Hello and happy new year!
I've recently run into this problem and I'm having trouble troubleshooting it. I have a fairly old PC that I use from time to time. Specs:
I've recently run into this problem and I'm having trouble troubleshooting it. I have a fairly old PC that I use from time to time. Specs:
- Win 10 20H1 (ik, a bit out of date)
- Intel Core i5 3470
- 8GB + 4GB (unmatched sticks)
- HD7770
- SSD + HDD (this specific program runs from SSD)
- no OC
- CPU temps are ok (they do not go over 65c)
- RAM temps are ok
- SSD temps are ok
- GPU is barely used
- indeed, 1 CPU core is mostly maxed out because as mentioned before, this app is CPU intensive. However, the load is not constant -- it goes up and down from time to time
- right before PC shuts down, it displays an error message box. The problem is that it shuts down so fast that I can not read it. I tried to search the system logs in Event Viewer, but nothing comes up except that 'my PC shut down unexpectedly'. Not very helpful. Maybe I am missing some filters?
- if I try to start my PC right away, it will crash again very fast (usually after it hits login screen)
- after I finally boot up the PC, the fans will stay at almost full speed for hours and they are noisy, even thought the temps are ok and the PC is idle. From what I see, it seems that the GPU fan is the one that acts funny, even though there is no reason for it to do that. The app has nothing to do with rendering or any GPU related operations. This bothers me the most since it never happened before. Usually, fans go quiet in 1 minute (maximum) after boot.
- software/drivers bugs? I havent installed new SW since last time I ran this app.
- temps? They never approach 75c, let alone 100c. However, why are the fans at high speed after reboot?
- faulty GPU? maybe
- faulty RAM? maybe
- faulty PSU? maybe
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