- Jul 30, 2018
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A few weeks ago I put together a new system for gaming/compiling. Everything has worked fine for the most part, up until the last week or so.
Around once a day, the system will become completely unresponsive. No output signal to the monitors or my headset, no signs of it taking keyboard/mouse input. However, the system appears to be on. All the peripherals still have power, and the case lights and fans are still running. But no response - even the power button is useless. This happened maybe once between when it was first booted and this week, but it was totally isolated until now so I sort of just shrugged my shoulders about it.
Initially I thought it might be a power delivery problem. I have another PSU (in the wrong form factor) sitting around that I want to try hot-swapping to see if it changes, but the problem is nearly impossible to replicate since it happens randomly. Also, according to every third-party PSU wattage estimator I can find, I'm well within the limits of my PSU. And if it WAS a power supply issue, it doesn't make sense that all the internal lights and fans keep running.
Right now I'm thinking it might be a motherboard issue, which presents me with several more problems. For one, it's an ITX build and it would be a huge pain in the ass to pull the thing out. Two, I'm driving back to school in <2 weeks so I don't really have time to RMA it before then. Three, this is my only system now, and having it inoperable for however long the RMA takes would be a problem, especially at school.
Here are my specs, if there's any more necessary information just ask:
Ryzen 7 1800X @3.6Ghz
16GB DDR4-2933Mhz
GTX 1060 3GB
Corsair SF600 SFX PSU
Windows 10 Education, build 17134.191
GeForce Game ready driver is on version 398.36
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Around once a day, the system will become completely unresponsive. No output signal to the monitors or my headset, no signs of it taking keyboard/mouse input. However, the system appears to be on. All the peripherals still have power, and the case lights and fans are still running. But no response - even the power button is useless. This happened maybe once between when it was first booted and this week, but it was totally isolated until now so I sort of just shrugged my shoulders about it.
Initially I thought it might be a power delivery problem. I have another PSU (in the wrong form factor) sitting around that I want to try hot-swapping to see if it changes, but the problem is nearly impossible to replicate since it happens randomly. Also, according to every third-party PSU wattage estimator I can find, I'm well within the limits of my PSU. And if it WAS a power supply issue, it doesn't make sense that all the internal lights and fans keep running.
Right now I'm thinking it might be a motherboard issue, which presents me with several more problems. For one, it's an ITX build and it would be a huge pain in the ass to pull the thing out. Two, I'm driving back to school in <2 weeks so I don't really have time to RMA it before then. Three, this is my only system now, and having it inoperable for however long the RMA takes would be a problem, especially at school.
Here are my specs, if there's any more necessary information just ask:
Ryzen 7 1800X @3.6Ghz
16GB DDR4-2933Mhz
GTX 1060 3GB
Corsair SF600 SFX PSU
Windows 10 Education, build 17134.191
GeForce Game ready driver is on version 398.36
Any advice would be much appreciated.
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