Hi all.
I had posted a couple of threads recently:
https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/cpu-socket-backwards-compatibility.3728324/
https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/atx-power-connectors-convertor.3729482/
And man oh man: Bottom line? It turns out that my graphics card (an EVGA GTX GeForce 1080 Superclocked) had become defective/ burned out, and it was causing damage, too, to the motherboard's PCI-e slot, thus not allowing the system to boot/ POST.
So, finally, I ended up getting a Gigabyte motherboard with.....an AMD Ryzen 7 processor. This is a first for me; I've always had Intel processors before. And, had to get another graphics card, too: a Gigabyte GeForce 1070.
So, in my tower unit case, I removed my motherboard and installed the new Gigabyte board with it's AMD Ryzen processor, then connected all the other internal components.
As some of you most likely already know, swapping out an entire motherboard, but, connecting it back to the same hard drive/ solid state drive that was in your previous system, is possible, but there might be a few bumps in the road, so to speak.
The system booted fine, the Windows 10 OS loaded properly, and it went to desktop. I then set about installing the proper drivers/ software for the AMD board, and then uninstalling the prior Intel drivers from my previous system/ board.
But I noticed a couple of things:
I've already sent a message to Gigabyte Tech Support at their web site, but sometimes they can be a long time in getting back to you, so, while waiting for their response, I thought I'd check here.
And just to let you know up front, since I know that my hardware is good and the system boots, I'm probably going to reinstall the Windows 10 OS from scratch just so things are "clean".
But here's what I noticed.....
When the system is totally powered off cold, and I press the Power button to boot up, the system powers on, lights & fans, and.....there's a fan that seems to stay at a high RPM, pretty loud. I believe this is the CPU heat sink fan. The GPU fans don't come on unless there is a heavy, graphics-intensive load, and the same applies to the PSU fan (only under heavy load does it come on).
What I've noticed through the years on different system builds I've put together is, when you power the computer on, at first while it's still POSTing, the fan is loud, but then after the BIOS POST screen, the fan RPM lowers and it gets quiet as the OS loads.
Do you think the high RPM loud fan is due to the motherboard swap I did? Could this possibly be rectified after I reinstall the Windows 10 OS from scratch?
And, another thing: I have two sticks of Corsair Vengeance RAM, 32 GB of memory total from two 16 GB sticks. But the system is only "seeing" 16 GB. The Gigabyte motherboard has the original BIOS, F1, and I noticed there is a F61 available. Could updating the BIOS fix this?
Thanks for any helpful input;
Pez
I had posted a couple of threads recently:
https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/cpu-socket-backwards-compatibility.3728324/
https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/atx-power-connectors-convertor.3729482/
And man oh man: Bottom line? It turns out that my graphics card (an EVGA GTX GeForce 1080 Superclocked) had become defective/ burned out, and it was causing damage, too, to the motherboard's PCI-e slot, thus not allowing the system to boot/ POST.
So, finally, I ended up getting a Gigabyte motherboard with.....an AMD Ryzen 7 processor. This is a first for me; I've always had Intel processors before. And, had to get another graphics card, too: a Gigabyte GeForce 1070.
So, in my tower unit case, I removed my motherboard and installed the new Gigabyte board with it's AMD Ryzen processor, then connected all the other internal components.
As some of you most likely already know, swapping out an entire motherboard, but, connecting it back to the same hard drive/ solid state drive that was in your previous system, is possible, but there might be a few bumps in the road, so to speak.
The system booted fine, the Windows 10 OS loaded properly, and it went to desktop. I then set about installing the proper drivers/ software for the AMD board, and then uninstalling the prior Intel drivers from my previous system/ board.
But I noticed a couple of things:
I've already sent a message to Gigabyte Tech Support at their web site, but sometimes they can be a long time in getting back to you, so, while waiting for their response, I thought I'd check here.
And just to let you know up front, since I know that my hardware is good and the system boots, I'm probably going to reinstall the Windows 10 OS from scratch just so things are "clean".
But here's what I noticed.....
When the system is totally powered off cold, and I press the Power button to boot up, the system powers on, lights & fans, and.....there's a fan that seems to stay at a high RPM, pretty loud. I believe this is the CPU heat sink fan. The GPU fans don't come on unless there is a heavy, graphics-intensive load, and the same applies to the PSU fan (only under heavy load does it come on).
What I've noticed through the years on different system builds I've put together is, when you power the computer on, at first while it's still POSTing, the fan is loud, but then after the BIOS POST screen, the fan RPM lowers and it gets quiet as the OS loads.
Do you think the high RPM loud fan is due to the motherboard swap I did? Could this possibly be rectified after I reinstall the Windows 10 OS from scratch?
And, another thing: I have two sticks of Corsair Vengeance RAM, 32 GB of memory total from two 16 GB sticks. But the system is only "seeing" 16 GB. The Gigabyte motherboard has the original BIOS, F1, and I noticed there is a F61 available. Could updating the BIOS fix this?
Thanks for any helpful input;
Pez