Hello, This is a relatively new build, within the past 30 days. System ran perfect for the first few weeks. My first self-built system in many years. I do have experience with building systems, so I follow the basic steps like a wrist-strap ESD protector, never place components on the ESD bags they come in, etc...
Here's the problem:
With random use (either idle or watching YouTube or playing a basic game on steam such as Star Trek Online), my system loses power. As if I pulled the plug out of the surge protector. Only the tower, not my speakers or displays, so I do not suspect the surge protector. (Also, central FL has been in a drought. No lightning storms in recent history.)
When it loses power, the system tries rebooting itself constantly, with failures at different lengths of time, while I can hear my PSU "clicking". Until I use the power switch on the PSU to stop power, it will continue. After leaving the PSU switched off for a short time <60sec, the system will boot up normally, minus a notice in BIOS that the settings have been reset to default. (No bother because I am not over clocking anything at the moment, everything is in default settings.)
Please see my attached video, to witness the failure.
[video="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcVweTvtjvg"][/video]
My system specs:
Motherboard: MSI Z270 M7
CPU: Intel i5-7600k LGA 1151
GPU: Gigabyte Geforce GTX 1050Ti
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 3200MHz
PSU: Corsair RM Series 850 Watt ATX/EPS 80PLUS Gold
SSD: Samsung 850 EVO - 500GB
CPU Cooler: Corsair Hydro Series H100i v2
My thoughts:
The last component I installed was the GPU. The system ran fine before that. However, it only "ran fine" for a few days before installing the GPU and even post GPU installation, the crashes are random enough that the system will "run fine" for days before it repeats. Some days, it fails multiple times per day.
I suspect it is a PSU failure, just because of how rapidly it reboots. It never even makes it to POST/BIOS. I have no other system to test my parts on. So, I'll have to be purchasing spare components to swap/test, unless I can find out what is wrong exactly, to RMA.
When I use PSU calculators online, they say a 500~550w would be fine. So, I think 850w is fine to also handle all my fans and LEDs.
Note:
The little red LED you can see turning on and off is the power light on my motherboard. I suspect because it is going off, the PSU is not supplying power to my motherboard at those times.
Here's the problem:
With random use (either idle or watching YouTube or playing a basic game on steam such as Star Trek Online), my system loses power. As if I pulled the plug out of the surge protector. Only the tower, not my speakers or displays, so I do not suspect the surge protector. (Also, central FL has been in a drought. No lightning storms in recent history.)
When it loses power, the system tries rebooting itself constantly, with failures at different lengths of time, while I can hear my PSU "clicking". Until I use the power switch on the PSU to stop power, it will continue. After leaving the PSU switched off for a short time <60sec, the system will boot up normally, minus a notice in BIOS that the settings have been reset to default. (No bother because I am not over clocking anything at the moment, everything is in default settings.)
Please see my attached video, to witness the failure.
[video="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcVweTvtjvg"][/video]
My system specs:
Motherboard: MSI Z270 M7
CPU: Intel i5-7600k LGA 1151
GPU: Gigabyte Geforce GTX 1050Ti
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 3200MHz
PSU: Corsair RM Series 850 Watt ATX/EPS 80PLUS Gold
SSD: Samsung 850 EVO - 500GB
CPU Cooler: Corsair Hydro Series H100i v2
My thoughts:
The last component I installed was the GPU. The system ran fine before that. However, it only "ran fine" for a few days before installing the GPU and even post GPU installation, the crashes are random enough that the system will "run fine" for days before it repeats. Some days, it fails multiple times per day.
I suspect it is a PSU failure, just because of how rapidly it reboots. It never even makes it to POST/BIOS. I have no other system to test my parts on. So, I'll have to be purchasing spare components to swap/test, unless I can find out what is wrong exactly, to RMA.
When I use PSU calculators online, they say a 500~550w would be fine. So, I think 850w is fine to also handle all my fans and LEDs.
Note:
The little red LED you can see turning on and off is the power light on my motherboard. I suspect because it is going off, the PSU is not supplying power to my motherboard at those times.
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