9700XT constantly crashing

BUDFORCE · Saturday at 17:42

I have an AMD 5800x (so exactly the same CPU) with a mild over clock, 7900xt and an 850w power supply and have absolutely no issues, you do not need a 1000w power supply.......

Edit: oh, and it's roughly a 15 year old Corsair HX 850.

ak22 · Saturday at 19:18

tamzzy said:
remove xmp/reset bios to stock

Tinek said:
RAM doesn't often go from good to bad, but it can happen. Sometimes it's not even RAM but memory controller or motherboard having trouble. You can try them on stock non-XMP settings, see how they behave.

I haven't changed the bios yet i tried turning off XMP no joy. I install only one ram module and it passed the test time to test the others...

Gray2233 · Saturday at 19:20

ak22 said:
I haven't changed the bios yet i tried turning off XMP no joy. I install only one ram module and it passed the test time to test the others...

Corsair are pretty good with RMA's so they'll probably send you out a new set if you contact them/start the process.

AM4 can be a little finicky with more than two dimms however, so that might be the problem.

Tetras · Saturday at 19:21

ak22 said:
Gold Seaonic Foucs GX-650 PSU

Is this a Focus GX-650, or a Focus Plus Gold?

tamzzy · Saturday at 19:22

ak22 said:
I haven't changed the bios yet i tried turning off XMP no joy. I install only one ram module and it passed the test time to test the others...

You have 4 sticks, generally recommended to run with 2 sticks. The IMC can sometimes be flaky even if all of the sticks are fine.

ak22 · Saturday at 19:46

Tetras said:
Is this a Focus GX-650, or a Focus Plus Gold?

Focus gx-650.

ak22 · Saturday at 19:47

Gray2233 said:
Corsair are pretty good with RMA's so they'll probably send you out a new set if you contact them/start the process.

AM4 can be a little finicky with more than two dimms however, so that might be the problem.

But I have been running 4 dimms for years, only noticed issues since around the time I upgraded my GPU.

Gray2233 · Saturday at 19:54

ak22 said:
But I have been running 4 dimms for years, only noticed issues since around the time I upgraded my GPU.

A more powerful GPU means there's potentially more strain on the CPU, memory controllers can also degrade over time.

Fingers crossed you just need to replace a bad stick of RAM, but switching to 2x16gb might be necessary.

ak22 · Saturday at 19:59

Gray2233 said:
A more powerful GPU means there's potentially more strain on the CPU, memory controllers can also degrade over time.

Fingers crossed you just need to replace a bad stick of RAM, but switching to 2x16gb might be necessary.

I see, well I tested two Ram sticks and the pc shutdown, no blue screen? I repalced that RAM stick and the test passed. So it might be that one ram stick, I need to test one more but I think thats enough for today will report back tomorrow!

Thank you all btw, you have been very helpful. I think i will give my GPU a little undervolt while im at it...

Tinek · Sunday at 01:39

ak22 said:
I see, well I tested two Ram sticks and the pc shutdown, no blue screen? I repalced that RAM stick and the test passed. So it might be that one ram stick, I need to test one more but I think thats enough for today will report back tomorrow!

Thank you all btw, you have been very helpful. I think i will give my GPU a little undervolt while im at it...

I wouldn't change anything regarding undervolting, till you're 100% sure it's stable in new configuration - don't introduce new variable yet, or you'll start chasing your own tail with crashes.

GuruJockStrap · Sunday at 03:04

Tinek said:
I wouldn't change anything regarding undervolting, till you're 100% sure it's stable in new configuration - don't introduce new variable yet, or you'll start chasing your own tail with crashes.

100%.

Listen to this person.

GuruJockStrap · Sunday at 03:07

ak22 said:
I see, well I tested two Ram sticks and the pc shutdown, no blue screen? I repalced that RAM stick and the test passed. So it might be that one ram stick, I need to test one more but I think thats enough for today will report back tomorrow!

Thank you all btw, you have been very helpful. I think i will give my GPU a little undervolt while im at it...

Might be a bit time consuming but I’d be running Memtest86 from a bootable USB drive with one memory stick at a time for a couple of hours.

You might find that the faulty stick will error very quickly.

ak22 · Sunday at 09:25

GuruJockStrap said:
Might be a bit time consuming but I’d be running Memtest86 from a bootable USB drive with one memory stick at a time for a couple of hours.

You might find that the faulty stick will error very quickly.

I did try this but it was taking ages Iff i put all 4 sticks in will it tell me which one has failed?

Tinek · Sunday at 09:50

ak22 said:
I did try this but it was taking ages Iff i put all 4 sticks in will it tell me which one has failed?

In short words yes, sometimes with a bit of math though. However, then you would have to test it solo too, to be sure. As error might not be related to this stick itself but to for example 4 sticks being put in at once generating random errors. I had this issue on 5800x3d, till I underclocked them a bit and then I swapped for another brand which solved the problem completely.

Nabinium · Sunday at 12:04

Gray2233 said:
This is why people shouldn't blindly use AI.

Just the fact that it stuck with the "9700XT" typo says enough for me.

Vestas · Sunday at 13:13

Gray2233 said:
Average gaming loads of 350w with peaks of 382, a good 650w PSU should technically run a 9070XT but transients could be a problem

Been having a play around with the Sapphire Pure 9070XT which came with the pre-built unit I got a couple of weeks ago.

Overclocked it to 2850MHz memory (fast timing) and 200MHz max offset on the GPU. Ran the Adrenaline stress test for 10 minutes and HWinfo 64 reports max gpu power of 588W, min 25W and average of 344W.

That's a fair old spike on the gpu if the cpu is also under significant load at the same time. Top grade 650W PSUs would probably cope but if its a regular thing its unlikely to do them much good long term. 850W seems a sensible starting point for these GPUs.

YMMV of course.

deviation · Sunday at 13:36

Gray2233 said:
Corsair are pretty good with RMA's if you stick it out arguing them for half an hour politely, then finally loose your rag and start swearing, then you magically get what you asked for, despite it being your hard earned money in the first place!

FTFY!

welshrat · Sunday at 14:40

Vestas said:
Been having a play around with the Sapphire Pure 9070XT which came with the pre-built unit I got a couple of weeks ago.

Overclocked it to 2850MHz memory (fast timing) and 200MHz max offset on the GPU. Ran the Adrenaline stress test for 10 minutes and HWinfo 64 reports max gpu power of 588W, min 25W and average of 344W.

That's a fair old spike on the gpu if the cpu is also under significant load at the same time. Top grade 650W PSUs would probably cope but if its a regular thing its unlikely to do them much good long term. 850W seems a sensible starting point for these GPUs.

YMMV of course.

I would still put money on it being the PSU

Vestas · Sunday at 17:19

welshrat said:
I would still put money on it being the PSU

Its one of the reasons I opted for a pre-build/build to order. I know bugger all about consumer PSUs these days - rack mount stuff I know what to buy because it generally does what it says on the tin, or at least doesn't have wildly optimistic specs.

We digress