Specs:
First CPU: AMD FX 8150
Replacement CPU: AMD FX 8350
MB: Asus m5a97
RAM: 4 of RipJaw 8gb sticks
GPU: 2 of Sapphire Radeon 7870 GHZ Edition 2gb
Hello everyone.
Last Saturday I was using my computer as usual when suddenly, it stopped! Everything froze, no mouse movement, no windows, no anything. I was pretty annoyed as I was about to start a tournament, but I decided to hold the power button to restart. However, instead of turning back on normally, the fans, lights, and components were given power, but the displays turned on, said no signal, then turned back off, computer still humming along normally. I thought it was a one time problem, so I held the power button to turn the computer off, and nothing happened, the fans kept spinning. I eventually flicked the power supply switch off, held the button for 30 seconds, then flicked it back on to try again. Same thing. I continued trying a few more times then gave up.
The next day I was still having the same problem, so I decided to search the web for answers. People that seemed to be having the same problem said that it could be one of two things. First, it was a small unknown glitch and could be fixed by a quick CMOS reset. Second, my CPU could be fried.
I opened up the case and used the CMOS jumper to reset, and I still had the same problem. I decided that my CPU could be fried, so I got out a spare old processor and popped it in. To my surprise, it worked! It started to boot up. However, I wanted a quick test so I did not bother to use my rather low supply of thermal paste to wire it up to cooling, so I quickly shut it down when I saw it turning on. Just to make sure, I switched between the two processors a few times, the old one always worked, and the current one did not. I decided I had fried my CPU and decided to invest in a new one.
I did a little research, and found the best AM3+ cpu for me would be the FX 8350, so I bought it on Amazon and had it shipped to me. I plopped it in, installed the liquid cooler, and after a few problems with not having the RAM in all the way, it worked! For about two days everything was fine. However, today I got home from work and turned on my monitors today to find that the computer had froze at around 2:23am the night before. I decided again it was probably a one time problem and force restarted, it turned back on normally, but after about an hour or two of use it froze again. After, that, I restarted again and again, it was freezing up quicker and quicker. I realized the problem could have been that I had more than one audio device enabled at the same time (had a problem with that before) however, that was not the case, and it kept crashing. In the end, it froze again, and I powered off again, however, this time I had an exact repeat of what happened last time, only with the FX 8350.
As of right now, I have not touched anything, I am really stumped. Any help would be awesome, thanks!
First CPU: AMD FX 8150
Replacement CPU: AMD FX 8350
MB: Asus m5a97
RAM: 4 of RipJaw 8gb sticks
GPU: 2 of Sapphire Radeon 7870 GHZ Edition 2gb
Hello everyone.
Last Saturday I was using my computer as usual when suddenly, it stopped! Everything froze, no mouse movement, no windows, no anything. I was pretty annoyed as I was about to start a tournament, but I decided to hold the power button to restart. However, instead of turning back on normally, the fans, lights, and components were given power, but the displays turned on, said no signal, then turned back off, computer still humming along normally. I thought it was a one time problem, so I held the power button to turn the computer off, and nothing happened, the fans kept spinning. I eventually flicked the power supply switch off, held the button for 30 seconds, then flicked it back on to try again. Same thing. I continued trying a few more times then gave up.
The next day I was still having the same problem, so I decided to search the web for answers. People that seemed to be having the same problem said that it could be one of two things. First, it was a small unknown glitch and could be fixed by a quick CMOS reset. Second, my CPU could be fried.
I opened up the case and used the CMOS jumper to reset, and I still had the same problem. I decided that my CPU could be fried, so I got out a spare old processor and popped it in. To my surprise, it worked! It started to boot up. However, I wanted a quick test so I did not bother to use my rather low supply of thermal paste to wire it up to cooling, so I quickly shut it down when I saw it turning on. Just to make sure, I switched between the two processors a few times, the old one always worked, and the current one did not. I decided I had fried my CPU and decided to invest in a new one.
I did a little research, and found the best AM3+ cpu for me would be the FX 8350, so I bought it on Amazon and had it shipped to me. I plopped it in, installed the liquid cooler, and after a few problems with not having the RAM in all the way, it worked! For about two days everything was fine. However, today I got home from work and turned on my monitors today to find that the computer had froze at around 2:23am the night before. I decided again it was probably a one time problem and force restarted, it turned back on normally, but after about an hour or two of use it froze again. After, that, I restarted again and again, it was freezing up quicker and quicker. I realized the problem could have been that I had more than one audio device enabled at the same time (had a problem with that before) however, that was not the case, and it kept crashing. In the end, it froze again, and I powered off again, however, this time I had an exact repeat of what happened last time, only with the FX 8350.
As of right now, I have not touched anything, I am really stumped. Any help would be awesome, thanks!
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