System halted while playing and remains unresponsive after reaching the CPU limit.
System halted while playing and remains unresponsive after reaching the CPU limit.
Hello everyone, I hope you are having a great day. Today I need your help troubleshooting my desktop, here is the summary: - Yesterday I was playing a videogame (Riftbreaker Multiplayer Playtest) - After a while, I would say 5-15 minutes, my desktop froze, including a "buzzing sound"/repeated sound, I guess it was the buffering of the last sound played when frozen - In addition, my keyboard and mouse, which respond to touch/pressing them by displaying light/led got stuck in the last position - Afterwards, I had to force a shutdown via the case button - I turned on the pc again, and this time it couldn't post: it got stuck in the cpu led - I further tried more three times, and decided to do a power cycle, which at first did not work - After this, I did an even longer power cycle, like 10 minutes I would say, and the PC was able to boot - I once again played the same videogame, and the same problem happened, including the PC not posting and with the CPU light - It was already very late to test it again, so I went to sleep while removing all electricity from the computer - Today, after waking up, I tried again and it's still stuck at the CPU led Current PC specifications: - Ryzen 5700x3d (with Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120) - MSI B450 Gaming Pro AC - 4 x 8 GB RAM same timings and speed (ADATA + Corsair VENGEANCE LPX) running XMP - Gainward RTX 5080 - Corsair RM1000x SHIFT 80 PLUS Gold (1000 W) This PC has been upgraded since 2018, with the only remaining parts being the motherboard and the 2 x 8 GB ADATA RAM sticks. Timeline of upgrades: - Switched Ryzen 2600 to a 5700x3d last year and added the LPX RAM sticks, and it worked perfectly every time - Switched my GTX 1080 to a RTX 5080 2 months ago, and it worked perfectly. I even played some videogames, although not super demanding - I also upgraded my PSU to my current one due to the RTX 5080 - Everything was working seemingly perfectly until yesterday Does anyone have any clue, or troubleshooting ideas so I can figure out what the problem may be? I was inclined to VRM, but I researched a bit more into it and supposedly it should throttle due to thermals, if that is the problem. I also have access to a multimeter if that is useful here. Thank you for your time and help, I really appreciate it.
Start from scratch—use a single stick RAM SSD with OS installed. You might want to swap out the PSU without rewiring; just unplug the new one and keep the old one on the desk. Test the graphics card to see which components work. After powering it up, check the Event Viewer for errors. Open the Windows search bar in the event viewer, go to the Windows tab, and look at the errors. Most issues have solutions that can be found online. Also, try running CrystalDiskInfo from a free download to inspect your disk drive.
Do you have extra components available, or is it okay to use another person's computer to exchange parts for diagnosis? Also, do you have the original pieces ready for testing?