- Sep 22, 2016
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I have no idea what has happened to my computer as of late. I build my own about a year ago, and it has been smooth sailing ever since.. up until about 2 weeks ago, when my monitor suddenly lost signal, but my machine kept running. A quick restart fixed the issue, but it seemed to be temporary, as it became more and more frequent to a point where I now cannot use it.
There are three problems that I am encountering.All 3 of the failures happen on a daily basis now. I honestly have no idea what part of the system the culprit might be, but I think it may be my GPU.
Failure Option 1: During use (hardware intensive or not) monitor loses signal, and machine keeps running (lights on, can hear the fans) the connections are all solid, and I am using a DVI-I cable. Sometimes a restart fixes it, sometimes it doesn't.
Failure Option 2: During use (hardware intensive usually) monitor loses signal, and the machine keeps running but I hear a recurring bzzzz like a freeze in my headphones.
Failure Option 3: During startup my computer says "please power down and connect the PCIe power cable(s) for this graphics card. Rest assured, all of my cables are in place, and secure. Opening the case and checking again doesn't fix anything. It still shows the error. It seems to be just luck that it will boot, because if I restart it a few times on of those time without changing anything in the hardware, it will boot.
Not Critical Failure: Since building the computer, something has been rattling, and it seems to be coming from the PSU, but when I run it with the case open it don't see it rattling. It sounds like this: http://vocaroo.com/i/s1eb1WeQFass
At this point I run into one of these at least 10 times a day. Any help is greatly appreciated.
My system:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($99.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($50.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Samsung 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($51.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 4GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card
Power Supply: Rosewill Hive 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: AOC E2460SD 24.0" 60Hz Monitor ($135.99 @ Best Buy)
Total: $458.24
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-06 19:28 EST-0500
There are three problems that I am encountering.All 3 of the failures happen on a daily basis now. I honestly have no idea what part of the system the culprit might be, but I think it may be my GPU.
Failure Option 1: During use (hardware intensive or not) monitor loses signal, and machine keeps running (lights on, can hear the fans) the connections are all solid, and I am using a DVI-I cable. Sometimes a restart fixes it, sometimes it doesn't.
Failure Option 2: During use (hardware intensive usually) monitor loses signal, and the machine keeps running but I hear a recurring bzzzz like a freeze in my headphones.
Failure Option 3: During startup my computer says "please power down and connect the PCIe power cable(s) for this graphics card. Rest assured, all of my cables are in place, and secure. Opening the case and checking again doesn't fix anything. It still shows the error. It seems to be just luck that it will boot, because if I restart it a few times on of those time without changing anything in the hardware, it will boot.
Not Critical Failure: Since building the computer, something has been rattling, and it seems to be coming from the PSU, but when I run it with the case open it don't see it rattling. It sounds like this: http://vocaroo.com/i/s1eb1WeQFass
At this point I run into one of these at least 10 times a day. Any help is greatly appreciated.
My system:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($99.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($50.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Samsung 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($51.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 4GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card
Power Supply: Rosewill Hive 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: AOC E2460SD 24.0" 60Hz Monitor ($135.99 @ Best Buy)
Total: $458.24
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-06 19:28 EST-0500
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