I have a custom pc that has the following specs:
Intel i5 2400
16gb 1600mhz ram
Seasonic M12ll 620w psu
MSI twinfrozr III GTX 680
Samsung EVO 240 gb SSD
intel 180gb ssd
WD green 1TB HDD
Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2h-B3 mobo
It has worked greatly for me for around 1.5 years till many issues came which can be found in this thread.
"http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/hardware-clinic-2/custom-pc-problem-after-problem-5347107-2.html"
I've since made no changes except changing the adapter to DVI-HDMI adapter instead because to me VGA's visuals were just off .
Months passed since that problem and a new problem arose . The pc refused to boot into display unless I use onboard VGA which I went to check on my HWmonitor , my GPU was listed Intel HD graphics.
I then rebooted the pc using the reset button then it successfully boots normally with my GTX 680 . However that was ages ago . As time passes , the amount of times I needed to reboot my pc to get it to detect my GPU became more and more .
In a short period of time in this time frame , even when my gpu was working fine , I was having constant sudden freezes and in my MSI afterburner the voltage limit spikes up to maximum , the OV max limit spikes up , utilization shoots down to 0 , both memory and core clock spikes up . Note, these happened when the freeze happened . As time passed , the freezes stopped .
This month has became EXTREMELY vexing as it was a constant battle against my patience . If i was lucky it look at least 3 reboots . or when i'm extremely lucky it booted in the first try . but lately , it's taking a MINIMUM of 10 reboots . I know such reboots are definitely not healthy for the pc but it's the only PC I've got .
Then this happens seldom when i'm playing games , it freezes and gives a sound as if windows crashed and the screen goes black and i'm back to trying to make it boot up with my gpu detected.
TLDR: Pc used to have many problems , but fixed . but now pc takes at least 10 reboots to turn detect my GPU.
Solutions I've tried : Erasing contact points(didn't work at all), resetting Cmos(didn't work) , Increasing my power limit to 132% and downclocking my gpu (no idea what it did) and changing the position of my RAM sticks and reseating my GPU(this WORKED . for the first and second time only)
NOTE: I think this maybe the main cause but I used to have a power strip(not really a strip) that I've bought at a local tech expo for a very cheap price of $2 . It's a tall squarish power strip . I've been using it all along until i swapped it recently for a more stable looking but similar concept one . While swapping i've realized that the power square(lets just call it that) had loose bits in it . After swapping it , my PC booted up really greatly on the first try however it only lasted a mere 2 weeks before it got to where it is now . Thus I think the PC may had too much charge or too less charge going in to it .
Being a student , my budget isn't really that big but I've managed to obtain a part time job since 6 months ago and have been saving up and managed to come up with a sum of $600 . Seeing as to all the issues I've had , I'm asking you all the HWZ community to hopefully provide me with a solution to this problem . I have a ton of upcoming projects (holidays are ending today) and really can't afford to have this pc fail on me . Thus I'm here trying to get help from all of you .
I know it's a very long post but please try to help me . I've tried to make it as detailed as I could but if I ever missed anything or if you have any questions , please do feel free to ask and I'll try to answer them asap . Thanks for taking your time to read my lengthy post
Intel i5 2400
16gb 1600mhz ram
Seasonic M12ll 620w psu
MSI twinfrozr III GTX 680
Samsung EVO 240 gb SSD
intel 180gb ssd
WD green 1TB HDD
Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2h-B3 mobo
It has worked greatly for me for around 1.5 years till many issues came which can be found in this thread.
"http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/hardware-clinic-2/custom-pc-problem-after-problem-5347107-2.html"
I've since made no changes except changing the adapter to DVI-HDMI adapter instead because to me VGA's visuals were just off .
Months passed since that problem and a new problem arose . The pc refused to boot into display unless I use onboard VGA which I went to check on my HWmonitor , my GPU was listed Intel HD graphics.
I then rebooted the pc using the reset button then it successfully boots normally with my GTX 680 . However that was ages ago . As time passes , the amount of times I needed to reboot my pc to get it to detect my GPU became more and more .
In a short period of time in this time frame , even when my gpu was working fine , I was having constant sudden freezes and in my MSI afterburner the voltage limit spikes up to maximum , the OV max limit spikes up , utilization shoots down to 0 , both memory and core clock spikes up . Note, these happened when the freeze happened . As time passed , the freezes stopped .
This month has became EXTREMELY vexing as it was a constant battle against my patience . If i was lucky it look at least 3 reboots . or when i'm extremely lucky it booted in the first try . but lately , it's taking a MINIMUM of 10 reboots . I know such reboots are definitely not healthy for the pc but it's the only PC I've got .
Then this happens seldom when i'm playing games , it freezes and gives a sound as if windows crashed and the screen goes black and i'm back to trying to make it boot up with my gpu detected.
TLDR: Pc used to have many problems , but fixed . but now pc takes at least 10 reboots to turn detect my GPU.
Solutions I've tried : Erasing contact points(didn't work at all), resetting Cmos(didn't work) , Increasing my power limit to 132% and downclocking my gpu (no idea what it did) and changing the position of my RAM sticks and reseating my GPU(this WORKED . for the first and second time only)
NOTE: I think this maybe the main cause but I used to have a power strip(not really a strip) that I've bought at a local tech expo for a very cheap price of $2 . It's a tall squarish power strip . I've been using it all along until i swapped it recently for a more stable looking but similar concept one . While swapping i've realized that the power square(lets just call it that) had loose bits in it . After swapping it , my PC booted up really greatly on the first try however it only lasted a mere 2 weeks before it got to where it is now . Thus I think the PC may had too much charge or too less charge going in to it .
Being a student , my budget isn't really that big but I've managed to obtain a part time job since 6 months ago and have been saving up and managed to come up with a sum of $600 . Seeing as to all the issues I've had , I'm asking you all the HWZ community to hopefully provide me with a solution to this problem . I have a ton of upcoming projects (holidays are ending today) and really can't afford to have this pc fail on me . Thus I'm here trying to get help from all of you .
I know it's a very long post but please try to help me . I've tried to make it as detailed as I could but if I ever missed anything or if you have any questions , please do feel free to ask and I'll try to answer them asap . Thanks for taking your time to read my lengthy post
