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System Name | Senile |
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Processor | I7-4790K@4.8 GHz 24/7 |
Motherboard | MSI Z97-G45 Gaming |
Cooling | Be Quiet Pure Rock Air |
Memory | 16GB 4x4 G.Skill CAS9 2133 Sniper |
Video Card(s) | GIGABYTE Vega 64 |
Storage | Samsung EVO 500GB / 8 Different WDs / QNAP TS-253 8GB NAS with 2x10Tb WD Blue |
Display(s) | 34" LG 34CB88-P 21:9 Curved UltraWide QHD (3440*1440) *FREE_SYNC* |
Case | Rosewill |
Audio Device(s) | Onboard + HD HDMI |
Power Supply | Corsair HX750 |
Mouse | Logitech G5 |
Keyboard | Corsair Strafe RGB & G610 Orion Red |
Software | Win 10 |
No matter how much time, you've had building and troubleshooting computers, there's always a curve ball. Read and learn
2 months ago, my system started to lock up consistently after 2-10 minutes after booting. If I was working on it, the mouse would start to lag, then a few seconds later, completely unresponsive. I even had it lock up in a BIOS screen, even before booting into Windows!!! Here's what I tried, and each attempt met with no luck:
Swapping the video card
Swapping the memory
Reverting to stock clocks
CMOS Clear/reset
Unplugging all storage peripherals (Extra HDD's, floppy, CD)
A different boot HDD drive
Monitoring the power draw (PSU)
Finally, I replaced the MOTHERBOARD!!! Had a Maximus Formula X38, replaced with a Rampage Formula X48.
Well, thought that was all good. but nooooo... About 15 min mouse studder, crash and blue screen. Rebooted and 10 min later locked up in windows like before.
So I was scratching my head... ok - doing this: I happened to have a spare keyboard lying around ( prodikeys of all things). Took out the old keyboard and put in the prodikeys...
It's working!!!
So here was the root of the problem:
Go figure, a $15 keyboard was the issue.
Lesson learned? Perhaps. And that lesson would be this: before replacing $100's worth of parts, start with cabling, then try to root out the cheap stuff.
2 months ago, my system started to lock up consistently after 2-10 minutes after booting. If I was working on it, the mouse would start to lag, then a few seconds later, completely unresponsive. I even had it lock up in a BIOS screen, even before booting into Windows!!! Here's what I tried, and each attempt met with no luck:
Swapping the video card
Swapping the memory
Reverting to stock clocks
CMOS Clear/reset
Unplugging all storage peripherals (Extra HDD's, floppy, CD)
A different boot HDD drive
Monitoring the power draw (PSU)
Finally, I replaced the MOTHERBOARD!!! Had a Maximus Formula X38, replaced with a Rampage Formula X48.
Well, thought that was all good. but nooooo... About 15 min mouse studder, crash and blue screen. Rebooted and 10 min later locked up in windows like before.
So I was scratching my head... ok - doing this: I happened to have a spare keyboard lying around ( prodikeys of all things). Took out the old keyboard and put in the prodikeys...
It's working!!!
So here was the root of the problem:
Go figure, a $15 keyboard was the issue.
Lesson learned? Perhaps. And that lesson would be this: before replacing $100's worth of parts, start with cabling, then try to root out the cheap stuff.