So I'm trying to only buy a new case and video card buy my computer conspires against me.
Situation:
About 3 months ago my system (MSI Z77A-GD65 w/ i5 3570k) stopped posting one day (no noticable triggering event) and would just have the power led turning off and on. When I checked the on-board indicator the error code resolved to: Early North Bridge Initialization
It could not even get to the BIOS with this error. Eventually, after shutting the system on and off repeatedly the system would start. Over time this got worse and worse eventually taking as long as an hour of effort to start the system.
I had multiplier OC'd the chip long ago and undid that after the one hour boot experience. Then all was good for a couple months. Last week it started again with the same error.
If I just sleep the computer it's fine. No crashes or weirdness of any kind.
Temp of CPU around high 20's early 30's Celcius
Any idea what that error message actually means in terms of how to fix it? Or is this a case of new components? In which case I may as well go all new.
Situation:
About 3 months ago my system (MSI Z77A-GD65 w/ i5 3570k) stopped posting one day (no noticable triggering event) and would just have the power led turning off and on. When I checked the on-board indicator the error code resolved to: Early North Bridge Initialization
It could not even get to the BIOS with this error. Eventually, after shutting the system on and off repeatedly the system would start. Over time this got worse and worse eventually taking as long as an hour of effort to start the system.
I had multiplier OC'd the chip long ago and undid that after the one hour boot experience. Then all was good for a couple months. Last week it started again with the same error.
If I just sleep the computer it's fine. No crashes or weirdness of any kind.
Temp of CPU around high 20's early 30's Celcius
Any idea what that error message actually means in terms of how to fix it? Or is this a case of new components? In which case I may as well go all new.