pettore84

Hi,
1 year and 5 months ago, my pc (2 months after i built it) after a cold boot did 5 beeps (i know in amy bios that's cpu-related) and black screen: i did a reset by button and it started working.
Until today, my Pc has always worked very fine, no bsod or serious errors. I thought that 5 beeps problem could be referred to my old PSU (thermaltake berlin white label 80+ SIRTEC), so i replaced it with Seasonic focus+ gold 650 last january and my pc kept on working fine. Today it happend again: 5 short beeps but this time in a different way, i didn't see POST AORUS logo but after few seconds pc loaded OS win10 without the need to reset pc by button.
I took a look in event viewer finding no errors. I also ran a prime95 blend test, just to check stability, getting 0 errors and 0 warnings after about 17 minutes, i also ran other benchmarks: CPU temp below 75 and GPU below 60.

The only change i've recently done is switching PSU button from normal to hybrid-mode (seasonic feature that lets psu fan spin only going over a certain load). Anyway after the 5 beeps event, i switched to "Seasonic normal mode" again, loaded Bios default settings (even if the only thing i changed with respect to default, was disabling iGpu output days ago).
I did several resets, shut down and turn on today and the issue about 5 beeps hasn't come up again.

My specs:
-H370 Aorus Gaming 3 wifi (latest BIOS F13)
-Intel core i5 8600k (i know it's not appropriate for H chipset but when i bought its price was a deal)
-32GB (4x8GB) Crucial Ballistix Sport PC4-19200
-Cooler Noctua NH-U12S (dual NF-F12 fans)
-GPU EVGA GTX 1650 SC Ultra Gaming (drivers updated)
-SSD Crucial MX500 250 GB -HD Western Digital Blue 2TB
-HD Western Digital Red 3TB
-M2 SSD XPG SX2800 pro 512GB
-PSU Seasonic focus+ gold 650
-case: cooler master N300
-fans: NF-A14 front intake, 2xNF-S12A noctua back and top exhaust
-Win 10 pro 1909

So what do you think? I know mobo beeps are always an allarming signal (serious hardware problem), but this issue has happend so seldom that i don't know what to think.
Do you think could it be related to hybrid Seasonic PSU mode, BIOS lazy reaction, any power supply braking or anything like that?

Sorry for my long post but i'm concerned,
Thank you very much

I have a Maximus VII Hero, so I really don't want to damage it at all. I currently have an XFX R9 280 3GB. It sags a little, but not that much as to damage the PCI slot, IMO. If you line up your view with the PCI Slot, you can see the card fills in the whole left of the slot, but a little of inside slot is visible to the right of it. Like maybe 2-3MM. I'm going to replace it in two months, would I be fine until then? I'll try and get pictures.
Also, would the Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 970 be a good choice? For it's backplate, to help with the sag? I also have a H440.

Hi guys,
i'll try to be as short as possible but i really need your expert advice.

Yesterday i got my new m2 ssd so i took GPU (zotac 1050ti mini) apart to place drive and i noticed a strange dark mark in the bottom-side PCB: a dark spot in the top right corner, just near the DVI (never used it, only HDMI) solderings https://ibb.co/4VYYdHQ
Also noticed that the inward side (facing toward the mobo) of the bracket was brown https://ibb.co/9nVqWLX , furthermore a back pin of the PCIE connection was dark too, like burnt or oxidated https://ibb.co/WFF1rLj
Anyway no burnt-smell i perceived, sniffing on  them. I cleaned the marks with 97% isopropyl and now all the the stain in the corner has vanishedhttps://ibb.co/sw4Px78  but this hasn't worked for the "black" (looks like a little scratch) pin of PCIE
Some details:
I built my pc in '18 july, it works fine, never spilled anything inside it, no smell have ever come out from my case. 
All my temps are good and my case is well ventilated: the only games i play are point&click adventures so my GPU temp has never got over 50 °C. 
I took a look into the motherboard near the PCIe and i couldn't find any similar marks. I also can't wonder when these dark stains were born; this one year old picture http:// https://ibb.co/P5W6L13
seems showing the same spot in the corner and maybe i didn't noticed it 'til now.
For about 5 months my PC has been fed  by my 5 years old Thermaltake Berlin (80 plus white label Sirtec OEM and not the current CWT you could find now).
 
My SPECS are:
-H370 Aorus Gaming 3 wifi (latest BIOS F13)
-Intel core i5 8600
-32GB (4x8GB) Crucial Ballistix Sport PC4-19200
-Cooler Noctua NH-U12S (dual NF-F12 fans)
-GPU GTX 1050 Ti Zotac ZT-P10510A-10L (drivers updated)
-SSD Crucial MX500 250 GB
-HD Western Digital Blue 2TB
-HD Western Digital Red 3TB
-M2 SSD XPG SX2800 pro 512GB
-PSU Seasonic focus+ gold 650
-case: cooler master N300
-fans: NF-A14 front intake, 2xNF-S12A noctua back and top exhaust
-Win 10 pro 1809
 
Now a real problem that i can't figure out if it's related to CPU, GPU or motherboard:
my PC  has always worked fine (no BSOD, freeze neither black screen) with win10 1809 (or previous) build. 
Everytime i try to install 1903 my screen turns black installing the nvidia drivers (tried lot of versions that run very well in 1809 build). Nevertheless after "no signal" event on my LCD tv the system keeps on working for several minutes: you can hear the sounds of some open application. I have to force reset by button but when OS loads, the screen turns black again after few seconds i get into win10 desktop.
Here's a video about the whole event: https://youtu.be/0p8f54flKxk (sorry, my windows is in italian language). 
I tried lot of driver versions, did all the available windows updates, clean installations of win10 waiting and hoping next build updates could solve the problem but nothing worked. 
The only thing i can do is to leave the self-installing drivers by windows (dated 2017).
 
So what do you think: 
- Could the spot on the corner really be some burnt or maybe flux or manufacturing residuals? If you think could be a burnt, it looks very strange i've got no physical sign or pc issue.
- Could the pin with this sort of dark scratch (you can see it only looking from a certain visual angle) be a problem for my PC? Expecially i'm worried about motherboard and PCIe slot.
- Is it possible that issues above are related with black screen error with 1903 build?
Thank you very much for your time

I can install windows 10 1903, it works both running 1050ti using self-installing windows driver and for intel iGPU. Screen turns black JUST in 1903 build using 1050TI GPU, everytime i try to install any driver by nVidia.

Hi guys,
today i updated windows from 1803 to 1903 by clean install.
When i tried to install 430.86 drivers (just pysX and drivers) my screen turns black with no signal. So i have to run in safe mode and uninstall by DDU, windows install very old 23.21.13.8813 drivers and the system seems to work. I also tried 430.39 getting same thing.
Before updating windows my system worked very fine: i don't understand. My card doesn't show bad temps and my system is clean.
All my specs:
-H370 Aorus Gaming 3 wifi (BIOS F11)
-Intel core i5 8600k
-Cooler Noctua NH-U12S
-4x8 GB Crucial Ballistix Sport PC4-19200
-GPU GTX 1050 Ti Zotac ZT-P10510A-10L (drivers updated)
-SSD Crucial MX500 250 GB
-HD Western Digital Blue 2TB
-HD Western Digital Red 3TB
-PSU Seasonic focus+ gold 650
-case: cooler master N300
-fans: 140 noctua front intake, 120 noctua back exhaust and 120 cooler master top exhaust 
All motherboard drivers are updated: 
help me please, i'm little scared.
Thank you all