Is this a power supply problem?

umar_1 · Dec 18, 2015

Build my first gaming pc
Here are the components

Amd fx 8320
Zotac gtx 970
Gigabyte 970A Ds3p
Wd caviar green 1TB
Kingston hyperx 1866 8Gb ram

I was am using corsair vs 550 power supply and here are some few problems i have encountered with this build and i am not sure which component is causing this.

Ok. Now the pc booted alright for the first time. Installed win 7 and played some latest games.All worked fine.
Next time it didn't boot at all. No post beep no display.

I thought mobo was fried but after a few restarts (10-12) it booted alright

Now i am encountering this same problem after every few boots. Sometimes the pc boota perfectly but sometimes it has to be restarted several times until the post beep nd the display come.
Please help

Thineswar · Dec 18, 2015

firstly, that psu is crap although it carries the corsair badge.
anyway, did you overclock the pc?
zotac seems to have quite a few 970 cards, which exact model is your card?

umar_1 · Dec 18, 2015

Thineswar :

No cpu overclocking
The gpu is zotac gtx 970 4gb no specific model
Over

Thineswar · Dec 18, 2015

so i'm assuming it's this: https://www.zotac.com/product/graphics_card/gtx-970#spec
the psu seems to barely cut it, and that's not a good sign
could you try to boot from a different psu?
also, this may be a virus problem. boot into safe mode and try to scan your system with malwarebytes and spybot

Silverbear · Dec 18, 2015

Have you tried updating the BIOS, a lot of motherboards with a 970 chipset need a BIOS update before they can properly run an FX processor.

umar_1 · Dec 19, 2015

Thineswar :

I am sorry i dont have another psu.
OH god i am so so frustrated.
nd i dont think it is a virus problem because it stared the second time i booted my pc nd until then i didnt load anthing on my pc , still i will do a scan.
can u recommend a software for that?
also sir as i was asking earlier could this be a psu problem coz i am confused because the pc boots after a 10-15 restarts and then runs perfectly for hours but when i keep it switched off for a few hours i again encounter this same problem.

umar_1 · Dec 19, 2015

Silverbear :

If it was a bios problem wud the pc still boot sometimes?
because my pc boots normally after 10-15 restarts ?
sometimes it doesnt boot then i clear the cmos nd then again after frustrating 20 restarts it boots normally

Silverbear · Dec 19, 2015

umar_1 :

Sounds exactly like a BIOS problem, seems to be failing to POST.

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