Hello,
I've been looking into a friend's PC that has been having some issues with crashing when it's trying to load up a newer generation game. Programs like Tiny Tina's Wonderland will crash before they ever load and the system will usually revert back to the desktop. Sometimes the whole system just powers down. These are issues that have happened after we recently installed a 3080 GPU. It's also unknown how old the PSU is.
I've ran the usual maintenance. Windows updates. Driver updates. Disc Cleanup. Cleared cookies. Defrag. Cleaned up registry with CCleaner. At one point the system shut down when I was only running a virus scan. I figure it's either a power issue, a heating issue, or a virus.
I've cleaned up the heatsink and reapplied fresh thermal paste. It wasn't as dirty as I was expecting it to be, and the fan seemed to be working just fine. As expected, the problem persisted. I have the exact same CPU in another build, so I tried that to see if the CPU was possibly damaged, but we're still having the same problem.
My next thought was trying out another power supply before wiping the drive to put on a fresh install of windows. I thought it might be good to poke my head in here and see if anyone might have some suggestions for me. The hardware is as follows:
CPU: AMD 8350 4.0GB
RAM: GSkill Ripjaws 32GB (4x8GB) DDR3
GPU: GeForce 3080
PSU: EVGA 1000W Gold
MoBo: Asus 970 Pro
Thanks!
I've been looking into a friend's PC that has been having some issues with crashing when it's trying to load up a newer generation game. Programs like Tiny Tina's Wonderland will crash before they ever load and the system will usually revert back to the desktop. Sometimes the whole system just powers down. These are issues that have happened after we recently installed a 3080 GPU. It's also unknown how old the PSU is.
I've ran the usual maintenance. Windows updates. Driver updates. Disc Cleanup. Cleared cookies. Defrag. Cleaned up registry with CCleaner. At one point the system shut down when I was only running a virus scan. I figure it's either a power issue, a heating issue, or a virus.
I've cleaned up the heatsink and reapplied fresh thermal paste. It wasn't as dirty as I was expecting it to be, and the fan seemed to be working just fine. As expected, the problem persisted. I have the exact same CPU in another build, so I tried that to see if the CPU was possibly damaged, but we're still having the same problem.
My next thought was trying out another power supply before wiping the drive to put on a fresh install of windows. I thought it might be good to poke my head in here and see if anyone might have some suggestions for me. The hardware is as follows:
CPU: AMD 8350 4.0GB
RAM: GSkill Ripjaws 32GB (4x8GB) DDR3
GPU: GeForce 3080
PSU: EVGA 1000W Gold
MoBo: Asus 970 Pro
Thanks!
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