AMD FX 9590 Freezing Issue Asrock 970A-G/3.1 Motherboard After 2 Hours

[Jonny1245]

Hi all, I really need some help with an ongoing issue that I have had since upgrading to an AMD FX 9590 about 5 months ago.

I will give a brief description on what is happening, which i'm sure you've all heard about before.
When having the CPU set to defaults in the BIOS the system will crash after 20 minutes of use in game. However, If i go into the BIOS and turn off Turbo mode, all of the power saving features and lower the CPU Voltage from 1.4875V to around 1.350V then I will be able to use the system for about 3 hours before it will lock up on me.

We I say the Sysyem 'Freezes' i mean the game and mouse will no loger be usable, i cannot press CTRL ALT DEL to restart. I have to press the reset button on my case.{i have noticed that the HDD/SDD light stops flashing completely when the system freezes}.

Here are a few things i have already tried;

I have tried teseting all hardware by using a tool call PC Check which everything comes back as passed.

I have tried updating my BIOS to the latest version however, the latest version is installed.

It is not a heat related issue as the max temps i am getting unload is around 65c.

I have also tried clocking my RAM speeds down from 1866 to 1333 and that still hasn't made a difference.

I have trieds Many burnin tests with the CPU set to defualts and i do recieve bluescreens. Which i have read up about the Bug check (Once the system's voltage is turned down i no longer recieve Blue screens, just the hole system locks up).

I am now getting to the point where i have lost all hope for the system and would like to see if anyone else has one more or a few more things i can try before i give up?

Specs of my System;

Motherboard - ASRock 970A-G/3.1 - Full supports 220W CPU's
CPU - AMD FX 9590
RAM - HyperX Blue 16GB Kit ( 2 x 8GB Sticks) Running at 1866 Speed
GPU - Geforce GTX Windforce OC 1060 6GB
PSU - Coolmaster Bronze Certified 750W
SSD - Kingston 120GB SSD
HDD - 1TB Seagate (3.5")
CPU Cooler - Be Quiet SHADOW ROCK 2
And About 6 Case Fans

If anyone has any suggestions then please share!!

 

[Supahos]

With everything downclocked aim a fan at the vrms near the CPU. I suspect they are overheating and causing the issue.

http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/970A-G3.1/?cat=CPU when you see warnings like that it's not fully supported. No 970 board truly supports that CPU.

 

[Jonny1245]

I see where you're coming from and suspect that it is over heating, but when I am in game, my temperatures do not exceed extremely high temperatures, for example, cpu reaches around 65c and the MB Reaches a high of 31c.

 

[Supahos]

There are no sensors on the vrms

 

[Supahos]

Other option depending on what you downgraded from is to reinstall windows could be an issue there

 

[Jonny1245]

I have also tried a fresh install
Of windows 10.

 

[Jonny1245]

I have noticed, when feeling the cpu cooler, the copper pipes and vent, nothing seems to be very hot until I touch very close to the bottom. Almost like the heat isn't travellling up the copper piping.

 

[Supahos]

That pretty well leaves motherboard not liking your nuclear reactor for a CPU. Does performance ever get choppy before it craps out?

 

[Jonny1245]

No the performance doesn't decrease, I'll be in mid action and all of a sudden it'll freeze. Not allowing me to do anything, cursor frozen, keyboard not working only way to restart is by pressing the reset button on the case, then the system is fine and I can go straight back into and game like nothing had happened.

 

[Supahos]

Try taking your side panel off and if you can aim a fan at the capicitors nearest the CPU and see if it gets any better. That's as close to a confirmation/decline as you can get. Keep turbo boost off.

 

[photonboy]

I have noticed, when feeling the cpu cooler, the copper pipes and vent, nothing seems to be very hot until I touch very close to the bottom. Almost like the heat isn't travellling up the copper piping.

That means nothing if the CPU temperature is fine. The heat pipes are fairly well insulated anyway so shouldn't feel hot.

In order, my top guesses are:

1) bad PSU
2) bad motherboard
3) bad CPU

My advice would be to swap to a different PSU. It's a hassle, and may not be the issue but you have to start somewhere and I don't think it's a motherboard SETTING issue so I think it's a hardware issue.

 

[Jonny1245]

I have taken the side panel off and had a room fan blow cool air into the system to confirm if it wasn't heat related which, it made no difference.

I have a psu tester that you plug the 24 pin MB connector and it'll will read all of the volt rails and tell me whether they fail or pass, everything passed...

I have also ran all in depth hardware checks which took about 16 hours to complete, everything passed.

 

[mjslakeridge]

Which specific Cooler Master PSU do you have? They have units in Tier 1 to Tier 4.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

 

[Jonny1245]

It a bronze certified

 

[photonboy]

It a bronze certified

80+ ratings (Gold, silver, bronze..) only apply to efficiency, not quality.

Barring swapping parts, you could try to DOWNCLOCK the CPU significantly, say 2GHz. That still won't prove that it's the CPU to be clear, but it will narrow things down. (it could still be power delivery issue from the motherboard for example)