1st Player SteamPunk PS-650SP (650w Rated) Gold Plus (New)
This is not a solution. This is intentionally installing another problem. It's not terrible, but it CERTAINLY wouldn't be on my list of recommended units considering it's price vs the list of problems it has.
- ChengX caps on the secondary side
- Low quality sleeve bearing fan
- Very low hold-up time
- PSU OFF To Full +12V performance problem
- High OCP triggering points on the minor rails
- Transient response at +3.3 V
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/1st-player-steampunk-ps-750sp-750-w/7.html
Since there are no reviews of the 650w model, we have to assume we can use the 750w review to judge quality. And while it's not a dumpster fire, it definitely isn't worth the price, and has some moderately undesirable issues. Also, this may well have been a cherry picked model sent to Aris for review. Retail models might have significantly worse build quality and performance, but we have to assume otherwise for now since we have no proof of that, which itself is a concern.
Assuming however that the PSU is not the problem if you are still having the exact same issue as before,
I would pull the hardware and build it on the bench for testing. Pay particular attention to whether there might be a standoff where one shouldn't be under the motherboard. Using my bench testing guide you should hopefully be able to narrow down where the problem is. Make sure as well that you have tried ALL of the memory modules, one at a time, in the correct slot (A2).
Also, make SURE you have the latest STABLE BIOS version installed.
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Another consideration might be that Windows is corrupt. When was the last time a clean install was done?
It might be a good idea to run through ALL of these test procedures.
If there are any steps listed here that you have not already done, it would be advisable to do so if for no other reason than to be able to say you've already done it and eliminate that possibility.
First,
Make sure your motherboard has the MOST recent BIOS version installed. If it does not, then update. This solves a high number of issues even in cases where the release that is newer than yours makes no mention of improving graphics card or other hardware compatibility. They do not list every change they have made when they post a new BIOS release.
Second,
Go to the product page for your motherboard on the manufacturer website. Download and install the latest driver versions for the chipset, storage controllers, audio and network adapters. Do not skip installing a newer driver just because you think it is not relevant to the problem you are having. The drivers for one device can often affect ALL other devices and a questionable driver release can cause instability in the OS itself. They don't release new drivers just for fun. If there is a new driver release for a component, there is a good reason for it. The same goes for BIOS updates. When it comes to the chipset drivers, if your motherboard manufacturer lists a chipset driver that is newer than what the chipset developer (Intel or AMD, for our purposes) lists, then use that one. If Intel (Or AMD) shows a chipset driver version that is newer than what is available from the motherboard product page, then use that one. Always use the newest chipset driver that you can get and always use ONLY the chipset drivers available from either the motherboard manufacturer, AMD or Intel.
IF you have other hardware installed or attached to the system that are not a part of the systems covered by the motherboard drivers, then go to the support page for THAT component and check to see if there are newer drivers available for that as well. If there are, install them.
Third,
Make sure your memory is running at the correct advertised speed in the BIOS. This may require that you set the memory to run at the XMP profile settings. Also, make sure you have the memory installed in the correct slots and that they are running in dual channel which you can check by installing CPU-Z and checking the Memory and SPD tabs. For all modern motherboards that are dual channel memory architectures, from the last ten years at least, if you have two sticks installed they should be in the A2 (Called DDR4_1 on some boards) or B2 (Called DDR4_2 on some boards) which are ALWAYS the SECOND and FOURTH slots over from the CPU socket, counting TOWARDS the edge of the motherboard EXCEPT on boards that only have two memory slots total. In that case, if you have two modules it's not rocket science, but if you have only one, then install it in the A1 or DDR4_1 slot.
Fourth (And often tied for most important along with an up-to-date motherboard BIOS),
A clean install of the graphics card drivers. Regardless of whether you "already installed the newest drivers" for your graphics card or not, it is OFTEN a good idea to do a CLEAN install of the graphics card drivers. Just installing over the old drivers OR trying to use what Nvidia and AMD consider a clean install is not good enough and does not usually give the same result as using the Display Driver Uninstaller utility. This has a very high success rate and is always worth a shot.
If you have had both Nvidia and AMD cards installed at any point on that operating system then you will want to run the DDU twice. Once for the old card drivers (ie, Nvidia or AMD) and again for the currently installed graphics card drivers (ie, AMD or Nvidia). So if you had an Nvidia card at some point in the past, run it first for Nvidia and then after that is complete, run it again for AMD if you currently have an AMD card installed.
And last, but not least, if you have never done a CLEAN install of Windows, or have upgraded from an older version to Windows 10, or have been through several spring or fall major Windows updates, it might be a very good idea to consider doing a clean install of Windows if none of these other solutions has helped. IF you are using a Windows installation from a previous system and you didn't do a clean install of Windows after building the new system, then it's 99.99% likely that you NEED to do a CLEAN install before trying any other solutions.
How to do a CLEAN installation of Windows 10, the RIGHT way