Hi,
in July last year I ordered different parts from different places to assemble a powerful computer myself, with the help of a friend.
It has the following:
*Mobo: MSI Z77A-GD55
*CPU: Intel i7 3770 - 3400MHz (socket 1155)
*PSU: OCZ ZT550W
*Graphics: 1GB Geforce GTX 670
*RAM: 2x 4GB 600-788 RipjawsX
*Arctic Freezer cooler for CPU
*1TB Hard drive Western Digital
*1BD Writer
*Casing: a nice blue PS06-B from Silverstone
*OS: Windows 7 Premium 64 bits
Internet and (surround) sound are controlled by the mobo. I love that word. Mobo.
Notice that the Mobo supports OC but the CPU doesn't, so I leave that off for safety.
Also the GPU had a minimum power requirement of 550W, which I chose to limit power usage.
Anyway, a few months ago, the pc suddenly didn't want to start up.
Absolutely no reaction, although the current was on and the socket/wire worked fine. But no lights, sounds or whatsoever.
So I opened the case and made sure everything was really well connected, and started it up again. Indeed it did!
Now a few months later it does it again...
I opened the case, there was barely any dust to see, just to note.
Everything was still tightly connected, I pushed the button, no reaction.
I removed one RAM-card since it's the easiest part to remove and pushed again. This time the power light of the mobo lit up. And faded.
I removed the other RAM-card, leaving the pc without memory. Now it started! But not really, it rebooted constantly. I guess it needed that memory...
So I put them in again and tested it, well sir it worked just like it used to, after connecting the back panel to the stuff I booted it up again and it's still working as I type.
So my question is -since I really love this pc- is there any suspicion I should have about some component? Because this was pretty weird. Maybe an almost faulty cable I pushed a bit in the right way?
in July last year I ordered different parts from different places to assemble a powerful computer myself, with the help of a friend.
It has the following:
*Mobo: MSI Z77A-GD55
*CPU: Intel i7 3770 - 3400MHz (socket 1155)
*PSU: OCZ ZT550W
*Graphics: 1GB Geforce GTX 670
*RAM: 2x 4GB 600-788 RipjawsX
*Arctic Freezer cooler for CPU
*1TB Hard drive Western Digital
*1BD Writer
*Casing: a nice blue PS06-B from Silverstone
*OS: Windows 7 Premium 64 bits
Internet and (surround) sound are controlled by the mobo. I love that word. Mobo.
Notice that the Mobo supports OC but the CPU doesn't, so I leave that off for safety.
Also the GPU had a minimum power requirement of 550W, which I chose to limit power usage.
Anyway, a few months ago, the pc suddenly didn't want to start up.
Absolutely no reaction, although the current was on and the socket/wire worked fine. But no lights, sounds or whatsoever.
So I opened the case and made sure everything was really well connected, and started it up again. Indeed it did!
Now a few months later it does it again...
I opened the case, there was barely any dust to see, just to note.
Everything was still tightly connected, I pushed the button, no reaction.
I removed one RAM-card since it's the easiest part to remove and pushed again. This time the power light of the mobo lit up. And faded.
I removed the other RAM-card, leaving the pc without memory. Now it started! But not really, it rebooted constantly. I guess it needed that memory...
So I put them in again and tested it, well sir it worked just like it used to, after connecting the back panel to the stuff I booted it up again and it's still working as I type.
So my question is -since I really love this pc- is there any suspicion I should have about some component? Because this was pretty weird. Maybe an almost faulty cable I pushed a bit in the right way?
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