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System Name | Custom |
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Processor | AMD FX-8350 (8-core 4.0 GHz) |
Motherboard | GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 |
Cooling | Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO |
Memory | G.SKILL Sniper Series F3-14900CL9D-8GBSR (8 GB) |
Video Card(s) | EVGA SuperClocked 02G-P4-2765-KR (GeForce GTX 760) |
Storage | 2x 750GB SATA drives |
Display(s) | 3x LCDs |
Case | Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower |
Audio Device(s) | N/A (integrated) |
Power Supply | CORSAIR HX Series HX850 (850 W) |
Mouse | Razer Lachesis |
Keyboard | Razer Lycosa |
Software | Windows 7 Professional 64-bit |
Hello. I am using a computer I built last May (in 2014), and the specs are on my profile. My OS is Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (up to date as of 5 days ago), and my GeForce drivers are 353.30. I have not overclocked or underclocked anything.
The computer ran fine with quite a bit of daily gaming use until last month (June 2015). Since then, whenever I play a fairly graphics-intensive game, my computer will eventually reboot. When it reboots, it is just instantly off and then starting back up again. There is no BSoD, and there are no dumps/minidumps left behind. I verified that there are no BSoDs by setting Windows to not restart automatically.
The crash does not occur if the computer is idling or doing simple things like browsing. I left it running for two days straight at one point doing some downloads, and there was no crash.
It also doesn't crash when playing videos. Especially since it started crashing, I am mainly using it as a video player, as I have it hooked up to my TV via HDMI. I can play videos on it for 8 hours straight and it does not crash.
It DOES crash if I play a game for a little while (about two hours is the most I've ever been able to play before a crash). The game I have been playing the most since the crashing began is Path of Exile. I can play for about two hours, and then it will crash. After that, if I keep trying to play after it reboots, it will begin to crash more and more frequently.
With this information, I believed my problem was probably graphics card related, and probably heat related.
Before performing any tests, I double-checked my build. My PSU is well-rated, and has more than enough wattage for my computer.
To be thorough, I checked my RAM before anything else, since it's an easy check. I ran Memtest86+ for 5 passes (which took about 7.5 hours) and no errors were found.
I then ran both GPU-Z and HWiNFO with logging enabled (one entry logged per second) and fired up Path of Exile, playing until it crashed. It crashed after a little over an hour and a half of play.
Here are the logs: http://cheeseandbacon.org/temp/log-gpuz.txt, http://cheeseandbacon.org/temp/log-hwinfo.txt (I've just got them hosted on my own website for the moment; I was unable to get the forum to let me upload them here)
I cannot find anything in the logs that would indicate the system should have crashed. The GPU temperature was 46 C just before crashing, which to my understanding is fine. The clock speed, voltage, and temperature of the GPU do increase in the last several seconds before the crash, but as far as I can tell they are still perfectly normal values. In fact, all three of these values reach higher numbers at earlier points in the test.
According to my research, the type of crash indicates either a power or a heat problem. As I understand it, the most likely culprits, in decreasing order of likelihood, are the GPU, the PSU, the CPU, and the motherboard itself. My current best (semi) educated guess is that something is just wonky with the graphics card.
Does anyone have any other ideas for me? Or does my conclusion seem valid? Thanks!
The computer ran fine with quite a bit of daily gaming use until last month (June 2015). Since then, whenever I play a fairly graphics-intensive game, my computer will eventually reboot. When it reboots, it is just instantly off and then starting back up again. There is no BSoD, and there are no dumps/minidumps left behind. I verified that there are no BSoDs by setting Windows to not restart automatically.
The crash does not occur if the computer is idling or doing simple things like browsing. I left it running for two days straight at one point doing some downloads, and there was no crash.
It also doesn't crash when playing videos. Especially since it started crashing, I am mainly using it as a video player, as I have it hooked up to my TV via HDMI. I can play videos on it for 8 hours straight and it does not crash.
It DOES crash if I play a game for a little while (about two hours is the most I've ever been able to play before a crash). The game I have been playing the most since the crashing began is Path of Exile. I can play for about two hours, and then it will crash. After that, if I keep trying to play after it reboots, it will begin to crash more and more frequently.
With this information, I believed my problem was probably graphics card related, and probably heat related.
Before performing any tests, I double-checked my build. My PSU is well-rated, and has more than enough wattage for my computer.
To be thorough, I checked my RAM before anything else, since it's an easy check. I ran Memtest86+ for 5 passes (which took about 7.5 hours) and no errors were found.
I then ran both GPU-Z and HWiNFO with logging enabled (one entry logged per second) and fired up Path of Exile, playing until it crashed. It crashed after a little over an hour and a half of play.
Here are the logs: http://cheeseandbacon.org/temp/log-gpuz.txt, http://cheeseandbacon.org/temp/log-hwinfo.txt (I've just got them hosted on my own website for the moment; I was unable to get the forum to let me upload them here)
I cannot find anything in the logs that would indicate the system should have crashed. The GPU temperature was 46 C just before crashing, which to my understanding is fine. The clock speed, voltage, and temperature of the GPU do increase in the last several seconds before the crash, but as far as I can tell they are still perfectly normal values. In fact, all three of these values reach higher numbers at earlier points in the test.
According to my research, the type of crash indicates either a power or a heat problem. As I understand it, the most likely culprits, in decreasing order of likelihood, are the GPU, the PSU, the CPU, and the motherboard itself. My current best (semi) educated guess is that something is just wonky with the graphics card.
Does anyone have any other ideas for me? Or does my conclusion seem valid? Thanks!