should suffice) First off I have...