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New PC woes

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  • 18-02-2016 9:30pm
    #1
    Celtic Tiger
    Registered Users Posts: 318 ✭✭


    Appreciate any help on this.

    I'm after building 2 identical PCs for a friend and myself, one seems to be working fine but the other....

    So I installed windows 8.1 ok then decided to upgrade to windows 10. Twice during setup computer went unresponsive. So i just restored windows 8.1. Went to play a game and computer crashed after a few seconds. Noticed a burning smell and graphics card was very hot....so dodgy graphics card i thought. Took it out and replaced it with the other from the (working) computer to test. However computer crashed as soon as i launched a game. Computer seemed to be trying to restart itself. Graphics card seemed a normal temperature when i touched it but I didnt leave PC on for long after it crashed.

    Any advice on my next step? I suppose the only good thing is that I have two of each component I can test...


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    #2
    Interested Observer
    Registered Users Posts: 13,106 ✭✭✭✭Interested Observer


    Try the PSU from the working computer, sounds like it could be the problem to me.


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    #3
    Celtic Tiger
    Registered Users Posts: 318 ✭✭Celtic Tiger


    Swapped it over...same problem. I guess its the motherboard so? Can that cause a graphics card to get so hot?


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    Celtic Tiger
    Registered Users Posts: 318 ✭✭Celtic Tiger


    Tried the graphics card that was previously very hot in the "working" pc. Fans on it stop spinning as soon as windows starts? Ugh

    Edit: Google says this can be normal if PC isnt stressed, so hopefully card is OK. Will try with a game tomorrow. Fed up now, never building another PC again ha


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    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    Also check that the CPU fan is correctly installed. If it's not, under load the computer will shut-down to prevent damage as it will skyrocket in temperature very quickly.

    Download something like Coretemp and report your temperatures while idle on the desktop and while under load playing a game.

    Also check ram, could be a bad stick.


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    #6
    Celtic Tiger
    Registered Users Posts: 318 ✭✭Celtic Tiger


    You were right about the cpu fan, I didn't have it properly pushed in, very silly. Everything seems to be running OK now hopefully no permanent damage done. Thanks for the help.


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