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December 26, 2013 5:10:28 AM

The other day i took out my GPU and put it back in. Now randomly my keyboard and or moue will flash on and off. Also my audio flickers on and off. Its as if my drivers are not installed but i have re installed them since putting the GPU back in.

Also my other issue is games like BF4, Arma II and League of Legends all crash randomly. It seems the more graphically intense the game the more frequent the crashes. The games will crash to desktop and i wont be able to go back into them without closing them in the task manager.

I built my computer a few months back so far i have re installed drives, windows and many other things. I think it may be my PSU or possibly my GPU. Also nothing is overclocked.

Specs:
Intel Core i5-4670k CPU 3.40 GHZ
SAPPHIRE HD 7870 GHz Edition OC 2GB GDDR5
MSI Z87-G45 CPU
PSU 600W
8 GB RAM
64-bit windows 7 home premium

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December 26, 2013 5:34:17 AM

Did you make sure to re-connect the PCI-E power to the GPU once you seated the GPU? Some computers can boot without external power connected, but will fail to run any hardware accelerated games.
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December 26, 2013 5:46:49 AM

magmcbride said:
Did you make sure to re-connect the PCI-E power to the GPU once you seated the GPU? Some computers can boot without external power connected, but will fail to run any hardware accelerated games.


Yes i connected both 6 pin PCI-E cords into my GPU.
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December 26, 2013 5:50:17 AM

koolyopeoples said:
magmcbride said:
Did you make sure to re-connect the PCI-E power to the GPU once you seated the GPU? Some computers can boot without external power connected, but will fail to run any hardware accelerated games.


Yes i connected both 6 pin PCI-E cords into my GPU.


Have you tried re-seating the GPU again? Those are odd symptoms. The only things I know of that could cause those kinds of system wide anomalies would be the MOBO or PSU. If you have spare components consider finding a way to test these primary parts in a controlled environment to determine which is the bad egg. Good luck!
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December 26, 2013 5:55:05 PM

magmcbride said:
koolyopeoples said:
magmcbride said:
Did you make sure to re-connect the PCI-E power to the GPU once you seated the GPU? Some computers can boot without external power connected, but will fail to run any hardware accelerated games.


Yes i connected both 6 pin PCI-E cords into my GPU.


Have you tried re-seating the GPU again? Those are odd symptoms. The only things I know of that could cause those kinds of system wide anomalies would be the MOBO or PSU. If you have spare components consider finding a way to test these primary parts in a controlled environment to determine which is the bad egg. Good luck!


My PSU is Thermaltake litepower 600w and it is around 3 years old, maybe more. If it is the PSU what can i do to make sure?
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December 26, 2013 7:37:27 PM

koolyopeoples said:
magmcbride said:
koolyopeoples said:
magmcbride said:
Did you make sure to re-connect the PCI-E power to the GPU once you seated the GPU? Some computers can boot without external power connected, but will fail to run any hardware accelerated games.


Yes i connected both 6 pin PCI-E cords into my GPU.


Have you tried re-seating the GPU again? Those are odd symptoms. The only things I know of that could cause those kinds of system wide anomalies would be the MOBO or PSU. If you have spare components consider finding a way to test these primary parts in a controlled environment to determine which is the bad egg. Good luck!


My PSU is Thermaltake litepower 600w and it is around 3 years old, maybe more. If it is the PSU what can i do to make sure?


If you had a digital multi-meter you could always check to see if the pins on the PCI-E cables are working correctly. After plugging in your computer (and wihtout turning it on) you can ground one end of the meter to your case and then check each pins. Usually the black wires are ground and should read 0v and the yellow/colored ones should ready 12v. (I believe on a 6 pin PCI-E one row should be hot and the other should be ground but you can check a pinout diagram to be sure.) If everything reads as fin it shouldn't be your PSU.
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