Computer Freezes On Start Up

chadders78

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Morning.

So, let me start by saying I am in no way a nube to system building or upgrading.

The issue I am having is starting to drive me mad.

I had a HP 3015 PRO MT, which I upgraded with an Asus AMD R7 260X 2GB card and a Corsair RM650 fully modular PSU.

I then started to get stability issues, machine freezing and software crashes. Then 1 day out of the blue the motherboard died so I put all these issues down to that.

I have now purchased an Asus M5A88-M Evo motherboard (and a new case due to stupid HP connectors). After 2 attempts on Saturday to set the system up and install windows I decided to take the graphics card out. All of a sudden everything is good. Windows installed, updated ect and I was happy.

Untill I put the graphics card back in. Then the same issues. I have disabled onboard graphics AND audio as the card has built in sound.

I came to the conclusion that the card was damaged and got a replacement sent out to me by the supplier. All looked good for 10mins, and then the same problems.

What am I doing wrong? Bios/Drivers/Windows are all up to date.

Please help, I'm loosing my mind with this!
 

chadders78

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Not sure that will help, as it wouldn't stay stable enough to install Windows on Saturday.

WIll try that unless another solution is offered.

I was also thinking of taking it completely appart and giving it to someone else to sort out