I just put together a new computer and I've had problems with what seems like a short circuit from the very beginning--but I don't know what to blame.
After the build was complete before running for the first time I pushed the power button and absolutely nothing happened except a momentary flash of one of the LED's on the mother board. I tried several times after removing and re-installing various cables and such. I then read the voltages on the mother board (Z97X-UD5H-BK) and all of them were railed at 0. It seemed like a short.
I removed the NOCTUA cooler to see if it was putting some kind of stress on the MB, but it didn't help. Then I removed all cabling and re-added--still same thing. Then I removed the mother board and re-installed it in the same exact way, and re-installed the Noctua, cabling, etc.. This time everything seemed to work. Now a couple days later I have random shutdown of the computer--complete power down, but it instantly re-boots.
The shutdown occurs as a result some simple thing, like moving the mouse to a program that was idle. Or once it died during initial start up.
Is this more likely the MB or the PSU?
Thanks for any suggestions.
MB = Gigabyte Z97X-UD5H-BK
Chip = i7-4790k
PSU = XFX XTR 550W
RAM = Crucial Ballistic 2 x 8G
After the build was complete before running for the first time I pushed the power button and absolutely nothing happened except a momentary flash of one of the LED's on the mother board. I tried several times after removing and re-installing various cables and such. I then read the voltages on the mother board (Z97X-UD5H-BK) and all of them were railed at 0. It seemed like a short.
I removed the NOCTUA cooler to see if it was putting some kind of stress on the MB, but it didn't help. Then I removed all cabling and re-added--still same thing. Then I removed the mother board and re-installed it in the same exact way, and re-installed the Noctua, cabling, etc.. This time everything seemed to work. Now a couple days later I have random shutdown of the computer--complete power down, but it instantly re-boots.
The shutdown occurs as a result some simple thing, like moving the mouse to a program that was idle. Or once it died during initial start up.
Is this more likely the MB or the PSU?
Thanks for any suggestions.
MB = Gigabyte Z97X-UD5H-BK
Chip = i7-4790k
PSU = XFX XTR 550W
RAM = Crucial Ballistic 2 x 8G