- Feb 24, 2016
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Hello all!,
I just started having this issue tonight. I had literally used my computer just 3-5 hrs prior, without incident, and for the last ~3 years without issues, so, a tad frustrating. First, the specs are:
MSI Z87 MPOWER LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Extreme OC Flagship
Intel Core i7-4770K Haswell Quad-Core 3.5 GHz LGA
XION AXP-1000K14XE 1000W ATX SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80+ Bronze Modular Power
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) +
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (Came free)
Mushkin Enhanced Chronos 2.5" 120GB SATA III SSD
SAPPHIRE Radeon R9 290X 100361BF4SR 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0
I also have a 2 tb seagate I believe backup drive, and a new 240 SSD I installed several months ago. Note that all of this was bought 11/20 2013, so not super old but older. Everything has remained stock clock, I did a very light OC of the R9 at one point but it was too unstable, so I said screw that.
Basically, ive been able to stay on the desktop and do basic stuff without incident. However, if I fire up a game (tried a couple diff ones), after a few minutes go by, I will either get an instant black screen followed by looping sound / computer unresponsive, or sometimes I get some bad artifacts / lines across the screen prior to black screen.
I have only had it BSOD maybe 2 times out of quite a few different tests, its almost always a straight freeze from the black screen requiring me to power it down manually (ugh.)
Now, I have tested a fair bit of things, with a couple test to do tomorrow: I first tried only using 1 of the 3 sticks of RAM, and changed sticks around, with no luck. So RAM should be fine. I didn't specifically test the mobo's RAM slot 1 out, but I am thinking its not the issue.
I did a (although brief) run of Prime95 to get a feel for the CPU - My reasoning was that, if it was crashing that fast in games, itd certainly crash pretty quickly in Prime95.. but it didnt. The temps were higher than Id like to see, so I need to reseal the heatsink and such, but they weren't shut-down temps and there was no errors, nor did it seem to be wanting to crash due to the temps. So I think CPU is fine.
I tried reinstalling the newest video drivers, and unplugging / reseating my GPU, with no luck. I have monitored the temps on all the hardware, but the GPU is only reaching around 60-80c when crashing as best as I can tell-- this on a card that default settings calls for 95C (Though I have NEVER let it run that hot, just crazy.) The fan is running, too, so I don't think its necessarily over heating on the GPU end, unless the temp sensors are way off.
So, long post aside.. my last 2 things I can easily test: I plan to test my PC w/ my ladies PSU to see if that makes a difference. If that doesn't seem to matter, I am going to take her R9 380 and try it in my PC (Same drivers, should be pretty simple PnP yes?) and see if that resolves it.
Everything I have seen, read and otherwise gives me a bad feeling its my GPU. I am just hoping I am missing something or someone has some insight, as I can't really afford this BS right now..
Thank you for your time, I know this was long. I wanted to cover everything I already did to avoid getting repeat questions
As an extra small note, not sure if it really has any relevance or not: Everything runs great right up till the freezing. Games are not stuttering or acting odd prior that I noted, solid FPS etc.
I just started having this issue tonight. I had literally used my computer just 3-5 hrs prior, without incident, and for the last ~3 years without issues, so, a tad frustrating. First, the specs are:
MSI Z87 MPOWER LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Extreme OC Flagship
Intel Core i7-4770K Haswell Quad-Core 3.5 GHz LGA
XION AXP-1000K14XE 1000W ATX SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80+ Bronze Modular Power
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) +
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (Came free)
Mushkin Enhanced Chronos 2.5" 120GB SATA III SSD
SAPPHIRE Radeon R9 290X 100361BF4SR 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0
I also have a 2 tb seagate I believe backup drive, and a new 240 SSD I installed several months ago. Note that all of this was bought 11/20 2013, so not super old but older. Everything has remained stock clock, I did a very light OC of the R9 at one point but it was too unstable, so I said screw that.
Basically, ive been able to stay on the desktop and do basic stuff without incident. However, if I fire up a game (tried a couple diff ones), after a few minutes go by, I will either get an instant black screen followed by looping sound / computer unresponsive, or sometimes I get some bad artifacts / lines across the screen prior to black screen.
I have only had it BSOD maybe 2 times out of quite a few different tests, its almost always a straight freeze from the black screen requiring me to power it down manually (ugh.)
Now, I have tested a fair bit of things, with a couple test to do tomorrow: I first tried only using 1 of the 3 sticks of RAM, and changed sticks around, with no luck. So RAM should be fine. I didn't specifically test the mobo's RAM slot 1 out, but I am thinking its not the issue.
I did a (although brief) run of Prime95 to get a feel for the CPU - My reasoning was that, if it was crashing that fast in games, itd certainly crash pretty quickly in Prime95.. but it didnt. The temps were higher than Id like to see, so I need to reseal the heatsink and such, but they weren't shut-down temps and there was no errors, nor did it seem to be wanting to crash due to the temps. So I think CPU is fine.
I tried reinstalling the newest video drivers, and unplugging / reseating my GPU, with no luck. I have monitored the temps on all the hardware, but the GPU is only reaching around 60-80c when crashing as best as I can tell-- this on a card that default settings calls for 95C (Though I have NEVER let it run that hot, just crazy.) The fan is running, too, so I don't think its necessarily over heating on the GPU end, unless the temp sensors are way off.
So, long post aside.. my last 2 things I can easily test: I plan to test my PC w/ my ladies PSU to see if that makes a difference. If that doesn't seem to matter, I am going to take her R9 380 and try it in my PC (Same drivers, should be pretty simple PnP yes?) and see if that resolves it.
Everything I have seen, read and otherwise gives me a bad feeling its my GPU. I am just hoping I am missing something or someone has some insight, as I can't really afford this BS right now..
Thank you for your time, I know this was long. I wanted to cover everything I already did to avoid getting repeat questions
As an extra small note, not sure if it really has any relevance or not: Everything runs great right up till the freezing. Games are not stuttering or acting odd prior that I noted, solid FPS etc.
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