Specs:
For the past 2 months or so, when playing certain games (Squad, Bannerlord, Zero Hour, KSP ), my pc will randomly black screen, lose power to all peripherals, displays show no input, no sound coming through headphones, and the red cpu light on my mobo is lit up. The pc stays running, gpu stays on, fans stay on, but the physical power button on my tower will not restart my pc, I have to reach behind it and flip the switch on the psu. Other games I play, like Rimworld, SCUM, Going Medieval, and Prison Architect, I can play with no issue, for hours, without my pc crashing.
Temps:
CPU temp normally idles around 44C when doing light browsing, will get to around 60- 65C when playing games that don't cause it to crash. GPU stays 50C-60C and the junction temp is roughly 80C.
Steps I tried:
Honestly I'm at a loss. I know the CPU temps seem to spike and what not before the crash, but it doesn't seem like they spike to levels that would cause it to crash. I reapplied the thermal paste once, maybe I should try it again and put my old Ryzen 5 3600 cooler back on and see if that fixes the issue? I would appreciate any help, it's been so frustrating only being able to play certain games with my friends.
- CPU: Ryzen 9 5950x
- CPU Cooler: Hyper 212 EVO
- RAM: 32GB (4x8gb) G.SKILL DDR4 3200MHZ
- MOBO: MSI B450 Tomahawk Max
- Storage: Samsung - 970 EVO Plus 2TB (C drive) and TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan 1TB SSD
- GPU: Sapphire Pulse 5700XT
- PSU: Corsair RM850x
- Cooling: 2- 140mm intake fans on front, one 140mm exhaust on back
- No overclocking or underclocking
For the past 2 months or so, when playing certain games (Squad, Bannerlord, Zero Hour, KSP ), my pc will randomly black screen, lose power to all peripherals, displays show no input, no sound coming through headphones, and the red cpu light on my mobo is lit up. The pc stays running, gpu stays on, fans stay on, but the physical power button on my tower will not restart my pc, I have to reach behind it and flip the switch on the psu. Other games I play, like Rimworld, SCUM, Going Medieval, and Prison Architect, I can play with no issue, for hours, without my pc crashing.
Temps:
CPU temp normally idles around 44C when doing light browsing, will get to around 60- 65C when playing games that don't cause it to crash. GPU stays 50C-60C and the junction temp is roughly 80C.
Steps I tried:
- Reapplying thermal paste. Issue still happens. Have not tried putting my stock Ryzen 5 3600 CPU cooler on to check bad CPU cooler.
- Changing PSU. I used to have a corsair 650 watt PSU, I recently put the 850x in thinking it could be a PSU issue, but the error still occurs.
- Updating chipset/drivers/BIOS. Current GPU driver is 22.11.1, BIOS is E7C02AMS.3FO, A-XMP is disabled.
Honestly I'm at a loss. I know the CPU temps seem to spike and what not before the crash, but it doesn't seem like they spike to levels that would cause it to crash. I reapplied the thermal paste once, maybe I should try it again and put my old Ryzen 5 3600 cooler back on and see if that fixes the issue? I would appreciate any help, it's been so frustrating only being able to play certain games with my friends.