PC Freezes and Display Restarts Itself During Usage

[ctiratira]

PC Specs:
Mobo - ASUS Maximus X Formula
CPU - 8700k
GPU - EVGA 1080 Ti 11 GB
RAM - Corsair Duminator 16 GB
HDD - Samsung 850 M.2 500 GB
PSU - EVGA 850 W
CPU Cooler - Corsair h100i v2
Chasis - Corsair Graphite Full Tower

During the midst of gaming or sometimes running applications, my PC will freeze followed by my monitor restarting itself (turning off then turning on).
This freeze/display restart occurs very often especially when playing cs:go (approximately once every minute).
The PC appears to function normally until it decides to freeze/restart the display again.

Note: I’ve swapped every component possible with my secondary PC and installed Windows on a different SSD.
All drivers/firmware/BIOS are up to date.

Although CPU and GPU temps rise under load, I’ve researched that my temps are normal (CPU 30-50c / GPU 50-60c). Temps seem normal according to Corsair LINK software.

My PC was working perfectly fine until I started experiencing this freezing/crashing issue roughly 5 days ago and have been trying to fix this issue since!

The CPU/MOBO are brand new because I thought that would’ve fixed the issue but it did not.

Can it be bad firmware with Samsung?
Faulty Windows 10 USB file?

I have a Samsung 970 PRO 512 GB and I plan to re-download Windows 10 on my thumb drive and perform a fresh install.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Christian

 

[jankerson]

What PSU is it exactly?

 

[ctiratira]

EVGA Supernova G3 Gold 80+ Fully Modular

 

[jankerson]

How is the Graphics card plugged into the PSU?

Are you using 2x separate PCIe cables?

Not a single cable with 2 connectors...

 

[ctiratira]

2 separate connectors. I’ve used the card in my secondary PC for 8+ hours with no issue.

 

[jankerson]

2 separate connectors. I’ve used the card in my secondary PC for 8+ hours with no issue.

2 separate PCIe cables?

One cable for each 8 pin connection.

 

[ctiratira]

Yes sir

 

[jankerson]

What about the PSU?

Did you switch those out?

What about the memory?

 

[ctiratira]

Yes. Still caused the freezing problem.

 

[jankerson]

Yes. Still caused the freezing problem.

Memory correct?

 

[ctiratira]

I ran each stick individually and changed placements. Issue still occurs.

 

[jankerson]

What about the m.2 drive?

 

[jankerson]

Go into the BOIS reset it to defaults removing any OC.

Update to the latest BIOS if you haven't already.

Make sure MCE is disabled (Multicore enhancement).

 

[ctiratira]

I installed the OS onto a regular SSD with the M.2 drive still attached and the problem persists. Would removing the M.2 make a difference?

 

[jankerson]

Maybe, try it.

If not strip it down, remove the GPU, 1 stick of ram, all drives except a reg SSD.

Plug the monitor into the MB Graphics port and see what happens.

 

[ctiratira]

I restored BIOS and have not OC’ed anything.
Flashed latest BIOS update last night.
I will disable MCE tonight when I get home.

 

[jankerson]

Let us know what happens.

 

[ArchitSahu]

How old is your PSU? Have you RMA'ed it?

 

[ctiratira]

Approximately 1 year. I swapped PSUs with 2ndary PC. Same issue. I doubt it’s the PSU.

 

[ctiratira]

I installed a fresh copy of Windows, updated all drivers, disabled MCE in BIOS, and I'm still experiencing that 5-10 second freeze with the monitor resetting itself.

 

[ctiratira]

I ran CS:GO with onboard graphics for 30 minutes with no crash but the game was extremely laggy.
I still don't under stand how it could be the PSU or GPU.
I installed the 1080Ti onto my secondary computer and it ran flawlessly for 8+ hours...

 

[ctiratira]

Also noticing this error in Windows Event Logs...
"Display driver nvlddmkm stopped responding and has successfully recovered."