- Sep 9, 2012
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I helped a friend build a computer a while back and he has had a persistent issue of the computer randomly shutting down. It would not power back on immediately (letting is sit for a while would fix it). We have replaced nearly everything except ram, hdd/ssd, and cd drive.
Original specs:
cpu: fx-6300 - with - MasterLiquid 120 All-in-one CPU Liquid Cooler
mobo: Asus M5A78L-M
psu: Corsair CX500 500w 80+ bronze atx12v
gpu: EVGA GT740 superclocked 4gb DDR5
ram: GSkill NS Series 2x4gb ddr3 1333
I thought perhaps it was a faulty mobo interpreting the cpu heat incorrectly and shutting down to prevent damage so we replaced it with the same mobo. - worked for a month or 2 and then started again.
Maybe it's the psu being funky- replaced it with EVGA 850w 80+ gold. No change. We tried underclocking the cpu, playing with voltages, and updating bios same random shut downs.
Maybe that motherboard just doesn't play nice with that cpu? He picked up a Biostar TA970 mobo. Still same problem. Maybe it's just a bad cpu, so he upgraded to fx 8350. He also grabbed an rx480 at some point in there, so
Current system:
cpu-fx8350 - with - MasterLiquid 120 All-in-one CPU Liquid Cooler
mobo Biostar TA970
psu: EVGA 850w 80+ gold
gpu: RX480 8gb
ram: Gskill NS series 2x4gb ddr3 1333
I have looked through forums but cannot find a thing that might be the problem at this point. Any theories or ideas would be amazing <3 I'll try and get you any other info you might want to know.
Original specs:
cpu: fx-6300 - with - MasterLiquid 120 All-in-one CPU Liquid Cooler
mobo: Asus M5A78L-M
psu: Corsair CX500 500w 80+ bronze atx12v
gpu: EVGA GT740 superclocked 4gb DDR5
ram: GSkill NS Series 2x4gb ddr3 1333
I thought perhaps it was a faulty mobo interpreting the cpu heat incorrectly and shutting down to prevent damage so we replaced it with the same mobo. - worked for a month or 2 and then started again.
Maybe it's the psu being funky- replaced it with EVGA 850w 80+ gold. No change. We tried underclocking the cpu, playing with voltages, and updating bios same random shut downs.
Maybe that motherboard just doesn't play nice with that cpu? He picked up a Biostar TA970 mobo. Still same problem. Maybe it's just a bad cpu, so he upgraded to fx 8350. He also grabbed an rx480 at some point in there, so
Current system:
cpu-fx8350 - with - MasterLiquid 120 All-in-one CPU Liquid Cooler
mobo Biostar TA970
psu: EVGA 850w 80+ gold
gpu: RX480 8gb
ram: Gskill NS series 2x4gb ddr3 1333
I have looked through forums but cannot find a thing that might be the problem at this point. Any theories or ideas would be amazing <3 I'll try and get you any other info you might want to know.
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