canusa53
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Hey,
A bit of assist and input, please. Am not real well versed in the technical jargon so K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple, Simon) with any responses would be appreciated. I wish I could say my issues are simple and pointed but I have to lay out some background, I believe, so as to get an accurate response.
System Specs
Mother board - ASUS P9X79 Pro
Processor - Intel Core i7 3820 Quad
Cooling - Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo heatsink
Power - Corsair Pro HX750W
Vid card - EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Memory - Corsair 1600C9 Vengeance (CMZ16GX3M4A)
[FONT="]HD's – Intel 520 Series 120 GB SSD[/FONT]
Seagate Barracuda 2 TB
Windows, core programs, and WarThunder (closed beta test of MMO)
loaded on Intel; all other material on Seagate
Here's the deal,
Built this unit last March/April. First build. Built for photography, video, media center, gaming (this was not such a priority at first but has become more so now). Had a few issues at first but got them hammered out with the exception of one: hard hang/freeze. Whole unit would freeze, nothing. Had to power off. Tried a variety of remedies from sources online and friends. Would occur at anytime under many circumstances though video was involved somewhat often. Sometimes frequently, 3-5 times a day, to only occasionally (3-0 times week). I do not recall what happened but it seemed to become less frequent and I let it ride for a bit (got tired of troubleshooting too). Had let the gaming idea rest too but then tried to log on one day and the machine would hang immediately. Okay, back to troubleshooting.
Finally came across a post regarding the issue hard hangs and someone mentioned dropping (I think descending numbers in this case is dropping) the frequency to 1333 on the DRAM. Of course mine is 1600. Well, lo and behold, the hangs stopped and all has been well in that aspect since. I got back into the MMO with a new launcher and version. I became much more interested and began to play/test a good deal. However several weeks passed and one day the machine would not shut down. It would go as far as the Windows shut down splash screen and hang. Had to power off with the switch (hold until it shut off). Doing a bit of digging I ran across something that mentions this action is related to overclocking. Plus the screen to reset mentions overclocking. Don't know much about overclocking but I guess I am learning now. Did not intend to do this. However, if I go back into the BIOS and only reset the DRAM frequency (don't have to shift it to 1600 or back to 1333) the unit will shut down reliably for a time but then will hang at shut down eventually. Certainly does not hang as frequently as it did prior to the overclocking tweak.
To the more current situation and the reason for this post.
Today I notice my chassis fans were not running. Found they start with the boot but shut down once Windows is fully loaded. After doing a bit of investigating and tinkering I find they will kick back on when I access ASUS FanXpert and set the fans to a user setting. Under a standard setting they work also. I have to change the choice of setting and then "apply". However, I power off and the same thing happens: no fans when Windows fully boots and I have to to the Xpert to restart them. I tested this with the DRAM set at 1600 and 1333. Either way.
I sense these issues are related (the hanging/tweaks/fans) in that from what I have discerned tweaking (overclocking) affects the motherboard and can lead to certain failures or shortened lifespan of the MB.
A long story but I own it. Thanks for reading it and any input you may give.
L aka canusa53
A bit of assist and input, please. Am not real well versed in the technical jargon so K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple, Simon) with any responses would be appreciated. I wish I could say my issues are simple and pointed but I have to lay out some background, I believe, so as to get an accurate response.
System Specs
Mother board - ASUS P9X79 Pro
Processor - Intel Core i7 3820 Quad
Cooling - Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo heatsink
Power - Corsair Pro HX750W
Vid card - EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Memory - Corsair 1600C9 Vengeance (CMZ16GX3M4A)
[FONT="]HD's – Intel 520 Series 120 GB SSD[/FONT]
Seagate Barracuda 2 TB
Windows, core programs, and WarThunder (closed beta test of MMO)
loaded on Intel; all other material on Seagate
Here's the deal,
Built this unit last March/April. First build. Built for photography, video, media center, gaming (this was not such a priority at first but has become more so now). Had a few issues at first but got them hammered out with the exception of one: hard hang/freeze. Whole unit would freeze, nothing. Had to power off. Tried a variety of remedies from sources online and friends. Would occur at anytime under many circumstances though video was involved somewhat often. Sometimes frequently, 3-5 times a day, to only occasionally (3-0 times week). I do not recall what happened but it seemed to become less frequent and I let it ride for a bit (got tired of troubleshooting too). Had let the gaming idea rest too but then tried to log on one day and the machine would hang immediately. Okay, back to troubleshooting.
Finally came across a post regarding the issue hard hangs and someone mentioned dropping (I think descending numbers in this case is dropping) the frequency to 1333 on the DRAM. Of course mine is 1600. Well, lo and behold, the hangs stopped and all has been well in that aspect since. I got back into the MMO with a new launcher and version. I became much more interested and began to play/test a good deal. However several weeks passed and one day the machine would not shut down. It would go as far as the Windows shut down splash screen and hang. Had to power off with the switch (hold until it shut off). Doing a bit of digging I ran across something that mentions this action is related to overclocking. Plus the screen to reset mentions overclocking. Don't know much about overclocking but I guess I am learning now. Did not intend to do this. However, if I go back into the BIOS and only reset the DRAM frequency (don't have to shift it to 1600 or back to 1333) the unit will shut down reliably for a time but then will hang at shut down eventually. Certainly does not hang as frequently as it did prior to the overclocking tweak.
To the more current situation and the reason for this post.
Today I notice my chassis fans were not running. Found they start with the boot but shut down once Windows is fully loaded. After doing a bit of investigating and tinkering I find they will kick back on when I access ASUS FanXpert and set the fans to a user setting. Under a standard setting they work also. I have to change the choice of setting and then "apply". However, I power off and the same thing happens: no fans when Windows fully boots and I have to to the Xpert to restart them. I tested this with the DRAM set at 1600 and 1333. Either way.
I sense these issues are related (the hanging/tweaks/fans) in that from what I have discerned tweaking (overclocking) affects the motherboard and can lead to certain failures or shortened lifespan of the MB.
A long story but I own it. Thanks for reading it and any input you may give.
L aka canusa53