Brown Screen Crash

[mgaskin216]

Hello all,

I recently added a Corsiar H55 liquid cooler and I have been experiencing issues since, by computer unexpectedly crashes to a brown screen, the sound freezes, the keyboard and mouse lights freeze and a reboot is needed. This usually happens during gaming, and on occasion on the desktop. I think the problem might be with the graphics card but not sure. I reset my main boot drive and this hasn't helped. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Specs:
Motherboard: Gigabyte 990FXA-UD5 AM3+
Processor: AMD FX-4170 Quad Core
RAM: 2x4GB Kingston HyperX Beast Series 1866MHz DDR3
RAM: 2x4GB Kingston HyperX Fury Series 1600Mhz DDR3
Graphics Card: ASUS Geforce GTX 770
Power Supply: Corsair VS650
Boot Drive: Corsair Force Series LS 120GB SSD
Storage Drive: Western Digital 1TB Green
Operating System: Windows 10 Pro

 

[cin19]

Yes, it looks like the GPU, gtx770. And you can try other GPU to see the PC does the same or not, or test the gtx770 in other pc, like your friend PC. Then you will know.

 

[mgaskin216]

Yes, it looks like the GPU, gtx770. And you can try other GPU to see the PC does the same or not, or test the gtx770 in other pc, like your friend PC. Then you will know.

I've tried my old 660 in there and still had the same issue, it seems to be on every game except CSGO for some reason that runs perfectly fine with no problems. I'll try it in a friends PC and see if it still happens.

 

[cin19]

I've tried my old 660 in there and still had the same issue

It maybe somehing else, like cpu/gpu overheat, do you monitor the temp during the games, you can use the MSI afterburner or use other monitor.
MSI afterburner https://www.msi.com/page/afterburner

 

[mgaskin216]

I've tried my old 660 in there and still had the same issue

It maybe somehing else, like cpu/gpu overheat, do you monitor the temp during the games, you can use the MSI afterburner or use other monitor.
MSI afterburner https://www.msi.com/page/afterburner

My GPU temps range from around 50 to 80 when gaming and my CPU ranges anywhere from 10 to 25

 

[cin19]

1) Update the MB chipset driver, then chech the temp again, because the cpu temp can't be at 10-25C, even you don't oc it, it should be around +/- 30C something at idle. http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/chipset?os=Windows%2010%20-%2064

keep in mind, when you check the cpu/gpu temp, you should read the temp during the games, not the idle temp.

2) Check the RAM one by one with MemTest86 https://www.memtest86.com/download.htm also check your RAM setting too, because you mixed the RAM with two sets ( 1600mhz +1866mhz), make sure they run at 1600mhz.
3) Go into the BIOS, in hardware monitor section ( or PC health monitor) to check the +3.3V, +5V, and +12V. You want to see those numbers are within +/- 5%. eg for +3.3V, the number should be from +3.1 to +3.4. If they are not within +/- 5%, the PSU has problem.