CalVic
Member
Heya all,
I'm a bit stumped at the moment with my system. It's been running pretty darn well for the past year or so. Around a month or two ago I added 16GB of 2133Mhz RAM and I had no problems, New Year I also added a 280X
However, my system has started to hang at boot, and the only way to stop this cycle is to pull the plug, press the power button to drain the capaictors and plug it back in again and it will work. Originally I figured my overclock is starting to become unstable so I added some more voltage and the same problem occurs. However, the overclock is rock solid in Windows. I can throw any benchmark at it or game or render for hours, it just doesn't crash, yet reboot my system and sure enough it will hang.
I've tried a lower overclock with adequate voltage, the end result is the same.
I've reset my UEFI, but the same problem occurs.
I've been thinking for a while now to replace my PSU, It's a Thermaltake Toughpower 1200Watt from 2007. I'm starting to think this could be the culprit at hand (I hope so, it gives me more ammo to replace the damn thing)
I wouldn't say it's a big issue at the moment. The system still works but it is a pain the ass when I need to restart. But also it's bugging me because I want to find out what it is that is causing it.
I do wonder if it's the degradation of the chip or the motherboard.
I'm a bit stumped at the moment with my system. It's been running pretty darn well for the past year or so. Around a month or two ago I added 16GB of 2133Mhz RAM and I had no problems, New Year I also added a 280X
However, my system has started to hang at boot, and the only way to stop this cycle is to pull the plug, press the power button to drain the capaictors and plug it back in again and it will work. Originally I figured my overclock is starting to become unstable so I added some more voltage and the same problem occurs. However, the overclock is rock solid in Windows. I can throw any benchmark at it or game or render for hours, it just doesn't crash, yet reboot my system and sure enough it will hang.
I've tried a lower overclock with adequate voltage, the end result is the same.
I've reset my UEFI, but the same problem occurs.
I've been thinking for a while now to replace my PSU, It's a Thermaltake Toughpower 1200Watt from 2007. I'm starting to think this could be the culprit at hand (I hope so, it gives me more ammo to replace the damn thing)
I wouldn't say it's a big issue at the moment. The system still works but it is a pain the ass when I need to restart. But also it's bugging me because I want to find out what it is that is causing it.
I do wonder if it's the degradation of the chip or the motherboard.
Corsair do make nice quality products that's for sure.
