Really Strange Problem - Motherboard - Power Supply Or Something Else ?

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It started a few days ago when I would get a boot message saying 'overclocking failed press F1 to enter setup' on my Asus motherboard. Going through setup clicking save and exit without doing any changes the PC would boot fine, it did this a few days in a row but not always.

Now I'm starting to get the issues with the screen not turning on at boot up even though the PC seems to run fine, fans running, LED lights etc. I've switched between HDMI input direct into the motherboard and also DP input direct into my graphics card.

I can sit there turning the PC on and back off anything between 10 and 15 times and it runs fine except the screen stays in sleep mode due to no signal before it just suddenly provides power to the screen on a random reboot and boots as normal. The boot up messages have gone away since I flashed the BIOS but I'm still getting the strange power up issues every time.

If I do a restart using Windows the PC turns off restarts but then no power to the screen, I then have to do a hard power off and on multiple times until the screen on suddenly works again.

I have removed the graphics card fully and the problem is still happens ruling out the graphics card. Now if it's the motherboard could it be a power supply to the motherboard and not the motherboard itself ? any tests or guidance you can provide are greatly appreciated.

The only other slight clues that may help is my Corsair keyboard with background lights do not come on again if I do a restart on the PC I have to physically pull the cable out of the USB port and push back in, then they light up and even then I still have to do another hard power off and on.

Also I configured a power down windows sleep setting for the first time ever about 2 weeks ago and sometimes it won't power back up from that after pressing the keyboard or moving the mouse etc without doing a hard power rest again.

It never has a problem once booted and running.

I'm guessing something is 'on the way out' and I'd love to get things ordered in and fixed before it completely dies on me. It points to a power issue of some sort to me but I'm really not sure.
 
Hi and welcome to the forums. :)

It would help us to help you if you could list your components including make and model of psu please? Is the system overclocked at all? How old is the motherboard? The reason I ask is if it's a couple of years or more old the cmos battery may need replacing (CR2032). A flat battery can throw up all manner of strange problems. It could also be a psu or motherboard problem.
 
Hi thanks for the welcome and response, sure here are the specs :)

I purchased the system from Overclockers in 2015.

Titan Virtual Force VR Gaming PC Intel Core i5 6600K @ 4.5Ghz Nvidia GeForce GTX 980Ti 6GB5

Graphics Card GTX 980Ti Gaming 6144MB GDDR5 PCI - Express
Asus Z170- E Intel DDR4 ATX Motherboard
Super Flower Golden Green HX 750W 80 Plus Gold Semi Modular Power Supply
Intel Core i7-6700 4.0 Ghz (Skylake) Socket LGA 1151 processor

Not sure on overclocking as it came pre built so I'm guessing maybe they did as part of the build bundle.
 
First thing I would do is change the cmos battery and see if that makes any difference. Keep in mind that this will have the same effect as resetting the bios so all settings will be set to default. Next thing I would do is update to the latest bios which is version 3801. You can download it here. There have been several performance optimisations, compatibility fixes and stability fixes so it's worth doing anyway. Once you download it put it on a usb stick (unzip it first if it's a zip file). Reboot the pc and enter the bios. Under the tools tab you will find Ez-Flash. Click on it and point it to the usb stick. Confirm that you want to update and let it do it's thing. Once done it will either give you a flashing success message and prompt you to reboot or will reboot itself. Go back into the bios and select the 980ti as primary boot card and disable the onboard graphics. While you are in there re-enter any settings you need to then save and exit. Hopefully this will have sorted things out. If not it will be a case of testing components to try to find the faulty one. I don't suppose you have a spare gpu (even a low end one) and psu to try?
 
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