stevek93 wrote: » Hi all, Ok I am usually able to resolve these by myself but I need another input here. My desktop that I built a few years back has suddenly started to do something strange, so what I mean is out of nowhere the monitor would loose signal but the machine would appear to still be up. I have an external graphics card and thought it was that so I switched over to the onbroad graphics and a similar issue occured but this time the display stayed up but I lost all my USB ports at random my keyboard and mice just randomly stopped working but the clock on the taskbar continued to count the time so I knew the machine was still up only way of getting the machine to respond again was to do a hard reset. I have reinstalled Windows now still on the onboard graphics I am loosing the USB ports at random but they are now coming back without a hard reset for example if I have USB storage plugged in it will pop up that I have plugged in a device when the USB ports come back. I have tested everything RAM, SSD CPU using Memtest86, crystal disk info/mark, OCCT, prime95, furmark chkdsk reset bios reset cmos reinstalled windows. If a spec list is needed I can post. Thanks
_DMac_ wrote: » PSU or Mobo dying possibly. I had the GPU issue previously and it was the PSU on the way out after 8 years of hard work
ED E wrote: » Do you have all your USB ports on one controller or have you several? If so confirm you're dropping all controllers. If you are dropping all you controllers I'd say chipset/mobo failing. You might see NMI/similar in the event viewer for when the device drops and comes up again.
beauf wrote: » My first thought is mobo. Power surge or something has spiked the motherboard. Hard to troubleshoot unless you have a second system to test with.
mad turnip wrote: » it sounds like your motherboard has kicked it. Try rule out your usb devices. Unplug all unneeded devices and try using a different keyboard and mouse. USB can cause all kinds of chaos and with exposure to sweat and possible liquids it can cause very unpredictable issues. The fact the usb is going first might be an indication. I don't want to give too much hope, but the freezing issue while seeing the time go down I saw before when a bad mouse had somehow froze the usb driver.
K.O.Kiki wrote: » Very rare, but check if there's a firmware update for your monitor. Happened to me 3 years ago, I lost connection so often due to "no output device detected" that I got temp-banned from Overwatch.
Damien360 wrote: » Young lads MSI GeForce 1060 was doing exactly the same a few months ago. He wasn’t over clocking at the time but the 3 screens would go black, and all the PC fans would go 100%. Checked temperatures in MSI afterburner app and all ok before the event. Very random occurrence. Upped the power limit on the graphics card by another 10% and that seems to have solved the issue.
baldur1 wrote: » Sounds very like the symptoms before my mobo died earlier this year. Do you have post codes on the mobo by chance?
stevek93 wrote: » I am thinking now if the PSU has been bad would it have now damaged the mobo? The mobo is fairly new and is a higher end Asus one I cant think of the model but it is no cheap mobo.
beauf wrote: » More like a power surge/spike damaged both at the same time. Problem with damage like that is that it can be random. So its hard to pinpoint the problem. It maybe something else, but I wouldn't rule it out.
beauf wrote: » The board could also just have partially failed itself with no external factors. We often see static shocks take out USB ports especially on the front of PCs. Sometimes they come back working a few weeks later.
stevek93 wrote: » I am going to pull the board out and build the PC again see if there is anything abrupt. I had one time a friend bring over his PC after 2 mobos went bang I found a standoff touching the back solder joints of the pci card solt, stupid can happen.
ED E wrote: » Are you playing any of these? - Apex Legends (EAC) - Fortnite (EAC) - Paladins (EAC) - Player Unknown: Battlegrounds (BE) - Rainbow Six: Siege (BE) - Planetside 2 (BE) - H1Z1 (BE) - Day-Z (BE) - Ark Survival Evolved (BE) - Dead by Daylight (EAC) - For Honor (EAC)
ED E wrote: » Thats the wonder of anti cheat systems that work like a virus, game doesn't have to be running for **** to hit the fan. Try a fresh install of windows with no games for a week before replacing the board.
beauf wrote: » Might have a short either with the cable or the port.
