I recently built a new rig, and all parts work up to their expectations after trying multiple benchmarks. It works great - when it works. An issue has kept persisting and I can't pinpoint the cause.
It started while using my PC for a couple of hours. A weird phenomenon would occur where one by one, each application would seem to be working, but were unresponsive. For example, the open YouTube video would still be playing back well, but I could not close or adjust the chrome tab. I would then be unable to open, close or move any application as they run. And then, the start button would do nothing. Nothing seemed laggy, my mouse would respond to my movements well, until the PC was finally frozen altogether. I would have no choice but to hold the power button.
After trying to find out what would cause this to start, I finally discovered a pattern. After playing a game for >30 minutes and then closing it, the problem would occur the most. No matter what game, from easy to run games to graphically intensive games. This problem has never occurred while a game was open.
Thought it was a thermal problem with my CPU. It does idle at 50c. But looking online, this is just normal temperature for the CPU, and other owners of the same CPU don't seem to have the problems that my PC have. Reapplied thermal paste anyways to be sure.
Don't know where to start with this. A display issue? SSD sits at 63c, could that be an issue? Reinstall windows entirely? Dunno, hope someone has an idea.
Specifications
CPU: Ryzen 9 3900x, stock speeds
Cooler: NZXT Kraken X62
Motherboard: ASUS AM4 TUF X570-Plus
GPU: EVGA RTX 2080 Super
RAM: Trident Z 2x16GB 3200Mhz
SSD: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1TB
Monitors: Acer Predator XB271HU bmiprz, via DP
AOC U2790VQ, via DP
Sceptre C325-W, via HDMI
PSU: CORSAIR RMx 850w 80+ Gold
OS: Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit
It started while using my PC for a couple of hours. A weird phenomenon would occur where one by one, each application would seem to be working, but were unresponsive. For example, the open YouTube video would still be playing back well, but I could not close or adjust the chrome tab. I would then be unable to open, close or move any application as they run. And then, the start button would do nothing. Nothing seemed laggy, my mouse would respond to my movements well, until the PC was finally frozen altogether. I would have no choice but to hold the power button.
After trying to find out what would cause this to start, I finally discovered a pattern. After playing a game for >30 minutes and then closing it, the problem would occur the most. No matter what game, from easy to run games to graphically intensive games. This problem has never occurred while a game was open.
Thought it was a thermal problem with my CPU. It does idle at 50c. But looking online, this is just normal temperature for the CPU, and other owners of the same CPU don't seem to have the problems that my PC have. Reapplied thermal paste anyways to be sure.
Don't know where to start with this. A display issue? SSD sits at 63c, could that be an issue? Reinstall windows entirely? Dunno, hope someone has an idea.
Specifications
CPU: Ryzen 9 3900x, stock speeds
Cooler: NZXT Kraken X62
Motherboard: ASUS AM4 TUF X570-Plus
GPU: EVGA RTX 2080 Super
RAM: Trident Z 2x16GB 3200Mhz
SSD: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1TB
Monitors: Acer Predator XB271HU bmiprz, via DP
AOC U2790VQ, via DP
Sceptre C325-W, via HDMI
PSU: CORSAIR RMx 850w 80+ Gold
OS: Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit
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