HDD problem?

[phillpower2]

Also to note, on boot, my monitor has a series of black flashes in random intervals and quick succession, some flashes lasting longer then others (gpu problem?),

The present PSU is most likely the cause of the above behaviour and as long as you follow the advice given above you will be fine with an ATX PSU from one of the four brands.

We will get to the other issues but I have a question for you first, did the same shop also put the present RAM in the PC, if they did I`m real surprised that you have not had serious problems well before the 1 or two years that you mention.

You are welcome btw

[demoment]

Good to know, I’ll have a look at getting a new PSU soon.

Regarding the history of my RAM, I’ve already had a replacement of my RAM sticks due to them being found faulty about 2 years after purchase of the PC upon having issues (cant remember the exact issues I was having) and got the two sticks I have now, which were identical to the ones I had previously (took about 4-6 months to get here though). So I’m surprised to hear that these also aren’t up to par. What exactly is the issue you’re seeing with them if you don’t mind me asking?

The issues I listed at the bottom have only been going on for about 2-3 months at the very most if I’m not mistaken.

Something that doesn’t happen any more for some reason but used to until about a week ago (lasted a few weeks), was when a video was fullscreened on my monitor, it would cause both my monitors to constantly flicker (more violently then my boot flashes) until I unfullscreened the video.

Sorry for the info overload btw, I know you guys probably want to stick to the main issue but I’m just trying to understand as much as possible about my messed up pc before we wrap this up ??????

[phillpower2]

The RAM is not appropriate for your CPU, AMD state here up to 3200MHz/MT/s and if you have DOCP/XMP enabled the RAM will get auto OCd past what the CPU can handle and the PC will become unstable.

Something to keep in mind for the future, a CPU must be compatible with a MB whereas the RAM has to be compatible with both the CPU and the MB, this because a MB can be compatible with faster CPUs than the one in your list of parts and MB manufacturers often state RAM speeds that far exceed that which any compatible CPU can handle, this is misleading at the least or dishonest at worst.

Couple of other things for you to do but for now do as in my canned steps below;

Restore the MBs default factory settings in the BIOS, they are sometimes listed as one of the following " factory defaults" “most stable” or on newer boards “optimized” please note that if you have both the “most stable” and the “optimized” options in the BIOS you should choose the most stable" option as in this instance the “optimized” settings are a form of overclocking that can cause instability.

Save the new settings, exit the BIOS, restart the computer, test by using the computer as you normally would, post back with an update once you have done this.

[demoment]

I see, good to know. Makes me wonder how many of these computer stores have screwed people over.

Since it’s late and I’ve unplugged my pc from everything and plan to do a clean of it tomorrow (I haven’t cleaned it in over 2 years, yes I know it’s bad), I’ll give all of that a go tomorrow and post back up on here.

Thanks for all the help, I’ll get back to you later.

[phillpower2]

No worries, reply when you are ready (y)

[demoment]

Hello, I’ve just booted up the bios, but I’m not quite sure where to find the setting you’re describing.

I’ve got the tabs: Tweaker, Settings, System Info and Boot but none of those seem to have anything that you’ve mentioned unfortunately (unless I’m blind ofc)

EDIT: I think I found it as I sent this in, is it “Load Optimized Defaults” in the save & exit tab?

[phillpower2]

EDIT: I think I found it as I sent this in, is it “Load Optimized Defaults” in the save & exit tab?

That’s it (y)

You have to load the new settings and then save and exit the BIOS before restarting so that the new settings load on boot.

[demoment]

So far nothing that usually happens has happened yet, and I noticed when the BIOS was result to defaults it switched my RAM speed from 3700MHz to 2666MHz, I assume that was supposed to happen. (EDIT: on second thought I don’t think it was 3700MHz, I think I was watching too many pc videos)

[phillpower2]

The RAM speed changing is normal and it confirms that which you were advised in my reply #18;

The RAM is not appropriate for your CPU, AMD state here up to 3200MHz/MT/s and if you have DOCP/XMP enabled the RAM will get auto OCd past what the CPU can handle and the PC will become unstable.

[phillpower2]

demoment,

You visited the forum but left no update, do you still require assistance or shall we mark your thread.

[demoment]

I do not require any further assistance, thank you for your help throughout all of this, muchly appreciated! I’ll be sure to look into getting a new PSU.

[phillpower2]

You are welcome and thank you for the update (y)