So about a week or two ago i ordered a MSI GTX 970 Gaming graphics card to put in my PC, the rest of my components are:
- i5 4690k (stock speeds)
- MSI PC MATE Z97 Motherboard
- 600W EVGA 80+ PSU
- 1 x 1tb seagate harddrive
- 1 x 8gb ddr3 ram
Also an aftermarkert cpu cooler
Anyway, so my pc ran fine for months without a single issue but the first boot after the new graphics card wouldnt boot properly, after some looking around i realised I had to uninstall my old drivers (it was using intergrated graphics before not gpu) i changed all the drivers and it all seemed ok, a few days later it failed to boot again, i assumed it was a problem somewhere else and not the GPU, after some fidiling around with the parts and trying different ram slots and checking connections ext it started to work again. A few more days passed and it failed to boot again, I did the same as before just trying different ram slots and stuff but nothing worked. I reset my CMOS and did some more unplugging and plugging in cables and it booted, not long after booting (about 10 minutes) it crashed and refused to boot again. I once again did more unplugging and plugging in and it worked, it lasted for two days with 12+ hour intensive gaming sessions with no problems but the day after after around 10 minutes of being on the display on my monitors (2) went however the pc remained on. I tried to reboot and all the fans / lights ext started except the led around the power button and there was no display on my monitors.
I am starting to think my PSU is bad, i doubt its underpowered as 600w should be more than enough.
Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks in advance
- i5 4690k (stock speeds)
- MSI PC MATE Z97 Motherboard
- 600W EVGA 80+ PSU
- 1 x 1tb seagate harddrive
- 1 x 8gb ddr3 ram
Also an aftermarkert cpu cooler
Anyway, so my pc ran fine for months without a single issue but the first boot after the new graphics card wouldnt boot properly, after some looking around i realised I had to uninstall my old drivers (it was using intergrated graphics before not gpu) i changed all the drivers and it all seemed ok, a few days later it failed to boot again, i assumed it was a problem somewhere else and not the GPU, after some fidiling around with the parts and trying different ram slots and checking connections ext it started to work again. A few more days passed and it failed to boot again, I did the same as before just trying different ram slots and stuff but nothing worked. I reset my CMOS and did some more unplugging and plugging in cables and it booted, not long after booting (about 10 minutes) it crashed and refused to boot again. I once again did more unplugging and plugging in and it worked, it lasted for two days with 12+ hour intensive gaming sessions with no problems but the day after after around 10 minutes of being on the display on my monitors (2) went however the pc remained on. I tried to reboot and all the fans / lights ext started except the led around the power button and there was no display on my monitors.
I am starting to think my PSU is bad, i doubt its underpowered as 600w should be more than enough.
Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks in advance
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