Screen turns black during extended gaming sessions.
Screen turns black during extended gaming sessions.
I've faced this issue with a few titles recently. (They work well without problems) Affected games: - Pacific Drive - Satisfactory Games where everything is fine: - Elden Ring - Smite - Last Epoch - Baldur's Gate 3
How the problem unfolds: It starts after about an hour, then the screen goes black suddenly, and sometimes the audio gets stuck and loops while the system stays on. The RGB and fans are still active. On the motherboard, the DRAM LED (orange) flashes and turns off, followed by a brief green boot LED activation. The system neither powers back up nor shuts down, so I have to force it off. It happens consistently, usually after around 40 minutes.
Hardware specs: CPU - AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D, GPU - AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, Motherboard - MSI MAG B650 TOMAHAWK, RAM - Corsair 32GB KIT DDR5 6000MHz CL36, BIOS version 1.0.0.0, PSU - Asus ROG Strix 850W, Monitor - 1440p ultrawide via DisplayPort
What I've tried: Installed the latest GPU driver, reinserted RAM, checked connections, updated BIOS.
Additional notes: The system stays cool thanks to my NZXT AIO cooler's LED, but it might not be a perfect sign (it runs around 70°C during problematic sessions). Another factor could be faulty RAM—when I attempted overclocking in the BIOS after finishing setup, the whole system became unstable, with multiple BSODs and red/orange motherboard lights on startup. I chose to disable it for safety.
My guess is the RAM might be defective, causing the black screen shown by the orange LED, preventing a restart despite the green LED signaling. Other than that, I'm really stuck. Any suggestions?
Is the memory context restore feature enabled? You may be bypassing memory training, which could cause performance issues like freezing or BSODs when starting with 6000CL32 RAM.
Sorry, the issue wasn't caused by a manual setting—it was automatically activated, and I couldn't turn it off.