Issue restarting

Sir Stallion

Sir Stallion

Sir Stallion

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Hi all,

I have built a new machine:

3700x
32gb crucial ballistix 3600mhz
X570 Mag Tomahawk
RM750x PSU
Kracken x63
Sabrent rocket gen 4 1tb
GTX 660 (temp GPU whilst waiting on the 3080)

I must say the temp GPU was a flea bay purchase second hand.

I have an issue where by a cold boot will boot about 9 times out of ten but a restart always has the fans spinning the aio lights on and the ram lights etc on, but either no display/keyboard or mouse OR I do get a display but only a flashing curser top left. Both instances show the VGA light lit white on the motherboard. Do I have a duff GPU? Any way to be certain? I don’t have any interchangeable parts as this is my first pc build.
I have download older drivers and latest drivers but still the same. took the cmos out for 10 mins just incase. Always the same issue when I come to restart the machine.

I am at a loss so any help or guidance would be much appreciated.

I am booting to uefi sabrent rocket. Should I disable all other boot options? I’m clutching at straws.
 
So far I have tried the following:

  • Removing the cmos for 10 mins.
  • Reseating the ram.
  • Making sure all connections are tight.
  • Reseating the CPU.
  • Updating drivers.
  • Updating BIOS.
  • Removed GPU and powered on. Same error but that’s to be expected with no GPU or integrated graphics.

Today I’m going to try the following.

  • Boot with each single ram stick.
  • Try a different cable.
  • Try a different port (hdmi). (Currently using mini display port-display port).
  • Try the other PCIe slot.
  • Disabling all boot options bar the nvme in the bios.

Anyone have any other thoughts please? I’m new to all of this so I can only think of the obvious without having other parts available to interchange.
 
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So I have tried a different cable and different port both with the same outcome. I did find that if I left the flashing cursor top left it eventually does get to the GPU screen (conquer the battlefield) but crashes there or sometimes goes in to windows but it’s instantly unusable.

Tried the other PCIe slot and it booted fine, let me restart the PC fine twice, then fails again the third time of restarting again with the VGA light on the motherboard and no display.
 
I have also now reseated the nvme drive and disabled some all boot options bar the nvme drive.

Triple checked the latest game ready driver is installed.

Seems to me a dodgy GPU.......could someone please confirm my thoughts if correct? Any advice or guidance would be appreciated.
 
I wish I had mate :(
This is my first pc so I only have one of everything, no interchangeable parts. All my friends/colleagues are console gamers so I can’t pinch another from them. I was a console gamer too and after 3days of trying to figure this out I’m thinking there is a lot say for console plug and play. Kind of regretting it a little now.
 
mickyflinn said:
You have tried most things which does point to the gpu but having no parts to try is difficult.

You could buy a gpu and test your system out then return it within a certain time to get a refund. Send a plea out on social media.
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As a temporary GPU would a GT710 be ok?
Not looking to play games just make the machine usable until I can get a new RTX card.
 
geekyadz said:
What's your "normal" screen resolution?

To elaborate, what's your monitor?

Second thought: have you got fastboot enabled in your BIOS? Might be worth seeing if you can turn that off to (not sure if it matters or not)
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The monitor is capable of 4K 60hz, I don’t anything crazy though. I just wanted to get the pc up and running correctly etc ready for the new GPU to game at 4K 60.
 
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mickyflinn said:
You could get an rx 580 b grade for about £100 and if make them an offer less vat £80 . Will be good for 1080p gaming and then sell on or keep as a back up.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/search/index/sSearch/rx+580/sSort/3
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Cheers pal, I think right now all I want to do is see if my restart problems are resolved with a cheap GPU. I may go for the 710 as I can pick one up real cheap. The resolution is pants but I just want to know if the GPU was the cause of my issues. If not then I can start to look at what else could be causing my issues.

I have seen on the forum people are managing to get their hands on 3080FE’s. No idea how as every time I check it’s OOS. Using bots maybe or have inside knowledge of stock times.

part of me thinks just leave the pc in it’s GPUless current state and just wait for stocks to improve. But in that case I might get to the point where I finally get a 3080 and find that my issue hasn’t been the GPU all along. Pants situation to be in.
 
Well I managed to pinch another GPU today and happy days it’s resolved the issue. So glad it’s wasn’t motherboard related. Also managed to get my money back from the second hand GPU from flebay so all I need now is a new GPU! 6800xt or 3080FE....whichever I can get my hands on first. It could be a long wait

thanks everyone for your help and input. Much appreciated.
 
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