Hi, I bought built new PC, but having problems, help!

[jchang]

Hi, I recently built PC like week ago,
bought some used, and bought some New during Black Friday.
But I am having several problems I cant figure out why, and how to fix it.

 

CPU: Core i5- 2320 (Used)

MOBO: MSI B75A-G43 (Used)

RAM : Corsair 6GB DDR3 1333 MHz (3x2GB) (Used)

PSU: Corsair TX750 (New)

CFAN: Cooler Master TX3 (New)

CASE: APEX PCV-588 Mid Tower (New)

GPU: ASUS nVidia GTX 670 DirectCU II OC (New)

SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB (New)

DISK: DVD/CD Combo SATA Drive (Used)

Few Fans (New)

OS: Windows 8 x64 Pro

 

I first bought used Zalman PSU 650w, and it got messed up, and bought new Corsair 750w. Now working great, but making little buzz noise.
So I dont think it is the PSU that is wrong, some thing is making PSU not stable I believe. I do not know what it is. That is one problem.

Now, I am getting 'nVidia graphic driver has stopped responding and has been recovered' error sometimes, even when I am just searching web.
Also I get that error when I run Heaven benchmark with just 125MHz Core and 250MHz Memory Clock Overclock, (even with 117 Power Target and 0997 voltage)

With 100 Core and 200 memory and 100 Power Target with no voltage increase Overclock runs just fine.
3D Mark Benchmark? I cant even run it, it crashes while it loads and give me error message.

I tried my spare HD 5450 GPU and still can not get 3D Mark to run. 

I played Battlefield 4 and Metro Last night. The games shows error and crashes like once a 2 hours or once a 5 hours. Even on stock clock. 

The Graphic card is self is fine, I tried on my brothers PC and it runs just fine. No error and 3D Mark runs great with no problem.

I have used ASUS driver(327.23) and nVidia(331.82) and both does not help.

Now that is second problem

I took out a Graphic card and ran PC with just CPU and its integrated graphic, randomly like once a 20 min, I see weird lines on 25% of my bottom monitor for like half a seconds and goes away.

(lines like on picture I have attached, that pic is not mine, but I only see 1/4 of my bottom screen like that for half a seconds)

I ran Prime95 stress test, and PC crashes after 5 min test and reboots.... ㅡㅡ;
I tried FurMark Stress test to test Integrated graphic in CPU, and it seems to work just fine.

Now that is the third problem.


These 3 problems are the problems I need to solve as of right now. Yea weird problem and many...
I have reinstalled OS and Reset the BIOS, but does not help

 

I will appreciate for you too help me out if you have any idea what causes them and how to address them...
Sorry for my English, as I am not a native English Speaker. I moved to US from Korea like 8 years ago....

Thanks!
 

[Ryan Leech]

If all else fails, you can always reinstall windows. But seriously, it sounds like you have some major driver conflicts.

[X1XNobleX1X]

 

Hi, I recently built PC like week ago,

bought some used, and bought some New during Black Friday.

But I am having several problems I cant figure out why, and how to fix it.

 

CPU: Core i5- 2320 (Used)

MOBO: MSI B75A-G43 (Used)

RAM : Corsair 6GB DDR3 1333 MHz (3x2GB) (Used)

PSU: Corsair TX750 (New)

CFAN: Cooler Master TX3 (New)

CASE: APEX PCV-588 Mid Tower (New)

GPU: ASUS nVidia GTX 670 DirectCU II OC (New)

SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB (New)

DISK: DVD/CD Combo SATA Drive (Used)

Few Fans (New)

 

I first bought used Zalman PSU 650w, and it got messed up, and bought new Corsair 750w. Now working great, but making little buzz noise.

So I dont think it is the PSU that is wrong, some thing is making PSU not stable I believe. I do not know what it is. That is one problem.

Now, I am getting 'nVidia graphic driver has stopped responding and has been recovered' error sometimes, even when I am just searching web.

Also I get that error when I run Heaven benchmark with just 125MHz Core and 250MHz Memory Clock Overclock, (even with 117 Power Target and 0997 voltage)

With 100 Core and 200 memory and 100 Power Target with no voltage increase Overclock runs just fine.

3D Mark Benchmark? I cant even run it, it crashes while it loads and give me error message.

I tried my spare HD 5450 GPU and still can not get 3D Mark to run. 

I played Battlefield 4 and Metro Last night. The games shows error and crashes like once a 2 hours or once a 5 hours. Even on stock clock. 

The Graphic card is self is fine, I tried on my brothers PC and it runs just fine. No error and 3D Mark runs great with no problem.

Now that is second problem

I took out a Graphic card and ran PC with just CPU and its integrated graphic, randomly like once a 20 min, I see weird lines on 25% of my bottom monitor for like half a seconds and goes away.

(lines like on picture I have attached)

I ran Prime95 stress test, and PC crashes after 5 min test and reboots.... ㅡㅡ;

I tried FurMark Stress test to test Integrated graphic in CPU, and it seems to work just fine.

Now that is the third problem.

These 3 problems are the problems I need to solve as of right now. Yea weird problem and many...

 

I will appreciate for you too help me out if you have any idea what causes them and how to address them...

Sorry for my English, as I am not a native English Speaker. I moved to US from Korea like 8 years ago....

Thanks!

 

 

Probably best to re install Windows. 

[bmxtricky5]

go with a re install, but i get lines like that when i hop in my bois. thats because of my monitor it works on a dif one.

[jchang]

I have re installed the OS and reset the Bios and still have these problems...I think they are Hardware or Hardware Conflict issue.

[slasher0161]

Could be a whole bunch of things what drivers are you using?

[jchang]

I have used ASUS driver(327.23) and nVidia(331.82) and both does not help.

[jchang]

I tried that testing method, and I found no component that is defective.
I tried my brother's CPU(i3) and my PC then worked fine.

However, When I put my CPU(i5) to my brothers PC, it worked fine too!

I tried RAM testing and found no problem too.

 

So it is not a CPU,

it is not RAM

it is not a MOBO....
Only reason I can think of is Motherboard and CPU interactivity or Compatibility....
Well CPU is indeed on Compatible list on My motherboard web site...
But my bro's i3-2120 works but i5-2320 does not work fine??? something got to be wrong.

[smjpl]

You are using 3 sticks of ram in a dual channel system. It will only run in single channel mode if you don't put in pairs of ram. Take one of the sticks out (check your mobo manual to know which two slots to use for dual). Its either the black slots or the blue slots anyway. This maybe causing some weird issues. If all else fails, reinstall windows without using the nvidia gpu at all. At least try start eliminating components to try figure it out. Test each stick of ram etc.

[StitchMonkey]

Did you use motherboard standoffs?  There was a post on Reddit yesterday with a surprising number of people who had had this  issue and encountered weird problems, so I thought I would toss it out there.

 

I used to get that nvidia message sometimes, specifically when I would alt tab in and out of games.  It was fixed by going into the nivida control panel and changing the "Power Management Mode" to maximum vs adaptive.  Basically it was getting confused going back and forth from demanding to not, would reduce power on not demanding, then try to run the demanding stuff at the lower power and crash.  I would not be optimistic as it sounds like you have more issues, but it might be worth trying.  Might help you narrow things down or eliminate things. 

[jchang]

I did try in Dual Channel Mode, DIMM2 and 4, or yea.. as you said two Black slots... But still error.

And I did put the setting on Prefer Maximum Performance, but still getting error sometimes.