- Mar 15, 2018
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I am overwhelmingly stressed out about this issue I've been having with my PC over the past few months. Now I'm no expert when it comes to the inner workings of the computer, which is why I am hoping someone may be able to help out or lead me in the right direction.
I got a PC upgrade in very early 2015. Experienced an issue here and there shortly after (Like needing a Power Supply replacement), but after all of that was out of the way, I went for nearly 2 years without a single issue. Up until December 2017. Both my GPU and PSU died. I was told by one person that the PSU died and killed my GPU, while on the other hand I was told by someone completely different that my GPU died and killed the PSU. Regardless, something died, and did more damage to the system than just itself. I purchased a new Power Supply and had the GPU replaced. Got everything put together by a trusted local shop (Which I've been going to for years, no problems), and shortly after getting the PC back in February 2018, I began to experience PC lock ups.
The lock ups or freezes are complete full lock ups, and don't seem to have any consistency or trigger. When the issue occurs, the screen will freeze completely, and any sound that may be playing will cut off entirely. I will no mouse cursor movement, everything is stuck. And it will stay like that until I manually turn the PC off, and restart it. I've never experienced something like this prior to my GPU and PSU dying in December 2017. As I said, there doesn't seem to be a trigger or consistency. Over the course of the next couple weeks in started happening frequently. However, it would happen both on desktop, and while in games (No particular games). For example, there were multiple times it'd lock up after only have the PC on for 20 or so minutes, and simply browsing the internet. After having had the machine off all night. While other times it'd lockup after playing a game for a few hours. And to top it off, the PC could run 6+ hours in heavy gaming sessions without freezing. Once again, zero consistency.
Not long after I purchased an entirely new GPU upgrade. And after having it installed, the PC locked up on day one. I was told it could be a dying HDD, so I purchased a new HDD, as well as replaced my PC's RAM (Just a few days ago). Everything was running well for about three days, before locking up again today. Despite the heavy gaming sessions over the past three days.
In short, the only thing in my PC that hasn't been replaced is the CPU & Motherboard. It was suggested that over heating could be my issue, but I am almost 100% positive overheating is not the problem. Temps seem perfectly fine. ------ Is it possible that my CPU or Motherboard are dying? Or were damaged from the PSU/GPU going out? If so, what is your take on this?
Other Information:
- When PC locks up, I cannot get the Motherboard to detect my keyboard input (e.x. LED on keyboard for num lock. Pressing num lock will results in zero response)
- PC beeps once upon booting the computer up after it has been manually shut down. This beep was never present prior to having replaced PSU and GPU. Not aware of what it indicates, cannot find the beep code. An online thread suggested it could mean PC is in working order, or PC is detecting a Central Processing Unit failure.
- Local shop could not get the issue to occur, and thus were unable to detect the cause.
PC SPECS:
Motherboard: ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0
CPU: AMD FX 8320 8-Core 3.5 GHz 16.0 MB TC Black Edition
GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti FTW2 8GB GDDR5
RAM: 16GB of Ballistix Gaming Random Access Memory (4 Sticks)
HDD: Seagate BarraCuda ST3000DM008 3TB
PSU: Corsair RMx Series RM750X 750W 80 PLUS GOLD
Closing Statement:
I purchased a new motherboard (ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero/Whetstone) but am unable to use it as I do not have compatible DDR4 RAM or CPU.
My funds have been completely exhausted from these PC issues. And both my CPU and Motherboard are out of warranty. I appreciate absolutely anything you can tell me about my problem I am having, and what may be the issue. Thank you!
I got a PC upgrade in very early 2015. Experienced an issue here and there shortly after (Like needing a Power Supply replacement), but after all of that was out of the way, I went for nearly 2 years without a single issue. Up until December 2017. Both my GPU and PSU died. I was told by one person that the PSU died and killed my GPU, while on the other hand I was told by someone completely different that my GPU died and killed the PSU. Regardless, something died, and did more damage to the system than just itself. I purchased a new Power Supply and had the GPU replaced. Got everything put together by a trusted local shop (Which I've been going to for years, no problems), and shortly after getting the PC back in February 2018, I began to experience PC lock ups.
The lock ups or freezes are complete full lock ups, and don't seem to have any consistency or trigger. When the issue occurs, the screen will freeze completely, and any sound that may be playing will cut off entirely. I will no mouse cursor movement, everything is stuck. And it will stay like that until I manually turn the PC off, and restart it. I've never experienced something like this prior to my GPU and PSU dying in December 2017. As I said, there doesn't seem to be a trigger or consistency. Over the course of the next couple weeks in started happening frequently. However, it would happen both on desktop, and while in games (No particular games). For example, there were multiple times it'd lock up after only have the PC on for 20 or so minutes, and simply browsing the internet. After having had the machine off all night. While other times it'd lockup after playing a game for a few hours. And to top it off, the PC could run 6+ hours in heavy gaming sessions without freezing. Once again, zero consistency.
Not long after I purchased an entirely new GPU upgrade. And after having it installed, the PC locked up on day one. I was told it could be a dying HDD, so I purchased a new HDD, as well as replaced my PC's RAM (Just a few days ago). Everything was running well for about three days, before locking up again today. Despite the heavy gaming sessions over the past three days.
In short, the only thing in my PC that hasn't been replaced is the CPU & Motherboard. It was suggested that over heating could be my issue, but I am almost 100% positive overheating is not the problem. Temps seem perfectly fine. ------ Is it possible that my CPU or Motherboard are dying? Or were damaged from the PSU/GPU going out? If so, what is your take on this?
Other Information:
- When PC locks up, I cannot get the Motherboard to detect my keyboard input (e.x. LED on keyboard for num lock. Pressing num lock will results in zero response)
- PC beeps once upon booting the computer up after it has been manually shut down. This beep was never present prior to having replaced PSU and GPU. Not aware of what it indicates, cannot find the beep code. An online thread suggested it could mean PC is in working order, or PC is detecting a Central Processing Unit failure.
- Local shop could not get the issue to occur, and thus were unable to detect the cause.
PC SPECS:
Motherboard: ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0
CPU: AMD FX 8320 8-Core 3.5 GHz 16.0 MB TC Black Edition
GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti FTW2 8GB GDDR5
RAM: 16GB of Ballistix Gaming Random Access Memory (4 Sticks)
HDD: Seagate BarraCuda ST3000DM008 3TB
PSU: Corsair RMx Series RM750X 750W 80 PLUS GOLD
Closing Statement:
I purchased a new motherboard (ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero/Whetstone) but am unable to use it as I do not have compatible DDR4 RAM or CPU.
My funds have been completely exhausted from these PC issues. And both my CPU and Motherboard are out of warranty. I appreciate absolutely anything you can tell me about my problem I am having, and what may be the issue. Thank you!
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