- Jan 24, 2018
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Hey Guys,
I usually don't do forum posts asking for help but at this point I just have to ask for fresh ideas.
So whats the problem?
More or less frequent my Windows 10 PC locks up, but just while gaming and not even running very demanding games. It doesn't happen while video editing/rendering or while stress testing the system. You hear a short buzzing sound and then you hear the Windows "disconnect" sound and both my monitors lose the signal. I have to hard reset my machine to get it to work again.
Up to this point nothing special, there were several people on this forum with similar problems. But the real problem is, that I had this problem for so long, that up to today none of my Computer Components are the same.
When the problem first occured I was running my gtx980s in SLI. So naturally I tested one by one, with no impact on the crashes. So I don't think it's a GPU related problem, more so because when stress testing with "Kombustor" or similar programs the crashes do not appear. After that (serveral months later) I switched my MB, RAM and CPU from my old 2600k with 16GB DDR3 memory to a 7700k with 16GB DDR4 memory. The crashes were still there. At this point I really thought, the only component left would be the PSU, so I switched to a 700W BeQuiet! PSU. But nope, still no luck. After that I thought it would be a software bug, so I did the usual stuff like updating drivers, bios, even reinstalled windows from scratch. At this point I really don't know what else I could do. The only thing left from day 1 is the case and my monitors, not even the cables are the same.
So to sum up what I did:
Specs for reference:
I usually don't do forum posts asking for help but at this point I just have to ask for fresh ideas.
So whats the problem?
More or less frequent my Windows 10 PC locks up, but just while gaming and not even running very demanding games. It doesn't happen while video editing/rendering or while stress testing the system. You hear a short buzzing sound and then you hear the Windows "disconnect" sound and both my monitors lose the signal. I have to hard reset my machine to get it to work again.
Up to this point nothing special, there were several people on this forum with similar problems. But the real problem is, that I had this problem for so long, that up to today none of my Computer Components are the same.
When the problem first occured I was running my gtx980s in SLI. So naturally I tested one by one, with no impact on the crashes. So I don't think it's a GPU related problem, more so because when stress testing with "Kombustor" or similar programs the crashes do not appear. After that (serveral months later) I switched my MB, RAM and CPU from my old 2600k with 16GB DDR3 memory to a 7700k with 16GB DDR4 memory. The crashes were still there. At this point I really thought, the only component left would be the PSU, so I switched to a 700W BeQuiet! PSU. But nope, still no luck. After that I thought it would be a software bug, so I did the usual stuff like updating drivers, bios, even reinstalled windows from scratch. At this point I really don't know what else I could do. The only thing left from day 1 is the case and my monitors, not even the cables are the same.
So to sum up what I did:
■ Changed GPU
■ Changed Motherboard
■ Changed RAM
■ Changed CPU
■ Changed PSU
■ Reinstalled Windows
■ Updated BIOS of motherboard and vbios of GPU
■ Updated Drivers for literally everything
Specs for reference:
■ Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX Z270f
■ CPU: Intel Core i7 7700k
■ GPU: EVGA GTX 980 FTW
■ RAM: HyperX 2x8GB 3000MHz DDR4 memory
■ PSU: BeQuiet! 700W Pure Power Modular
■ Monitors: 1x Acer FHD 144Hz, 1xAcer FHD 60Hz
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