Random shut downs, just like a power cut

ThaReaperGuy said:
It wouldn't be factory overclocked to 4.7Ghz, did OCUK overclock the rig? If so they might also have your overclock settings when you ordered.
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Is anybody paying any attention? It's a 9590, it's stock speed is 4.7 GHz.

OP, you could take the advice above to underclock the CPU to rule that out. The best thing to do with power problems like this though is to try a different PSU - any chance of begging or borrowing one?

Damian99 said:
Its the FX 9590. It may well need lowering?? My nephew does a bit of over clocking and he's running his cpu at 4.7 and his voltage is slightly lower. So maybe i need to drop it slightly?.
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You probably don't want to undervolt it at this point because that in itself can cause instability (unless you bring the clock down too).
 
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joeyjojo said:
Is anybody paying any attention? It's a 9590, it's stock speed is 4.7 GHz.
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Yes, but his last post was ambiguous...

Damian99 said:
My nephew does a bit of over clocking
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...so presumed had been clocked in the past, possibly even settings that may still be in place.

But, if it hasn't been clocked in the past, Damian99, a CMOS reset and then a save at factory defaults needs to be tried.

If that fails you will have to consider running a skeleton setup (minimum component installed and devices connected) with only 1 stick of memory and start testing the system from there.

Perhaps even a PSU test as it could be anything at this point until you start ruling things out...
 
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I did list it in my initial opening thread it was the FX 9590. Anyway sorry if some of what i have posted had caused confusing.

I haven't overclocked anything or changed any voltages. My nephew overclocks his own system, has never touched anything on mine, sorry if that sounded like he'd overclocked my set up.

I can take it to a friends at the weekend and he's got a machine, so we can start to swap out a few parts. I have nothing i can replace myself.

The only thing i have ever changed in the bios is the timings on the RAM as instructed in the motherboard manual. In fact i just set DCOP?? Profile??
 
Nothing to apologise for, it's easy to misinterpret posts once a thread starts to build posts.

Good luck troubleshooting at the weekend, let us know how you get on.
 
Plec said:
Nothing to apologise for, it's easy to misinterpret posts once a thread starts to build posts.

Good luck troubleshooting at the weekend, let us know how you get on.
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Thanks, It's been on since this morning and run fine, just watching something on you tube and it's powered off. So its run a good 12 hours no problems.
 
Reformatted the hard drive, Just set the timings on the Ram Manually have left everything else at default and (touch wood) appears to be more stable, its been since about 8pm last night constant.
 
Great - what voltage are you putting through the memory?

If it's always been 1.5v - try bumping up the voltage manually by an increment or two. It's absolutely fine to do this and if there is a slight voltage issue with your memory it should eliminate the problem.

Corsair make great memory and it used to be the norm that 12800 sticks would have to run at 1.65V (although many of us ran them at 1.5v when clocking SB). But I have on occasion had to run memory slightly over stock voltage to keep things stable.

Something to test/try...
 
Plec said:
Great - what voltage are you putting through the memory?

If it's always been 1.5v - try bumping up the voltage manually by an increment or two. It's absolutely fine to do this and if there is a slight voltage issue with your memory it should eliminate the problem.

Corsair make great memory and it used to be the norm that 12800 sticks would have to run at 1.65V (although many of us ran them at 1.5v when clocking SB). But I have on occasion had to run memory slightly over stock voltage to keep things stable.

Something to test/try...
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I will check next time i reboot.

Cheers.
 
Changed PSU and increased Voltage to RAM. Still getting one total shut down a day, looked at event logs.

Event id is "kernel-power" 41.

Used prime95 and done all stress test and nothing at all on any of them, temps don't get above 46.

Reset bios, infact there was a bios update the other day which i have done too.
 
Could quite easily be a motherboard fault; unfortunately it could quite easily be something else less obvious. The hard bit now is trying to identify the problem with limited parts...

Could you list what you have tried to date and the forum can work from there.

Re-reading the thread, and given your limited spare components, the next step maybe running a skeleton setup outside of the case. Or, as much as I hate them a complete reinstall as the error you're getting could be both software or hardware - but it's acting more like a hardware problem.

Sit the motherboard on some cardboard and run the system with limited components - 1 stick memory, gfx etc. If it doesn't shut down add the hdd (try different cables) run same test. Then add another component etc until the system buckles...

If this does isolate a component, it wont automatically mean it's that part it could still be the motherboard but we would at least be step closer...

It's a PITA of a process but you have limited options.

EDIT: Have you checked the motherboard has zero movement within the case and all screws are tight?
 
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Plec said:
Could quite easily be a motherboard fault; unfortunately it could quite easily be something else less obvious. The hard bit now is trying to identify the problem with limited parts...

Could you list what you have tried to date and the forum can work from there.

Re-reading the thread, and given your limited spare components, the next step maybe running a skeleton setup outside of the case. Or, as much as I hate them a complete reinstall as the error you're getting could be both software or hardware - but it's acting more like a hardware problem.

Sit the motherboard on some cardboard and run the system with limited components - 1 stick memory, gfx etc. If it doesn't shut down add the hdd (try different cables) run same test. Then add another component etc until the system buckles...

If this does isolate a component, it wont automatically mean it's that part it could still be the motherboard but we would at least be step closer...

It's a PITA of a process but you have limited options.

EDIT: Have you checked the motherboard has zero movement within the case and all screws are tight?
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Haven't checked the motherboard for movement, no. But that would have been something i would never have even thought to look at, but i will do.

I have so far,

Done a fresh install

Reset the bios to default settings

Updated all my Drivers and windows updates.

Changed the psu

Changed the sata cable to the hard drive and reconnected all other sata connected devices.

Stress tests on cpu and RAM.

Think that's about it

Oh yeh pulled all my hair out.
 
What heatsink have you got strapped on the CPU?

If it's a 3rd party cooler check that it's not warping the motherboard as this can cause issues.

Check, motherboard fittings first...

Good luck.
 
EDIT: Also, run memtest from a bootable cd - link - and let it run overnight. You could try this before ripping your computer apart...
 
I had the exact same issue with my previous PC build and that was running an Asus motherboard. It turned out to be a setting in the BIOS for surge protection. I forget the exact name, but disabling it in the bios fixed the reboots and didn't have any adverse effect.
 
psykix said:
I had the exact same issue with my previous PC build and that was running an Asus motherboard. It turned out to be a setting in the BIOS for surge protection. I forget the exact name, but disabling it in the bios fixed the reboots and didn't have any adverse effect.
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Any idea where that might be??
 
I can't remember. I don't even know if your BIOS has that option, just thought I'd throw my experience of a similar issue into the ring in case it helps :-)
 
psykix said:
I can't remember. I don't even know if your BIOS has that option, just thought I'd throw my experience of a similar issue into the ring in case it helps :-)
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Just googled it, it's under the "monitor" tab but that option is not available on this board as far as i can see.
 
I have (did have) corsair link installed, but it doesn't like Windows 8/8.1 very much and you need to make alterations in the registry to get it working properly.

Also once Windows 8.1 has installed it's pretty much installed most of its own drivers etc etc. I much prefer installing drivers from the Motherboards website.

Anyway, i have put Windows 7 back on and not installed Corsair link software (yet) installed and updated all drivers from the asus website.

Will see how this runs, does seem a little more stable. Hardly any event warnings/errors in the event log either, since i put windows 7 back on.
 
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