I don't know what's wrong, nor how to fix it. :(

Swaps · Jul 10, 2017

I'm not a PC Guru I'm pretty noobish when it comes to PCs. I didn't build this computer I bought it used. It seems pretty beefy, at least for when I bought it a couple years ago.

AMD FX-9590 4.7GHz 8Core
Asus Crosshair V Formula Z ATx AM3+
16gig DDR3 ram
Radeon R9 290X
Antec "Truepower" Quattro 1200W power supply

But it keeps crashing when I'm playing Cities Skylines, World of Warships, Xcom2, Planet Coaster. Those are the big "offenders." I've had problems with The Division and I get surprised when Motorsport Manager starts to lag considering it isn't a very hardware stressing game.
It has recently started crashing Banished.

One thing I've noticed is that my fans don't seem to spin very fast. I have "Speedfan" and they always seem to hover around the 1000 to 1200 mark. I have them on the "automatic" setting.

I've done memory tests and they seem to pass with flying colors.

I recently did a stress test and I got these temps before it crashed.
Temp 1 140F
GPU 111F
Core 133F

I'm doing a GPU test with FurMark as I type this and it seems to be handling it really well. Temp is at 201F/94C and THAT fan is blowing at 95% right now, 3200 rpm on the Speed Fan.

Any Ideas?

mbilal2 · Jul 10, 2017

Crash as in the game crashes or the OS crashes?

Swaps · Jul 10, 2017

I assume the OS?

The whole thing just stops working. I've sat on the screen for 15-20 minutes to see if something will kick in but it's just done. Screen freezes, nothing works. Only option is to do a hard shutdown.

mbilal2 · Jul 10, 2017

Does your keyboard respond (capslock light on/off or alt+ctrl+del or Alt+tab or winkey+d)?

Swaps · Jul 10, 2017

it stays lit, but will not take any input.

mbilal2 · Jul 10, 2017

Best guess you need to update your display driver. First try updating your current driver. If that doesn't work, uninstall the current driver and then go to your card manufacturer (MSI/Asus/etc) and download it from there and install it. See if that helps. If it still doesn't work update it again.

johnnyq1233 · Jul 10, 2017

Are you running a stock cooler on that cpu? You need a good cooler like a hyper 212 or bigger to keep that cpu under control.
That would be the first thing to look at.

synphul · Jul 10, 2017

You need a lot more than a 212 evo for an fx 9590. They recommend to use liquid cooling, preferably something with a dual fan radiator like a corsair h100i or h105 with 240-280mm radiators.

For amd cpu's your best bet is to use amd overdrive and take your temps that way. It will report back the thermal margin which is how many degrees C until thermal throttling begins. The motherboard is solid (ie, it's not a cheap or budget model with low vrm phases or anything) but the vrm may be overheating. Especially when using an aio cooler since heat is drawn from the cpu but that means lack of a fan blowing across the vrm so they tend to heat up quicker. They may have been running somewhat hot over the years running that cpu and may no longer be able to handle the voltage as well. If possible try to aim a fan at them.

Another option is something like the cryorig a40 which is a dual fan radiator with a fan on the water block that can be aimed toward the vrm. If you're unsure where they are, it's the metal heatsinks along the side of the cpu opposite the ram and above the cpu.

Swaps · Jul 10, 2017

johnnyq1233 :

Corsair H80

Swaps · Jul 10, 2017

mbilal2 :

This seems to have helped quite a bit. I did another Prime95 test and it performed a LOT better, considering it didn't crash at all, I'd say that was a pretty good success.

I'll do some "research" (sitting on my ass, testing some of my games) and see how much it really helped.

mbilal2 · Jul 10, 2017

This seems to have helped quite a bit. I did another Prime95 test and it performed a LOT better, considering it didn't crash at all, I'd say that was a pretty good success.

I'll do some "research" (sitting on my ass, testing some of my games) and see how much it really helped.

Glad to hear it! Keep us posted

Swaps · Jul 10, 2017

synphul :

You need a lot more than a 212 evo for an fx 9590. They recommend to use liquid cooling, preferably something with a dual fan radiator like a corsair h100i or h105 with 240-280mm radiators.

For amd cpu's your best bet is to use amd overdrive and take your temps that way. It will report back the thermal margin which is how many degrees C until thermal throttling begins. The motherboard is solid (ie, it's not a cheap or budget model with low vrm phases or anything) but the vrm may be overheating. Especially when using an aio cooler since heat is drawn from the cpu but that means lack of a fan blowing across the vrm so they tend to heat up quicker. They may have been running somewhat hot over the years running that cpu and may no longer be able to handle the voltage as well. If possible try to aim a fan at them.

Another option is something like the cryorig a40 which is a dual fan radiator with a fan on the water block that can be aimed toward the vrm. If you're unsure where they are, it's the metal heatsinks along the side of the cpu opposite the ram and above the cpu.

I'll check out AMD Overdrive and see how those stats work for me.

Thanks for the info on the coolers.
I have a Corsair H80 Liquid Cooled. Dual fans on the radiator.

Swaps · Jul 11, 2017

Well, apparently it didn't work at all. Everything still crashes. :-(

hang-the-9 · Jul 11, 2017

Try another video card in the system.

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