Having issues with my rig - stumped on how to proceed

Mr.Pie

Mr.Pie

Mr.Pie

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Parts list

  • i5 4690K
  • 2x4GB Kingston DDR3-1866 CL9
  • MSI R9 390 8GB
  • Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 5
  • Fractal Design Newton R3 1kW - going to expand to CFX this summer when I get my bonus

Current problems:
Currently rig is not posting/black screen. Previously started randomly rebooting when gaming.

Things I've done to troubleshoot

  • When my rig was still working, I ran Heaven for approx 2hrs with no artifacts/crashing. Briefly ran Intel Burn test on max mem for 5 runs and all stable. Everything was returned to stock clocks/values and crashing would still occur after approx 1. hour.
  • I've removed my R9 390 and also reset CMOS and tried to use the IGP - no dice. Still no post/black screen.
  • Something else I also tried was to use a different power strip/wall socket but still no dice.



I'm absolutely stumped on where to start - any ideas on what to RMA first? I have no spare components to use/friends with spare parts.
This rig/setup has been rock solid for the past 7 months or so.

I initially planned to RMA my motherboard first - but no sure if thats what I should do first....
 
Disconnect all drives.

Use a single RAM stick at a time in various slots.

You only need cpu/board/ram/PSU to boot and atleast get into BIOS.

Do you have access to another PSU?
 
stulid said:
Disconnect all drives.

Use a single RAM stick at a time in various slots.

You only need cpu/board/ram/PSU to boot and atleast get into BIOS.

Do you have access to another PSU?
Click to expand...

unfortunately thats a negative for another PSU.

I'll give the single RAM stick a go at some point this week once I've got time off from university.
 
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