I have recently rebuilt my system replacing 90% of the hardware. I originally built my PC at the end of 2009. Recently in June 2015 I bought new components to update my setup. Below is a full list of my current components as well as a link to my build thread.
Initially everything seemed to be running just fine with no issues. Fast forward about 3 months and I am having an issue where I am intermittently unable to boot my PC either from being turned off or while in sleep mode. It seems to have this issue only about ~20% of the time.
The following are things that typically happen:
I have followed all of the recommendations in this troubleshooting thread with no positive results.
At this point I suspect one of a few things:
The symptoms match a bad PSU as directed by the following reference (link):
I am about to order a PSU but thought I would poll the forums to look for advice before I spend $150.
I certainly don't want to damage additional components in my using a bad PSU but I'm not sure how likely this may be.
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Reused from my 2009 build:
New 2015 components (build thread):
Initially everything seemed to be running just fine with no issues. Fast forward about 3 months and I am having an issue where I am intermittently unable to boot my PC either from being turned off or while in sleep mode. It seems to have this issue only about ~20% of the time.
The following are things that typically happen:
■Most of the time my PC boots/wakens normally.
■Sometimes my PC case will light up for a second or two then shut down.
■Sometimes my PC will finally boot after several attempts only to not send any signals to the monitor or peripherals.
■A couple times now after many failed attempts I am unable to get my PC to boot at all. The lights come on and shut off many times in a row and I give up.
I have followed all of the recommendations in this troubleshooting thread with no positive results.
At this point I suspect one of a few things:
■My 6 year old PSU is going out and I need a new PSU. (seems most likely)
■I have a new mobo which is bad from stock. (seems very unlikely)
■Some other component such as my RAM or something it bad from stock. (seems very unlikely)
The symptoms match a bad PSU as directed by the following reference (link):
I am about to order a PSU but thought I would poll the forums to look for advice before I spend $150.
I certainly don't want to damage additional components in my using a bad PSU but I'm not sure how likely this may be.
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Reused from my 2009 build:
■Antec 1200 case
■WD Black 500GB HDD
■Corsair TX750 PSU
New 2015 components (build thread):
■Intel Core i7-4790K Devil’s Canyon Quad-Core 4.0GHz LGA 1150 BX80646I74790K Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4600
■CORSAIR Hydro Series H100i Extreme Performance Water/Liquid CPU Cooler. 240mm
■Arctic Silver 5
■2x MSI GTX 970 GAMING 100ME GeForce GTX 970 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support ATX Video Card
■MSI Z97-Gaming 7 LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
■1 x G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory
■Acer XB270H Abprz Black 27" 1ms (GTG) 144HZ Widescreen LED Backlight LCD G-SYNC Monitor, 300 cd/m2, USB Hub, 1000:1
■2x SAMSUNG - 850 EVO-SERIES - 250GB Solid State Drive - 2.5 in Form Factor, SATA III - MZ-75E250B/AM (running in RAID0, nevermind why.)
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