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    [SOLVED] Would I be able to run this RAM kit? (5950X/Crosshair VIII Extreme)

    I have this memory kit. Works perfect on Crosshair Viii WiFi with both 3950x and 5950x. i installed the working 5950x and ram and swapped it into the Crosshair VIII Extreme motherboard. I could not get it to post at 3600. Best I could get was 3466. With the extreme being a “better” motherboard...
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    Question Computer screen goes dark, computer unresponsive after being idle. Sleep and Monitor off disabled. Computer still running.

    So before I start replacing hardware, I've reset the BIOS, reapplied all the same settings I had before, and applied AsRock's default 4.5Ghz OC. I also completely wiped the drive and did a fresh install of Windows 10. I've heard of AMD having issues of crashing at long idle times because of...
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    Question Computer screen goes dark, computer unresponsive after being idle. Sleep and Monitor off disabled. Computer still running.

    Ok, spoke too soon. So the issue started happening again. It went a while without. I ran a bootable Memtest and it passed without issue. Did a 3 hour torture test of the CPU and GPU with zero issues and temps were perfect. Any other ideas?
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    Question Computer screen goes dark, computer unresponsive after being idle. Sleep and Monitor off disabled. Computer still running.

    So to follow up on this, I swapped out the EVGA SuperNova G3 Gold 750 for a Seasonic FOCUS PX-750 80+ Platinum. So far it's been a week, and have not experienced the issue again (knock on wood). I will post back if the problem comes back. Thanks.
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    [SOLVED] Computer crashing, no BSOD, no Dump, just blank screen

    Did you ever discover the issue causing this? I'm having a very similar problem right now as well... https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/computer-screen-goes-dark-computer-unresponsive-after-being-idle-sleep-and-monitor-off-disabled-computer-still-running.3637634/
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    Question Computer screen goes dark, computer unresponsive after being idle. Sleep and Monitor off disabled. Computer still running.

    So recently my wife will go to her computer and try to turn screen on like she usually does, and screen wont come on. I have to hard reboot the computer. I then turned off the setting for the computer screen to turn off after x minutes to see if it is freezing. Well the computer still has both...