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Dr.Sparklefart
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Hello

This is my first post, so I'm sorry if I write something in the wrong place. A couple months ago, I bought a new motherboard (GIGABYTE 970A-DS3P), but when I installed it it just didn't turn on.

Hours of messing around later I noticed that it does in fact turn on about 10-15 minutes after I press the power button. This seems to take longer after I switch off the PSU. I also noticed that the LED on my mouse was very faint at first, around 5-10 minutes it was fine, another 5 or so minutes later, the computer turns on. I brought the motherboard to the shop to see if that was the problem, but no, it ran fine on their testbench. So I put the older board back in, and it was working fine, but after a couple weeks the same started happening, although it takes less time to turn on. And just a couple weeks ago I noticed that my GPU started thermal throttling, overheating. It usually stays around 75-80 degrees under load, but now it goes up to 115 before throttling down to 400mhz from 1150. I personally think it's the PSU, but I wanted to ask here for confirmation. I hope you guys can help me solve this problem.

My specs:

Motherboard: Old: GIGABYTE  GA-78LMT-S2P, New: GIGABYTE 970A-DS3P

CPU: AMD FX-6100, stock specs no OC applied

GPU: Sapphire Radeon R7 250 2GB GDDR5, OC'd: Core: 1150mhz(1000mhz stock, 1050 with boost), Memory: 1300mhz (1150 stock)

RAM: 2GB Kingmax nano 1333mhz DDR3 + 4GB Kingston HyperX Blue 1333mhz

HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 7200RPM

PSU: Akasa 500W 80+

Two additional case fans, both 120mm.

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1 minute ago, mrzoltowski said:

Not sure why a GPU would be running hotter because of a PSU, these things have voltage and power regulators built in. Is it getting hotter inside of your case?

Yes, inside, haven't tried running it outside yet. i also fully cleaned it a couple days ago, reapplied thermal paste and everything.

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Yes, inside, haven't tried running it outside íet. i also fully cleaned it a couple days ago, reapplied thermal paste and everything.

Take everything out, disconnect, check all connectors, re-seat everything, hook up everything outside of the case, reset your BIOS settings to default.

 

 

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15 minutes ago, Dr.Sparklefart said:

Hello

This is my first post, so I'm sorry if I write something in the wrong place. A couple months ago, I bought a new motherboard (GIGABYTE 970A-DS3P), but when I installed it it just didn't turn on.

Hours of messing around later I noticed that it does in fact turn on about 10-15 minutes after I press the power button. This seems to take longer after I switch off the PSU. I also noticed that the LED on my mouse was very faint at first, around 5-10 minutes it was fine, another 5 or so minutes later, the computer turns on. I brought the motherboard to the shop to see if that was the problem, but no, it ran fine on their testbench. So I put the older board back in, and it was working fine, but after a couple weeks the started happening, although it takes less time to turn on. And just a couple weeks ago I noticed that my GPU started thermal throttling, overheating. It usually stays around 75-80 degrees under load, but now it goes up to 115 before throttling down to 400mhz from 1150. I personally think it's the PSU, but I wanted to ask here for confirmation. I hope you guys can help me solve this problem.

My specs:

Motherboard: Old: GIGABYTE  GA-78LMT-S2P, New: GIGABYTE 970A-DS3P

CPU: AMD FX-6100, stock specs no OC applied

GPU: Sapphire Radeon R7 250 2GB GDDR5, OC'd: Core: 1150mhz(1000mhz stock, 1050 with boost), Memory: 1300mhz (1150 stock)

RAM: 2GB Kingmax nano 1333mhz DDR3 + 4GB Kingston HyperX Blue 1333mhz

HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 7200RPM

PSU: Akasa 500W 80+

Two additional case fans, both 120mm.

Considering Akasa makes sports balls and other random equipment that aren't computer power supplies my best guess is that your PSU is crappy and you should replace it. Don't need to spend a ton of money replacing it with an R7 250, maybe grab an EVGA 450B or the like.

 

EDIT: I'm thinking of Mikasa (oops), but regardless the only other PC-related stuff Akasa makes are computer fans. I'd still assume it's a poor-quality unit.

My account is almost entirely dormant. Hope you all are having a grand time. Many years of fun were had here.

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1 minute ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

Considering Akasa makes sports balls and other random equipment that aren't computer power supplies my best guess is that your PSU is crappy and you should replace it. Don't need to spend a ton of money replacing it with an R7 250, maybe grab an EVGA 450B or the like.

Thanks, I will defenetely consider it.

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