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System Name | ab┃ob |
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Processor | 7800X3D┃5800X3D |
Motherboard | B650E PG-ITX┃B550-I Strix |
Cooling | PA120+T30┃AXP120x67 |
Memory | 64GB 6000CL30┃32GB 3600CL14 |
Video Card(s) | RTX 4070 Ti Eagle┃RTX A2000 |
Storage | 8TB of SSDs┃1TB SN550 |
Display(s) | 43" QN90B / 32" M32Q / 27" S2721DGF |
Case | Caselabs S3┃Lone Industries L5 |
Power Supply | Corsair HX1000┃HDPlex |
I have a R7 265 that I recently removed from my system for causing failed boots. Especially after a few hours or a prolonged period of being off, the system would turn on with all fans spinning but without POST and would restart, only to run into the same symptoms. It would do this for some time (usually anywhere between 2 and 10 attempts) before successfully booting, POST and going into Windows.
I thought that it was a RAM problem. After testing, both my old 8GB and new 16GB kits do not produce the symptoms on their own. It is only when the R7 265 is in the system when this happens. I wonder if it could be a physical problem (too much PCB flex, etc. since the card's cooler is only secured with 4 screws around the Pitcairn die and it has no backplate), or possibly a VGA BIOS corruption or some other incompatibility such as UEFI. My Windows and OS X installations are both UEFI but last time I checked, GPU-Z did not indicate UEFI support on the R7 265 (checkbox next to "UEFI" was empty).
I've done some searching on Google and in other forums but it all seems that others are having PSU, motherboard and RAM problems where I'm pretty sure those three things in my PC are problem-free.
I thought that it was a RAM problem. After testing, both my old 8GB and new 16GB kits do not produce the symptoms on their own. It is only when the R7 265 is in the system when this happens. I wonder if it could be a physical problem (too much PCB flex, etc. since the card's cooler is only secured with 4 screws around the Pitcairn die and it has no backplate), or possibly a VGA BIOS corruption or some other incompatibility such as UEFI. My Windows and OS X installations are both UEFI but last time I checked, GPU-Z did not indicate UEFI support on the R7 265 (checkbox next to "UEFI" was empty).
I've done some searching on Google and in other forums but it all seems that others are having PSU, motherboard and RAM problems where I'm pretty sure those three things in my PC are problem-free.