Any PC Builders Out There?

I’m not cut out for this


Well I tried re running memtest. Wouldn’t work doing same thing as last time. Frustrating. So I consult Reddit. Someone said disable CSM cus it was probably trying to boot from hard drive instead of the USB I kept choosing as boot option 1. Welp

Now I turn on my PC and press f2 or delete and it won’t even go into BIOS. Did I just brick the CMOS battery or something?



stuck on this screen. Don’t even have the usb with memtest plugged into it right now.

I don’t know why it wouldn’t just run memtest from the same USB as the other day when I’d press F8 for boot select and choose the USB. It would then just go straight into windows

 

Relax

Unplug PC

Reset CMOS

Plug in PC

Boot, load optimized defaults or whatever is suggested

 

Not having the manual slows down being able to find the cmos short pins and the switch lol. I resorted to just removing the battery and putting it back in since I knew where that was. Just meant I had to take out my graphics card to get to it lol


It appears the issue was the formatting of the USB? Even though it worked last time. I re formatted to FAT32 not just “FAT” and mem test started exactly as it should’ve.

 

I'm definitely not cut out for PC troubleshooting; but just dropping in to say a 6700XT and 850W power supply are a great match together. Thats not to say your used parts aren't to blame though. Hope you get it figured out!

 

Troubleshooting is such a long, crapshoot of a process. Been working on getting the stuff for the NAS all worked out (hardddrives should be here tomorrow) and went to throw in an upgraded processor and more ddr3 ram I had sitting around. Made some swaps, wouldn't boot. Put in original ram, booted fine, turns out 4 of the 6 sticks of DDR3 I have either don't like this motherboard (maybe too high of a speed for it's age?) or are dead. Took me a solid hour or so of playing around, trying things, seeing if it changed, resetting cmos, seeing if it changed, yadda yadda yadda. Got it to boot into windows 7 reliably on an i5 4670 w/ 12gigs of ram though. Should be plentttttty for either unraid or truenas.

 

Already said it, stress testing components is the easiest way to start diagnosing stuff

Memtest already showed an error, running it to the fullest and confirming the same errors would rule out a bad module as already mentioned

On top of that, since I only repeated it a few times, those disclosures about early release warnings

 

I'm learning as I go. This is still my first computer built, now in its second iteration i guess. And initially aside from MSI sending me a dead motherboard when i built it, and a water pump on a liquid cooler going out, It ran problem free for 8 years lol. Timing of swapping components/ early access game may just be a coincidence.

I get annoyed easily though I'll definitely admit.

Second memtest should be done now. Will see results when I'm home from classes

 

Here I thought you were much older, seeing as how it's an old rig

Makes more sense now

It's easy getting frustrated; never work on something when you're not in the right state of mind though

You'll only be susceptible to causing more damage

 

I'm 21 as of yesterday actually . yea this morning I just got annoyed I was like oh ill start memtest again before I hit the gym and classes for the day. Then it just wouldnt work the same way as the other day for whatever reason and yea. still seems odd that reformatting the USB to FAT32 let it run entirely fine. finicky. but it ran. eventually


6th grade me was really annoyed at the dead MSI board since the only way I could verify was by taking it to a shop where they literally just swapped everything to a test bench and were like "yea your board is just bricked. have fun dealing with MSI trying to get a refund lol"

Entirely stupid but its the reason I won't buy anything MSI anymore. A friend recently had an issue with a MSI 3060ti he purchased too

And now I Bookmarked the Z270 manual PDF on my laptop for the next time i need it lol

 

I'm not a big fan of MSI. They have good prices. You get what you pay for. My daughter's boyfriend built his with an MSI board and it was a bit problematic getting it going. I won't buy their products.

If you have older USB 2.1 ports (not the blue ones), you might try using those for booting from USB. Potentially slower, but you probably won't notice anything.

Liquid cooling is not necessary unless you are significantly overclocking things. Looks really cool if that is what you are going for with your build, but if you just want a reliable PC, air cooling is still where it's at. Most stock fans are enough, but there are some really good air coolers you can get for cheap that bring temps down even further. You can get a Thermalright Peerless Assassin for $34 on Amazon and they work great.

But again, if you ONLY get crashes while Palworld is running, you have likely found the culprit.

 

Yeah, even the newest CPU's don't need overclocking for shit

I have a Z board with a K processor and leave it at stock clock; runs triple A games fine at 4k

So in this quest for a new mobo and cpu, definitely don't need to get a fancy $200 mobo and even if you upgrade your CPU cooling, an fan setup in a case that flows well will be more than perfect

 

I’ll run a 3rd time tonight. And agreed liquid isn’t needed for simple setups. I’m loyal to noctua fans. I think noise:air moving ratio is solid with them and they last.

https://www.microcenter.com/product...s-v-16gb-ddr4-3200-kit,-computer-build-bundle

tempting to try and send a friend to micro center in dallas for me and just ship this out to reno. solid price for new components w warranties..

or even more wow at 400$
https://www.microcenter.com/product...-s5-32gb-kit-ddr5-6000,-computer-build-bundle

 

This is a long shot but, does anyone here have an old Thermaltake Armor Series case?

It'd be about 15 years old as I had one when I first got into SLI (just to run Crysis).

I've got old components I want to throw into an old case and it'd be perfect to have one again; thinking of using my old 780sli board and going three way SLI with 9800 GTX + for fun.

 

Just logged a solid 2.5 hours of palworld no crash. I limited FPS to 90 instead of 120. boohoo. Turned off anti-aliasing all the way. Verified files in steam. And ran it with dx11 instead of whatever default was. Performance looked basically identical to what it was. And no crash. Works for me. I just took everything I found on reddit from r/palworld that people said worked for them and did all of them. so no clue which helped me but it worked. hooray

 

Had a mobo go out on me after only two years pretty cool Asus and a stick of ram
Switched it out today with a Msi 550. And two new sticks of ram
Definitely out of the loop computer appliances had to ask a buddy this go around lol

 

Meanwhile I'm trying to be frugal as hell for a new/used case for a three way SLI setup

 

The switch. Worked fine last night all night long. Now it won’t boot and my cpu light is on.

 

Most motherboards have some indicator light or display for any 'issues'

Did you reboot and try to access bios?

Maybe it's running fine and it's just video not being output, try your mobo's video out? Or another video out on your GPU?

The fact that it turned on and stays on means it does post otherwise it would reboot automatically in an attempt to post (some mobo's do it up to 3 or 5 times)

By the way, you're missing some screws or stand-offs even for your screws

 

Would the standoffs have anything to do with it? I noticed that too. Also I didn’t try another video out for some reason but the light stays on cpu. I’ve read that a solid cpu light means an error? But can’t figure out how to get that away. It doesn’t boot to bios it freezes at cpu I reseated my cpu twice since the last post. I also replaced the psu thinking maybe it was underpowered. So far the only thing I haven’t replaced is the gpu and cpu lol

 

Your motherboard manual will tell you as every one is different.

If your PC was working yesterday, last thing I'd be doing is pull the CPU out multiple times as you can risk bending a pin on the motherboard or CPU however AMD does it.

Did you reset CMOS and attempt to boot again?

And again, different video output as it could be booting but you're not seeing any video output as you haven't tried any other ports.

Always start simple before going full blown taking things apart.

As for the stand offs and screws, I wouldn't have installed a motherboard without them. Why'd you skip them? You have some weight hanging on your motherboard just because of the video card alone...I'd want everything bolted up and in place securely.