CPU, MB and Ram upgrade advise...

Bone9 · 17 Jul 2018 at 11:39

Thinking of upgrading to the i7 8700k and an asus rig strix z370-e gaming mb with 16gb of 3000mhz ram.

Currently running a 4790k and 16gb ddr3 1866mhz ram.. Full speck in my sig. Suspect MB problems so thinking of an upgrade.

What's your thoughts on this guys?

orbitalwalsh · 17 Jul 2018 at 12:06

What's your mobo problems and still under Warranty ?

Whats your screen res ?

Bone9 · 17 Jul 2018 at 12:56

orbitalwalsh said:
What's your mobo problems and still under Warranty ?

Whats your screen res ?

My motherboard (if this is the issue) fails to post. I can get it to boot after multiple attempts. Works fine when started. There are no beeps but the board lights up as well as my case lights. Not sure if still under warranty. This is the second time it has failed. The first time it didn't boot either but did beep. It got repaired and has been fine up until now

I play at 1440p resolution but looking to upgrade to a 34" ultrawide 1440p in the future.

Bone9 · 18 Jul 2018 at 20:09

@orbitalwalsh What do you think?

orbitalwalsh · 18 Jul 2018 at 20:36

What was the repair fault last time ?

Bone9 · 18 Jul 2018 at 21:07

orbitalwalsh said:
What was the repair fault last time ?

I had to send the board back and I'm pretty sure they just flashed a new bios on it and that was it. I haven't got anymore details. This was a long time ago.

Recently this happened...

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/t...t-but-was-fine-before.18822460/#post-31963127

tamzzy · 18 Jul 2018 at 21:21

Bios battery replaced?

Bone9 · 18 Jul 2018 at 21:23

tamzzy said:
Bios battery replaced?

Not that I'm aware of unless it was done in the repair ages ago. Should I just pop one in?

orbitalwalsh · 18 Jul 2018 at 21:24

Worth a try , spare PSU ?

tamzzy · 18 Jul 2018 at 21:24

Bone9 said:
Not that I'm aware of unless it was done in the repair ages ago. Should I just pop one in?

Can try definitely, multiple failed attempts at cold boot can be a symptom of a dying bios battery. And it only costs £1...

Bone9 · 18 Jul 2018 at 21:30

orbitalwalsh said:
Worth a try , spare PSU ?

Unfortunately not.

Bone9 · 18 Jul 2018 at 21:31

tamzzy said:
Can try definitely, multiple failed attempts at cold boot can be a symptom of a dying bios battery. And it only costs £1...

Great, thanks. I can get them for free from work so that's even better

heatonpkmassive · 18 Jul 2018 at 22:34

All worth trying, as the upgrade you're suggesting wouldn't net you a great deal more performance for the financial layout.

Bone9 · 19 Jul 2018 at 11:43

I've got a battery so will replace it tonight and setup the bios and report back here to see if it's done the trick.

It is a lot of cash that I didn't plan on spending so if I can fix it that's great. I'd rather a 1080ti than a new cpu etc.

Bone9 · 25 Jul 2018 at 13:06

No good guys. Was ok for a few days then went to boot but did a cycle then showed the boot failure screen again. I went into the bios and rebooted and it was fine. It's always fine if it boots up.

Nightmare. So you still think the issue could be the psu or the motherboard?

pastymuncher · 25 Jul 2018 at 13:17

I would be tempted to flash the bios again to rule out a corrupted bios. Use the Q-Flash tool in the bios to flash it, not a windows based flashing software. Just download the latest bios (F10b) and unzip it. Put it on a usb stick, reboot and enter the bios. Go to the tools section and fire up Q-Flash, point it to the usb stick and let it do it's thing. If you have any settings that you have changed write them down before flashing as it will reset the bios to default.

tamzzy · 25 Jul 2018 at 14:15

is everything at stock?
as you're running a custom loop...you've checked that there's no slow leaks that is shorting out the circuits?
as pasty said, bios flash would be something i'd consider too, but a bit odd that it's never been a problem until recently

Bone9 · 25 Jul 2018 at 15:20

pastymuncher said:
I would be tempted to flash the bios again to rule out a corrupted bios. Use the Q-Flash tool in the bios to flash it, not a windows based flashing software. Just download the latest bios (F10b) and unzip it. Put it on a usb stick, reboot and enter the bios. Go to the tools section and fire up Q-Flash, point it to the usb stick and let it do it's thing. If you have any settings that you have changed write them down before flashing as it will reset the bios to default.

Ok will do that this evening. Is that the beta bios? Thanks.

Bone9 · 25 Jul 2018 at 15:22

tamzzy said:
is everything at stock?
as you're running a custom loop...you've checked that there's no slow leaks that is shorting out the circuits?
as pasty said, bios flash would be something i'd consider too, but a bit odd that it's never been a problem until recently

No both the gpu and cpu are overclocked. But has been for a long time.

I'll double check tonight but I've recently installed a new lighting kit and didn't see anything. It all looked great.

tamzzy · 25 Jul 2018 at 15:56

Bone9 said:
No both the gpu and cpu are overclocked

As with all issues, try running everything at stock to see if the problem is replicated.