Hi all,
I'm facing a very unusual problem & not able to fix it. Appreciate your help on this.
My Specs
CPU BX80646I74790K Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (Overclocked stable to 4.4GHz with 1.25v)
Cooler ELC-LT240-HP Enermax LIQTECH 240 AIO Liquid CPU Cooler
Mobo 152-HR-E979-KR EVGA Z97 Classified
Mem F3-2400C10D-16GTX 32GB G.Skill Trident X 32GB (4X8GB) 2400Mhz DDR3 (Overclocked to XMP Profile1 with 2400Mhz with 1.65V)
GPU 06G-P4-1996-KR EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti HYBRID GAMING (Overclocked to 110% power limit, 135mhz core clock & No memory overclock)
SSD SDSSDXPS-240G SanDisk Extreme PRO 240GB Solid State Drive
SSD SHSS37A/480G Kingston HyperX Savage 480GB
HDD WD1003FZEX WD Black 2TB SATA 6 Gb/s, 7200 RPM, 64MB Cache
PSU SNOW SILENT-1050 Seasonic SNOW SILENT 1050W ATX12V/EPS12V 80 PLUS Platinum
Bios Version is 2.04 because the latest 2.06 crashed my PC & rolled back to a version just before specter.
Problem1 - When you press the power button the PC wont POST/BOOT. After a while maybe 10mins sometime 1hour later. The PC will boot up.
Problem2 - Sometimes even after you press the button the PC will not boot at all.
Solution Checks
1) Checked power cord to PSU & replaced with a new one
2) No change in hardware made during 4yrs of setting up this PC
3) Windows 10 has always been updated automatically
4) Removed the AIO cooler & Memory sticks, reseated both and used a ceramic gel for AIO
5) Tried BIOS 1, 2, 3 at Stock and Overclocked both had same results.
6) Removed all USBs, Headphones, All points from motherboard & tried posting. Didn't work.
7) Changed the CMOS battery to a newone (Duracell)
8) Checked PSU power to Motherboard & Power to MB is present as the Red light for BIOS & White-light on the MB lights up when you turn ON the switch on the PSU.
So I have finally runout of solutions or ideas on how to find the root cause of this. Kindly help as I've gone through the entire forum to find a problem like it but noone has such an issue. My warranty expired for the Motherboard & GPU so unable to raise a ticket anymore. Appreciate your help in finding the cause & a way to fix it permanently.
i7-4790K Devil's Canyon / EVGA Z97 Classified / Enermax LIQTECH 240 / 32GB G.Skill Trident X 2400Mhz / EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti HYBRID / SanDisk Extreme PRO 240GB - OS / Kingston HyperX Savage 480GB - Games / WD Black 2TB - Backup / Seasonic SNOW SILENT 1050W / Acer Predator XB270HU / Phanteks Enthoo EVOLV ATX / Razer DeathStalker & DeathAdder / Kingston HyperX Cloud Alienware X51 R1 / i5-3330 3.2Mhz stock / 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600MHz / WD 1TB HDD / 1.5GB GTX 660 OC +120core +525mem +87mv / Benq XL2420T / Altec Lancing ATP3 2.1