- May 5, 2018
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I recently upgraded my CPU to a Ryzen 5 1600 and by extension, the motherboard and RAM as well for compatibility. I got all the latest drivers and it was fine for a few days, but now if I boot into the desktop the screen will go blank after around 20-30 seconds. Sometimes it will be a pink screen, sometimes a black screen, sometimes a white screen, but it was never an outright crash in the sense that the fans kept spinning.
Putting my old cpu, motherboard and ram back in made the system work fine, which leads me to believe it is a hardware issue. However, how do I diagnose whether it is a CPU issue, a RAM issue or a motherboard issue? I'm pretty sure it isn't a graphics card issue because it works with my old system and I'm pretty sure it isn't a power issue since my old CPU has a higher TDP. The only way I found the system to be stable in is safe mode.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Below is my parts list.
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (not overclocked)
RAM: Crucial CT8G4DFS8213 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 (not overclocked)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-AB350N-Gaming WIFI
GPU: MSI Radeon RX 480 ARMOUR (factory OC)
Power Supply: Silverstone ST45SF
SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 500 GB
HDD: Seagate ST2000LM007-1R8174 2TB
Cooler: Noctua NH-L9a-AM4
Thanks,
Chris
Putting my old cpu, motherboard and ram back in made the system work fine, which leads me to believe it is a hardware issue. However, how do I diagnose whether it is a CPU issue, a RAM issue or a motherboard issue? I'm pretty sure it isn't a graphics card issue because it works with my old system and I'm pretty sure it isn't a power issue since my old CPU has a higher TDP. The only way I found the system to be stable in is safe mode.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Below is my parts list.
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (not overclocked)
RAM: Crucial CT8G4DFS8213 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 (not overclocked)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-AB350N-Gaming WIFI
GPU: MSI Radeon RX 480 ARMOUR (factory OC)
Power Supply: Silverstone ST45SF
SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 500 GB
HDD: Seagate ST2000LM007-1R8174 2TB
Cooler: Noctua NH-L9a-AM4
Thanks,
Chris
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