Hey guys, I hope I have the correct section here! I finished building my new rig last week, these are the specs;
FX-8120 8 core
Mobo - Msi 970a-g45
850W Powercool PSU
HD5750 (Want to upgrade to the 6950 or 70 at a later date)
1.5TB HDD
8GB DDR3
My issue is this, after flashing my motherboard to recognise the new FX Processors, my computer powers off as if the powercable has been pulled out when I start either Windows or Ubuntu (Times are random, either as soon as the desktop appears or after 10 minutes). The only way I can start it back up is if I switch the PSU switch to off, take the cable out, wait for my case LED's to stop flashing, then plug it back in and turn the switch back on. I originally thought maybe it was an overheating issue, but the temperature ranges around 30-35 degrees celcius on idle and no more, so that can't be the issue.
This is the second processor I've had, I took the original one back as I thought it was faulty (Exact same issues) they ran prime95 on it but it failed. It really bugged me when I got a replacement to find out I'm having the same issues.
Just a note, I always used an antistic wrist strap when building.
Any ideas guys? I'm pretty stumped right now (And sick of using a single core sempron)
~John
FX-8120 8 core
Mobo - Msi 970a-g45
850W Powercool PSU
HD5750 (Want to upgrade to the 6950 or 70 at a later date)
1.5TB HDD
8GB DDR3
My issue is this, after flashing my motherboard to recognise the new FX Processors, my computer powers off as if the powercable has been pulled out when I start either Windows or Ubuntu (Times are random, either as soon as the desktop appears or after 10 minutes). The only way I can start it back up is if I switch the PSU switch to off, take the cable out, wait for my case LED's to stop flashing, then plug it back in and turn the switch back on. I originally thought maybe it was an overheating issue, but the temperature ranges around 30-35 degrees celcius on idle and no more, so that can't be the issue.
This is the second processor I've had, I took the original one back as I thought it was faulty (Exact same issues) they ran prime95 on it but it failed. It really bugged me when I got a replacement to find out I'm having the same issues.
Just a note, I always used an antistic wrist strap when building.
Any ideas guys? I'm pretty stumped right now (And sick of using a single core sempron)
~John
That is:
Overclocking it, I might play around with it, but to be honest I don't really know what to do, I don't know what the safe "margins" are, voltage wise. Temperature's I know what's good / bad.
