Occasional PC shutdowns and WHEA warnings
Occasional PC shutdowns and WHEA warnings
I own a Gigabyte B450m DS3H motherboard that already had two RAM slots malfunctioning. The two slots I’m using are functioning properly. Recently, I swapped my CPU from a Ryzen 5 2600 to a Ryzen 7 5700x. Before this change, the board supported the older model and had operated smoothly with it for a long time. Now, after installing the new CPU, my PC experiences random freezes that require manual restart or automatic recovery. I turned off the XMP profile for my RAM (G.skill Aegis 2x8GB at 3000MHz) and it’s now running at 2133MHz without crashing yet—only about two days have passed. Someone else reported similar problems due to Radeon software; they downgraded to version 22.5.1. The freezes occur during loading, specifically with games like Marauders, Hunt:Showdown, and a live stream via OBS. When it freezes, only the last frame appears, and I can’t interact or hear anything, though no BSOD appears. I’ve looked into Event Viewer but couldn’t identify the cause. My SSD health checks came back normal. Update: I’ve noticed frequent WHEA errors common in Ryzen 5000 CPUs. I’m now trying to disable Core Performance Boost (CPB) in the BIOS because it was set to Auto by default. Part list: Ryzen 7 5700x, Gigabyte B450m DS3H rev 1.x, G.skill Aegis 2 x 8GB, 3000MHz, MSI RX 6600 8GB, MECH 2X.