First off this started a little while ago. I had done a fresh install of windows 10. My computer started to have these short visual hangups. It was purely visual as I could still communicate with people over gamevox, so it wasn't a system freeze. I assumed it was something to do with the fresh install.
Then my tower started failing to "wake up" when I left it on. The case power LED would just blink. Tried to look up the code for it, but I couldn't find it anywhere. Then came the crash yesterday. The system failed to start up. It would run for a few seconds, fans, leds, everything and then shutdown, and the case power LED would blink. No mobo beeps.
So I started pulling out the extras starting with the GPU so I could figure out what was causing it. Voila, luckily it was the first thing I pulled, the GPU. System started up and ran fine. So I switched the PSU chords running to the GPU and it worked fine. But following that, I had another visual hangup. Only one so far, but I'm assuming that's a precursor to total failure. Or maybe it was unrelated the entire time.
What I'm wondering is how I figure out whether it's my GPU going or my PSU. I'm leaning to PSU due to the fact I wasn't seeing any weird artifacts, lines, or colors during my hangups. The window would just freeze for a few seconds. And they were far and few between. But I'd hate to pick up a new PSU and then need to buy a new graphics card too. I don't have any type of voltmeter.
MSI 970 Gaming
AMD FX-8350
XFX 280x GPU
850w PSU
Corsair 750D Case
The PSU is the only part of my system that isn't new.
Then my tower started failing to "wake up" when I left it on. The case power LED would just blink. Tried to look up the code for it, but I couldn't find it anywhere. Then came the crash yesterday. The system failed to start up. It would run for a few seconds, fans, leds, everything and then shutdown, and the case power LED would blink. No mobo beeps.
So I started pulling out the extras starting with the GPU so I could figure out what was causing it. Voila, luckily it was the first thing I pulled, the GPU. System started up and ran fine. So I switched the PSU chords running to the GPU and it worked fine. But following that, I had another visual hangup. Only one so far, but I'm assuming that's a precursor to total failure. Or maybe it was unrelated the entire time.
What I'm wondering is how I figure out whether it's my GPU going or my PSU. I'm leaning to PSU due to the fact I wasn't seeing any weird artifacts, lines, or colors during my hangups. The window would just freeze for a few seconds. And they were far and few between. But I'd hate to pick up a new PSU and then need to buy a new graphics card too. I don't have any type of voltmeter.
MSI 970 Gaming
AMD FX-8350
XFX 280x GPU
850w PSU
Corsair 750D Case
The PSU is the only part of my system that isn't new.
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