Hi
Solved - Faulty PSU (might prove useful in future for someone....
Hoping for some advice, having some issues with new machine I built for my nephew.
The build wasn't a problem, everything worked fine initially, and I installed Windows 8 on the machine, installed drivers etc, seemed to be fine.
A couple of days later, he calls me too say he can't get the machine to boot, when I look, it seems Windows is having some issue reading the disk, I booted it off the CD, jumped to a command prompt, and could browse the machine fine, when I did a chkdsk, it took ages too run, and I could hear the disk spinning up pretty often. I assumed it was a dodgy hard disk, so I replaced it, rebuilt and all was fine.
Now the same thing is happening again, I can hear the disk keep spinning up every 10-20 seconds.
Everything was new, but I'm starting to wonder if it might be a power issue? Maybe motherboard even? Not really sure where too go from here with it.
Appreciate any suggestions!
For ref the parts:-
Gigabyte H87M-HD3 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard
Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail
Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G160C9K)
MSI GeForce GTX 760 Gaming Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card
OcUK Crusade 650W Dual-Rail High Efficiency '80 Plus' Power Supply
Solved - Faulty PSU (might prove useful in future for someone....
Hoping for some advice, having some issues with new machine I built for my nephew.
The build wasn't a problem, everything worked fine initially, and I installed Windows 8 on the machine, installed drivers etc, seemed to be fine.
A couple of days later, he calls me too say he can't get the machine to boot, when I look, it seems Windows is having some issue reading the disk, I booted it off the CD, jumped to a command prompt, and could browse the machine fine, when I did a chkdsk, it took ages too run, and I could hear the disk spinning up pretty often. I assumed it was a dodgy hard disk, so I replaced it, rebuilt and all was fine.
Now the same thing is happening again, I can hear the disk keep spinning up every 10-20 seconds.
Everything was new, but I'm starting to wonder if it might be a power issue? Maybe motherboard even? Not really sure where too go from here with it.
Appreciate any suggestions!
For ref the parts:-
Gigabyte H87M-HD3 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard
Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail
Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G160C9K)
MSI GeForce GTX 760 Gaming Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card
OcUK Crusade 650W Dual-Rail High Efficiency '80 Plus' Power Supply
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