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Darthutos wrote:I don't know if I'm reading this right. But it looks like when you breadboard it won't start a ok consistently.
What exactly happens right now if you plug in everything but that dimm that you says "unless you unplug it and plug it back in". Now that particular dimm. I want you to put it away and forget about that dimm for a bit and plug in everything. What happens?
Edit;
I have been there before Dead computer that won't.... the frustration.... argh....
Anyway questions:
1. Did you work on the pc at all during the last time you posted?
2. How clean is your pc -- Strange that you have to unplug and replug dimm. Dimm slot dirty? What should happen consistently without ssd is that you would boot into bios.
3. Did you ever put in 1394 into a USB port?
4. Just maybe your power supply is not powerful enough to power every component. Are you still on 430 watts?
just brew it! wrote:Before the problem started, had you fiddled with any BIOS settings? Almost sounds like some sort of automatic OC thing that gets disabled if it sees a hardware change. Depending on how long you had the CMOS battery removed, it may not have reset everything; try resetting it with the jumper, as indicated in the motherboard manual.
Aside from that, I'm thinking some sort of component failure, e.g. PSU or motherboard.
the_grinch wrote:just brew it! wrote:Before the problem started, had you fiddled with any BIOS settings? Almost sounds like some sort of automatic OC thing that gets disabled if it sees a hardware change. Depending on how long you had the CMOS battery removed, it may not have reset everything; try resetting it with the jumper, as indicated in the motherboard manual.
Aside from that, I'm thinking some sort of component failure, e.g. PSU or motherboard.
Before the problem had started, I hadn't opened the case OR tampered with any BIOS settings in about a year and a half. I have an i3 that does not have overclocking capability.
I can get the BIOS to boot now as long as I pop the RAM in and out. You can reset BIOS settings from there right?
just brew it! wrote:This seems likely, which is frustrating, since the previous-generation LGA1150 motherboard, 3.7 GHz Haswell Core i3 2C/4T CPU and DDR3 memory were expected to be budget choices that would last for a reasonable number of years until all three components would be replaced together.Aside from that, I'm thinking some sort of component failure, e.g. PSU or motherboard.
the_grinch wrote:Why stop at four cores?I'm definitely considering purchasing a new MOBO, CPU, and RAM combo. I'd rather just upgrade. It'd be nice to have a 4 core processor now because I am playing higher end games than when I built my budget PC.
JustAnEngineer wrote:the_grinch wrote:Why stop at four cores?I'm definitely considering purchasing a new MOBO, CPU, and RAM combo. I'd rather just upgrade. It'd be nice to have a 4 core processor now because I am playing higher end games than when I built my budget PC.
$180 AMD Ryzen 5 1600 3.2 GHz (3.6 turbo) six-core twelve-thread processor (cooler included)
or $136 AMD Ryzen 5 1500X 3.5 GHz (3.7 turbo) four-core eight-thread processor (cooler included)
or $255 AMD Ryzen 7 1700 3.0 GHz (3.7 turbo) eight-core sixteen-thread processor (cooler included)
$82 Gigabyte GA-AB350M-Gaming 3 socket-AM4 micro-ATX motherboard
or $96½ Gigabyte GA-AB350-Gaming socket-AM4 ATX motherboard
$181 2x8 GiB PC4-25600 DDR4-3200 16-18-18-38 memory
Doesn't that list make a possible $81 motherboard replacement seem more tolerable?
just brew it! wrote:Unfortunately your current system uses DDR3 RAM... new hardware has moved on to DDR4 now.
JustAnEngineer wrote:For new LGA1150, $80 is about as cheap as you're going to find, even for bargain-basement motherboards.
JustAnEngineer wrote:the_grinch wrote:Doesn't that list make a possible $81 motherboard replacement seem more tolerable?