raze599
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I think I've fixed the problem. Last night I ran CCleaner to clean up the registry, this morning it hasnt restarted though I left it for a good 40 minutes. I'll see if it does it again but I think the problem is gone. EDIT: no its gone again lol, apparently it was ok because I left VLC player open. I'll have to try other things later. EDIT 2: I took the graphics card out and I'm now running on integrated graphics. The problem has not been solved, it still restarts by itself. So I guess we can eliminate problems with the GPU or PSU. It is strange though because as far as I remember, the problems only started when I put in the graphics card. This may point to an incompatibility on the graphics drivers side or with Geforce experience?
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Thanks. I'll try this tomorrow. If the problem goes away I'll have a look through the BIOS see if theres anything in there that can be changed and I'll try putting the card in a different slot.
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Thanks for the quick reply. Not really sure how to go about registry cleaning and I must say I haven't defragged in quite some time. My OS drive is an SSD though so as far as I know that shouldnt need defragging. The Windows installation was clean because I had to buy it due to some weird licensing reason. Wiped the SSD during the install and installed Windows afresh. When I installed it I was on integrated graphics as my previous GPU had become faulty previously. I just had a look and my PSU is a Coolermaster GX750 which is rated at 80+ Bronze so it seems to be good enough. I had a GTX 480 in there before and it ran perfectly fine. Aside from buying a new PSU, I don't have a way to try an 80+ Gold but I'll see what to do if all the other options are eliminated. In terms of drivers, I installed the latest chipset drivers at the time of the Windows install. They did mention Windows 10 compatibility. However I have never updated the BIOS. Would that be a good place to start?
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Hi everyone I recently upgraded to Windows 10 and at the start it was fine. This PC is quite old now, I think I built it about one and a half to two years ago and its been absolutely fine. However, recently I bought and installed a GTX 960 GPU. It works flawlessly. However since I put it in I've been getting random restarts from the computer. They never happen while I'm using it. They always happen once I leave it alone for a while leading me to believe its something about going into some low power state or something. The blue screen says nothing but REGISTRY_ERROR. It doesnt happen if the GPU is in use, even if not directly. For example I could have two desktops and a game open on one, the other one could be blank on the desktop and it won't restart. It won't restart if there is a video playing either. Only when everything is completely still and there is no GPU intensive application open. The GPU was used but from eBay so there is some chance of returning it if it is in fact faulty, however due to the blue screen saying registry error I doubt it is. The display driver doesnt crash or anything. My PSU is more than good enough for this card also, its a Coolermaster 750W model if I remember correctly. Any suggestions on how to go about fixing this issue? Thanks
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NZXT Phantom 630 Gunmetal Build - Haswell - Sleeved
raze599 replied to raze599's topic in Build Logs
Lol yh I just knew that a PSU would hold some charge after its unplugged, so before I started messing with the inside I just jumped the PSU a few times. Dont know if other PSU's do this but mine clicks when it turns on and off. I just jumped it enough times with the wire unplugged so that the clicking stopped. -
NZXT Phantom 630 Gunmetal Build - Haswell - Sleeved
raze599 replied to raze599's topic in Build Logs
Here are some pics: Not the best cable management but its not bad I guess. H80i was much harder to install than I expected. -
NZXT Phantom 630 Gunmetal Build - Haswell - Sleeved
raze599 replied to raze599's topic in Build Logs
I finished the build last night, I'll post some pictures later. The pictures arent that good because the camera hates being pointed at lights and it messes it all up. I'll see if I can get some decent pics. -
NZXT Phantom 630 Gunmetal Build - Haswell - Sleeved
raze599 replied to raze599's topic in Build Logs
Lol for some of them I accidentally cut them too short, and for some the joint was right next to the hole and it was impossible to make it longer because I didn't want to point my heat gun directly at the PCB in order to close the heatshrink xD Today I will work on assembling it, should be finished tomorrow hopefully :) -
NZXT Phantom 630 Gunmetal Build - Haswell - Sleeved
raze599 replied to raze599's topic in Build Logs
I finished the power supply a while ago, here are some pics: -
NZXT Phantom 630 Gunmetal Build - Haswell - Sleeved
raze599 replied to raze599's topic in Build Logs
Thanks guys. I bought 50m of sleeving, and total I have maybe 10m of heatshrink. I bought a lot of extra heatshrink. MDPC recommends 1m of heatshrink for each 10m of sleeving. I am yet to see if 50m will cover it all but it looks ok at the moment. First I bought cheap heatshrink from another company because I thought all heatshrink was the same, but I found out it wasnt lol so I had to reorder heatshrink from MDPC. I bought 6m from MDPC. MDPC heatshrink does tend to break though, when youre heating it up one end will just pop and you have to use another piece. For a non modular power supply you have to open it up and then heatshrink the end of the sleeve inside of the power supply. Its a big PITA though so I wont be sleeving a non modular again after this xD -
NZXT Phantom 630 Gunmetal Build - Haswell - Sleeved
raze599 replied to raze599's topic in Build Logs
Sleeved one of my PCI cables. This was a double wire so this is what I did: Cut that little bit off and join it to another wire. Got this wire from an old PSU that doesn't work. Then find the place in the main wire where that new wire would join and cut that little bit: Now join the two together and sleeve and heatshrink it: Here is the final result: -
NZXT Phantom 630 Gunmetal Build - Haswell - Sleeved
raze599 replied to raze599's topic in Build Logs
Just sleeved my first full wire xD turned out quite good I think: The 8 pin connector is split now, I don't know how but somehow I managed to break one of the holes on the full 8 pin connector and the wire wouldn't clip in. I bent the pins back and everything, turns out the connector somehow broke. So I went back to the original split connectors. And the solder and tape isnt visible at all with the sleeving on so all is good :) -
NZXT Phantom 630 Gunmetal Build - Haswell - Sleeved
raze599 replied to raze599's topic in Build Logs
Yup I didnt really like the white or the plain black version. All of them could do with a bigger window though lol, however I took out that side fan and that bit is quite see through so its not too bad. -
NZXT Phantom 630 Gunmetal Build - Haswell - Sleeved
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Lol I did solder them underneath there, I just taped them because I thought the sleeve would cover it up and it wouldnt be noticeable. I'll see how it turns out, I'll replace the tape with heatshrink if I need to :) Today I will be sleeving, I will post pictures later on. -
NZXT Phantom 630 Gunmetal Build - Haswell - Sleeved
raze599 replied to raze599's topic in Build Logs
Right so today, I extended the main 24 pin a bit and I adjusted the position and orientation of the sata connections on the power supply. Also finished and drilled the holes for the GPU backplate. Used Noctua NTH1 thermal paste: