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Power blinking/pulsating at startup

I recently bought a new PC exept my old Seagate HDD and a Corsair CX600W PSU. Before the upgrade, I had a an ASUS P8B75-M LE mobo, i5 3330 and an HD7770 and everything worked just fine.

 

The problem started when I changed my platform to an i5 4690K and an ASRock Z97m Pro 4.

 

Here's the problem: Every second time I start my PC (on average) it won't boot up. The power LED indicator and the lights in the case start flashing. I'm guessing that the power delivery isn't constant becasue you can also hear the PC starting up parallel with the lights flashing.

 

I would record the startup but you can't see anything - I'm guessing it's because it flashes more rapidly then the shutter on my phone camera.

 

I repeat - every second time I start my PC (on average) this happenes. Then I have to unplug it from the wall, put the chord back in, press the power button and it works normally.

 

What's the problem? It it maybe the PSU?

 

Thanks.

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are there any dip switches on the mobo? i know my older asus p8z68v-lx sometimes doesn't boot on the first push of the power button unless the EPU switch is disengaged. 

CPU: AMD FX8350 @4.4GHz | MOBO: ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0, 990FX chipset | RAM: 16GB (4x4) dual channel Patriot Xtreme series DDR3 @1866MHz @1.65V | GPU: Asus Radeon R9 Fury Strix| PSU: Corsair AX860i 860 watt | CPU cooling: Noctua NH-D15S + additional Noctua NF-F12 | Case:Corsair C70 Black | Storage: 3x 128GB Samsung 840 pro SSDs; 1 for the OS, 2 in RAID 0 for games. 3x WD Red 3TB HDDs in raid 5 for bulk storage | Displays: 1x Dell 3007WFP 30 inch 2560x1600 IPS LCD. 1x I-Inc IH253DPB 25 inch 1920x1080 TN LCD | Keyboard: Corsair K70 with Cherry MX brown switches + Blue LED backlight | Headphones: Sennheiser HD 280 Pro | Mouse: Logitech G600 @1100 DPI | OS: Win 10 Pro 64 bit | 

Mfg/model number: Clevo/W355SSQ | CPU: Intel i7 4710MQ @3.5GHz  | MOBO: W35xSS_370SS, HM87 Chipset | RAM: 16GB (2x8) dual channel Crucial Ballistix DDR3 @1866MHz | GPU: GTX860m 2GB Gddr5 | Battery: 76,960mW/h 8 Cell battery, 3 Hrs full on a full charge | Storage: 1x 128GB Samsung 840 pro SSD for the OS. 1x WD Red 1TB HDD For storage and games | Displays: 1x 15.6" 1080p LCD | Keyboard: Full 103 key back-lit keyboard | Mouse: Logitech M510 | OS: Win 10 Pro 64 bit |

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are there any dip switches on the mobo? i know my older asus p8z68v-lx sometimes doesn't boot on the first push of the power button unless the EPU switch is disengaged. 

Guess not...

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