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Computer shutdown. No BSOD
This is my wife computer.
In September 2013 I bought a Gigabyte Z87-D3HP MoBo and a i5 4760K intel CPU at Microcenter and a (4+4)G Team DDR3 – 2400 - (Cl 10-11-11-31) - 1.65V from Newegg.
I had some issues with the MoBo. It didn’t always recognize the HDD. I’ve tried to update the BIOS, change SATA cables and connectors. A month later I went back to Microcenter and they replaced the MB. Just filled up a form informing the problem with the MoBo. I was very happy with Microcenter.
It ran normally for almost 4 years with a light (10%) CPU overclock. Turbo boost multiplier was set as 42 instead of 38.
Last April the computer began to randomly shutdown. No BSOD. Then it used to boot normally (after a check disk). It could run for days without a shutdown. The shutdown began to happen more frequently.
Then it died. Couldn’t boot. I tested the memories on another computer and found no problems. I cleaned the memory slots, the CPU and sprayed the CPU slot with a contact cleaner and reset BIOS. For my surprise it booted. When I was configuring BIOS it shut ed down. After some minutes, it booted again. Then I noticed that the max turbo boost multiplier was reported as 36 when it should be 38. Then I changed the default multiplier from 34 to 25 (normal and boost) and set the base clock from 100MHz to 80MHz.
CPU was working with 2G at 32ēC, chipset with 80MHz at 28ēC and still shutting down. Nothing happens if I tried to reboot. I have to switch the power supply off, wait for Ŋ a minute and then try to boot. Sometimes it boots, sometimes it beeps continuously.
Unfortunately I don’t have another 1150 CPU or motherboard to find out if the problem is on the CPU or on the MB. I’m quite sure isn’t on the memories, as it worked on the other MB.
Any ideas?
Last edited by Megahertz07; 17 Sep 2017 at 18:21.