I'm running my system for almost 3 years, added a ssd about a years ago, everything is good until recently after windows 7 logo blinking then black out, it took my at least 3 minutes for the windows welcome screen show up. during this 3 minutes black out, there is no signal to the monitor. I decided to upgrade my video card from GTX 260 to 2X R9 280X then re-install the OS and trying to solve the problem. However there are more issues coming up and give me tons of headache so I am hopping to get some help:
1. after 2 new video card added and with new installed Win7, the system goes to welcome screen fairly quick. however the mouse and keyboard are not responding. I have to stared at the password box for 5 mins then my mouse and keyboard kicked in. It happened every time when I turn on my computer. I can see the system is still working because the mouse on the password box is slashing, but I cant move it. If I reboot , there is no wait time and both mouse and keyboard function right when I see the welcome screen. There is no driver for keyboard and I delete and install mouse driver but no luck.
2. After I reinstall win7, system is very unstable, occasionally blue screen when surfing internet and it mention marvel in the BS description. I install the driver for chipsets, marvel controller and usb3 but BS still bother me. I recently updated the BIOS but still no help...
3. Also I noticed when system goes into sleep or hibernate, there is no way to wake it up.... No matter I click the mouse or keyboard, only mouse light up but keyboard and monitor kept dark. I have to make sure it do not fall asleep, or ... hit the restart... This is retarded!
4. 2 PCIe slots are to close and I can hear the fan on card 1 is rubbing the card 2 back plate.. seems 2 cards are not perfectly parallel to each other... I have to insert some foam to create some space between two cards...
I have the genuine Win7 and 8 and I have try both of them for multiply times but no progress. then I have try the RAM, SSD, HDD, video card on another system and they work fine. I am guessing next step I will unplug the HDD and wipe out the SSD and put new OS in again and see if any problem solved..
Any suggestions? I deeply appreciated!!!
I7 920
EVGA X58 FTW3
2X VISIONTEK R9 280X
3X OCZ GOLD 2GB DDR3
OCZ VERTEX 4 128GB
WD BLACK HDD 500GB
CORSAIR HX 850W PSU