System not performing well

FX-GMC · Mar 27, 2014

SethKnows said:
Well, I put in the new mobo already, I got the new SATA cables with it. The problem is, it won't boot up. The bios light just keeps blinking.

There should be multiple red leds with labels. Is it one of these or the green power light?

EDIT: That actually depends on the board. What model is it?

SethKnows · Mar 27, 2014

FX-GMC said:
There should be multiple red leds with labels. Is it one of these or the green power light?

EDIT: That actually depends on the board. What model is it?

It is the Asus maximus vi extreme, the manual says it's a bios light. It's orange, I removed the battery and it quit, put it back in and it didn't help.

FX-GMC · Mar 27, 2014

SethKnows said:
It is the Asus maximus vi extreme, the manual says it's a bios light. It's orange, I removed the battery and it quit, put it back in and it didn't help.

Reseat all power connections (24-pin and cpu power). Try it without the graphics card to start.

Is there any code on the 2-digit display?

EDIT: Looks like the board has a 4-pin and 8-pin power connector. To start just use the 8-pin cpu power EATX12V_1 leaving the 4-pin connector on the left empty.

rtwjunkie · Mar 27, 2014

The auxiliary power connector would be my guess. I actually made that simple mistake on my last build. Nothing would happen. Turns out I had inadvertently forgotten he 8-pin connector.

Chetkigaming · Mar 27, 2014

I think its PSU/HDD.So you can give to your neighbours for a test.

rtwjunkie · Mar 27, 2014

I doubt it's the M/B. He's on a complete replacement now of the previous M/B, that after 8 pages still could not be solved. I think the OP has some seriously bad luck, if you believe in that sort of thing, and feel bad for him.

FX-GMC · Mar 27, 2014

rtwjunkie said:
I doubt it's the M/B. He's on a complete replacement now of the previous M/B, that after 8 pages still could not be solved. I think the OP has some seriously bad luck, if you believe in that sort of thing, and feel bad for him.

Agreed. That's the only reason I've stuck around. I was frustrated when I couldn't get my computer to boot for 2 hours. Don't know what I would do if it had issues for this long that I couldn't solve.

SethKnows · Mar 27, 2014

FX-GMC said:
Agreed. That's the only reason I've stuck around. I was frustrated when I couldn't get my computer to boot for 2 hours. Don't know what I would do if it had issues for this long that I couldn't solve.

You guys, I took the board back and got a formula instead, and a water cooling kit. I couldn't wait as I live two hours away from micro center. I am moving in a week so I would like to get the problem fixed before then. This weekend I should have the results, thank you all for your help. I will not give up on the master race.

SethKnows · Mar 28, 2014

Alright, I think I'm still encountering the problem. I haven't downloaded any games yet, only some drivers. I opened up the task manager and it spiked, but it's happening to fast to see what's causing it.

SethKnows · Mar 28, 2014

FX-GMC · Mar 28, 2014

SethKnows said:
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It is normal for System Idle Process to be that high. It also normal for task manager to show a spike on the CPU graph when it first opens.

SethKnows · Mar 28, 2014

FX-GMC said:
It is normal for System Idle Process to be that high. It also normal for task manager to show a spike on the CPU graph when it first opens.

Well I'm not sure then, because those are the only spikes I'm getting, even when games are running. Scratch that, I haven't downloaded a game yet after installing the new mobo.

SethKnows · Mar 29, 2014

It is not fixed, I played Battlefield 4 with the same spikes. All brand new sata cables. I honestly don't know what to do. When I perform a clean installation of windows, I format the drives. Is there any way that something is remaining on them that's causing this?

silkstone · Mar 29, 2014

Does that interrupts process ever go higher than a few % of cpu usage?

FX-GMC · Mar 29, 2014

SethKnows said:
It is not fixed, I played Battlefield 4 with the same spikes. All brand new sata cables. I honestly don't know what to do. When I perform a clean installation of windows, I format the drives. Is there any way that something is remaining on them that's causing this?

Take your newest drive, format it and do a clean install of windows. Run chkdsk on the drive and it it comes back clean use that drive to test (with no other drives attached.)

Also, can you take a screenshot of your battlefield 4 settings?

SethKnows · Mar 29, 2014

FX-GMC said:
Take your newest drive, format it and do a clean install of windows. Run chkdsk on the drive and it it comes back clean use that drive to test (with no other drives attached.)

Also, can you take a screenshot of your battlefield 4 settings?

I've ran it on my new drive before, although I had my other drives hooked up. The settings on Battlefield are normal, I've even turned them down to the lowest settings and it still does it. Does it matter that the other drives are hooked up?

MxPhenom 216 · Mar 29, 2014

SethKnows said:
It is not fixed, I played Battlefield 4 with the same spikes. All brand new sata cables. I honestly don't know what to do. When I perform a clean installation of windows, I format the drives. Is there any way that something is remaining on them that's causing this?

Im not sure why you are worried about BF4. It gives spikes to everyone since launch. Its one of the most common complaints from people. You are not alone.

SethKnows · Mar 29, 2014

MxPhenom 216 said:
Im not sure why you are worried about BF4. It gives spikes to everyone since launch. Its one of the most common complaints from people. You are not alone.

It is happening with every single game I play, and I used to not have a problem with BF4.

FX-GMC · Mar 29, 2014

SethKnows said:
I've ran it on my new drive before, although I had my other drives hooked up. The settings on Battlefield are normal, I've even turned them down to the lowest settings and it still does it. Does it matter that the other drives are hooked up?

It could matter that the other drives are hooked up if the system is pausing while trying to read data from them.

MxPhenom 216 said:
Im not sure why you are worried about BF4. It gives spikes to everyone since launch. Its one of the most common complaints from people. You are not alone.

Um, no. I've never had cpu spikes.

SethKnows · Mar 30, 2014

FX-GMC said:
It could matter that the other drives are hooked up if the system is pausing while trying to read data from them.

Um, no. I've never had cpu spikes.

So would that mean that those drives are bad or that there's a setting I need to disable?

silkstone · Mar 30, 2014

The drives could simply have bad sectors that can be fixed using scan disk or they could be giving read/write errors due to messed up heads. You need to see if they are the problem first.

SethKnows · Mar 31, 2014

silkstone said:
The drives could simply have bad sectors that can be fixed using scan disk or they could be giving read/write errors due to messed up heads. You need to see if they are the problem first.

I know one drive has two bad sectors, but the program says it's still healthy. Could two bad sectors interfere with the other drives when there is nothing stored on it?

silkstone · Mar 31, 2014

SethKnows said:
I know one drive has two bad sectors, but the program says it's still healthy. Could two bad sectors interfere with the other drives when there is nothing stored on it?

Unplug it and see.

SethKnows · Mar 31, 2014

silkstone said:
Unplug it and see.

I unplugged every drive except for the SSD and it didn't fix it.

silkstone · Mar 31, 2014

Run fraps, while playing a game and post it to youtube. I'd like to see the issue.

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System Name	EVGA-FX \| Lenny (Lenovo Y480)
Processor	AMD FX-8320 @ 4.5GHz 1.416v \| i7 3610qm
Motherboard	Asus M5A99FX Pro R2.0
Cooling	Phanteks PH-TC14PE
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FX-GMC

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silkstone

FX-GMC

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MxPhenom 216

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silkstone

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silkstone

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