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so, to start off, first time post, so I apologize for any weird formatting, or bad descriptions.
So, for formatting's sake: here is a Table of Contents:
I The Story
II The Problem
III The Attempted Solutions
IV My PC Specs
I'm sure most solutions could be found from Chapter 2 on, but in case you are looking for more details, the full story will be here.
Chapter I
The Story
Around Christmas I got the above described Graphics card (ASUS GTX750 Ti OC) to add to my tower. The moment I installed the new card, my problems started. The first thing to note, my old card (Sparkle GTX 560) that was in the tower accepted two of the PCI-E power cables. My new card only wanted one. The ones that are in my tower are linked together, coming from the same cable together. so, I unplugged my old card, and replaced it with the new one. I used only one of the connectors (obviously) and when I attempted to turn on the computer, it would go to POST, show the Windows 8 logo and spinnies, then promptly reboot itself. rinse, repeat until I would manually force the tower to shut off. I found a couple of newer versions of my BIOS for my Mobo, so went inside and updated the BIOS. still didn't seem to function properly. So, I tried to switch which one of my two cables I was using. Computer finally booted properly. That ends the original problem I had.
But now I have a new one.
Chapter II
The Problem
Essentially, whenever I play graphics heavy games, (World of Warcraft, Battlefield 4, Dying Light) My entire tower will just instantly reboot. This seems to happen inconsistently. Sometimes, it'll happen within minutes of starting the game, or a couple of hours. If it happens once, then it will more than likely happen faster every time I start the game again.
For the time being, I swapped to my old GPU. computer functions without problem. So, there has to be something incompatible with the card
Chapter III
The Attempted Solutions
Chapter IV
My PC Specs
So, I'm hoping this is some easy silly solution that I just never considered. while I have plenty of general knowledge about PC building, there is a LOT I don't know. So, go easy.
So, for formatting's sake: here is a Table of Contents:
I The Story
II The Problem
III The Attempted Solutions
IV My PC Specs
I'm sure most solutions could be found from Chapter 2 on, but in case you are looking for more details, the full story will be here.
Chapter I
The Story
Around Christmas I got the above described Graphics card (ASUS GTX750 Ti OC) to add to my tower. The moment I installed the new card, my problems started. The first thing to note, my old card (Sparkle GTX 560) that was in the tower accepted two of the PCI-E power cables. My new card only wanted one. The ones that are in my tower are linked together, coming from the same cable together. so, I unplugged my old card, and replaced it with the new one. I used only one of the connectors (obviously) and when I attempted to turn on the computer, it would go to POST, show the Windows 8 logo and spinnies, then promptly reboot itself. rinse, repeat until I would manually force the tower to shut off. I found a couple of newer versions of my BIOS for my Mobo, so went inside and updated the BIOS. still didn't seem to function properly. So, I tried to switch which one of my two cables I was using. Computer finally booted properly. That ends the original problem I had.
But now I have a new one.
Chapter II
The Problem
Essentially, whenever I play graphics heavy games, (World of Warcraft, Battlefield 4, Dying Light) My entire tower will just instantly reboot. This seems to happen inconsistently. Sometimes, it'll happen within minutes of starting the game, or a couple of hours. If it happens once, then it will more than likely happen faster every time I start the game again.
For the time being, I swapped to my old GPU. computer functions without problem. So, there has to be something incompatible with the card
Chapter III
The Attempted Solutions
First thought it was my HDD, because it was having massive latency times, swapped to SSD, and bought a new HDD.
Attempted BIOS updates to my Mobo
Completely formatted and reinstalled Windows 8 (after the SSD and HDD switching ,mentioned in the first part of this list)
Completely uninstalled and reinstalled Nvidia Drivers
Monitored CPU and GPU temps, everything stayed below 70C
Attempted to use a Windows RAM checker to see if memory was the problem, nothing reported
RMA'd the card to ASUS for repairs. returned about a week ago. problem persists.
Chapter IV
My PC Specs
Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3H
GPU - ASUS GTX 750 TI (previously Sparkle GTX 560)
CPU - Intel i7 3770k @ 3.5GHz
PSU - SolyTech Sl-8750EPS, 750W PSU (couldn't find a pcpartpicker location for this)
RAM - 4x4GB ADATA DDR3 (also no pcpartpicker location for this, either)
Storage - SSD - Crucial M500 (240GB)
Storage - HDD - WD Caviar Blue 1 TB
So, I'm hoping this is some easy silly solution that I just never considered. while I have plenty of general knowledge about PC building, there is a LOT I don't know. So, go easy.
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