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Unstable pc.. Reasons unknown! help please!

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January 20, 2014 5:52:09 PM

Hi guys! i'm having some problems with my pc and i've run into a dead end.. I have a amd fx 8350 in a m5a97 r2.0 mobo with kingston blu ram. I've stress tested my cpu.. run good..(prime 95) my ram.. good(memtest86+) When i do a blend stress test my pc fails after only a few minutes. I even tested with occt and i got some bizzare results. After a full stress test my cpu was running at overclocked rates or way under the 4.0 it should be at??? Help

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January 20, 2014 5:54:40 PM

Check your temps. Sounds like you are overheating.
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January 20, 2014 5:55:14 PM

Prime95 doesn't tell you much without a monitor, try HWMonitor.
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January 20, 2014 5:59:58 PM

ewok93 said:
Prime95 doesn't tell you much without a monitor, try HWMonitor.



Sorry i forgot to mention a few things! sorry im new here.. i ran these test with hwm and my temps don't go over 40c. i'm running a cooler master 212 evo. Occt indicated that my cpu was running at 4500mhz several times but my system is not overclocked.
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January 20, 2014 6:03:22 PM

Try resetting your CMOS, maybe?
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January 20, 2014 6:25:28 PM

What do you mean "pc fails after only a few minutes"???

What exactly does it do? How does it fail?

May want to try reseating your CPU. I had a problem where the heat sink was placing too much pressure over the memory controller of my CPU and I was having all sorts of problems.

When I tried to remove the CPU I could not even get the bar to release. I had to work it back and forth for a minute before it released with ease.

After reseating it have have had zero problems where as before it would crash every few minutes consisently.
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January 20, 2014 7:29:32 PM

rwayne said:
What do you mean "pc fails after only a few minutes"???

What exactly does it do? How does it fail?

May want to try reseating your CPU. I had a problem where the heat sink was placing too much pressure over the memory controller of my CPU and I was having all sorts of problems.

When I tried to remove the CPU I could not even get the bar to release. I had to work it back and forth for a minute before it released with ease.

After reseating it have have had zero problems where as before it would crash every few minutes consisently.


When i do the full stress test with cpu and ram i have cores that shut down.. i've been told it might be my ram
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January 20, 2014 11:58:52 PM

Could be not enough voltage, run CPU-Z and Prime95 for just a few seconds to show the max voltage.
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