Hello!
So I registered on this forum because I am, frankly, at a total loss as to what could be causing this.
Here are my specs:
Motherboard: MSI 890FXA-GD65
Video Card: Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon 5750
RAM: Corsair XMS 8 gigs
CPU: AMD Phenom II x4 970 Deneb Black Edition 3.5 Ghz
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
PSU: Antec 1000W PSU
Case: Antec 1200
What happens is that while playing a video game the display and sound will randomly cut out, though the fans and LEDs keep running. The only way to stop them is by turning off power to the PSU since the power and restart switches no longer work (I assume because the MoBo isn't getting power).
At first I assumed this was a heat issue (despite my stupidly high # of case fans) and bought a very nice heat sink. HWMonitor now says my computer idles around 28C and never gets above 45C, even during a heavy load so I think I've ruled that out.
At this point I'm pretty sure it's the motherboard or the PSU, but in the interest of saving a few hundred dollars, I thought I would see what y'all think ^^
So I registered on this forum because I am, frankly, at a total loss as to what could be causing this.
Here are my specs:
Motherboard: MSI 890FXA-GD65
Video Card: Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon 5750
RAM: Corsair XMS 8 gigs
CPU: AMD Phenom II x4 970 Deneb Black Edition 3.5 Ghz
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
PSU: Antec 1000W PSU
Case: Antec 1200
What happens is that while playing a video game the display and sound will randomly cut out, though the fans and LEDs keep running. The only way to stop them is by turning off power to the PSU since the power and restart switches no longer work (I assume because the MoBo isn't getting power).
At first I assumed this was a heat issue (despite my stupidly high # of case fans) and bought a very nice heat sink. HWMonitor now says my computer idles around 28C and never gets above 45C, even during a heavy load so I think I've ruled that out.
At this point I'm pretty sure it's the motherboard or the PSU, but in the interest of saving a few hundred dollars, I thought I would see what y'all think ^^
