This is a long story,
I recently got my self a new PC - a9rd580 motherboard from sapphire. Its an old 939 system but my processor and memory were too and I didn't fell like upgrading.
Now, after a bit of drama learning about how all the new Bios setting worked I finally got it to a state were the thing was fully operational with no problems.
Since the motherboard had overclocking features and was made for it (it has a heat sink covering a 4 phase pwm transistor array for the processor) I decide to increase the CPU voltage offset by 0.1V. After running the system with the new voltage i became a little worried because one of my processors cores was hitting 93 C only from using spy ware doctor and the processor's case temp was hitting 60 C (it was idling was 35-37 C).
So I putting that setting back to normal. After which upon the next boot I noticed my computer would become unresponsive for a second (the audio would skip and all applications would freeze). Even weirder was the fact that thought the programs would become unresponsive. However, I could move my application windows around with ease and move the icons on my desktop with no problems. The problem would only last for a few seconds and clear itself up - but it became more and more frequent as time went on.
After it completely locked up on me except for the mouse and would not unlock up on me I tried to hold the power button to turn it off. It didn't work anymore, it ignored the power button. After which I cut the power. When i tried to boot it up again it didn't even bothering trying to post and just ran all the fans on high. So I unplugged it again and then plugged it back it but I didn't try to turn it back on.
I then left it plugged in for the night. I booted it next morning and it posted, however the problem was not gone. The longer the computer was on (just simply running) the worst the problem became until it exhibited the same problems again. I could restart it as much as I wanted but it would completely ignore the power button. The only way to turn it off is to cut the power which will most likely brick it.
The weirdest thing too is that when I entered the bios I noticed that the clock was no longer counting, it was using a new bios battery and did not lose any settings without power but the computer had stopped keeping time.
I'm not even sure what the cause of the problem is. Could my south bridge chip be dead? Could my processor be damaged? Could my powersupply be broken? My computer never crashed or blue screened... it just lagged until it would eventually freeze, with the mouse still being operational.
Thank you for reading, please help.
I recently got my self a new PC - a9rd580 motherboard from sapphire. Its an old 939 system but my processor and memory were too and I didn't fell like upgrading.
Now, after a bit of drama learning about how all the new Bios setting worked I finally got it to a state were the thing was fully operational with no problems.
Since the motherboard had overclocking features and was made for it (it has a heat sink covering a 4 phase pwm transistor array for the processor) I decide to increase the CPU voltage offset by 0.1V. After running the system with the new voltage i became a little worried because one of my processors cores was hitting 93 C only from using spy ware doctor and the processor's case temp was hitting 60 C (it was idling was 35-37 C).
So I putting that setting back to normal. After which upon the next boot I noticed my computer would become unresponsive for a second (the audio would skip and all applications would freeze). Even weirder was the fact that thought the programs would become unresponsive. However, I could move my application windows around with ease and move the icons on my desktop with no problems. The problem would only last for a few seconds and clear itself up - but it became more and more frequent as time went on.
After it completely locked up on me except for the mouse and would not unlock up on me I tried to hold the power button to turn it off. It didn't work anymore, it ignored the power button. After which I cut the power. When i tried to boot it up again it didn't even bothering trying to post and just ran all the fans on high. So I unplugged it again and then plugged it back it but I didn't try to turn it back on.
I then left it plugged in for the night. I booted it next morning and it posted, however the problem was not gone. The longer the computer was on (just simply running) the worst the problem became until it exhibited the same problems again. I could restart it as much as I wanted but it would completely ignore the power button. The only way to turn it off is to cut the power which will most likely brick it.
The weirdest thing too is that when I entered the bios I noticed that the clock was no longer counting, it was using a new bios battery and did not lose any settings without power but the computer had stopped keeping time.
I'm not even sure what the cause of the problem is. Could my south bridge chip be dead? Could my processor be damaged? Could my powersupply be broken? My computer never crashed or blue screened... it just lagged until it would eventually freeze, with the mouse still being operational.
Thank you for reading, please help.
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