PC keeps shutting down after new CPU

WARburton

WARburton

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My PC keeps shutting down after a new CPU. just black screen in the middle of games, it's fine when not gaming.

upgraded from a 3600 to a 5700x3d didn't chance any other parts, i had to update bios.
is it likely to be a faulty CPU?
 
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WARburton said:
My PC keeps shutting down after a new CPU. just black screen in the middle of games, it's fine when not gaming.

upgraded from a 3600 to a 5700x3d didn't chance any other parts, i had to update bios.
is it likely to be a faulty CPU?
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Did you update chipset drivers 'n such?

Did it clear the cmos after the update?

If it did, have you checked your XMP & dram voltage?
 
Hi guy's, i have an NZXT 280 AIO so temps are good at about 60c

i didn't update any drivers i will try that, i did reset bios because it was booting was the fans stuck at 100% and i was told to reset bios.
i did set XMP after the bios reset i have 32gb of 3200mhz ram so just assumed that would work fine.
i will find the model info if needed
 
WARburton said:
Hi guy's, i have an NZXT 280 AIO so temps are good at about 60c

i didn't update any drivers i will try that, i did reset bios because it was booting was the fans stuck at 100% and i was told to reset bios.
i did set XMP after the bios reset i have 32gb of 3200mhz ram so just assumed that would work fine.
i will find the model info if needed
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edit im drunk and didnt properly read this, delete please :(
 
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If it was a bad CPU, I wouldn't expect BF2042 to work. Have you got any other games you can test?

I'd start by resetting everything in the bios and strip your build back to the minimum. 1 stick of ram (go with stock clocks, not XMP), boot drive and GPU.

Have you got another PSU you can try?
 
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If it was a bad CPU, I wouldn't expect BF2042 to work. Have you got any other games you can test?
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just low power games but thats the ones that keep blacking screening,
fortnight, sims and stuff like that all black screen.

bios is reset, i will test with one set of ram. i only have one PSU but can buy one to test if you think that could be it
 
Had a 3800x briefly that did similar apex legends would crash after five minutes, was perfectly stable in all the usual stress tests and other games. I could use ryzen master to set fixed clock speeds before playing apex legends to stop it, returned it wasn't happy with a faulty processor.
 
i think the PSU is faulty, id got a friend to nip round with his 850w and its all good.
do you think 750 is enough for the system, or could the problem the PSU was not strong enough?

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Any overclocking on the GPU?
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i do have an oc that's been stable for a long time, but i will test without it now as i didnt think to be so.
 
WARburton said:
i think the PSU is faulty, id got a friend to nip round with his 850w and its all good.
do you think 750 is enough for the system, or could the problem the PSU was not strong enough?


i do have an oc that's been stable for a long time, but i will test without it now as i didnt think to be so.
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6950xt on a 750w Psu is cutting it fine imo due to power spikes, 850w minimum but a1000w gives you comfort.
 
I would lean more towards a dodgy PSU rather than 750W being too little. The OCP/OPP would likely be set 25-30% above that anyway so if working properly it should easily handle the spikes of a RX 69**XT.
 
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i think the PSU is faulty, id got a friend to nip round with his 850w and its all good.
do you think 750 is enough for the system, or could the problem the PSU was not strong enough?
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It was awhile ago, but I seem to recall people had a lot of problems with their PSUs with these cards, sometimes even going as high as 1000 before there weren't any problems.
 
sorry guys as said, i fitted my buddy's 850w PSU and all was good. so i ordered and fitted a 850w RMx and ive not had a problem since

WARburton said:
i think the PSU is faulty, id got a friend to nip round with his 850w and its all good.
do you think 750 is enough for the system, or could the problem the PSU was not strong enough?
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