Hi all. I realize this question has been asked before, but none have quite matched what I'm experiencing.
A few months ago I bought a new Gigabyte R9-380 for my rig. Everything worked fine from the get-go. Then, about a month ago, my computer started not booting, but only some of the time. When it wouldn't boot, everything on the mobo/gpu, and my power light would light up, but the HDD access light wouldn't start up. If I unplug the PSU, wait a few min, and plug it back in, somtimes it will boot properly. When it boots properly it runs fine, plays games, benchmarks properly, etc.
Obviously I'm tired of the whole plugging in/unplugging routine. I tore the computer apart, re-seated everything, checked the RAM individually, reset the BIOS, tried multiple power cables to the GPU, etc and the computer still won't start when the GPU is plugged in. As a final check, I took the GPU out, set the BIOS to run on the IGP, and voila, everything works. The computer turns on/off just like it's supposed to with no problem.
So does this sound like a bad GPU, PSU, mobo, or what? I don't have any other PSUs or GPUs to check, so it's hard to narrow down what the culprit is. I've seen some threads that say the R9-380 needs a 550w PSU, and that running it on a 500w PSU will slowly kill it. Gigabyte's site says that it only needs a 500w PSU, and when I plug my system specs into an online TDP calculator, it says I should only be drawing 350-400w.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated before I start RMA-ing everything.
CPU - AMD A10-6700
GPU - Gigabyte R938G1 4GB
PSU - Corsair CX500
MOBO - Gigabyte GA-F2A85XN-WIFI
RAM - 8GB Samsung DDR3 1066
A few months ago I bought a new Gigabyte R9-380 for my rig. Everything worked fine from the get-go. Then, about a month ago, my computer started not booting, but only some of the time. When it wouldn't boot, everything on the mobo/gpu, and my power light would light up, but the HDD access light wouldn't start up. If I unplug the PSU, wait a few min, and plug it back in, somtimes it will boot properly. When it boots properly it runs fine, plays games, benchmarks properly, etc.
Obviously I'm tired of the whole plugging in/unplugging routine. I tore the computer apart, re-seated everything, checked the RAM individually, reset the BIOS, tried multiple power cables to the GPU, etc and the computer still won't start when the GPU is plugged in. As a final check, I took the GPU out, set the BIOS to run on the IGP, and voila, everything works. The computer turns on/off just like it's supposed to with no problem.
So does this sound like a bad GPU, PSU, mobo, or what? I don't have any other PSUs or GPUs to check, so it's hard to narrow down what the culprit is. I've seen some threads that say the R9-380 needs a 550w PSU, and that running it on a 500w PSU will slowly kill it. Gigabyte's site says that it only needs a 500w PSU, and when I plug my system specs into an online TDP calculator, it says I should only be drawing 350-400w.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated before I start RMA-ing everything.
CPU - AMD A10-6700
GPU - Gigabyte R938G1 4GB
PSU - Corsair CX500
MOBO - Gigabyte GA-F2A85XN-WIFI
RAM - 8GB Samsung DDR3 1066
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