Had a z77 Sabertooth for a few weeks, no issues at all. Then I added a few upgrades, put in a couple more sticks of RAM, no problems at all. Then added a couple of Samsung 830 SSDs and another 7870 to CF and was able to do a fresh install of Windows without a hitch. Once I got to the video drivers, it all went downhill.
Determined the second PCIe slot may be fried, single GPU on that slot won't work. Both GPUs worked on the first slot so it wasn't the GPUs. Did another fresh install with just one GPU and it worked without a hitch for a day.
Now today I restarted and it hangs on the black Windows loading screen for 30 or more seconds. At times where it didn't, windows would load in 10 seconds but none of my USB devices (keyboard and mouse included) would turn on for another 20 seconds.
So is my PSU going bad now, I already know the Mobo may be faulty with the second PCIe slot, but my PSU is about 2 1/2 years old and has been running nearly 24/7 since I've had it. Thing is I've disconnected all my HDDs and left two sticks of RAM and it did nothing to help. Thanks for reading.
Specs for reference:
MB: Asus z77 Sabertooth (updated to latest BIOS)
CPU: i5 3570k (OC'd to 4.2Ghz, watercooled with Corsair H50)
RAM: 4x4GB Corsair Vengeance 1600Mhz
SSD: 2x Samsung 830
HDD: 1TB Samsung / 320GB WD Scorpio Black (old laptop drive)
GPU: Radeon 7870 (XFX and Gigabyte, both work, can't crossfire)
PSU: Corsair TX750w
Determined the second PCIe slot may be fried, single GPU on that slot won't work. Both GPUs worked on the first slot so it wasn't the GPUs. Did another fresh install with just one GPU and it worked without a hitch for a day.
Now today I restarted and it hangs on the black Windows loading screen for 30 or more seconds. At times where it didn't, windows would load in 10 seconds but none of my USB devices (keyboard and mouse included) would turn on for another 20 seconds.
So is my PSU going bad now, I already know the Mobo may be faulty with the second PCIe slot, but my PSU is about 2 1/2 years old and has been running nearly 24/7 since I've had it. Thing is I've disconnected all my HDDs and left two sticks of RAM and it did nothing to help. Thanks for reading.
Specs for reference:
MB: Asus z77 Sabertooth (updated to latest BIOS)
CPU: i5 3570k (OC'd to 4.2Ghz, watercooled with Corsair H50)
RAM: 4x4GB Corsair Vengeance 1600Mhz
SSD: 2x Samsung 830
HDD: 1TB Samsung / 320GB WD Scorpio Black (old laptop drive)
GPU: Radeon 7870 (XFX and Gigabyte, both work, can't crossfire)
PSU: Corsair TX750w