I want to test my GPU because I’m experiencing visual glitches that are driving me crazy, and I’m getting a bit paranoid, so I don’t trust my own eyes. But all the OCCT guides I’ve found are very outdated, so my question is: what tests should I run and with what settings should I run them to make sure my GPU isn’t producing artifacts?
I was checking my CPU frequencies when I noticed that my Bus Clock fluctuates between 99.0 and 99.3 in CPUID. From what I understand, the normal range is around 99.8 to 100.5. Could losing 1 MHz here cause instability? Is there any logical way to force it to stay exactly at 100? I already tried the common fixes, including disabling Core Isolation, everything related to Windows virtualization features, and disabling Spread Spectrum in the BIOS, but nothing works.
CPU: Ryzen 5 7600
MOBO: B840M DS3H
PSU: Gigabyte UD1000w 80+Gold
OS: Windows 11 25h2 (26200.8457)
I was checking my CPU frequencies when I noticed that my Bus Clock fluctuates between 99.0 and 99.3 in CPUID. From what I understand, the normal range is around 99.8 to 100.5. Could losing 1 MHz here cause instability? Is there any logical way to force it to stay exactly at 100? I already tried the common fixes, including disabling Core Isolation, everything related to Windows virtualization features, and disabling Spread Spectrum in the BIOS, but nothing works
Hello. As the title says, I have this strange issue where my PC only crashes during cold boots after being powered off for at least 3 or 4 hours. This is not reproducible on demand, but it usually happens every 5 to 7 days. What catches my attention is that despite getting memory related error codes such as "System_Service_Exception", "System_Thread_Exception_Not_Handled", "Memory_Management", and "Page_Fault_In_Nonpaged_Area", my memory seems to be perfectly fine as far as I understand. I already ran MemTest86+ overnight, completed 10 cycles of TestMem5 using the Absolut configuration which is around 5 or 6 hours, and also ran the OCCT CPU + RAM test. None of them gave me any errors or indication that something could be wrong. Below I will list everything I have tried in case someone has an idea of something else I could test.
Memory Tests: OCCT CPU + RAM, TestMem5 Absolut config, MemTest86+.
Global Tests: OCCT Power and VRAM + GPU, FurMark, Unigine Superposition, Time Spy and Nomad, Cinebench 2026 and R23. In all of these tests I got average scores or scores around 150 to 200 points below average, which as far as I know is normal.
Other things I tried: reinstalling Windows 3 times using different versions, reinstalling chipset drivers multiple times using both older and current versions, reinstalling audio and ethernet drivers. Right now I am testing an older Ethernet driver version in hopes of fixing it since every previous attempt used the same one. I also performed a clean install of my GPU drivers, disabled Memory Context Restore, switched BIOS versions both to older ones and to the latest available for my motherboard, checked the health of both my main and secondary drives using SMART tests and Samsung Magician, disabled Fast Boot in both Windows and BIOS, and around this same time I also changed my GPU.
System:
GPU: RTX 4070 Super
CPU: Ryzen 5 7600
Memory: 16 GB x 2 DDR5 5600 MT/s
MOBO: B840M DS3H
PSU: Gigabyte Ultra Durable 1000W 80+ Gold
Things I will try over the next few days: Prime95 Large FFT, since it is supposed to test the CPU IMC, and maybe that is what is failing, although honestly at this point I am just grasping at straws.
Dump files: https://www.mediafire.com/file/xb6z7pnoy8p3saf/BSODs+files.zip/file
Hello. As the title says, I have this strange issue where my PC only crashes during cold boots after being powered off for at least 3 or 4 hours. This is not reproducible on demand, but it usually happens every 5 to 7 days. What catches my attention is that despite getting memory related error codes such as "System_Service_Exception", "System_Thread_Exception_Not_Handled", "Memory_Management", and "Page_Fault_In_Nonpaged_Area", my memory seems to be perfectly fine as far as I understand. I already ran MemTest86+ overnight, completed 10 cycles of TestMem5 using the Absolut configuration which is around 5 or 6 hours, and also ran the OCCT CPU + RAM test. None of them gave me any errors or indication that something could be wrong. Below I will list everything I have tried in case someone has an idea of something else I could test.
Memory Tests: OCCT CPU + RAM, TestMem5 Absolut config, MemTest86+.
Global Tests: OCCT Power and VRAM + GPU, FurMark, Unigine Superposition, Time Spy and Nomad, Cinebench 2026 and R23. In all of these tests I got average scores or scores around 150 to 200 points below average, which as far as I know is normal.
Other things I tried: reinstalling Windows 3 times using different versions, reinstalling chipset drivers multiple times using both older and current versions, reinstalling audio and ethernet drivers. Right now I am testing an older Ethernet driver version in hopes of fixing it since every previous attempt used the same one. I also performed a clean install of my GPU drivers, disabled Memory Context Restore, switched BIOS versions both to older ones and to the latest available for my motherboard, checked the health of both my main and secondary drives using SMART tests and Samsung Magician, disabled Fast Boot in both Windows and BIOS, and around this same time I also changed my GPU.
System:
GPU: RTX 4070 Super
CPU: Ryzen 5 7600
Memory: 16 GB x 2 DDR5 5600 MT/s
MOBO: B840M DS3H
PSU: Gigabyte Ultra Durable 1000W 80+ Gold
Things I will try over the next few days: Prime95 Large FFT, since it is supposed to test the CPU IMC, and maybe that is what is failing, although honestly at this point I am just grasping at straws.
ZenTimings: https://imgur.com/a/EAH4YtM (maybe yall can see something strange that can help)
Hi, as the title says, I’m having a pretty annoying cold boot issue. Basically, the PC works perfectly fine with full performance (I ran several performance tests multiple times and everything is within average/expected results), but for some reason, somewhere between every two days to two weeks, the PC crashes when I turn it on after it has been shut down overnight.
I ran MemTest86+ overnight twice and several OCCT tests, and nothing detected any performance or RAM issues. I’ve also reseated the RAM sticks around 5 times at this point.
I’ve been using the last three BIOS versions — F9, F10a, and F10b — and I have the same issue on all of them. Right now I’m testing F7 because I think it’s the most stable one so far.
Is this a common issue, or is there something defective with my PC? Is there anything I can do to fix it?
Everything I tested and passed without issues:
System:
Hello, unfortunately I have a fairly uncomfortable problem for someone with no knowledge of overclocking. The XMP profile of my RAM doesn’t work properly, causing stuttering in some games. I know that requesting an RMA over an XMP profile is probably pointless and unlikely to be accepted since the product works fine without it, but I’d like to know if there’s anything I can manually adjust to make it work properly.
The RAM is a Kingston Fury Beast rated at 5600 MT/s. I’ve experienced crashes when booting Windows from a cold start with that 5600 MT/s profile enabled. My goal is at least to stabilize those 5600 MT/s. I don’t have external RAM cooling and I don’t want to dive deep into overclocking, I just want the PC to run properly.
I’ve already tried updating my BIOS and chipset drivers, and none of that seems to stabilize the 5600 MT/s factory setting. Please, if you could explain it to me in simple terms, I’d really appreciate it. Thank you very much.
As the title says, I am having a strange problem with my PC. For some reason, for a few months now, every between one and one and a half months I get at least one BSOD when I turn on my PC. It does not crash when I am gaming, only when I turn it on after it has been idle for hours.
So far I have tried everything my knowledge could help with. I reinstalled Windows, updated all my PC drivers, from the GPU and chipset all the way to the BIOS, as well as Ethernet and audio drivers. I also ran MemTest86 for about 6 to 7 hours, and during this period I even changed my GPU, before replacing it the issue was also happening, so I have ruled out the GPU as well.
In addition to the BSOD issues, I’m experiencing some very strange stutters in certain games that are really annoying. I’m maintaining a high FPS rate, but my 1% lows have terrible spikes.
Honestly I do not know what to do. Fortunately, all my components are under RMA, but ideally I would like to know which part is failing before having to send everything in for inspection. If anyone has any ideas, they are welcome.
Motherboard: B840M DS3H
GPU: RTX 4070 Super
CPU: Ryzen 5 7600
RAM: 32 GB DDR5 Kingston Fury Beast
OS: Win. 11 25h2
Games with stuttering: Payday 2, Battlefield 1, Warhammer Dakrtide.
As the title says, I am having a strange problem with my PC. For some reason, for a few months now, every between one and one and a half months I get at least one BSOD when I turn on my PC. It does not crash when I am gaming, only when I turn it on after it has been idle for hours.
So far I have tried everything my knowledge could help with. I reinstalled Windows, updated all my PC drivers, from the GPU and chipset all the way to the BIOS, as well as Ethernet and audio drivers. I also ran MemTest86 for about 6 to 7 hours, and during this period I even changed my GPU, before replacing it the issue was also happening, so I have ruled out the GPU as well.
Honestly I do not know what to do. Fortunately, all my components are under RMA, but ideally I would like to know which part is failing before having to send everything in for inspection. If anyone has any ideas, they are welcome.
Motherboard: B840M DS3H
GPU: RTX 4070 Super
CPU: Ryzen 5 7600
RAM: 32 GB DDR5 Kingston Fury Beast
OS: Win. 11 25h2
Hi, I’m having a problem with Payday 2. For some reason I’m getting terrible stuttering in this game, could it just be my PC?
Things to keep in mind: I play titles that are 15 times more demanding like MGS Delta, Helldivers 2, and Battlefield 6, and I don’t get this horrible stuttering in any of them. I’ve tried lowering all graphics settings to minimum, enabling and disabling VSync, changing CPU core affinity from 0 to 3 and nothing works. It would be great if someone could help me out or tell me if it’s a game issue, or if there’s a mod to fix it.
RTX 4070 Super, with the latest NVIDIA drivers (it also happened with previous drivers; I’ve already used DDU several times)
Ryzen 5 7600
32 GB DDR5 RAM
The game is on an SSD
My BIOS is updated to the latest version, as well as my chipset drivers.