Hi guys. I built my first PC about a month ago, and until yesterday, it's been running absolutely flawlessly. I haven't bothered with any overclocking yet. Before I continue, here's my build:
i5 4690k@3.5 ghz
8.00 GB (2x4) Kingston HyperX RAM@798.1 mhz
ASRock Z97 Extreme3
MSI GTX 970 Gaming
Corsair RM750w PSU
So yesterday, I decide to dick around in the UT4 demo. When jumping around the map with the translocator, my screen turns black, I hear an odd buzzing sound coming through my headphones, and then the system restarts. I was a bit anxious after this, my train of thought already assuming the worst. But I decided it was probably something to do with UT4 being pre-alpha and unstable and moved on to a different game. I fired up Far Cry 3, and within 15 minutes, I get the exact same crash again. This happens once more with the same game, and then I decided to update my mobo BIOS as well as the nvidia drivers to the latest version. I fired up MSI Kombustor after this to see if I could trigger the crash without playing a game, and sure enough, it crashes again. Except this time, I hear a static noise going through my headphones instead of a low buzzing noise, and the computer shuts down completely.
I had to reset the switch on the PSU to get it to start back up again, and when I did, all the case fans and LED's powered on, along with the GPU's LED. However, the CPU fan doesn't spin up, and I get no picture on my screen whatsoever. I didn't manage to get past this until I pulled out the GPU from the system completely and plugged the HDMI into the mobo. So now I'm here, at the point where I have no idea what part is at fault here. Another thing is that my wifi card (in a PCI slot) now only sporadically works, after restarting or shutting down manually.
My gut feeling is that my PSU wasn't supplying the proper power needed for the GPU (I've been hearing mixed things about the corsair RM series), which is why the crashes occurred in the first place. And if that's the case, then I'd assume the PSU just completely fried my GPU after so many consecutive crashes. The sudden wifi card problem makes me feel like a mobo issue is possible, and the crashes in general make me wonder if it's the GPU at fault on it's own and maybe the PSU is fine. I really have no idea and would greatly appreciate any help I can get.
i5 4690k@3.5 ghz
8.00 GB (2x4) Kingston HyperX RAM@798.1 mhz
ASRock Z97 Extreme3
MSI GTX 970 Gaming
Corsair RM750w PSU
So yesterday, I decide to dick around in the UT4 demo. When jumping around the map with the translocator, my screen turns black, I hear an odd buzzing sound coming through my headphones, and then the system restarts. I was a bit anxious after this, my train of thought already assuming the worst. But I decided it was probably something to do with UT4 being pre-alpha and unstable and moved on to a different game. I fired up Far Cry 3, and within 15 minutes, I get the exact same crash again. This happens once more with the same game, and then I decided to update my mobo BIOS as well as the nvidia drivers to the latest version. I fired up MSI Kombustor after this to see if I could trigger the crash without playing a game, and sure enough, it crashes again. Except this time, I hear a static noise going through my headphones instead of a low buzzing noise, and the computer shuts down completely.
I had to reset the switch on the PSU to get it to start back up again, and when I did, all the case fans and LED's powered on, along with the GPU's LED. However, the CPU fan doesn't spin up, and I get no picture on my screen whatsoever. I didn't manage to get past this until I pulled out the GPU from the system completely and plugged the HDMI into the mobo. So now I'm here, at the point where I have no idea what part is at fault here. Another thing is that my wifi card (in a PCI slot) now only sporadically works, after restarting or shutting down manually.
My gut feeling is that my PSU wasn't supplying the proper power needed for the GPU (I've been hearing mixed things about the corsair RM series), which is why the crashes occurred in the first place. And if that's the case, then I'd assume the PSU just completely fried my GPU after so many consecutive crashes. The sudden wifi card problem makes me feel like a mobo issue is possible, and the crashes in general make me wonder if it's the GPU at fault on it's own and maybe the PSU is fine. I really have no idea and would greatly appreciate any help I can get.
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