- Aug 27, 2010
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Hi, I am having a strange issue where the RX 480 just randomly shuts the PC down. This happens to me only in League of Legends when something intensive tends to happen. The strange thing is I believe my system has plenty of power and I have zero issues with Nvidia.
As a background, I "upgraded" from a GTX 970 4GB, where I had zero issues other than the odd fps drop and a slightly loud fan, to an Asus Dual RX 480 4GB where it was OK for a couple of games in LoL, but then after the first crash in LoL it started to crash every single time I went into game. By crash I mean the computer would instantly turn off and I would have to reboot. It was OK in standard browsing/playing videos.
So I returned the 480 and bought a GTX 1070 8GB. Again, literally zero issues, played tons of games with LoL on that card. However, as I was only playing LoL at 1200p I thought a 1070 was overkill, so I sold the 1070 and bought PowerColor 8GB RX 480, my thinking being that maybe I was unlucky with a dodgey card with the ASUS RX 480 (it is currently one of the cheapest 480's after all). But I've had the odd complete computer shutdown with even with this different 480 card. It has been alot less frequent than the ASUS one, but the fact it still happens rarely is annoying/worrying.
I'm at a loss as to what is causing this because it happens only with the Radeons. I'm using DDU driver removal tool in safe mode to completely remove Nvidia drivers before installing the AMD ones, and I've even checked in regedit for Nvidia entries (none found). I have a Gold rated 850W Akasa PSU, and given that I had zero issues with both a 970 and a 1070 in the same card slots, I'm thinking it's not the PSU or the mobo?
Thing is I'd much rather keep the 480 if I could resolve the problem because I just prefer Radeon software and think the in-game colors are a little better with LoL anyway.
If anyone has any clue as to what it might be I would be really grateful. My PC specs are:
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 Black
PSU: Akasa Venom Power 850W Modular Power Supply with dynamic single 12V Rail 80+ GOLD
Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Extreme4 Skylake ATX Motherboard
RAM: G.SKILL TridentZ Series F4-3200C16D-16GTZB 16GB (8GBx2) DDR4 3200MHz C16 1.35V Memory Kit
CPU: Intel Core i5 6600K, S 1151, Skylake, Quad Core, 3.5GHz, 3.9GHz Turbo, 6MB Cache
Graphics Card: ASUS DUAL-RX480-O4G Radeon 4 GB RX 480 Dual OC GDDR5 Graphics Card
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master RR-212X-17PK-R1 Hyper 212X "CPU Air Cooler, 4 Continuous Direct Contact Heatpipes
Hard Drive (Backup only): Hitachi DeskStar 1TB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 16MB Cache - OEM
SSD Drive (Windows and Apps) 256GB SanDisk Ultra Plus, 7mm Slim 2.5" SSD, SATA III - 6Gb/s, Read 530MB/s, Write 445MB/s, 82000 IOPS Max +Prize Draw
Disc Drive LG x24 DVD±R, 12xDVD±DL, DVD+RW x13
Windows 10 Pro 64 bit
As a background, I "upgraded" from a GTX 970 4GB, where I had zero issues other than the odd fps drop and a slightly loud fan, to an Asus Dual RX 480 4GB where it was OK for a couple of games in LoL, but then after the first crash in LoL it started to crash every single time I went into game. By crash I mean the computer would instantly turn off and I would have to reboot. It was OK in standard browsing/playing videos.
So I returned the 480 and bought a GTX 1070 8GB. Again, literally zero issues, played tons of games with LoL on that card. However, as I was only playing LoL at 1200p I thought a 1070 was overkill, so I sold the 1070 and bought PowerColor 8GB RX 480, my thinking being that maybe I was unlucky with a dodgey card with the ASUS RX 480 (it is currently one of the cheapest 480's after all). But I've had the odd complete computer shutdown with even with this different 480 card. It has been alot less frequent than the ASUS one, but the fact it still happens rarely is annoying/worrying.
I'm at a loss as to what is causing this because it happens only with the Radeons. I'm using DDU driver removal tool in safe mode to completely remove Nvidia drivers before installing the AMD ones, and I've even checked in regedit for Nvidia entries (none found). I have a Gold rated 850W Akasa PSU, and given that I had zero issues with both a 970 and a 1070 in the same card slots, I'm thinking it's not the PSU or the mobo?
Thing is I'd much rather keep the 480 if I could resolve the problem because I just prefer Radeon software and think the in-game colors are a little better with LoL anyway.
If anyone has any clue as to what it might be I would be really grateful. My PC specs are:
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 Black
PSU: Akasa Venom Power 850W Modular Power Supply with dynamic single 12V Rail 80+ GOLD
Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Extreme4 Skylake ATX Motherboard
RAM: G.SKILL TridentZ Series F4-3200C16D-16GTZB 16GB (8GBx2) DDR4 3200MHz C16 1.35V Memory Kit
CPU: Intel Core i5 6600K, S 1151, Skylake, Quad Core, 3.5GHz, 3.9GHz Turbo, 6MB Cache
Graphics Card: ASUS DUAL-RX480-O4G Radeon 4 GB RX 480 Dual OC GDDR5 Graphics Card
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master RR-212X-17PK-R1 Hyper 212X "CPU Air Cooler, 4 Continuous Direct Contact Heatpipes
Hard Drive (Backup only): Hitachi DeskStar 1TB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 16MB Cache - OEM
SSD Drive (Windows and Apps) 256GB SanDisk Ultra Plus, 7mm Slim 2.5" SSD, SATA III - 6Gb/s, Read 530MB/s, Write 445MB/s, 82000 IOPS Max +Prize Draw
Disc Drive LG x24 DVD±R, 12xDVD±DL, DVD+RW x13
Windows 10 Pro 64 bit
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