Recently, I have built a new, top of the line computer. I'm not new to building or working with PC's but this PC has given me more problems than any other I've worked on and it's just overwhelmed me to the point where I'm turning to others for help.
There are two main issues. The first is, my PC has been having trouble starting up and shutting down properly and it's hardware related. In the middle of a gaming session, I noticed that my power button LED's went out. I just thought maybe the lights went bad, so I ignored it as it shut down just fine. The next day, I went to turn on my PC and nothing happened. So, I figured it was the switch and borrowed a switch from an old PC and it had the same issue. This time the LED's would come on, but the power button wouldn't start the PC. I pulled the cord out, turned the i/o switch on the PSU on and off a few times. Eventually, the button turned on the PC. I tried the original button again just to make sure. The LED's were out, but the switch would turn on the PC. Kinda. Sometimes it starts up fine, sometimes the power button doesn't work, and more often than not, only half the computer turns on (i.e. the RGB LED's and all of the fans, even the ones on the GPU). But not the CPU, GPU won't talk to the monitor, and the water pump. So I figured a connection was bad on the PSU. I messed with a few chords, all were plugged in just fine. So I need to know if it's my mobo or my PSU or what's going on and how to fix this issue.
The Second issue is the one that baffles me the most. I've had constant BSOD's since I built this thing. It's a different error message almost every time. from MEMORY_MANAGEMENT to IRQ_LESS_OR_EQUAL (or whatever that one is). KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED. I've checked my RAM, my CPU, my new Evo 960 SSD, and even my HDD. Everything says it's healthy. I've also tried reinstalling windows and that did not help. The crashes were insanely frequent at first but have become progressively less and less to now one a day, two on bad days, or one every couple of days if I leave my PC running. The PC will NOT crash if I'm playing any game at all.
Sorry for the absurdly long post, I'm just beyond frustrated and tired of dealing with all of this because no one can tell me exactly what's wrong. Someone please, help me.
There are two main issues. The first is, my PC has been having trouble starting up and shutting down properly and it's hardware related. In the middle of a gaming session, I noticed that my power button LED's went out. I just thought maybe the lights went bad, so I ignored it as it shut down just fine. The next day, I went to turn on my PC and nothing happened. So, I figured it was the switch and borrowed a switch from an old PC and it had the same issue. This time the LED's would come on, but the power button wouldn't start the PC. I pulled the cord out, turned the i/o switch on the PSU on and off a few times. Eventually, the button turned on the PC. I tried the original button again just to make sure. The LED's were out, but the switch would turn on the PC. Kinda. Sometimes it starts up fine, sometimes the power button doesn't work, and more often than not, only half the computer turns on (i.e. the RGB LED's and all of the fans, even the ones on the GPU). But not the CPU, GPU won't talk to the monitor, and the water pump. So I figured a connection was bad on the PSU. I messed with a few chords, all were plugged in just fine. So I need to know if it's my mobo or my PSU or what's going on and how to fix this issue.
The Second issue is the one that baffles me the most. I've had constant BSOD's since I built this thing. It's a different error message almost every time. from MEMORY_MANAGEMENT to IRQ_LESS_OR_EQUAL (or whatever that one is). KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED. I've checked my RAM, my CPU, my new Evo 960 SSD, and even my HDD. Everything says it's healthy. I've also tried reinstalling windows and that did not help. The crashes were insanely frequent at first but have become progressively less and less to now one a day, two on bad days, or one every couple of days if I leave my PC running. The PC will NOT crash if I'm playing any game at all.
Sorry for the absurdly long post, I'm just beyond frustrated and tired of dealing with all of this because no one can tell me exactly what's wrong. Someone please, help me.
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