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Karizmo

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CPU: i7 6700k
MOBO: Asus Maximum VIII Hero
Power Supply: EVGA 650w G2
Memory: ADATA 16g
GPU: EVGA 1070 FTW
Storage: Segate 2TB and Samsung 850 Evo
Windows 10 on SSD
Not Over clocked yet

Its a new build. Downloaded Overwatch and synapse etc.

Got into overwatch and after about 3-4 games crash. Says drivers lost.
Reinstalled drivers etc, did it again and again. Kept happening and crashed quicker. I had flickers, green screens and black bars. All led to crashes which I had to restart PC to get rid of.

Thought it might be GPU since didn't have precision or thermal pads and at one point reached 99 C. So I ordered one that had them via RMA.

Didn't arrive yet but now happening while browsing youtube and in word 2013 with no graphic intensive software running.

I don't know what the hell is wrong.
 
Solution
Mikel_4
Start fresh

    ■ Unplug power cord, remove motherboard battery, push and hold case's power button for 5 sec to wipe fail CMOS data, wait 15 min, push and hold case's power button for 5 sec, wait 15 min.
    ■ Reinstate battery, turn on, enter BIOS, set time and date, save and exit, try play game, if still freeze.
    ■ Use self on tester (if comes with PSU), follow the instruction to read each connector output, (A), if checked out as it should, then either motherboard component's faulty or software side conflict (a) or possible other part (I),

A

    ■ Could be just bad cable, try buy and replace the cable. if after the replacement cable don't work out,
    ■ Contact re-seller or vendor (if still valid ) for warranty.

a

    ■ Take a...
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Start fresh

    ■ Unplug power cord, remove motherboard battery, push and hold case's power button for 5 sec to wipe fail CMOS data, wait 15 min, push and hold case's power button for 5 sec, wait 15 min.
    ■ Reinstate battery, turn on, enter BIOS, set time and date, save and exit, try play game, if still freeze.
    ■ Use self on tester (if comes with PSU), follow the instruction to read each connector output, (A), if checked out as it should, then either motherboard component's faulty or software side conflict (a) or possible other part (I),

A

    ■ Could be just bad cable, try buy and replace the cable. if after the replacement cable don't work out,
    ■ Contact re-seller or vendor (if still valid ) for warranty.

a

    ■ Take a closer look at your motherboard and find any unusual things (flimsy surface, scratched copper lane, bend CPU socket pin, etc), You didn't tell when the freeze happens, is it right from the start you build or after while.
    ■ Log on to windows, don't run any apps or stop online (if any) updates, use driver removal tool to completely wipe graphic card drivers, this will take you to restart windows, restart, windows will install graphic card with built in driver library, use this (if available) driver and play games, if persist, uninstall windows VGA driver and install original driver or download latest motherboard BIOS and graphic card driver, if persist, then it's not graphic card driver conflict faulty.

I

    ■ Software monitor may give false reading, get good thermal grease such as Arctic MX4, remove CPU and GPU cooler, clean and apply Arctic put back cooler.
    ■ Logon to windows and play game, if still freeze, unplug power cord, touch the GPU and CPU heat sink, they should be very hot make you can't touch 'em, if not very hot, then you'll have power delivering issue with motherboard.
    ■ To verify motherboard power delivering issue use it voltage check point (if available), if no voltage check point then use digital multi meter to read motherboard some reference here and video tutorial with keyword How to check voltage on your computer using multimeter.


At some point power related component reach its life span so one degrading power related component decrease overall power delivering performance exponentially accelerate other components reach its life span.
 
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