PC is experiencing crashes after 20 to 30 minutes of use.
PC is experiencing crashes after 20 to 30 minutes of use.
I saved the details from the retailer site where I purchased it. When you referenced it, I looked at the packaging and noticed the code F4-3200C16D-32GIS. From your earlier note, I attempted to disable the XMP profile, but around 30 minutes of gaming it failed as expected. I monitored the CPU temperature every minute, which stayed between 52 and 60, with occasional spikes up to 65 for short periods.
It should have been a single kit, packaged together. Pressing the power button for long periods had no effect; there was absolutely no reaction, and the device remained on.
I also ran some stress tests using my faulty PSU and it passed without any crashes. However, once I began a game, it would crash after 20 to 40 minutes. I don’t remember the exact times, and when I started rendering an edited video with heavy tasks like slow motion or enhanced motion, it crashed immediately on that particular clip. If you have a backup PSU or can obtain one from a friend for testing, I recommend doing so. If it still crashes, it might be due to MoBo, even though it’s new. Also, do you notice coil whine in your PSU? Because before the crashes, mine would make a very loud "OOOFFFF".
What is coil whine? I don’t notice any noises before the crash at all. My PSU links through USB to the motherboard for monitoring. I’m going to check where the cable is placed and see if I can connect it properly. What should I be looking for when monitoring the PSU?
I don't know if that's connected, but after linking the PSU cable for monitoring and installing Corsair Cue, I began experiencing crashes much more frequently. It usually happens right when I try to open my game. I uninstalled the cue now, but the crashes keep coming up. Now there are different types of crashes—sometimes everything freezes completely, other times when the crash occurs and the monitor goes blank, the fans blast at full speed, and the PC keeps spinning. Even with the fan at maximum and the power button pressed, I can turn it off by holding it for a few seconds.
Maybe it's still too early to say the issue is resolved, but I've been playing for about three hours without any crashes. The problem I encountered was quite strange. It seems that while cleaning the dust from the PSU, I accidentally placed one of the wires inside the PSU slightly in the path of the fan. This small amount of resistance stopped the fan from spinning completely. All I did was move the wire away from the fan and didn't need to take it apart. I think the PSU was overheating, which is unusual because the monitoring app didn't show temperatures exceeding 43°C. Still, that's what I did so far, and no crashes have occurred.