Hi all
I've been running an i5-2500k on Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 (ATX) for a few years. Recently downsized into the Corsair Air 240 so had to replace the motherboard, found a used Z77 Pro4-M (MATX). Everything else is kept the same (CPU, RAM, CPU cooler, PSU, SSD, HDD's, etc).
I've been experiencing crashes since I did this, and I have a feeling I've been snubbed with a faulty motherboard, but before I re-fit the whole thing I wanted to get thoughts in case it could be something else.
Symptoms;
1) suddenly freezes (indefinitely until I press reset or power button)
2) sudden BSOD with hardware failure message followed by restart
3) sometimes (rarely) the audio makes a long screeching noise for about 5 seconds, seems to get slower and slower, then everything either freezes or BSOD's
4) this seems to happen even when idle, sometimes fine for a number of hours, sometimes after a few minutes of bootup
5) it seems more likely to happen when I'm downloading torrents or running Plex - makes me wonder if HDD related, but I've since moved my torrents/plex to a brand new 3TB HDD and it still happens (the old 3TB HDD is still in the system but now holds my dropbox, docs/pics etc)
I've double-checked all the cables and ram are properly fitted and also done a fresh install of Windows 10 Pro x64 (on my 500GB Samsung 850 Pro).
Any thoughts?
Chairs!
I've been running an i5-2500k on Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 (ATX) for a few years. Recently downsized into the Corsair Air 240 so had to replace the motherboard, found a used Z77 Pro4-M (MATX). Everything else is kept the same (CPU, RAM, CPU cooler, PSU, SSD, HDD's, etc).
I've been experiencing crashes since I did this, and I have a feeling I've been snubbed with a faulty motherboard, but before I re-fit the whole thing I wanted to get thoughts in case it could be something else.
Symptoms;
1) suddenly freezes (indefinitely until I press reset or power button)
2) sudden BSOD with hardware failure message followed by restart
3) sometimes (rarely) the audio makes a long screeching noise for about 5 seconds, seems to get slower and slower, then everything either freezes or BSOD's
4) this seems to happen even when idle, sometimes fine for a number of hours, sometimes after a few minutes of bootup
5) it seems more likely to happen when I'm downloading torrents or running Plex - makes me wonder if HDD related, but I've since moved my torrents/plex to a brand new 3TB HDD and it still happens (the old 3TB HDD is still in the system but now holds my dropbox, docs/pics etc)
I've double-checked all the cables and ram are properly fitted and also done a fresh install of Windows 10 Pro x64 (on my 500GB Samsung 850 Pro).
Any thoughts?
Chairs!
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