Switched in new PSU, Startup/Shutdown take very long

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iamcharliecohen

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Hi all,

I installed a new PSU yesterday after receiving help in an earlier thread regarding frequent crashes.
I'm about 80% sure I made all the connections correctly, but it'd been a while since I messed with the power cables in my machine. Anyway the PC booted to BIOS and, after correcting the boot order, launched windows to desktop.

I'm running my OS on an SSD but it took well over five minutes to boot to desktop. Using the normal shut down button didn't work (I had to shut down through ctrl-alt-del) and it was still on that blue shut down screen two hours later. This was compared to the seconds it would take to achieve desktop earlier.

So my question is if this might be the result of an incompatibility with the new PSU (an EVGA G3 850W) or a mistake with my connections.

Here's my parts list
AMD FX-4300 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+
Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600
OCZ Agility 3 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
HIS Radeon R9 285 2GB Mini IceQ X² Video Card
EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G3, 80 Plus Gold 850W
- Upgraded from Raidmax 630W Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit
 
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I've looked up the pics of the parts you listed and that graphics card has two 6-pin power connectors. I would make sure each of those has a dedicated cable coming from the PSU. I would not use the Y cable.
Check out the bottom half of page 5. It gives a couple guidelines on...
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Paul NZ

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Is it hanging on the post screen when you turn it on?? If it is, it maybe having probs reading the ssd

It can also mean the hdd is faulty.

Try another sata cable or port

It can also mean the other hdd you installed is faulty. Unplug the other hdd, see if boots into windows faster. If it does, that maybe faulty

If windows is on the ssd, did you unplug the other hdd when you installed windows?


 
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iamcharliecohen

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Would it still boot at all if that was the case?
Also, are there diagnostic tools to test the hdd/ssd connection quality?

 
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iamcharliecohen

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not sure, but I'll test this when I can later.

Thanks for the help
 
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iamcharliecohen

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I used two 3 pin cables to connect my graphics card. Though I had the option of connecting a Y cable using one output slot on the PSU.
I wasn't sure which I should go for.

I've also been noticing a lot of strain on my CPU. Opening a new tab on chrome reliably pulls 100%, which wasn't an issue before.
 
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I've looked up the pics of the parts you listed and that graphics card has two 6-pin power connectors. I would make sure each of those has a dedicated cable coming from the PSU. I would not use the Y cable.
Check out the bottom half of page 5. It gives a couple guidelines on how to connect the cables.
 
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