Question Random crash on computer no longer working . What could be the issue

[dthomas1266]

So I was playing a video game and suddenly I started noticing flickering on my display shortly after my system would crash and I would have to restart a couple times. Eventually, it just gave out completely and my CPU light was on.

I tried reseating my RAM , changing old video card , reapplying thermal paste to CPU but nothing.

Here where it gets weird, after the above troubleshooting, I switched to my old CPU and instead of the CPU light the DRAM light shows.

All my parts are about 3 months olds except my ram and motherboard are about 6-7 years ish.

 

[helpstar]

which cpu, motherboard, psu, ram, GPU are you using
which other cpu did you try?

 

[dthomas1266]

which cpu, motherboard, psu, ram, GPU are you using
which other cpu did you try?

Current parts
CPU- ryzen 5 5600x
GPU- 6800xt
PSU- 750W sama x series
Mobo- B450 ATX

The CPU I tried after was troubleshooting
CPU- ryzen 5 2600
GPU- RX 580

Which is just spare parts from my last build .

I have been playing this fine until recently it just happened

 

[helpstar]

which b450 mb model?

reset BIOS with the old cpu and try booting afterwards