M5A99FX PRO R2.0 Heat/Voltage system crash?

moronoxy

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My system has been stable for over 3 years and after I reinstalled Windows 10 i now cant do any thing that requires intensive CPU or GPU loads or the screen will just freeze no BSOD, no black screen, no restart, just a frozen screen of whatever was being displayed last.
here is what i have tested so far,

-memtest86+ over 10 passes (15 hours)
-3D mark - works randomly some times crashes instantly or will complete (completely random)
-chkdsk - shows no errors
-P95 - ran for an hour last night with no problem now crashes in 20 mins
-Temperature shows well with in a good range of 40-50c across the board on all components.

here is my system
-ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0
-AMD FX 8350
-ASUS R9270x
-8 GB DDR3
-750W PSU
-1TB HDD

All defaults are loaded in bios as well as most up to date drivers. What i want to know is, How can i tell if this is a power/voltage problem?

I really don't want to have to start buying new components because this system has been stable for so long and I'am not really interested in spending more money, especially if this can be fixed. Also i have been creeping here for the last month trying to figure this out before i decided to post.
 
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You should have checked with a PSU of same or higher wattage and gold rated.
I don't rate the Rosewill 80+ bronze 750W very high, so that needs to be looked at.

The problem with P95 is that when workers crash you very often don't know what caused it.
P95 is a harsh tester and will push your CPU to the MAX.
Aida64 will test all your sub systems, together or individually. You can run a 20min test of your CPU, FPU and cache. 40C under load is unrealistically low with AIDA64. Stressing the CPU should bring your temps up to 65-75C under load so something is not reading correctly. Depending ofc on the Cooler.

Ideal temps are 15-20C above ambient at idle and 65-75C max under load.
Hi moronoxy :) Random lockups can be a frustrating troubleshoot. As it can be one of many things, I will try to give some pointers and i'm sure others will help.

With the tests you have conducted moronoxy and your system stable prior to new Windows, Things point toward an unstable or corrupted Windows installation or an unstable power supply.

Things you can try within Windows.

1. "sfc /scannow" Checks for file integrity and will attempt to fix corruption.

2. Run Windows in Safe mode with just essential services. Services can be checked whilst in Task Manager and modified. Check your msconfig.

3. Drivers can be checked in Device Manager and updated if necessary.

4. You can test your CPU, PSU, GPU and RAM under load and check your rail voltages. (Aida64 and HWInfo monitor).

List the PSU Manufacturer, make, model and tier rating.? (3 years is a good run with some) You can also test and swap the unit out with a known working unit of the same Wattage or higher.

And that's just the start so please be patient.
 
thank you for the response,
as for the suggestions i have allready ran sfc /scannow, safe mode, all drivers up to date(at least according to windows), and i just ran another stress test with aida64. It went for an hour before i decided to stop it and run p95 and it crashed after about 15 min. from what i am seeing in HWinfor my cpu temp hovers around 40C under load.
PSU is Rosewill 80+ bronze 750W
one of the trouble shooting things i have done was i thought perhaps my PSU was going bad, so i went ahead and turned off one of my cores thinking it would be less power draw, but the error still happens. I also turned off the auto turbo mode option in the bios.

just find it odd that this happend right after i decided to reinstall my OS, im going on about 3 weeks now of trouble shooting, even brought it to a shop so they could swap out parts with known good ones, but they didnt have a PSU with the same rating.
 
You should have checked with a PSU of same or higher wattage and gold rated.
I don't rate the Rosewill 80+ bronze 750W very high, so that needs to be looked at.

The problem with P95 is that when workers crash you very often don't know what caused it.
P95 is a harsh tester and will push your CPU to the MAX.
Aida64 will test all your sub systems, together or individually. You can run a 20min test of your CPU, FPU and cache. 40C under load is unrealistically low with AIDA64. Stressing the CPU should bring your temps up to 65-75C under load so something is not reading correctly. Depending ofc on the Cooler.

Ideal temps are 15-20C above ambient at idle and 65-75C max under load.
 
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