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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
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
If machine passes ePSA with 2-sets of memory you might want to try resetting your BIOS settings. Are you sure you are running the latest BIOS and "it took and installed cleanly" ? Also, be sure it's not over-heating and things of that nature.
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".
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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.
Dell Rockstar
Microsoft Windows and Apple iOS Developer (Retired)
- Like many of you, I can appreciate a good game-engine.
- I answer questions here, but I'm not a Dell employee.
- Consider giving posts you like a "thumbs-up"
- Posting models-numbers and software versions speeds trouble-shooting.
- Click "Mark as Accepted Answer" on any post that answers your question best.