- Sep 20, 2012
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So my custom built PC went bad almost a year ago and I have finally got around to troubleshooting. Last year, I bought another MoBo (same model as my current one), another CPU and PSU, but my PC simply wouldn't turn on.
A month ago a purchased a new case. I messed up on of my motherboards by bending and even breaking some of the prongs on USB 3.0 while installing hardware. After the hardware installation was complete on my alternate board, I was able to power on my PC, but I discovered more issues.The PC would power on, but the MoBo and GPU were not projecting image to my monitor. I bought a new stick of RAM, and that fixed the image issue for my MoBo, but there were no changes to the GPU. So, thinking that my GPU was bad, I purchased a new one (Radeon R9 270), which fixed that issue. I can do anything else on my PC, but when I try to play games, I receive BSOD. I installed all drivers, but that didn't fix the issue. I receive the same issues whenever I use both PSU's, Motherboards, and CPU's.
Could my motherboard be the problem? I can't afford to continue purchasing parts and I really need this PC to be operational for both games and work. Thank you for your time.
CPU: Intel Core i3-3220 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor ($124.75 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G41 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($84.99 @ Newegg)
1 x Team 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model TED34096M1600HC11
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($179.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Cougar Solution
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($48.91 @ Amazon)
Raidmax 750w 80+ ATX Power Supply
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
A month ago a purchased a new case. I messed up on of my motherboards by bending and even breaking some of the prongs on USB 3.0 while installing hardware. After the hardware installation was complete on my alternate board, I was able to power on my PC, but I discovered more issues.The PC would power on, but the MoBo and GPU were not projecting image to my monitor. I bought a new stick of RAM, and that fixed the image issue for my MoBo, but there were no changes to the GPU. So, thinking that my GPU was bad, I purchased a new one (Radeon R9 270), which fixed that issue. I can do anything else on my PC, but when I try to play games, I receive BSOD. I installed all drivers, but that didn't fix the issue. I receive the same issues whenever I use both PSU's, Motherboards, and CPU's.
Could my motherboard be the problem? I can't afford to continue purchasing parts and I really need this PC to be operational for both games and work. Thank you for your time.
CPU: Intel Core i3-3220 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor ($124.75 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G41 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($84.99 @ Newegg)
1 x Team 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model TED34096M1600HC11
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($179.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Cougar Solution
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($48.91 @ Amazon)
Raidmax 750w 80+ ATX Power Supply
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
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