Hi, all. Been a long time since I stopped by these forums, but I've always known you good folks to be a collective godsend when the going gets tough (in the realm of PCs, anyway).
So, I'm sure you're all busy, and I do not wish to waste your time, so enough prelude.
Update: My issue seems similar to this person's, except I do get the occasional freeze: https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/getting-a-lot-of-random-restarts-with-my-new-build.1381506/
MY BUILD:
GPU: EVGA GTX 1080 Ti Black Edition
CPU: i7 8700K
Memory: 16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 (2666MHz, I believe)
MOBO: ASUS Z370 Plus TUF Gaming
Storage: 2X SSD, one 970 EVO Pro PCIe NVMe, the other an older SATA SSD. Also an EVO, I believe. Both 500GB.
PROBLEM: My system has been randomly restarting and/or freezing since the 25th of September. I know it was this particular day because that's when the first Kernel-Power (event ID 41) error shows up (in EventVwr).
These freezes/crashes do NOT generate crash dumps, and they are NOT the result of a BSOD. I've tried running WhoCrashed to no avail as well.
These crashes primarily seem to happen while gaming, though on one occasion it occurred for no discernible reason shortly after booting and launching my web browser, and just today, it happened the second I booted a game (but it usually takes a couple hours or much more).
So, here's what I've ruled out:
-Overheating. Neither my GPU or CPU are overheating, even when I've run a very intense game for hours. The GPU rarely goes above 70 C, and CPU never goes above 60. I've tried stress testing my CPU using Prime95, and my GPU usine Unigine Heaven and Furmark.
-Memory. I've run both Win. Memory Diag. and Memtest86 (3 passes -- I know I could do more, but I consider this sufficient for now. In my experience, if a RAM stick has significant stability problems, you are going to get flooded with errors).
-Power Supply(*). Based on my initial research, a failing or insufficient power supply can be the cause of these random restarts; particularly if they occur during gaming. So, I replaced my old EVGA 650W (Silver-rated) with a new EVGA 750W (Bronze-rated) one. The issue remains. It IS possible I got two faulty PSUs in a row, but given that I've had this system put together for about a year and a half with no issues prior to my new PSU purchase, it's unlikely.
-Storage. I've run every SSD/HDD health checking utility I can find, and nothing has turned up any errors. I'm also not seeing any other signs of a failing drive, such as errors when transferring files, unresponsiveness, etc. My system is just as speedy and efficient as ever.
-Drivers. I've clean uninstalled my GPU drivers using DDU (run properly -- in safe mode, as administrator, etc) and reinstalled them three times.
-Viruses. I've run rootkit scans and malware scans galore. Nothing found.
-Overclock. The issue occurs even without my system being overclocked, and I only recently started overclocking my CPU. I've never overclocked my GPU.
-Improper seating. I've re-seated all the hardware I can, except my CPU, and that's only because I do not have any thermal paste or rubbing alcohol handy.
-Bad wall socket. I've tried plugging my system into a surge protector, directly into the wall, and into different power sockets in my house. No dice.
There have been no major or minor hardware changes before this error occurred.
Any help would be appreciated.
So, I'm sure you're all busy, and I do not wish to waste your time, so enough prelude.
Update: My issue seems similar to this person's, except I do get the occasional freeze: https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/getting-a-lot-of-random-restarts-with-my-new-build.1381506/
MY BUILD:
GPU: EVGA GTX 1080 Ti Black Edition
CPU: i7 8700K
Memory: 16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 (2666MHz, I believe)
MOBO: ASUS Z370 Plus TUF Gaming
Storage: 2X SSD, one 970 EVO Pro PCIe NVMe, the other an older SATA SSD. Also an EVO, I believe. Both 500GB.
PROBLEM: My system has been randomly restarting and/or freezing since the 25th of September. I know it was this particular day because that's when the first Kernel-Power (event ID 41) error shows up (in EventVwr).
These freezes/crashes do NOT generate crash dumps, and they are NOT the result of a BSOD. I've tried running WhoCrashed to no avail as well.
These crashes primarily seem to happen while gaming, though on one occasion it occurred for no discernible reason shortly after booting and launching my web browser, and just today, it happened the second I booted a game (but it usually takes a couple hours or much more).
So, here's what I've ruled out:
-Overheating. Neither my GPU or CPU are overheating, even when I've run a very intense game for hours. The GPU rarely goes above 70 C, and CPU never goes above 60. I've tried stress testing my CPU using Prime95, and my GPU usine Unigine Heaven and Furmark.
-Memory. I've run both Win. Memory Diag. and Memtest86 (3 passes -- I know I could do more, but I consider this sufficient for now. In my experience, if a RAM stick has significant stability problems, you are going to get flooded with errors).
-Power Supply(*). Based on my initial research, a failing or insufficient power supply can be the cause of these random restarts; particularly if they occur during gaming. So, I replaced my old EVGA 650W (Silver-rated) with a new EVGA 750W (Bronze-rated) one. The issue remains. It IS possible I got two faulty PSUs in a row, but given that I've had this system put together for about a year and a half with no issues prior to my new PSU purchase, it's unlikely.
-Storage. I've run every SSD/HDD health checking utility I can find, and nothing has turned up any errors. I'm also not seeing any other signs of a failing drive, such as errors when transferring files, unresponsiveness, etc. My system is just as speedy and efficient as ever.
-Drivers. I've clean uninstalled my GPU drivers using DDU (run properly -- in safe mode, as administrator, etc) and reinstalled them three times.
-Viruses. I've run rootkit scans and malware scans galore. Nothing found.
-Overclock. The issue occurs even without my system being overclocked, and I only recently started overclocking my CPU. I've never overclocked my GPU.
-Improper seating. I've re-seated all the hardware I can, except my CPU, and that's only because I do not have any thermal paste or rubbing alcohol handy.
-Bad wall socket. I've tried plugging my system into a surge protector, directly into the wall, and into different power sockets in my house. No dice.
There have been no major or minor hardware changes before this error occurred.
Any help would be appreciated.
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