Issues with pc

[MartinAlvarez7]

Hi guys!! So recently, my pc has starting being weird in many ways. First of all, when I boot my pc the dram light flashes orange then goes normal, the cpu led flashes red once, goes normal, flashes red again, then goes normal. The vga light flashes white then goes normal. However, it boots fine. My cpu temps have been a little higher than before, about 65-70 under load with an aio when they used to be 55 under load. Also, the pump makes some strange noises on boot, and it used to make no noise at all. The radiator fan (cpu fan) is also extremely loud, I would say about 4-5 times louder than it used to be. In game, I started having extremely slow response time and lower frames. Also, I had a couple of bsod’s with the code WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR, however these stopped when I disabled xmp and reseated the ram. Every other problem is still persistent. Can somebody please help, as I have absolutely no clue what could be going on, and I really need my pc as I am playing a huge 5million dollar tournament soon... thanks in advance!

[WhitetailAni]

Full specs of your PC?

[Radium_Angel]

6 minutes ago, MartinAlvarez7 said:

the pump makes some strange noises on boot,

Could be the pump going bad.

 

[Light-Yagami]

WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR - usually to do with the facts that there isn't enough voltage. If it goes away when you disable XMP, it's probably ram.. You can fix that by shoving a bit more power into the RAM module and overclock the CPU manually. PCH voltage could be too low, but that's you last fixing resort.

 

Pump makes the noise on startup because there are air pockets inside. It happens over time. Mine does it too. Don't worry about it. As long as it runs well during regular use, it's okay.

 

Slow framerates can be associated with components overheating. If the CPU is overheating, then maybe the pump isn't working right.. If there are no overheating issues, it could be that the CPU is hard power limiting itself and that causes stutter - it happens sometimes when XMP is enabled. It can also mean that Motherboard isn't the best..

 

Light that you see on the Motherboard as the system turn on are just there to let you know something is happening. They're used to identify error codes. Don't worry about them

 

I hope this helps

[MartinAlvarez7]

1 hour ago, ragnarok0273 said:

Full specs of your PC?

Asus prime z390-a, i7 9700k, 16gb ram, gtx 1660 ti, thermaltake 650w psu

[MartinAlvarez7]

1 hour ago, Light-Yagami said:

WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR - usually to do with the facts that there isn't enough voltage. If it goes away when you disable XMP, it's probably ram.. You can fix that by shoving a bit more power into the RAM module and overclock the CPU manually. PCH voltage could be too low, but that's you last fixing resort.

 

Pump makes the noise on startup because there are air pockets inside. It happens over time. Mine does it too. Don't worry about it. As long as it runs well during regular use, it's okay.

 

Slow framerates can be associated with components overheating. If the CPU is overheating, then maybe the pump isn't working right.. If there are no overheating issues, it could be that the CPU is hard power limiting itself and that causes stutter - it happens sometimes when XMP is enabled. It can also mean that Motherboard isn't the best..

 

Light that you see on the Motherboard as the system turn on are just there to let you know something is happening. They're used to identify error codes. Don't worry about them

 

I hope this helps

Thank you! By the way, I’m in a country with 220v power but I’m using an adapter and it’s worked perfect up until recently... could that be an issue?

[WhitetailAni]

25 minutes ago, MartinAlvarez7 said:

Thank you! By the way, I’m in a country with 220v power but I’m using an adapter and it’s worked perfect up until recently... could that be an issue?

Does your power supply not have a 240v switch or 240v capabilities?

[MartinAlvarez7]

1 hour ago, ragnarok0273 said:

Does your power supply not have a 240v switch or 240v capabilities?

It doesn’t have a switch, but it definitely has the capacity because it’s worked fine for over a month, but my idea was maybe it’s affecting the voltages of my parts? What do you think?

[WhitetailAni]

1 minute ago, MartinAlvarez7 said:

It doesn’t have a switch, but it definitely has the capacity because it’s worked fine for over a month, but my idea was maybe it’s affecting the voltages of my parts? What do you think?

I'd just like to make sure I read this correctly.

You're using a 240v to 120v converter for your power supply?

[Light-Yagami]

On 2/10/2021 at 6:17 PM, MartinAlvarez7 said:

Thank you! By the way, I’m in a country with 220v power but I’m using an adapter and it’s worked perfect up until recently... could that be an issue?

All PSUs that are 240v compliant do not need an adapter to run at 220v. They will do that on their own just fine. Most actually have the capacity to run at ether 110v/240v, and you can run them at 120v/220v no problem. It's in the tolerance margin.