- Dec 20, 2021
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I've been having some computer problems for about a month now, ranging from annoyance to the aforementioned BSOD.
The problem started with my monitor. When I turn the computer on or take it out of sleep mode, the monitor will flicker on for a second then immediately go dark. I can solve the issue by turning it off and on again several times. I've unplugged and replugged the cable but that didn't help. I don't know if this is related to the crashes but I figured I'd mention it just in case.
The crashes began shortly after. I downloaded Dark Souls 3 from steam, only for my PC to overheat and crash. I dedusted and it was able to install, though I had to be paranoid about running any other programs during the process. Oddly enough, I've installed other large games since without issue since. Problems here continued when I ran the game. I installed an overhaul mod for the game and my cpu was pushing 80 degrees. For reference, my normal temps when gaming are 60-70. Sometimes the computer would BSOD here, or just restart itself without the blue screen. When I tested another game, Nioh 2, my computer ran fine and maintained the normal 70 degrees so I figured it was just the mod being unstable and poorly optimized, especially since it only happened in certain areas of the game while others my temps never went past 60.
Now however, issues have risen again. I installed a third game, God Eater 3, to play with a friend and this is where things start getting weird. Sometimes the game crashes at the end of a mission in the game. One time the computer on rebooting was at 80 degrees and crashed a second time. Another time it was at 70 degrees when it rebooted after crashing. Sometimes the game runs like a dream with no issues, even after over 6 hours in one session. I also noticed that my control game, Nioh 2, was now hitting around 75 degrees.
I've also noticed that sometimes one of the fans in the computer doesn't turn on when the computer wakes up. I'm assuming it's the processor fan as I'm fairly sure the computer overheated that time but it doesn't happen frequently so I've not had a chance to check.
I have no idea what could be causing the problems so I don't know what to do to solve them. I've used HWInfo to confirm that the heat issues are indeed the processor and that the GPU is fine. I've compared memory usage to my friend (who has had no issues) and noticed no problems, though this was for installing games not playing them. I've also used memtest86 to check if it's a RAM problem. The check ran for an hour and 47 minutes and had 0 errors so it's likely not that. I don't know anything about computer troubleshooting and I wasn't able to find anything like my issue, though that might just be me not knowing how to phrase this easily. The computer is 5+ years old so it's possible that the computer is just getting old and parts are starting to fail but I wouldn't know how to test that either.
Any troubleshooting assistance you can provide would be appreciated.
The problem started with my monitor. When I turn the computer on or take it out of sleep mode, the monitor will flicker on for a second then immediately go dark. I can solve the issue by turning it off and on again several times. I've unplugged and replugged the cable but that didn't help. I don't know if this is related to the crashes but I figured I'd mention it just in case.
The crashes began shortly after. I downloaded Dark Souls 3 from steam, only for my PC to overheat and crash. I dedusted and it was able to install, though I had to be paranoid about running any other programs during the process. Oddly enough, I've installed other large games since without issue since. Problems here continued when I ran the game. I installed an overhaul mod for the game and my cpu was pushing 80 degrees. For reference, my normal temps when gaming are 60-70. Sometimes the computer would BSOD here, or just restart itself without the blue screen. When I tested another game, Nioh 2, my computer ran fine and maintained the normal 70 degrees so I figured it was just the mod being unstable and poorly optimized, especially since it only happened in certain areas of the game while others my temps never went past 60.
Now however, issues have risen again. I installed a third game, God Eater 3, to play with a friend and this is where things start getting weird. Sometimes the game crashes at the end of a mission in the game. One time the computer on rebooting was at 80 degrees and crashed a second time. Another time it was at 70 degrees when it rebooted after crashing. Sometimes the game runs like a dream with no issues, even after over 6 hours in one session. I also noticed that my control game, Nioh 2, was now hitting around 75 degrees.
I've also noticed that sometimes one of the fans in the computer doesn't turn on when the computer wakes up. I'm assuming it's the processor fan as I'm fairly sure the computer overheated that time but it doesn't happen frequently so I've not had a chance to check.
I have no idea what could be causing the problems so I don't know what to do to solve them. I've used HWInfo to confirm that the heat issues are indeed the processor and that the GPU is fine. I've compared memory usage to my friend (who has had no issues) and noticed no problems, though this was for installing games not playing them. I've also used memtest86 to check if it's a RAM problem. The check ran for an hour and 47 minutes and had 0 errors so it's likely not that. I don't know anything about computer troubleshooting and I wasn't able to find anything like my issue, though that might just be me not knowing how to phrase this easily. The computer is 5+ years old so it's possible that the computer is just getting old and parts are starting to fail but I wouldn't know how to test that either.
Any troubleshooting assistance you can provide would be appreciated.
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