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Hello. Here is my build...
Case- Corsair Carbide 500R
Mobo- MSI G45 Z87
CPU- i5 4670k
GPU- MSI 780 ti Gaming
RAM- 8gig Gskill Ripjaw 1600
PSU- Seasonic Gold 1050W
CPU Cooler- Noctua NH-D14
SSD- Samsung Pro 256gig
HDD- Seagate 500gig.
About half a year ago I had my computer guy put my rig together. Back then, we used my old Alienware 875W PSU, two Sapphire 7950s, and some old Asus Heatsink+fan combo. Later on I got the 780 ti. Everything was working perfectly for a while. I decided to order the NH-D14 and had my guy install it and it worked great. After a few weeks with the NH-D14 it started making a noise. I looked inside and saw that the outside fan casing was lightly pressed up against one of the RAM sticks.
Anyway, after bringing the rig back and forth to him four times in attempt to resolve this issue a much worse problem happened. We turned on the PC and started up Unigine and 10 seconds into the benchmark the screen froze up. When we restarted the PC all we got was a black screen with no power message. Tried resetting it multiple times and had the same screen. Finally, he decided to hit the mobo reset switch. After this we were able to get into windows as normal. However, many things went wrong as well. I will list them...
1. The video card was making a consistant noise that would increase with load and it was not coil whine.
2. All of the fans that were dead silent before began making noise as if they were spinning way too fast.
3. The PSU was buzzing.
4. The Mobo was making two different noises. one was a buzzing noise and the other was a noise I don't know how to describe but it could be heard coming from around the heatsinks on the mobo or behind the mobo by the socket.
5.I believe the HDD and maybe even the SSD began making some new noises but I can't be certain.
Note: Before the PC froze up, I noticed that one of the front fans wasn't spinning. Turned out there was a plastic PC stuck in it keeping it from spinning. This plastic piece was the clip from the plug with all the wires from the PSU that plugs into the mobo. Somehow it broke off (probably the cooler hit it). Could it be that this all happened because that fan was unable to spin?
I've tried many different things to see what could be causing all these problems. We tried taking the Mobo out of the case and turning it on with only the CPU, Cooler, and RAM installed. It still made those noises and the cooler fans were still louder than normal. We put the Video card on a different Mobo and plugged it into the old PSU and the Video card still made the same noise it was making and so did the PSU. When we plugged the PSU directly into a different mobo it did make the noise but it was much lower than when it was plugged into my motherboard or video card.
I sent in the Motherboard and Video card for RMA two weeks ago. The replacement mobo got here on Wednesday and my guy put the rig together again on thursday. We used a new PSU for it the seasonic Gold 1050W. The motherboard is still making that noise from the heatsinks but I think the buzzing may be gone I'm not sure. The Cooler fans are still making noise though. MSI command center shows the Cooler fans spinning at only about 800-900RPMs and yet I can hear them. These are Noctua fans and I should not be hearing them like this. They were silent before. I can also hear the case fans, especially if I turn up the switch on the controller. The 2 fans in the front and one big fan on the side door are controlled by the controller switch and that is plugged into the PSU I believe.
The replacement video card arrived yesterday while I was on the phone with the tech from MSI. I put it in and it was defective. Going to black screen and other color screens every 10 seconds. The Tech emailed me a free shipping label and said they should have tested it for atleast 24 hours before sending it out.
There are also two more issues. Many times while playing Titanfall the game crashes and I get an error message saying that I don't have enough memory and that I need to close Titanfall because of it. I have 8 Gig of RAM, should be more than enough. I don't have any programs running beside Origin while I'm playing. I'm using 2 R9 270X that my computer guy lent me.
I really liked this PC before. It was dead silent even under load and it performed great in games.
This is driving me insane already though. I just want my computer to be back to the way it was.
I can't figure out what is causing this though. I mean this is the replacement mobo and it's doing the same thing as the old one?
DId the old PSU malfunction and ruin all these fans and/or the case fan controller?
Did the Motherboard cause all these problems?
Could my CPU be damaged and causing this?
I am already sending the Video card back again for a second RMA. I will probably do the same with the Mobo. If the next Mobo they send me does the same then it probably means that the Cooler fans and the Controller on the case need to replaced? Maybe they will just send me the same board again and label it with a different SN? I don't know
My main issue is the noise. I just want the fans to be quiet like they used to be. Also I would like to resolve the memory issue. No clue why it thinks 8gig is not enough.
I have already contacted Noctua and Corsair. Both companies are willing to work with me and send me new fans or controller if needed. Corsair was supposed to send me the 3 fans but whoever did the RMA made a mistake and only sent me the big side fan. I plugged it in and it was making the same noise as the old one so it's not the fans I think.
If you've read this thank you very much I appreciate it!
Case- Corsair Carbide 500R
Mobo- MSI G45 Z87
CPU- i5 4670k
GPU- MSI 780 ti Gaming
RAM- 8gig Gskill Ripjaw 1600
PSU- Seasonic Gold 1050W
CPU Cooler- Noctua NH-D14
SSD- Samsung Pro 256gig
HDD- Seagate 500gig.
About half a year ago I had my computer guy put my rig together. Back then, we used my old Alienware 875W PSU, two Sapphire 7950s, and some old Asus Heatsink+fan combo. Later on I got the 780 ti. Everything was working perfectly for a while. I decided to order the NH-D14 and had my guy install it and it worked great. After a few weeks with the NH-D14 it started making a noise. I looked inside and saw that the outside fan casing was lightly pressed up against one of the RAM sticks.
Anyway, after bringing the rig back and forth to him four times in attempt to resolve this issue a much worse problem happened. We turned on the PC and started up Unigine and 10 seconds into the benchmark the screen froze up. When we restarted the PC all we got was a black screen with no power message. Tried resetting it multiple times and had the same screen. Finally, he decided to hit the mobo reset switch. After this we were able to get into windows as normal. However, many things went wrong as well. I will list them...
1. The video card was making a consistant noise that would increase with load and it was not coil whine.
2. All of the fans that were dead silent before began making noise as if they were spinning way too fast.
3. The PSU was buzzing.
4. The Mobo was making two different noises. one was a buzzing noise and the other was a noise I don't know how to describe but it could be heard coming from around the heatsinks on the mobo or behind the mobo by the socket.
5.I believe the HDD and maybe even the SSD began making some new noises but I can't be certain.
Note: Before the PC froze up, I noticed that one of the front fans wasn't spinning. Turned out there was a plastic PC stuck in it keeping it from spinning. This plastic piece was the clip from the plug with all the wires from the PSU that plugs into the mobo. Somehow it broke off (probably the cooler hit it). Could it be that this all happened because that fan was unable to spin?
I've tried many different things to see what could be causing all these problems. We tried taking the Mobo out of the case and turning it on with only the CPU, Cooler, and RAM installed. It still made those noises and the cooler fans were still louder than normal. We put the Video card on a different Mobo and plugged it into the old PSU and the Video card still made the same noise it was making and so did the PSU. When we plugged the PSU directly into a different mobo it did make the noise but it was much lower than when it was plugged into my motherboard or video card.
I sent in the Motherboard and Video card for RMA two weeks ago. The replacement mobo got here on Wednesday and my guy put the rig together again on thursday. We used a new PSU for it the seasonic Gold 1050W. The motherboard is still making that noise from the heatsinks but I think the buzzing may be gone I'm not sure. The Cooler fans are still making noise though. MSI command center shows the Cooler fans spinning at only about 800-900RPMs and yet I can hear them. These are Noctua fans and I should not be hearing them like this. They were silent before. I can also hear the case fans, especially if I turn up the switch on the controller. The 2 fans in the front and one big fan on the side door are controlled by the controller switch and that is plugged into the PSU I believe.
The replacement video card arrived yesterday while I was on the phone with the tech from MSI. I put it in and it was defective. Going to black screen and other color screens every 10 seconds. The Tech emailed me a free shipping label and said they should have tested it for atleast 24 hours before sending it out.
There are also two more issues. Many times while playing Titanfall the game crashes and I get an error message saying that I don't have enough memory and that I need to close Titanfall because of it. I have 8 Gig of RAM, should be more than enough. I don't have any programs running beside Origin while I'm playing. I'm using 2 R9 270X that my computer guy lent me.
I really liked this PC before. It was dead silent even under load and it performed great in games.
This is driving me insane already though. I just want my computer to be back to the way it was.
I can't figure out what is causing this though. I mean this is the replacement mobo and it's doing the same thing as the old one?
DId the old PSU malfunction and ruin all these fans and/or the case fan controller?
Did the Motherboard cause all these problems?
Could my CPU be damaged and causing this?
I am already sending the Video card back again for a second RMA. I will probably do the same with the Mobo. If the next Mobo they send me does the same then it probably means that the Cooler fans and the Controller on the case need to replaced? Maybe they will just send me the same board again and label it with a different SN? I don't know
My main issue is the noise. I just want the fans to be quiet like they used to be. Also I would like to resolve the memory issue. No clue why it thinks 8gig is not enough.
I have already contacted Noctua and Corsair. Both companies are willing to work with me and send me new fans or controller if needed. Corsair was supposed to send me the 3 fans but whoever did the RMA made a mistake and only sent me the big side fan. I plugged it in and it was making the same noise as the old one so it's not the fans I think.
If you've read this thank you very much I appreciate it!
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