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December 26th, 2016 15:00
Overclocking Failure
Every time I turn on my Area 51 R2 it takes forever to start, sometime I just get a black screen and nothing happens. Other times I get a message that the previous overclock setting fail and it will load with the default settings. Well I am not overclocking. Sometime I have to take a memory stick out for it to show something. I recently upgrade the memory from 8 to 24 and also I installed a Samsung 850evo SSD. After the upgrades is when I started having problems. this PC is a year old. I have check and downloaded the last BIOS version and other drives. PLease help. Thanks
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3301 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s),Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 24.0 GB, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Tesla1856
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December 26th, 2016 15:00
I suggest you re-install the original memory (in original slots) and run ePSA Diagnotics (outside of Windows). This should tell you if motherboard is good or not.
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December 28th, 2016 11:00
I did put the original memory in the original slot and ran the ePSA everything came out good. I also ran the longer memory test cuase it was recommended. it work for 2 days. today when I tuned the pc on same thing happen
Tesla1856
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December 28th, 2016 12:00
If problems persist, I would try a clean-install of Windows and drivers. You need to determine if it's hardware or software. Who knows ... if not running SecureBoot maybe you caught a Root-Kit.
If machine still fails, sounds like you might have a hardware failure. It might have failed on it's own or damaged during all the upgrades.
Yes, I have seen bad hardware pass ePSA, but fail to run 64bit Windows (or burn-in apps like OCCT) properly. Unfortunate situation, but that is my experience. ePSA (or UEFI Diags on Dell and others like Lenovo) tests are very basic. Really just a starting point hurdle to pass before continuing to troubleshoot. It's nice it's there, but not "all telling".
To protect your investment, I suggest you keep the machine under warranty. When in need of service ... use professional service centers with certified technicians.