Just changed my motherboard and 24 hours later it froze and made loud buzzing through headset

[Luke Winship]

SO changed mobo, literally exactly a day after starting it up for the first time it (my PC) froze during a game of league of legends and made a loud buzzing through my headset. Would love any suggestions, first time this happened so I am suspecting the mobo problem.

 

[DonkeyOatie]

Wow, you need more luck with your motherboards. Run Memtest86 and check your memory is all good. Probably is, but let's eliminate that possibility.

 

[Luke Winship]

Wow, you need more luck with your motherboards. Run Memtest86 and check your memory is all good. Probably is, but let's eliminate that possibility.

For some reason it's not letting me write it to my USB drives. Any other suggestion?

 

[DonkeyOatie]

Have you checked other USB ports?

 

[Luke Winship]

Have you checked other USB ports?

Just ran Core Temp to see my CPU was idling at 70 degrees. Turns out one of the fan headers came faulty on the motherboard. Surprised it didn't happen sooner. now idling at 20. I'll post back here if it happens again, it shouldn't but just in case. Thanks for the help again

 

[Luke Winship]

After doing everything my stress temp is at 84 (CPU) and idles at around 50, the lowest it has been is 24. I just changed the thermal paste and nothing changed, I'm currently all out of ideas so if anyone could help with this new problem that'd be great

 

[Luke Winship]

I'm running H55 cooler. 8320 and msi 970 mobo, 8gb ddr3 1333mhz corsair cx600m and gigabyte 7950

 

[DonkeyOatie]

And you are using AMD Overdrive to measure the temps.

Have you checked that your cooler is running properly? The pipe from CPU to radiator should be hot and the pipe from radiator to CPU should be cool.

 

[Luke Winship]

Using core temp to measure temps. On bios now and it is at 42. The cooler is running fine, one warm one cool

 

[DonkeyOatie]

It can't have suddenly changed from 70 idle to 42 idle if you have done nothing. Could you try and see what Overdrive says.

 

[Luke Winship]

It can't have suddenly changed from 70 idle to 42 idle if you have done nothing. Could you try and see what Overdrive says.

https://gyazo.com/90a8ecfb01efd0bf32c09a7d2b59892c
https://gyazo.com/d14f36f123655e80aba368e6447c1d39

 

[DonkeyOatie]

Thanks. Well, that's a 40C idle OK. Can you do it again for stress. If the numbers are in the 70s or so can you check that the return pipe from the CPU cooler to the CPU is cool. Sorry to go though all these little steps. I'm trying to eliminate one thing at a time, I suppose you can't bring the computer to Florida with you

 

[Luke Winship]

I used the overdrive stability test and the thermal margin dropped to -10c. I'm running heavy load for my CPU stress now. Still doesn't explain the random power off I have

 

[Luke Winship]

Thanks. Well, that's a 40C idle OK. Can you do it again for stress. If the numbers are in the 70s or so can you check that the return pipe from the CPU cooler to the CPU is cool. Sorry to go though all these little steps. I'm trying to eliminate one thing at a time, I suppose you can't bring the computer to Florida with you

https://gyazo.com/834009749f47fd02bb9493ddb3e7a8d0
https://gyazo.com/7c0cbb54434eedd39b889bcc728acb5f

One pipe hot one pipe cool
Also is the TMPIN temperatures ok? Seems to be pretty high on them @ 200+ c

 

[DonkeyOatie]

Those numbers are totally bogus. (the big ones, I believe the thermal margin) Not possible to be 260C. We are looking at digital 255 or something being misread.

What this shows me is that your cooling is not working properly. The idle is too high and the stress is too too high. I'm assuming that you do not live in an oven, and the ambient temp is a normal 25C. you chip is not racing like mad. How fast do the fans seem to be running? Do you have any other cooler you could try, even an AMD stock?

I need to be careful I'm not getting too focused on one thing and ignoring others. Happens to much to me for my liking.

 

[Luke Winship]

Idle: https://gyazo.com/2c822c69eb6819a175aee2ca7e7d8185 - https://gyazo.com/a565d2d280ac0a511879e8c696cdc9c2
100%: https://gyazo.com/c4b14d3b993354a115411fa14111c8cf - https://gyazo.com/c6addcb2e845eed8191589c9f85c6994
This is the stock cooler.
I don't understand why my H55 seems to not be working, it has one cold tube one hot tube, could it be that the thermal paste isnt being spread correctly? I don't have sticky pads to press the screw in part on the back so the two times I have done it I could have lifted it up accidentally as it's difficult to screw in whilst holding the back plate up

 

[DonkeyOatie]

I would now want to use a thermometer to try and measure the temperature of the cooler pipes. If your pump is running too slow, or if for come reason the water is moving too slowly, the amount of energy being removed from the CPU will be too low.

 

[Luke Winship]

I would now want to use a thermometer to try and measure the temperature of the cooler pipes. If your pump is running too slow, or if for come reason the water is moving too slowly, the amount of energy being removed from the CPU will be too low.

I don't have a thermometer at hand, if anything I should stick with air cooling I think. I further inspected the radiator and noticed minor kinks in it. One or two on the side without the tubes, I suspect that being the problem with the cooler? The pump was also making a loud(er) noise which it had never made before re-installing. My friend has a spare 212 Evo which I'll install in around a weeks time, I'll come back with more results from that and see ultimately if it was in fact the cooler.

 

[DonkeyOatie]

Thanks. Let us know. Others following this thread may be helped by your experience.

 

[Luke Winship]

HyperX 212 EVO
https://gyazo.com/95675e19a08c3ab9e44baed979e15734 Idle
https://gyazo.com/e1ab209bb46549578f026662a6de94c1 Load

 

[DonkeyOatie]

How does it work, OK?

The idle is a bit higher than I'd like, but the load is very decent.

Can you try a run with the case panels open. If the idle margin increases a decent amount, it is a sign of air flow in the case needing to be better.

 

[Luke Winship]

How does it work, OK?

The idle is a bit higher than I'd like, but the load is very decent.

Can you try a run with the case panels open. If the idle margin increases a decent amount, it is a sign of air flow in the case needing to be better.

I'm changing the case today as the one I have hasn't got any good fans so temperatures will most definitely improve once I install it into the new case, I'll post new temp stats later today.

 

[DonkeyOatie]

Good work. Let us know how it works out.

 

[Luke Winship]

H440 2015 + HyperX212 Evo.

Idle: https://gyazo.com/8817050c42fde98d42b921eb623b967e
Load: https://gyazo.com/cb1801aa6a205f375b3e41b421cc4e54
Higher temps on load for a cooler idle.

3 Intakes on the front
1 Exhaust at the back, 1 at the top
CPU Fan pushing towards topside