So this sometimes happens when my PC wakes up from sleep mode. I'll wiggle my mouse to wake it up and it will come to life for like 2-3 seconds and then it will just die. When I say "it dies" it doesn't even shut down, it acts like someone just yanked the power cable from the power supply. Then when I reboot it asks me to select one of my saved motherboard profiles as if it failed to boot or something.
It only ever happens when waking up from sleep mode. I can run applications all day long and can boot/reboot without any issues.
My first guess is that it is a power issue, but I don't really have any way of testing that theory so if anyone is knowledgeable about power issues feel free to chime in.
I have C-States, flexible FSB multiplier, and adaptive voltages for my CPU configured just so it isn't running hot all the time for no reason but I think that C-States might be messing with it waking up since it is the only power saving feature I have enabled.
I have stress tested the system for stability at the voltages I have set and it seems fine after numerous hours of testing.
Should I adjust the C-States for my CPU manually instead of just letting the BIOS select which ones it wants to use? Which ones should I choose?
Motherboard: MSI Z170A Tomahawk
CPU: i7 6700k @ 4.5GHz @ 1.35v
Memory: 16GB DDR4 @ 2400MHz @ 1.2v
Video Card: MSI GTX 970
PSU: 650w Thermaltake
OS: 64bit Windows 10
It only ever happens when waking up from sleep mode. I can run applications all day long and can boot/reboot without any issues.
My first guess is that it is a power issue, but I don't really have any way of testing that theory so if anyone is knowledgeable about power issues feel free to chime in.
I have C-States, flexible FSB multiplier, and adaptive voltages for my CPU configured just so it isn't running hot all the time for no reason but I think that C-States might be messing with it waking up since it is the only power saving feature I have enabled.
I have stress tested the system for stability at the voltages I have set and it seems fine after numerous hours of testing.
Should I adjust the C-States for my CPU manually instead of just letting the BIOS select which ones it wants to use? Which ones should I choose?
Motherboard: MSI Z170A Tomahawk
CPU: i7 6700k @ 4.5GHz @ 1.35v
Memory: 16GB DDR4 @ 2400MHz @ 1.2v
Video Card: MSI GTX 970
PSU: 650w Thermaltake
OS: 64bit Windows 10