Hi all,
Let me start off with my specs:
CPU: i5 4670k
Cooler: Custom Watercooling Kit
Mobo: Z87-G41 PCMate
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws X DDR3-1866 2x4 (x2)
SSD: Sandisk SSD PLUS 480GB
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB
GPU: MSI RX 480 GAMING X 8GB
PSU: Some 8+ year old 750W Seasonic thing-y (probably a source of the problems)
Recently I have been having troubles with my pc, and I have tried almost everything that I am able to do to try and fix these issues. First, I would get blue screens with the error code: Memory_Management, (caused by ntoskrnl.exe) so I tested all the RAM and it works fine. I took off my overclock and it still continues. I even resorted to using Microsoft Support and had them remotely control my PC, and nothing worked.
Another issue is it will randomly freeze and stay frozen while multi-tasking. When that happens I just hard shut it down and boot back up again. I have no idea why it might do this. I have been trying to see what causes crashes and it seems to only happen in high computer usage situations, such as gaming, opening chrome, and recording. I am unable to record with MSI Afterburner which is odd. I can start it but when I try to stop it, it just freezes.
Sadly, yesterday... we lost her. The computer will not load into windows anymore. Yesterday night I was not doing anything intensive, just talking to a friend on discord when the display blinked on and off for a few seconds, then the computer shut off for about half a second and turned back on. Upon it turning back on I noticed that the fans were not being very loud for a few minutes of me just leaving it there. It seemed like some sort of power surge in the computer.
Here's what I did to try and troubleshoot. (I couldn't do much, because I cant get onto the computer). I turned it off and on only to be greeted with the windows logo as it boots and then just the spinning dots forever. So, I decided well maybe the graphics card is being funny, so I plugged the HDMI into the motherboard instead, and absolutely nothing happens. Nothing is detected and the display shows nothing.
So, I have concluded that there can only be a few parts potentially defective. The CPU, PSU, RAM, or Motherboard. I have stress tested the CPU countless times and nothing ever happens. The RAM was all swapped out and tested, once again, nothing wrong. Motherboard has no swollen capacitors and seems to be in good condition. The PSU however, is very old, I think it is possibly what lead to all of this. I think something went wrong with it yesterday and caused it to short and kill other components. I have no idea how to test a psu for faults, so help with that would be appreciated.
The two components I suspect to be damaged or broken are the CPU or PSU. For school, a few months back I did a project on how liquid cooling effects on a computer. Now, back then I had an 800mhz overclock on it. I was testing with an AIO, my custom loop, and the intel stock cooler. Upon testing the cpu broke 100 degrees multiple times while benchmarking witht he stock cooler. Then I started having issues. Back then, it was once every few months or so, and it was just getting progressively worse. I think I may have damaged it somehow, but once again I cannot test it/don't know how. The PSU is just old, so I think it's time for a new one...
I am going to bring it in to NCIX this week to get them to swap out parts and see what is defective.
Nothing is overheating in in the system the CPU is always under 50 degrees even under max load, and GPU rarely breaks 80.
If anyone has had an issue like this or knows anything about how to help it is greatly appreciated!
Let me start off with my specs:
CPU: i5 4670k
Cooler: Custom Watercooling Kit
Mobo: Z87-G41 PCMate
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws X DDR3-1866 2x4 (x2)
SSD: Sandisk SSD PLUS 480GB
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB
GPU: MSI RX 480 GAMING X 8GB
PSU: Some 8+ year old 750W Seasonic thing-y (probably a source of the problems)
Recently I have been having troubles with my pc, and I have tried almost everything that I am able to do to try and fix these issues. First, I would get blue screens with the error code: Memory_Management, (caused by ntoskrnl.exe) so I tested all the RAM and it works fine. I took off my overclock and it still continues. I even resorted to using Microsoft Support and had them remotely control my PC, and nothing worked.
Another issue is it will randomly freeze and stay frozen while multi-tasking. When that happens I just hard shut it down and boot back up again. I have no idea why it might do this. I have been trying to see what causes crashes and it seems to only happen in high computer usage situations, such as gaming, opening chrome, and recording. I am unable to record with MSI Afterburner which is odd. I can start it but when I try to stop it, it just freezes.
Sadly, yesterday... we lost her. The computer will not load into windows anymore. Yesterday night I was not doing anything intensive, just talking to a friend on discord when the display blinked on and off for a few seconds, then the computer shut off for about half a second and turned back on. Upon it turning back on I noticed that the fans were not being very loud for a few minutes of me just leaving it there. It seemed like some sort of power surge in the computer.
Here's what I did to try and troubleshoot. (I couldn't do much, because I cant get onto the computer). I turned it off and on only to be greeted with the windows logo as it boots and then just the spinning dots forever. So, I decided well maybe the graphics card is being funny, so I plugged the HDMI into the motherboard instead, and absolutely nothing happens. Nothing is detected and the display shows nothing.
So, I have concluded that there can only be a few parts potentially defective. The CPU, PSU, RAM, or Motherboard. I have stress tested the CPU countless times and nothing ever happens. The RAM was all swapped out and tested, once again, nothing wrong. Motherboard has no swollen capacitors and seems to be in good condition. The PSU however, is very old, I think it is possibly what lead to all of this. I think something went wrong with it yesterday and caused it to short and kill other components. I have no idea how to test a psu for faults, so help with that would be appreciated.
The two components I suspect to be damaged or broken are the CPU or PSU. For school, a few months back I did a project on how liquid cooling effects on a computer. Now, back then I had an 800mhz overclock on it. I was testing with an AIO, my custom loop, and the intel stock cooler. Upon testing the cpu broke 100 degrees multiple times while benchmarking witht he stock cooler. Then I started having issues. Back then, it was once every few months or so, and it was just getting progressively worse. I think I may have damaged it somehow, but once again I cannot test it/don't know how. The PSU is just old, so I think it's time for a new one...
I am going to bring it in to NCIX this week to get them to swap out parts and see what is defective.
Nothing is overheating in in the system the CPU is always under 50 degrees even under max load, and GPU rarely breaks 80.
If anyone has had an issue like this or knows anything about how to help it is greatly appreciated!
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