For the last month or so after a few hours of run-time my computer would all of a sudden restart.. no error on screen, no weird colors, just reboot.
Ran virus scans, nothing
Safe mode, same thing
I've tried another hard drive with a clean copy of windows on it and the problem persisted.
Started playing with my RAM in different slots and different sticks, same problem.
One of the ram configurations the screen wouldn't turn on at all.. could hear it boot to windows but couldn't see anything.. with that I removed the video card and played the ram some more and it eventually started working again.
With one stick of working ram and no video card it started a different issue; after 5 minutes or so running (sometimes less or more) I would get a solid white screen. No cursor. No response from anything. Forced to hard reset. Done that the last three times now.
I'm about to try my old power supply to see if there's any change (I believe unlikely), but I'm having to think it's the motherboard.. haven't liked it the whole time I've had it and when I originally got it in 2011 it was doa..
Can anyone offer any advice? Don't want to get a new mobo and find it was something else. Thank you very much for your time
Build list off the top of my head:
Mobo: Asus pz68v-le
Cpu: Intel i5-2500
Cpu cooler: CM hyper 212
Ram: G. Skill Ripjaws X (4gbx2)
GPU: EVGA 660FTW 3gb
PSU: Corsair C600 (I believe, builder series or something)
SSD: some SanDisk 128gb
HDD: 1tb WD black and a 500gb Seagate
Let me know if I missed anything.
Ran virus scans, nothing
Safe mode, same thing
I've tried another hard drive with a clean copy of windows on it and the problem persisted.
Started playing with my RAM in different slots and different sticks, same problem.
One of the ram configurations the screen wouldn't turn on at all.. could hear it boot to windows but couldn't see anything.. with that I removed the video card and played the ram some more and it eventually started working again.
With one stick of working ram and no video card it started a different issue; after 5 minutes or so running (sometimes less or more) I would get a solid white screen. No cursor. No response from anything. Forced to hard reset. Done that the last three times now.
I'm about to try my old power supply to see if there's any change (I believe unlikely), but I'm having to think it's the motherboard.. haven't liked it the whole time I've had it and when I originally got it in 2011 it was doa..
Can anyone offer any advice? Don't want to get a new mobo and find it was something else. Thank you very much for your time
Build list off the top of my head:
Mobo: Asus pz68v-le
Cpu: Intel i5-2500
Cpu cooler: CM hyper 212
Ram: G. Skill Ripjaws X (4gbx2)
GPU: EVGA 660FTW 3gb
PSU: Corsair C600 (I believe, builder series or something)
SSD: some SanDisk 128gb
HDD: 1tb WD black and a 500gb Seagate
Let me know if I missed anything.