I am running a gaming setup. Last night while playing a game, the game crashed. When I tried to reload, my entire system locked up and I had to do a hard shut off. Re-tried a couple more times with the same result. It's a game known to have bugs so I thought that was the issue.
Tried running some other programs and having the same result, so obviously it's not the software. If I run anything even mildly graphically demanding, the program slows and slows until it eventually locks, and if I keep pushing it, my entire system locks.
I figured it's my graphics card, but the device manager says it's running properly. I took the door off the case and powered it on, all the fans are spinning. I installed open hardware monitor and it says my gpu is running at 31 degrees C, but my CPU cores 4 and 5 are hitting 118 C while idle?
Any input on how to figure out what exactly the problem is would be appreciated.
System:
Intel Core i7-4790 3.6 GHz
8 MB L3 Cache
Memory Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3
Storage 2 TB SATA III 7200RPM
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB
Power Supply Corsair CX430 430W
Windows 10 Home 64-Bit
MB - Intel H81
Thanks!
Update - So the monitoring software was wrong about the CPU temp. Starting to think it's the GPU if not something else I haven't thought of. I can browse the web, let the system idle, etc, indefinitely. But as soon as I run any game at all, my system locks. Is there any way I can confirm my GPU is dead before I go out and buy a new one?
I also ran CC cleaner to fix my registry just to be sure it's not that.
Tried running some other programs and having the same result, so obviously it's not the software. If I run anything even mildly graphically demanding, the program slows and slows until it eventually locks, and if I keep pushing it, my entire system locks.
I figured it's my graphics card, but the device manager says it's running properly. I took the door off the case and powered it on, all the fans are spinning. I installed open hardware monitor and it says my gpu is running at 31 degrees C, but my CPU cores 4 and 5 are hitting 118 C while idle?
Any input on how to figure out what exactly the problem is would be appreciated.
System:
Intel Core i7-4790 3.6 GHz
8 MB L3 Cache
Memory Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3
Storage 2 TB SATA III 7200RPM
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB
Power Supply Corsair CX430 430W
Windows 10 Home 64-Bit
MB - Intel H81
Thanks!
Update - So the monitoring software was wrong about the CPU temp. Starting to think it's the GPU if not something else I haven't thought of. I can browse the web, let the system idle, etc, indefinitely. But as soon as I run any game at all, my system locks. Is there any way I can confirm my GPU is dead before I go out and buy a new one?
I also ran CC cleaner to fix my registry just to be sure it's not that.