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My problem is I have a brand new Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel LGA1150 Z97 and i5 4690K. I have 16GB corsair vengeance RAM (4X4) from my last PC together with a Corsair GS800 psu again
from my last pc I have fitted one of those little speakers that fit in the 4 pin header next to the front panel header.
When I turn it on the fans start up and the LED's light, also the i5 is getting warm because I stripped it all down once and started again from scratch in case I had done something stupid and found that the paste on the i5 heat sink (or is it sync, I'm not sure) had
partially melted and spread. I've tried every stick of RAM in every Slot as per your check list oh and btw I've been using an anti static wrist band, the blue curly one.
A bit of History that might be important:-
My last PC, the one the RAM and PSU came from (in fact every thing except the mobo and i5)was an i7 build that just suddenly stopped working. When I opened it up I could hear that fizzing noise like electrical arcing, it was an asrock ext 4 Z77 board and when I looked around I found a brown liquid had run down the board. I blamed the sealed unit Zalman LC radiator and removed it.Cleaned the PC up and dried it out, fitted the stock i7 fan and tried again only to hear the same fizzing noise and no post or beeps, I eventually traced the arcing noise to the i7 When I removed the processor I found that the board and i7 were both severely discoloured in the same area and as the board seemed to be dead I saved for a cheap one, I also was concerned that the i7 might be to blame (3 years old btw) and could damage the new board so I started saving for a new i7 but then saw the i5 4690K for less than £200 and bought it (though it broke the bank) what's worrying me is that this new i5 and mobo is acting exactly the same as the old set up except for no electric arcing.
I've set it up with the bare minimum, one stick of ram, one HDD a DVD drive and that's that. Like I said I've been through the check list from beginning to end. I'm using an LED TV for
a monitor because I have no more cash for a monitor at the mo.I'm beginning to suspect either the psu or RAM as they are the main items from the old build but I don't have access to another DDR3 PC as the one I'm using is an old 4 GB Pentium D BTX so the power supply can't be switched either. One good thing (maybe) is that if it is the power supply then maybe despite being severely discoloured my i7 might be salvageable. Anyway I'm hoping you guys can help me get through this and find out what the offending component is.
Sorry for the lengthy post but I thought the history of the psu and ram might be important.
Thanks.
from my last pc I have fitted one of those little speakers that fit in the 4 pin header next to the front panel header.
When I turn it on the fans start up and the LED's light, also the i5 is getting warm because I stripped it all down once and started again from scratch in case I had done something stupid and found that the paste on the i5 heat sink (or is it sync, I'm not sure) had
partially melted and spread. I've tried every stick of RAM in every Slot as per your check list oh and btw I've been using an anti static wrist band, the blue curly one.
A bit of History that might be important:-
My last PC, the one the RAM and PSU came from (in fact every thing except the mobo and i5)was an i7 build that just suddenly stopped working. When I opened it up I could hear that fizzing noise like electrical arcing, it was an asrock ext 4 Z77 board and when I looked around I found a brown liquid had run down the board. I blamed the sealed unit Zalman LC radiator and removed it.Cleaned the PC up and dried it out, fitted the stock i7 fan and tried again only to hear the same fizzing noise and no post or beeps, I eventually traced the arcing noise to the i7 When I removed the processor I found that the board and i7 were both severely discoloured in the same area and as the board seemed to be dead I saved for a cheap one, I also was concerned that the i7 might be to blame (3 years old btw) and could damage the new board so I started saving for a new i7 but then saw the i5 4690K for less than £200 and bought it (though it broke the bank) what's worrying me is that this new i5 and mobo is acting exactly the same as the old set up except for no electric arcing.
I've set it up with the bare minimum, one stick of ram, one HDD a DVD drive and that's that. Like I said I've been through the check list from beginning to end. I'm using an LED TV for
a monitor because I have no more cash for a monitor at the mo.I'm beginning to suspect either the psu or RAM as they are the main items from the old build but I don't have access to another DDR3 PC as the one I'm using is an old 4 GB Pentium D BTX so the power supply can't be switched either. One good thing (maybe) is that if it is the power supply then maybe despite being severely discoloured my i7 might be salvageable. Anyway I'm hoping you guys can help me get through this and find out what the offending component is.
Sorry for the lengthy post but I thought the history of the psu and ram might be important.
Thanks.
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