- Apr 9, 2012
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I will begin by describing the events in order:
It stated as I was gaming. The computer froze for a period, then the screen went blank and the cpu started going at 100% (had to hold power down to turn off).
I then tried turning it back on but the fan was going off again with nothing coming up on the screen. I assumed it had overheated so I left it for a while and tried again. It then started ok but didn't go past the boot screen (cant press anything to get into bios its frozen on that screen).
Assuming the issue was with my cpu fan, I checked it to find I hadn't installed the fan properly. I didn't twist the 4 screw things to tighten it. Because of this I checked the thermal paste and noticed it was a bit dry (At the point Im at now, I don't think new thermal paste will fix the problem but I will get some more).
After looking on some forums, I tried running it with just the boot drive and the power cable with the same issue. I then tried taking out the ram and cycling between them and the slots to see if there was faulty one. As I started doing this, a new issue where it would repeatedly turn off and on in patterned intervals was happening every time I started. Even after I put all the ram back again the on/off issue persists.
Next I tried resting the bios by clearing the cmos using a jumper. I was using 1 ram in the first slot while doing this and the computer actually worked. It ran, asked me to rested bios defaults and started windows like normal. I then tried reinstalling the rest of the ram and the on/off issue came back. I tried clearing cmos every time I installed 1 ram at a time but wouldn't work with more than 1 ram. Now I cant I get it run like i did before with only 1 ram and clearing the cmos. The issue is different with the 1 ram and clear cmos where it turns on as i flick the power switch then turns off again but im not able to turn it back on after that.
Something to note is I replaced my ivy bridge i5 with an i7 in December 2014. Summer was coming to an end and i don't recall it running on a very hot day. This (what i assume to be triggered by a hot day) overheat may have been coming because I didn't have the fan installed properly perhaps? My system was running without fault from then till now.
System Specs
MB: Gigabyte ga-z77x-d3h
CPU: Intel core i7-3770
Video Card: Nvidia GTX 980
Ram: 4X4GB G.Skill Ripjaw DDR3-1600
PSU: antec vp650p 650w strictly psu
Help greatly appreciated as always
Thanks
It stated as I was gaming. The computer froze for a period, then the screen went blank and the cpu started going at 100% (had to hold power down to turn off).
I then tried turning it back on but the fan was going off again with nothing coming up on the screen. I assumed it had overheated so I left it for a while and tried again. It then started ok but didn't go past the boot screen (cant press anything to get into bios its frozen on that screen).
Assuming the issue was with my cpu fan, I checked it to find I hadn't installed the fan properly. I didn't twist the 4 screw things to tighten it. Because of this I checked the thermal paste and noticed it was a bit dry (At the point Im at now, I don't think new thermal paste will fix the problem but I will get some more).
After looking on some forums, I tried running it with just the boot drive and the power cable with the same issue. I then tried taking out the ram and cycling between them and the slots to see if there was faulty one. As I started doing this, a new issue where it would repeatedly turn off and on in patterned intervals was happening every time I started. Even after I put all the ram back again the on/off issue persists.
Next I tried resting the bios by clearing the cmos using a jumper. I was using 1 ram in the first slot while doing this and the computer actually worked. It ran, asked me to rested bios defaults and started windows like normal. I then tried reinstalling the rest of the ram and the on/off issue came back. I tried clearing cmos every time I installed 1 ram at a time but wouldn't work with more than 1 ram. Now I cant I get it run like i did before with only 1 ram and clearing the cmos. The issue is different with the 1 ram and clear cmos where it turns on as i flick the power switch then turns off again but im not able to turn it back on after that.
Something to note is I replaced my ivy bridge i5 with an i7 in December 2014. Summer was coming to an end and i don't recall it running on a very hot day. This (what i assume to be triggered by a hot day) overheat may have been coming because I didn't have the fan installed properly perhaps? My system was running without fault from then till now.
System Specs
MB: Gigabyte ga-z77x-d3h
CPU: Intel core i7-3770
Video Card: Nvidia GTX 980
Ram: 4X4GB G.Skill Ripjaw DDR3-1600
PSU: antec vp650p 650w strictly psu
Help greatly appreciated as always
Thanks
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