- Sep 28, 2018
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About 6 months ago I bought a pre-built PC. Everything on the PC was working as expected. But recently I decided to move the parts into a new case because I wanted more space for hard drives. This required me to purchase a new Motherboard, power supply & CPU fan.
After building the PC, I've run into an issue. I can use the PC for hours on end while running intensive tasks like music production, video editing, watching 4k video, etc. But for some reason whenever I run a game, it crashes a couple of seconds into the game. Even if I'm only in a menu. When It does crash I get these weird little blue or red squares on my screen and it usually requires a reboot. I've gotten a blue screen once before, but usually the PC just freezes. I've tried several different games, and I always get similar results. Sometimes the game crashes at a particular point. For example, Far Cry 5 always crashes once I reach the top of a particular ladder.
Picture of a crash
Picture of the Bluescreen
Something to note: The prebuilt PC came with SODIMM ram, so I have to use a SODIMM to DIMM adapter on my new motherboard.
Part list:
MB: Z270 Killer SLI/ac
GPU: Nvidia GTX 1070
CPU: Intel i7 6700
PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G2
RAM: 2X HYNIX 8GB DDR4 HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF
Solutions I've tried:
Uninstalling and reinstalling graphics drivers
Making sure my motherboard isn't overclocking anything
Disabling unused sound devices
Checking temperatures during a crash; Nothing seems high enough to warrant a crash. Plus it always crashes a couple of seconds into a game and I wouldn't think that would be enough time for the temps to get high enough to overheat.
If I had just build the PC, I would have assumed that I had a faulty GPU. But since it worked just fine in the prebuilt, I'm not so sure. Any help would be appreciated.
After building the PC, I've run into an issue. I can use the PC for hours on end while running intensive tasks like music production, video editing, watching 4k video, etc. But for some reason whenever I run a game, it crashes a couple of seconds into the game. Even if I'm only in a menu. When It does crash I get these weird little blue or red squares on my screen and it usually requires a reboot. I've gotten a blue screen once before, but usually the PC just freezes. I've tried several different games, and I always get similar results. Sometimes the game crashes at a particular point. For example, Far Cry 5 always crashes once I reach the top of a particular ladder.
Picture of a crash
Picture of the Bluescreen
Something to note: The prebuilt PC came with SODIMM ram, so I have to use a SODIMM to DIMM adapter on my new motherboard.
Part list:
MB: Z270 Killer SLI/ac
GPU: Nvidia GTX 1070
CPU: Intel i7 6700
PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G2
RAM: 2X HYNIX 8GB DDR4 HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF
Solutions I've tried:
Uninstalling and reinstalling graphics drivers
Making sure my motherboard isn't overclocking anything
Disabling unused sound devices
Checking temperatures during a crash; Nothing seems high enough to warrant a crash. Plus it always crashes a couple of seconds into a game and I wouldn't think that would be enough time for the temps to get high enough to overheat.
If I had just build the PC, I would have assumed that I had a faulty GPU. But since it worked just fine in the prebuilt, I'm not so sure. Any help would be appreciated.
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