Currently facing a problem I can't seem to pin-point cause.
Specs:
i5 2400 (bought 2012)
Gigabyte z68xp-ud3 (bought 2012)
2GB DDR3 x4 RAM (bought 2010, 2012)
500GB HDD (bought 2010)
Seasonic M2II 520W (bought 2010)
Palit GTX 970 (bought 2014)
Samsung 256GB SSD (bought 2016)
Problem:
1. During boot-up, monitor does not have any display. I believe the PC booted up fine as I can hear the Windows starting and the keyboard is responding to CAPSLOCK, NUMLOCK etc. I have to turn the PSU OFF and ON, disconnect and reconnect the HDMI to GPU, to get a display after couple of times trying. Switch 3 different type of cables of DVI and HDMI, same problem. But it is not on every start-up, sometimes it works for a few days, sometimes every day start up does not show display.
2. Random restarts during Youtube videos, idling and while gaming. I suspected RAM problems which I have removed 1 stick out when I couldn't boot after crashing due to beeping. It allowed me to boot but did not solve the crashing or loss of display.
3. GPU was moved to another PC and it work without problems with same monitor and cable. So I can cut that out from equation. Initially thought it was a faulty port on the GPU or monitor.
4. There was one time I suffered a crash while gaming, restarted and it did not detect the HDD. Only the SSD was present. Disconnect the HDD thinking it failed. But problem of lack of display and crashing still occurs. After linking back up the HDD, detects and works like normal.
At the moment, I think it has something to do with PSU or MOBO. Any help which might be it? Could a PSU cause all those problems due to insufficient or irregular power? Or is it due to a faulty MOBO causing these issues that are connected to it.
Specs:
i5 2400 (bought 2012)
Gigabyte z68xp-ud3 (bought 2012)
2GB DDR3 x4 RAM (bought 2010, 2012)
500GB HDD (bought 2010)
Seasonic M2II 520W (bought 2010)
Palit GTX 970 (bought 2014)
Samsung 256GB SSD (bought 2016)
Problem:
1. During boot-up, monitor does not have any display. I believe the PC booted up fine as I can hear the Windows starting and the keyboard is responding to CAPSLOCK, NUMLOCK etc. I have to turn the PSU OFF and ON, disconnect and reconnect the HDMI to GPU, to get a display after couple of times trying. Switch 3 different type of cables of DVI and HDMI, same problem. But it is not on every start-up, sometimes it works for a few days, sometimes every day start up does not show display.
2. Random restarts during Youtube videos, idling and while gaming. I suspected RAM problems which I have removed 1 stick out when I couldn't boot after crashing due to beeping. It allowed me to boot but did not solve the crashing or loss of display.
3. GPU was moved to another PC and it work without problems with same monitor and cable. So I can cut that out from equation. Initially thought it was a faulty port on the GPU or monitor.
4. There was one time I suffered a crash while gaming, restarted and it did not detect the HDD. Only the SSD was present. Disconnect the HDD thinking it failed. But problem of lack of display and crashing still occurs. After linking back up the HDD, detects and works like normal.
At the moment, I think it has something to do with PSU or MOBO. Any help which might be it? Could a PSU cause all those problems due to insufficient or irregular power? Or is it due to a faulty MOBO causing these issues that are connected to it.
