Hello, first time posting here, long time lurker.
Firstly I've gone through the sticky'd checklist and have yet to solve this one (though the implications that a part of the board is fried is looming ever closer)
I recently purchased:
ASUS z87-a
Intel i5 4670k
Kingston hyperX 16g kit (2 sticks)
Cooler Master HAF gaming case
Corsair Neutron SSD
I brought these components from my old PC
EVGA GeForce gtx 560
OCZ 700W modular power supply
2 Hitachi HDD 1TB ea.
1 Seagate HDD 1TB
Here's what happens:
When the computer does boot, it runs like a dream. No errors, no BSODs, CPU temperature is at about 35C (give or take), and cpu intensive games are running perfectly well.
When it doesn't boot, the CPU_LED light will stay on and red, all fans including cpu will activate and even the hard drives will start spinning up as if getting ready to boot. It just won't move past it.
Usually, if I shut it down and start it back up again it'll boot. Other times, it'll fail to boot a few times, and others it'll even boot successfully 5 maybe 6 times in a row.
It seems completely random.
Today I'm leaving the PC on all day to see if it'll crash or randomly restart, but I'm suspecting it won't (unless windows update kicks in).
Another detail I should add is that my 8pin mobo connector wasn't long enough and i had to purchase an 8-pin extension for it.
Any help or advice is greatly appreciated, thank you in advance.
Firstly I've gone through the sticky'd checklist and have yet to solve this one (though the implications that a part of the board is fried is looming ever closer)
I recently purchased:
ASUS z87-a
Intel i5 4670k
Kingston hyperX 16g kit (2 sticks)
Cooler Master HAF gaming case
Corsair Neutron SSD
I brought these components from my old PC
EVGA GeForce gtx 560
OCZ 700W modular power supply
2 Hitachi HDD 1TB ea.
1 Seagate HDD 1TB
Here's what happens:
When the computer does boot, it runs like a dream. No errors, no BSODs, CPU temperature is at about 35C (give or take), and cpu intensive games are running perfectly well.
When it doesn't boot, the CPU_LED light will stay on and red, all fans including cpu will activate and even the hard drives will start spinning up as if getting ready to boot. It just won't move past it.
Usually, if I shut it down and start it back up again it'll boot. Other times, it'll fail to boot a few times, and others it'll even boot successfully 5 maybe 6 times in a row.
It seems completely random.
Today I'm leaving the PC on all day to see if it'll crash or randomly restart, but I'm suspecting it won't (unless windows update kicks in).
Another detail I should add is that my 8pin mobo connector wasn't long enough and i had to purchase an 8-pin extension for it.
Any help or advice is greatly appreciated, thank you in advance.
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