Asus m5a97 r2.0 and amd fx 8350 problem

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Spirevipp

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I bought a asus m5a97 r2.0 and a amd fx 8350 processor, and im having some problems.
The computer boots up fine, loads windows and runs normally. The problem is that the +3v and +12v are about 0.200 too low (according to ASUS ai suite II) and when it drops by 0.300 -0,400 the pc freeze, and i have to manually turn off the pc with the power button. The cpu also goes up to 40c with no programs running. I use the stock fan for cooling. Is it because of the psu?

My pc specs are:
Gigabyte radeon r9 280x
Asus m5a97 r2.0
Amd fx 8350
Corsair cx500
Corsair value select cmv8gx3m2a1333c9 8 gb (2x 4gb)

The case is a medium size InWin(cant remember model)

Every time i try to play a game, the +3v and +12v voltages drop by 0,300-0,500 and my pc crashes. I see this through the asus ai suite II.

Update:
I have a seagate barracuda 2 tb hard drive and a ocz agility 3 128gb ssd
The ssd is my main drive with windows installation

Update 2:
i just installed a new PSU, corsair cx600m.
i still get the same problem with low voltages, but now its just like 0,060v too little.
so its the PSU which is the problem.
but now i have already spent 148$ on a new PSU which is also too weak.
what should i do?
 


I will try to update the BIOS tomorrow. Not sure if i want to buy a new PSU before im sure that its the PSU thats the problem.

 
The temps are fine, an aftermarket cooler would lower them 5-10 degrees, but they're fine. Try things in the order suggested so far, you can always manually bump your voltage up keep it from dipping too far. Are you overclocked?
 


I am going to buy a new cpu fan, maybe water cooling, in the future.
I have not overclocked my processor, unless it has auto overclocking set to default in BIOS.
The gpu is overclocked up to 1250 mh/z using amd catalyst.
I am not good at BIOS settings and overclocking, so i do not know how to manually modify the voltage.
 
With your rig, I'd want a 550 PSU and that CX is 500 Peak, it carries about 455 volts on the 12 volt rail, it's also a budget model, so think you are a bit shy on actual power, might see if you could borrow a little higher rated one and just try it, have a feeling that's your problem
 
Ok, so i bought a 600w psu, but it didn't do the trick. I still get 0.040-0.150v too little on the 12v and 3.3v.
I have looked on some videos and tutorials on how to use 2 psu's in one pc. Is it worth the risk to try out? Or should i waste even more money on a 750-800w psu.
My uncle is an electrician, so he has said that he will help me if i try to do the double psu setup.
 


Thats what i thought, but the computer keeps crashing when i start up high demaning games.
The volts dont drop below the ±5% mark.
 
You've got something faulty then, your first power supply was fine, and you definitely don't have any need of a dual PSU setup (people who do that are running 4 GPU's usually). I'm guessing it's your motherboard, it might have a defect in being able to keep steady voltage supplied to the CPU. It could also be the CPU itself, but i think that's less likely.
 


Okay, i tried to play some games today, and the pc didn't crash. I played some BF4, League of Legends, and minecraft.
Now i have a new problem.
When i used my old 500w psu, i got 200 fps on max settings on League of Legends before it crashed, now with my new 600w psu, i got 25-55 fps, jumping up and down depending on how much happened ingame.
I didn't test minecraft with the 500w psu and the new parts, but with my old parts i got 60-80 fps on fancy and far settings. Now i got 40 on those settings.
I did not notice any difference in bf4, and i forgot to check the fps.
The only thing that was different was that after 30 minutes, i got a huge framedrop, then the fps slowly got up again, but not to where it was before.

I did not get any crashes this time, but the asus ai suite program kept alerting me of low voltage on the 12v and 3.3v.

 
i get these some of the same issues on this board
During netflix my computer will lock up and freeze and i have to reboot it
Gaming isnt as smooth as it should be and yeah i might go to a different motherboard or RMA mine

specs:
MOBO: AMD M5A97 R2.0
CPU: FX-8350 @4GHz
RAM: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz
GPU: EVGA GTX 660
Storage: 240GB Kingston HyperX 3K SSD, 1TB HDD
PSU: 550W 80+ Bronze

I still have not found a fix :/ sadly
 
Well i found the problem. It is the Asus AI Suite. Somehow it messed up my computer completely. Now after i uninstalled all of its components my computer runs like it should.
 
I *had* same problems, i got FX-8350 and M5A97-R2.0 and Seasonic 620W M12II-620 Evolution psu. While playing games, computer did freeze for few secs and sounds freeze also. I tested my pc with OCCT (stressed cpu and ram). I was watching wrestling at the same time, only 5 mins and pc did freeze. Picture only freezed but sound stopped working.

My pc has frozen once at BIOS screen and after that on desktop (I have Windows 7 64 bit professional).

Then i started to get error in OCCT just 15secs after started stress test. I tried to reset bios few times but still problems did continue.


I did open the case. I saw that psu's 24 pin cord was a bit loose from motherboard. I did reconnect 24pin and 8pin cpu cords.

I left OCCT over night for 9 hours, no errors deteched and computer not freezed.
 
I have the same problem while playing Gas Guzzlers Extreme - Full Metal Zombie x64 but did not crash.

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Almost identical rig:
FX6300 @4.5 Vcore 1.368| Under load 1.380v
M5a97 R2.0
2x4GB HyperX 1600 CL9
R9 280x Dual-X
Corsair VS650

I calculated here the power consumed by the total system. I think you should remove gpu overclock as it is a power hungry gpu even at stock and you got an 125W cpu too. Your system will need atleast 700W if you plan to install more fans.

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