[SOLVED] PC Crashes When Trying To Game

[antisocialjake]

I've had this problem for well over 3 months and feel like I've tried everything at this point. When I load up a game I MIGHT be able to get into a match but inevitably my monitor black screens, RGB in my case and fans stay on and sometimes my PC will restart or I have to manually shut down with power button and turn back on. I've done everything from upgrading and added some fans, bought a new and bigger PSU, removed CPU heatsink to clean and reapply thermal paste, took GPU apart to clean and repaste, and ran countless test. I'm still left clueless honestly. I got it back working for maybe 2 weeks after cleaning and repasting the GPU. But I'm back to square one not being able to run any of my games. Temps seem reasonable and I've ran all of my games in the past flawlessly. Event viewer has only ever shown me these two warnings-

A corrected hardware error has occurred.

Component: PCI Express Legacy Endpoint
Error Source: Advanced Error Reporting (PCI Express)

Primary Bus: Device:Function: 0xE:0x0:0x0
Secondary Bus: Device:Function: 0x0:0x0:0x0
Primary Device Name: CI\VEN_10DE&DEV_17C8&SUBSYS_49953842&REV_A1
Secondary Device Name:

and

The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application with CLSID
{6B3B8D23-FA8D-40B9-8DBD-B950333E2C52}
and APPID
{4839DDB7-58C2-48F5-8283-E1D1807D0D7D}
to the user NT AUTHORITY\LOCAL SERVICE SID (S-1-5-19) from address LocalHost (Using LRPC) running in the application container Unavailable SID (Unavailable). This security permission can be modified using the Component Services administrative tool.

I have no idea what either mean or if they even pertain to my problem.

Here's my build- https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8cPnK3

 

[Lutfij]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

Do you still have the Thermaltake Smart PSU in your build at the time of writing? If so, chuck it out and pick something from Seasonic. On another note, what PSU did you have prior since you stated that you upgraded the PSU to a higher wattage version...?

Which BIOS version are you currently working with on your motherboard?

 

[antisocialjake]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

Do you still have the Thermaltake Smart PSU in your build at the time of writing? If so, chuck it out and pick something from Seasonic. On another note, what PSU did you have prior since you stated that you upgraded the PSU to a higher wattage version...?

Which BIOS version are you currently working with on your motherboard?

Hello and thanks for the quick reply!

I'm currently using the American Megatrends Inc. P3.40, 5/16/2019 bios version.

I was originally using a Corsair CX650M, I still doubt it was ever a problem as I bought it less than a year ago but I figured I would try a different one because I was absolutely clueless as to what else could be causing the problem and obviously a different PSU didn't help. Should I put the CX650M back in? Is my Thermaltake one a bad PSU?

 

[antisocialjake]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

Do you still have the Thermaltake Smart PSU in your build at the time of writing? If so, chuck it out and pick something from Seasonic. On another note, what PSU did you have prior since you stated that you upgraded the PSU to a higher wattage version...?

Which BIOS version are you currently working with on your motherboard?

I went ahead and updated my BIOS as I was running the version from 2016... lol. I'll put my Corsair PSU back in if you think its better or might help. Again though, I was having these issue even when using that PSU as well so I this point I don't think the PSU is the problem. I understand if this Thermaltake one is a POS though and have no problem going back to the Corsair one!

BIOS Version now- American Megatrends Inc. P4.60, 12/3/2020

 

[refillable]

Yes, that Thermaltake is a garbage PSU. The Corsair CX-650M is a better unit. But you shouldn't have this issue even when running the Thermaltake. My first suspect would be the GPU, so borrow another one and see if the problems persists. If it's not the GPU then I'd suspect the motherboard. I know it's annoying, but you have to troubleshoot it properly to find the cause. I've been there before.

 

[antisocialjake]

Yes, that Thermaltake is a garbage PSU. The Corsair CX-650M is a better unit. But you shouldn't have this issue even when running the Thermaltake. My first suspect would be the GPU, so borrow another one and see if the problems persists. If it's not the GPU then I'd suspect the motherboard. I know it's annoying, but you have to troubleshoot it properly to find the cause. I've been there before.

BIOS updated was successful but after playing a game (RUST) for about 10 minutes it happened again. I’ll switch out the PSU’s later. I don’t know anyone I can borrow a GPU from or to test in my PC sadly :/