X99 problems... second, third and four RMA!!!

[naddy]

http://forum.overclock3d.net/showthread.php?p=880305#post880305
- 9 months on.. it's all happening again..

June - Corsair AX1200i PSU RMA'd.. sent it back to Corsair, they sent me a new one.
July - New PSU back in, working fine..

then one dark cold day, my 'TUF' X99 Sabertooth (replaced the X99 Deluxe) shut down and never booted back up again.

I have ani7 5960X which has been running sweet, i do lots and lots of rendering work on Adobe Premiere and Adobe Lightroom exporting timelapse footages etc..

Anyways, took it back to the store, they said they didn't have any LGA2011-3 HASWELL-E cpu's to test on my X99 Sabertooth, so they tested my CPU on a new the new Broadwell-E Gigabyte X99 Phoenix-SLI. No post. CPU is dead...... RMA'd...

Meanwhile i still had suspicion that the X99 Sabertooth is dead also, so that went back for RMA too..

So now I am left with a brand new i7 6800K and Gigabyte X99 Phoenix-SLI that the store had 'loaned' me while my other parts have been sent for RMA..

then the craziest thing happened.. Brand new CPU + MOBO, Brand new GTX 1070, Brand new PSU, 4 x DDR4 Corsair Dominator 2666mhz ram sticks..

Reformatted and was in windows fine. then next day it shuts down.. and the SAME problem is now occuring, only that CPU and MOBO post, but i am getting random BSOD's on ever format.

Things I have tried;

- updated BIOS Gigabyte X99 Phoenix-SLI to latest
- use only ONE stick of ram
- have formatted and tested on TWO different brand SSD's (old Vertex 4 and a 850 EVO)
- no USB's plugged in

I am about to bring all these components back to the store and get an entire refund..
I have been building computers for 15-16 years and this is the craziest troubleshooting i have had to do.

anyone have any ideas?

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[SuB]

have you checked your house's power output for voltage, noise and ripple? this screams of a power issue to me (easily solvable with a UPS)

 

[hmmblah]

have you checked your house's power output for voltage, noise and ripple? this screams of a power issue to me (easily solvable with a UPS)

I was going to say the same thing. Power is the only constant here with switching everything else out.

 

[Kaapstad]

have you checked your house's power output for voltage, noise and ripple? this screams of a power issue to me (easily solvable with a UPS)

This^^^

I also like to use the Asus Rampage Extreme motherboards because they are designed for heavy duty use.

 

[SuB]

Either that, or you've killed them with Static during the install procedure, but you've said it worked fine for a bit, then died. Which just points to power issues to me

 

[Kaapstad]

Either that, or you've killed them with Static during the install procedure, but you've said it worked fine for a bit, then died. Which just points to power issues to me

My mate moved into a brand new house the other week and in next to no time he had blown up a couple of PCs and some other electrical devices.

It turned out to be a wiring fault.

 

[Dawelio]

My mate moved into a brand new house the other week and in next to no time he had blown up a couple of PCs and some other electrical devices.

It turned out to be a wiring fault.

Damn wow... That can't be fun for him at all. I feel for him really.

All that money spent on those rigs...

 

[TroyR]

Either that, or you've killed them with Static during the install procedure, but you've said it worked fine for a bit, then died. Which just points to power issues to me

I would still get a good power conditioner and be quite sure the outlet has a good ground...!
iv'e been all thru this before...