Problem challenging to identify or investigate: Ongoing instability, interruptions, and visual glitches
Problem challenging to identify or investigate: Ongoing instability, interruptions, and visual glitches
Hello everyone,
I’m writing this for the first time on these forums. My setup is listed here: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/qWjVxH.
Describing what I’m going through is difficult; I’ll try to share a few videos to illustrate the problems and trust that they help where my words fall short.
The problem began as a noticeable drop in frames per second. Even though my FPS counter showed 240, it seemed closer to 60, and I couldn’t pinpoint the cause. I adjusted graphics settings without any improvement. Not until I recorded a slow-motion video did I get a clearer picture of what was happening. The footage was confusing: the image looked severely distorted, there was an unusual 'jitter' especially around the edges, and I saw ghosting, afterimages, and strange previews.
Other odd symptoms I’ve noticed include occasional audio crackling—especially when watching YouTube—and a high system latency that feels unusually slow. It’s hard to find online solutions because these issues seem unique to my setup rather than typical CPU or GPU stutter.
Here are three videos that might help:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1...sp=sharing
I’ve tried the following fixes:
- Reinstalling the VGA driver (DDU)
- Monitoring CPU/GPU performance and temperatures
- BIOS update
- CMOS reset
- Reseating the GPU
- Cleaning the OS installation
- Using a different DPI cable
- Switching to integrated graphics
- Changing the mouse
- Reinstalling motherboard drivers
- Testing each RAM stick individually
- Disabling XMP profile
- Adjusting refresh rate and resolution
- Using a different controller
- Running MemTest once
- Performing Windows memory test
- Running Disk Check
- Using System File Checker
- Enabling Park Control
I’m sure I might have missed something, but this list should give me a solid starting point. Thank you for your help—I’m hoping someone with experience can point me in the right direction. I’ve also shared this on PCHelpForum, and there’s a Reddit thread with similar reports, though no clear solutions were found there.
Hey there,
When you performed the CMOS clear, which method were you using? Were you referring to the link provided: https://www.asus.com/support/faq/1040820/?
Yes; method 2. I shut down the PC, disconnected the power source, removed the power adapter, pressed the power button briefly, took out the battery for ten minutes, then reassembled everything and restarted.
I didn't add them because I think the drives aren't the problem. The stuttering happened before using the two NVMe drives and continues even after disconnecting the three storage drives.