Lined artifacts and freezes on boot up

[chriskhayde]

Hey guys I'm starting to scratch my head pretty hard at this.

I ordered a slew of new parts. Everything except my GPU (which is a Asus 980 Strix). So, I loaded windows onto the new harddrive. Started loading the new motherboards drivers and then updated my GPU driver. After updating everything I booted up a game to see how fast the new SSD would load. Out of nowhere the computer restarted and white line artifacts appeared at the boot up. (Artifacts that need gone https://imgur.com/gallery/CA4em)

The second picture is what it looks like when it freezes and reboots itself to repeat the process.

Specifications:
-GPU: Asus 980 Strix
-Kaby Lake Intel Core i5-7600K LGA 1151 Desktop Processors (BX80677I57600K
-MSI Pro Series Intel Z270 DDR4 USB 3 CrossFire ATX Motherboard (Z270-A PRO)
-Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 3000MHz C15 Desktop Memory Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2B3000C15)
-Corsair RMx Series, RM850x, 850W, Fully Modular Power Supply, 80+ Gold Certified

 

[DRagor]

Other then those artifacts, does comp boot up to Windows and stay there, or not?
As always, first step would be remove GPU and run comp from integrated graphic. Also try using second PCIe slot. And report the results of those tests.

 

[chriskhayde]

Other then those artifacts, does comp boot up to Windows and stay there, or not?
As always, first step would be remove GPU and run comp from integrated graphic. Also try using second PCIe slot. And report the results of those tests.

So I got it to boot with the onboard gpu just fine. When it has the 980 it doesn't get past the boot screen. So no it doesn't get to windows. I tried the second pci slot and it didn't work with the 980 either. I tried my old graphics card (gigabyte 680) and it booted fine. Does this mean I have a gpu that decided to crap out the minute I put new parts in? Mind you I was using it in my other build not 20 minutes before I started the new build. So if so...thats some horrible timing

 

[DRagor]

Yes, horrible timing indeed, but it certainly looks so. Unless it would be PSU fault, but Corsair RMx is good one, so unlikely.

 

[chriskhayde]

Yes, horrible timing indeed, but it certainly looks so. Unless it would be PSU fault, but Corsair RMx is good one, so unlikely.

Yeah I was afraid of that. I would highly doubt the psu it's a brand new RMX 850

 

[chriskhayde]

Yes, horrible timing indeed, but it certainly looks so. Unless it would be PSU fault, but Corsair RMx is good one, so unlikely.

I can't remember if I said it already but I did get my comp to boot in safe mode and update the driver for the 980. Then after updating the driver I rebooted it and it still had the artifact lines

 

[DRagor]

Maybe it's not lost cause then. I guess you used latest Nvidia drivers - so try rolling back to previous version. Did you had the lines still on screen when in safe mode? Maybe it's just video cable went to hell - used same cable with second GPU?

 

[chriskhayde]

Maybe it's not lost cause then. I guess you used latest Nvidia drivers - so try rolling back to previous version. Did you had the lines still on screen when in safe mode? Maybe it's just video cable went to hell - used same cable with second GPU?

I did use the same cable. It had the lines while in safe mode. Pretty much anytime that card was installed it had the lines. I could try the previous driver but I'm skeptical. It had the lines before the driver install and after the latest driver install. But there were no lines with my old 680

 

[DRagor]

Hope dies last. Well, if it had lines in safe mode and cable is okay, I guess it's going down then