Asus ROG Rampage V Extreme random crashes

[Siffer703]

Hey everyone. I am new to the community. Looking to get some answers.

So I have the 2011-v3 socket Rampage V Extreme mobo with the Intel 3.3 5820k CPU and 8Gbs or Crucial Ballistic Sport DDR4 RAM. I build the system and it then overclocked the CPU to 4.5. Everything ran perfectly for about 1 week and 3 days. I went to work, came home with the computer on the POST screen saying "your overclocking has failed" or something similar to this. So I went into the BIOS and changed my setting back to something more recommended by ASUS EZ Tuning or auto overclocking software. It was auto adjusted to about 4.2 and this ran for a good week as well. The overclocking hasn't failed from what I can tell. But I am getting random crashed in Windows. Booting up is fine, no crashed while in the BIOS, just really random crashes in Windows. I thought it would be a stability issue with the mobo, so I went and got the latest updates for the BIOS. Same thing. I am still getting random crashes in windows. No BSOD, just crash and reboot. My most recent crash was yesterday. No error or anything. Since then, ASUS released a newer version of the BIOS and I have updated my BIOS. Too soon to tell, but I am starting to suspect something else and not the OC or mobo issue. Could it be RAM?

-Tom

 

[laviniuc]

check temperatures in case anything overheats, what's your psu? it sounds like something "wore out"

 

[Siffer703]

Max temperature during stress is about 52 or 53 C. Under idle its about 32 or 33. I have a Corsair ax1200.

 

[laviniuc]

can be any number of things... you'd need to test each one individually. you have any parts to replace/test with? ram you can test by leaving just one stick at a time plugged. it will be hard if this happens at random and you can't replicate the issue consistently. my guts says psu issue, although that psu isn't bad at all.

 

[Siffer703]

You might be right about the PSU. I did notice something one day when I went to turn on the computer. I hit the power button, and it powered on real quick and then shut off instantly. Then I powered back on and it was fine. Any way to test the PSU or is the best way to test it is to get a new one and see if the issue goes away?

 

[laviniuc]

i'd say buying a replacement is the fix after you find what's wrong, else you can end up with a whole new pc built from the parts 😀 so maybe borrow one or use an old/functional one that can deliver the wattage you need (300ish W with a small graphics card)

 

[Siffer703]

When I did this built, I pretty much got everything replaced and everything is new beside the PSU. I will test the RAM first and go from there. Any good mem testing software out there that you could recommend?

 

[laviniuc]

there's a memtest iso that i like to use but your pc is unusable during the test. http://www.memtest.org/

 

[Siffer703]

awesome. I will try this and see what comes up. I hope its not a PSU issue. thanks for the help.

 

[Siffer703]

So the conclusion to this issue is 2 factors:
1-Power in my home is not steady due to a very old fuse box tripping all the time. (Going to have it replace soon)
2-Faulty and partially failed surge protector.

Conclusion and fix:
-I pretty much went out and bought a APC backup battery (which provides constant steady power since the battery draws the charge from the house to charge, and the computer draws the consistent power from the battery. So no flex in the power band that causes crashes and random power down)
-Ran a 3 day stress test at 100% load on GPU, RAM, and CPU without a random crashes and shut down.
-CHECK YOUR SURGE PROTECTOR!! I believe this is one of the most important piece of hardware that gets overlooked.

Thank you everyone for the help.