Hey guys, I've read up a LOT on this forum about troubleshooting and just can't get my PC to work the way it used to run. I'll explain in detail what my issue is and try my best to best describe exactly what happens whenever I am having trouble.
So I built this PC about a few months ago with the help of some friends. My PC friends can't solve my issue but this is why I'm here to find more solutions than I've already attempted. Before I continue, I will list my PC specs.
CPU : AMD FX 6300 Six Core processor
Motherboard : Asus M5A97 R2.0
Power Supply : Thermaltake TR2 500W
Hard drive : Some generic $40 one I got off of Newegg, I'm sure this isn't the issue...as I get no blue screens or whatever.
Graphics : Radeon Sapphire Vapor-X 7770 HD / Asus Radeon R7-260X 2GB
Memory : 2 x 4gig G.Skill Ripjaw series
So my PC completely freezes and then goes to "No video output" shortly after it freezes. Initially, I thought the most sensible explanation was the graphics card. I went out to buy a new graphics card, booted up my PC and reinstalled everything....same thing happened. Now, one would consider the PSU to be the culprit at this point, but I have had no issues playing games for a few months up until now. Tech buddies tell me all the time that the 500W I'm using is sufficient enough considering the specs that I have. I am highly doubting that it is the power supply at this point, and I've also plugged in directly to a wall outlet to make sure I'm getting the best charge.
I am also quite sure that this isn't an overheating issue as well. I only play League of Legends (a really low-intensive game compared to what's out there right now) and have streamed the game a few times. I applied thermal paste when assembling the PC and I'm just now gonna go re-apply the paste hoping that it would maybe fix it.
So the next culprit would be the RAM. Did everything under the sun you could do with RAM, from memory tests to trying another friend's RAM then manually changing the voltage settings in my BIOS.
Next thing that I have checked was reseating my motherboard. It was the last thing I wanted to try out, but I definitely have no more mounts than necessary and the back of my motherboard is fine. Since my PC doesn't work and it's rare for CPU's to fail, this guy is always on the suspect list for me.
Things to note about the issue I'm having :
- It freezes whenever the hell it wants. Sometimes, it will refuse to load up the BIOS
- I can access my PC and use it for a bit, then the problem occurs again. Whenever it wants, however long it wants to be a pain in the ass.
- Usually happens whenever I try to stress test it, like playing games + listening to music. It will usually give out during this time.
- My fans never go to abnormal speeds. As I'm only playing a low-intensive game on this PC, I never really overheat this thing and I doubt that this is the issue. Although, I may need to buy a new CPU cooler if nothing else works out.
- Sometimes my PC will start up, then never get into BIOS or windows. It just drops signal and I am forced to power it off.
- When it's working, it works great. I just can't get it to stay that way.
- The best record I have had this thing to work was a whopping 2 days since it initially broke down. Now it just craps out on me regularly and I'm just expecting it at this point.
If anyone has any solutions for me to try, please tell me. I am also clean of viruses so I don't think anything got damaged internally. I am not necessary loaded with cash, either. Already bought an extra graphics card and the process is pretty draining. Free suggestions are highly welcomed, and the costly ones I would like to save for last when I have nothing else to do.
Gaming is pretty much my life, I would really like to have this fixed before I get chunked out of more cash. If anyone out there has something for me to test out, I'm all ears. Thanks in advance, friends - I'll be looking back here for solutions. Let me know if there's anything you need to know in detail that would assist you on solving the issue.
So I built this PC about a few months ago with the help of some friends. My PC friends can't solve my issue but this is why I'm here to find more solutions than I've already attempted. Before I continue, I will list my PC specs.
CPU : AMD FX 6300 Six Core processor
Motherboard : Asus M5A97 R2.0
Power Supply : Thermaltake TR2 500W
Hard drive : Some generic $40 one I got off of Newegg, I'm sure this isn't the issue...as I get no blue screens or whatever.
Graphics : Radeon Sapphire Vapor-X 7770 HD / Asus Radeon R7-260X 2GB
Memory : 2 x 4gig G.Skill Ripjaw series
So my PC completely freezes and then goes to "No video output" shortly after it freezes. Initially, I thought the most sensible explanation was the graphics card. I went out to buy a new graphics card, booted up my PC and reinstalled everything....same thing happened. Now, one would consider the PSU to be the culprit at this point, but I have had no issues playing games for a few months up until now. Tech buddies tell me all the time that the 500W I'm using is sufficient enough considering the specs that I have. I am highly doubting that it is the power supply at this point, and I've also plugged in directly to a wall outlet to make sure I'm getting the best charge.
I am also quite sure that this isn't an overheating issue as well. I only play League of Legends (a really low-intensive game compared to what's out there right now) and have streamed the game a few times. I applied thermal paste when assembling the PC and I'm just now gonna go re-apply the paste hoping that it would maybe fix it.
So the next culprit would be the RAM. Did everything under the sun you could do with RAM, from memory tests to trying another friend's RAM then manually changing the voltage settings in my BIOS.
Next thing that I have checked was reseating my motherboard. It was the last thing I wanted to try out, but I definitely have no more mounts than necessary and the back of my motherboard is fine. Since my PC doesn't work and it's rare for CPU's to fail, this guy is always on the suspect list for me.
Things to note about the issue I'm having :
- It freezes whenever the hell it wants. Sometimes, it will refuse to load up the BIOS
- I can access my PC and use it for a bit, then the problem occurs again. Whenever it wants, however long it wants to be a pain in the ass.
- Usually happens whenever I try to stress test it, like playing games + listening to music. It will usually give out during this time.
- My fans never go to abnormal speeds. As I'm only playing a low-intensive game on this PC, I never really overheat this thing and I doubt that this is the issue. Although, I may need to buy a new CPU cooler if nothing else works out.
- Sometimes my PC will start up, then never get into BIOS or windows. It just drops signal and I am forced to power it off.
- When it's working, it works great. I just can't get it to stay that way.
- The best record I have had this thing to work was a whopping 2 days since it initially broke down. Now it just craps out on me regularly and I'm just expecting it at this point.
If anyone has any solutions for me to try, please tell me. I am also clean of viruses so I don't think anything got damaged internally. I am not necessary loaded with cash, either. Already bought an extra graphics card and the process is pretty draining. Free suggestions are highly welcomed, and the costly ones I would like to save for last when I have nothing else to do.
Gaming is pretty much my life, I would really like to have this fixed before I get chunked out of more cash. If anyone out there has something for me to test out, I'm all ears. Thanks in advance, friends - I'll be looking back here for solutions. Let me know if there's anything you need to know in detail that would assist you on solving the issue.