Soldato
Didn't make a list that of changes today.
Well, i did, but software-wise is limited.
Hardware :
removed water cooled 980ti and replaced with air cooled 1080ti.
Removed all water cooling for cpu and replaced with cryorig r1.
Oh, also plugged in the 4 pin cpu power - just because. Don't expect it to achieve anything.
Bios :
Upped the soc voltage ever so slightly as was noticing that slight pause again during disk access, which did appear to help
Software :
Reinstalled chipset drivers as first attempt at fixing pausing. Did set power plan to high performance.
Installed palit 'thundermaster' as oc alternative to afterburner.
Installed couple of games.
Have tried :
First reloaded saved bios settings that were defo passing (with afterburner disabled to prevent black screen). Didn't help.
Tried upping various voltages. Didn't work.
Closed thundermaster, still black screen.
Uninstalled afterburner, thundermaster, and hwinfo64. Seems to not have black screened, but didn't pass an hour of occt either!
Wtf?
Changing what I did shouldn't affect the cpu. OK, temps are higher than water but still only hitting low to mid 70s.
This system.... It's beyond comprehension.
I wonder if you are the very edge of stability regarding your CPU overclock...