Asus Sabertooth 990FX BIOS 1604: 2+ years old
FX-8350: 6 Months old
Corsair XM3 DRR3 1600Mhz 2GB x4: 3 years old
Powercolor PCS+ R9 290: 8 Months old
XFX 750 Pro: 3 years old
Funny things happening yesterday.
I installed Windows 9 a few weeks ago, when updating the GPU drivers from 14.9 to 14.9.2 last night i got some problems, it took a while to install and would freeze me out, when it eventually did install i ended up with big mouse lag and beeping noise, whenever the mouse pointer moved it would go beeb...been..been..been.... across the screen.
I rebooted, the computer shut off halfway through the boot, like it tripped out. booted again and it loaded, but back to the old drivers, i uninstalled them and install 14.9.2 as fresh, this time it went fine, i played around for a while and booted back into Windows 8.1, after a while in there i went to boot back into Windows 9, half way through the boot cycle it tripped / shut off again.
This time i could not get it to boot into Windows 9 or 8.1.
Alter hours of messing on trying to get it to work this is what i found:
Initially It gave me a post screen with the "overclock failed hit F1 for settings" i went into the BIOS hit F5 and then F10 to set default.
Then the fun started.
It would immediately shut off before post.
Taking the battery out or clearing CMOS got me to the post screen, for a few seconds and then shut off again. 'The boot device LED' next to the South Bridge was on
If i tried to boot again without clearing CMOS it would shut off before post, if i cleared CMOS it would post with the OC fail error, the longer i waited on CMOS clearing the longer the post screen seemed to last before shutting off, once or twice i managed to get into the BIOS to reset again only for it to shut off on reboot.
It was starting to feel very much like a fatal hardware fault, i was thinking Motherboard? PSU?
As a desperate attempt i stripped the computer down and cleaned it up, i even pulled the PSU apart to clean all the dust out, had a good look inside, apart from one wobbly Capacitor it looked in good health, no discolouring solder / PCB, burns or bulging Caps. the Motherboard also looked in good health.
After putting it all back together i ended up with the same problems...
It was getting late, so i turned off the PSU, set the CMOS pin to clear and went to bed leaving it like that.
This morning i put the CMOS pin back to normal and fired up the computer, i got the OC error again, got into the BIOS, F5 to reset and it shut off again, i turned it on again and it loaded into windows!!!!
I have not yet rebooted to test if its holding, as its now running again i'm thinking just leave it for a while, let it get used to everything being ok.
Things to note:
Before this the 12v rail in GPU-Z would drop from 11.75v to between 11.38v and 11.25v when the GPU was used
The 3.3v at idle in Asus AI would fluctuate between 3.24v and 3.196v, stressed it would be between 3.196v and 3.16v.
Its now running at 3.312v and 3.288v idle, i have not seen it that high for a while.
In BF4 i used to get random freezing, if it was BF4 or the CPU overclock, or the GPU overclock i don't know, i could never pin it down.
I have had a sense for the past 6 Moths or so that something isn't quite right, but thats mainly due to the low 12v GPU-Z readings and the lower 3.3v readings i had before.
In the past there was no voltage drooping at all with this system, and the 3.3v and 12v were always at least 12 and 3.3v, but these were also with less power hungry parts.
Anyone with any idea's?
FX-8350: 6 Months old
Corsair XM3 DRR3 1600Mhz 2GB x4: 3 years old
Powercolor PCS+ R9 290: 8 Months old
XFX 750 Pro: 3 years old
Funny things happening yesterday.
I installed Windows 9 a few weeks ago, when updating the GPU drivers from 14.9 to 14.9.2 last night i got some problems, it took a while to install and would freeze me out, when it eventually did install i ended up with big mouse lag and beeping noise, whenever the mouse pointer moved it would go beeb...been..been..been.... across the screen.
I rebooted, the computer shut off halfway through the boot, like it tripped out. booted again and it loaded, but back to the old drivers, i uninstalled them and install 14.9.2 as fresh, this time it went fine, i played around for a while and booted back into Windows 8.1, after a while in there i went to boot back into Windows 9, half way through the boot cycle it tripped / shut off again.
This time i could not get it to boot into Windows 9 or 8.1.
Alter hours of messing on trying to get it to work this is what i found:
Initially It gave me a post screen with the "overclock failed hit F1 for settings" i went into the BIOS hit F5 and then F10 to set default.
Then the fun started.
It would immediately shut off before post.
Taking the battery out or clearing CMOS got me to the post screen, for a few seconds and then shut off again. 'The boot device LED' next to the South Bridge was on
If i tried to boot again without clearing CMOS it would shut off before post, if i cleared CMOS it would post with the OC fail error, the longer i waited on CMOS clearing the longer the post screen seemed to last before shutting off, once or twice i managed to get into the BIOS to reset again only for it to shut off on reboot.
It was starting to feel very much like a fatal hardware fault, i was thinking Motherboard? PSU?
As a desperate attempt i stripped the computer down and cleaned it up, i even pulled the PSU apart to clean all the dust out, had a good look inside, apart from one wobbly Capacitor it looked in good health, no discolouring solder / PCB, burns or bulging Caps. the Motherboard also looked in good health.
After putting it all back together i ended up with the same problems...
It was getting late, so i turned off the PSU, set the CMOS pin to clear and went to bed leaving it like that.
This morning i put the CMOS pin back to normal and fired up the computer, i got the OC error again, got into the BIOS, F5 to reset and it shut off again, i turned it on again and it loaded into windows!!!!
I have not yet rebooted to test if its holding, as its now running again i'm thinking just leave it for a while, let it get used to everything being ok.
Things to note:
Before this the 12v rail in GPU-Z would drop from 11.75v to between 11.38v and 11.25v when the GPU was used
The 3.3v at idle in Asus AI would fluctuate between 3.24v and 3.196v, stressed it would be between 3.196v and 3.16v.
Its now running at 3.312v and 3.288v idle, i have not seen it that high for a while.
In BF4 i used to get random freezing, if it was BF4 or the CPU overclock, or the GPU overclock i don't know, i could never pin it down.
I have had a sense for the past 6 Moths or so that something isn't quite right, but thats mainly due to the low 12v GPU-Z readings and the lower 3.3v readings i had before.
In the past there was no voltage drooping at all with this system, and the 3.3v and 12v were always at least 12 and 3.3v, but these were also with less power hungry parts.
Anyone with any idea's?
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rebooted fine but i still want to do some other things before relaxing over it, like overclock my CPU again. 