Hello world.
Quick info about my current rig:
CPU - i5 4460@3.4 GHz AND i5 4590
MB - Asrock H81-M AND Gigabyte B85-D3H-A
RAM 12 GB (4+8) DDR3 1333 MHz Goodram & GoodramPlay (both set to be circa 1400 something in UEFI) OR 4 GB DDR3 1333 Goodram
Graphics Gigabyte GF GTX 750 2GB (+290 MHz GPU, + 690 MHz memory) - in both rigs I've used just this one card
Power Supply - OCZ ModXStream 600W Bronze, and now XFX XTR 550 Gold
Chasis - in both scenarios - Silentium PC RG4T
OS - Win 7 pro x64
Storage - 1TB SSD Samsung evo 860 + 2tb seagate barracuda sata III + 750 gb SATA II Spinpoint F1 + 2 external USB 2.0 and 3.0 transcend disks. Also - one dvd-rw writer from samsung (not sure, might check it, if necessary), one akasa all-in-one controller, 5x120mm fans, connected either to akasa or to internal chasis regulator.
Circa 2 weeks back, during playing Wolfenstein I've run into some weird problem with my PC - it suddenly turned off. After quick check if anything has been damaged, I've tried to restart it. My rig was unable to get even close to post, because my screen (Dell U2311h) went back in black. Also, my first mb (Asrock H81M) did not gave any current to keyboard or mouse (both of them react to 5V by lighting themselves, it does so on other computer stuff, like laptops). My screen is also working, so no problem there.
Anyway - trying to restart my pc back then ended with fail. Due to lack of pc speaker (got it now), I've search the web for possible cause of this, and after some thinking I've decided to bring both new cpu and motherboard (due to being unable to determine, which stuff ended up dead, without any spare parts).
Next days, when I've had the used, but fine Gigabyte's motherboard as well as i5 4590 (both new stuff is surely lga1150, I've checked it), no good news were founded. PC, either based on Asrock or Gigabyte and with either of the two CPUs wont start - reactions was totally the same as at the begging.
I've thought back then, that it might be an issue with PSU - OCZ is working for ~8 years now and it has been treaded rather normal and without filters (today, when I've opened it, it was fairly pumped with dust, so that might be the case. I'm not sure however if it's dead - no multimeter). I've brought to home new XFX together with new ddr3 (just to be sure).
When I've tried starting old config (asrock h81m + i5 4460 + gf 750) without putting it into the case and giving it new ram, somehow the whole pc (without any external drives, but with gtx 750) booted. I've recon it as sign of psu working propertly and wanted to connect it to gigabyte mb and better i5 (4590 one). After all the pluging and sutff, I've tried to test it. It failed to post once more. No matter which one ram I've used. no matter if it was on internal or external gpu - it failed. After that I've though it might be issue with i5 4590 itself, but swapping it for 4460 doesn't work either.
What's more, even taking back i5 4460 into asrock h81m and giving it newly opened ram - it failed to start. It also failed to start with different ram modules, different ram slots, different ram configs (I've tried only 1 at the time, but still). Also swapping cpus doesn't seem to solve the problem, as well as swapping motherboards. Also - combinations with internal/external gpu failed to bring some solution.
I've tried reseting both motherboards (gigabyte by both clear_CMOS and battery removal without current from power supply, asrock only by removing battery) - none of the tricks worked for me. All of the test were made without any external perihpals connected to motherboard (for my own sake I've left power connector plugged, but I've taken away sata cables).
All test on boards outside chasis were made on top of carton box for gigabyte mb without any spare metal elements that could have ended with short circuit. Both of my PSUs were also equipped with anti shourt circuit filters and before this problem my old OCZ doesn't even let me start pc after some 20+4 or 8 pin cables wovement without plugging them out, then plugging them in (as well as main power cord and switch in pattern on-off-on).
Is there actually any way to determine, what is wrong with this expensive hunk of silicon-based transistors? I've run out of ideas and would like very much to get pc back to work without buying a new one (I'll eventually do so, but I've spend already big cash on recent stuff, that refuses to work).
Could it simply be too much loose current on pcbs, not-sure-which bios on gigabyte motherboard (which supports lga 1150 4th gen since oldest bios, I'm 99,9% sure of it) actually destroying both of the cpus or some other mystery, that I'm unable to solve?
Thank you already for any kind of solutions. Also - sorry for any misspelled words, I prefer speaking english than wrote it down.
Quick info about my current rig:
CPU - i5 4460@3.4 GHz AND i5 4590
MB - Asrock H81-M AND Gigabyte B85-D3H-A
RAM 12 GB (4+8) DDR3 1333 MHz Goodram & GoodramPlay (both set to be circa 1400 something in UEFI) OR 4 GB DDR3 1333 Goodram
Graphics Gigabyte GF GTX 750 2GB (+290 MHz GPU, + 690 MHz memory) - in both rigs I've used just this one card
Power Supply - OCZ ModXStream 600W Bronze, and now XFX XTR 550 Gold
Chasis - in both scenarios - Silentium PC RG4T
OS - Win 7 pro x64
Storage - 1TB SSD Samsung evo 860 + 2tb seagate barracuda sata III + 750 gb SATA II Spinpoint F1 + 2 external USB 2.0 and 3.0 transcend disks. Also - one dvd-rw writer from samsung (not sure, might check it, if necessary), one akasa all-in-one controller, 5x120mm fans, connected either to akasa or to internal chasis regulator.
Circa 2 weeks back, during playing Wolfenstein I've run into some weird problem with my PC - it suddenly turned off. After quick check if anything has been damaged, I've tried to restart it. My rig was unable to get even close to post, because my screen (Dell U2311h) went back in black. Also, my first mb (Asrock H81M) did not gave any current to keyboard or mouse (both of them react to 5V by lighting themselves, it does so on other computer stuff, like laptops). My screen is also working, so no problem there.
Anyway - trying to restart my pc back then ended with fail. Due to lack of pc speaker (got it now), I've search the web for possible cause of this, and after some thinking I've decided to bring both new cpu and motherboard (due to being unable to determine, which stuff ended up dead, without any spare parts).
Next days, when I've had the used, but fine Gigabyte's motherboard as well as i5 4590 (both new stuff is surely lga1150, I've checked it), no good news were founded. PC, either based on Asrock or Gigabyte and with either of the two CPUs wont start - reactions was totally the same as at the begging.
I've thought back then, that it might be an issue with PSU - OCZ is working for ~8 years now and it has been treaded rather normal and without filters (today, when I've opened it, it was fairly pumped with dust, so that might be the case. I'm not sure however if it's dead - no multimeter). I've brought to home new XFX together with new ddr3 (just to be sure).
When I've tried starting old config (asrock h81m + i5 4460 + gf 750) without putting it into the case and giving it new ram, somehow the whole pc (without any external drives, but with gtx 750) booted. I've recon it as sign of psu working propertly and wanted to connect it to gigabyte mb and better i5 (4590 one). After all the pluging and sutff, I've tried to test it. It failed to post once more. No matter which one ram I've used. no matter if it was on internal or external gpu - it failed. After that I've though it might be issue with i5 4590 itself, but swapping it for 4460 doesn't work either.
What's more, even taking back i5 4460 into asrock h81m and giving it newly opened ram - it failed to start. It also failed to start with different ram modules, different ram slots, different ram configs (I've tried only 1 at the time, but still). Also swapping cpus doesn't seem to solve the problem, as well as swapping motherboards. Also - combinations with internal/external gpu failed to bring some solution.
I've tried reseting both motherboards (gigabyte by both clear_CMOS and battery removal without current from power supply, asrock only by removing battery) - none of the tricks worked for me. All of the test were made without any external perihpals connected to motherboard (for my own sake I've left power connector plugged, but I've taken away sata cables).
All test on boards outside chasis were made on top of carton box for gigabyte mb without any spare metal elements that could have ended with short circuit. Both of my PSUs were also equipped with anti shourt circuit filters and before this problem my old OCZ doesn't even let me start pc after some 20+4 or 8 pin cables wovement without plugging them out, then plugging them in (as well as main power cord and switch in pattern on-off-on).
Is there actually any way to determine, what is wrong with this expensive hunk of silicon-based transistors? I've run out of ideas and would like very much to get pc back to work without buying a new one (I'll eventually do so, but I've spend already big cash on recent stuff, that refuses to work).
Could it simply be too much loose current on pcbs, not-sure-which bios on gigabyte motherboard (which supports lga 1150 4th gen since oldest bios, I'm 99,9% sure of it) actually destroying both of the cpus or some other mystery, that I'm unable to solve?
Thank you already for any kind of solutions. Also - sorry for any misspelled words, I prefer speaking english than wrote it down.