This model may experience crashes due to GPU issues.
This model may experience crashes due to GPU issues.
So roughly a month back I received components for my upcoming build: MOBO - Asus tuf gaming X670E-PLUS. CPU - 7950x. AIO - Corsair iCUE H150i. RAM - Gskill Ripjaws S5 2x16GB (F5-6000J3040F16GX2-RS5K). Connected the A2/B2 ports. GPU - XFX 7900XTX. Linked via three separate PCIe power cables (no daisy-chaining). PSU - Corsair HX1000i. Issue 1. Initially, after turning on the system, BIOS didn’t boot properly—VGA LED stayed lit even when the computer was off for several hours. After a full reset it worked. I updated the BIOS to version 0821, but that didn’t fix it. I’ve read about fast boot causing problems and disabled it in BIOS. It seemed to help a bit, though it still happened occasionally. Issue 2. The machine would freeze during loading or while browsing the web. At first I thought it was GPU-related—the screen went black (monitors showed “no signal”) but audio stayed audible. I also noticed the keyboard stopped responding; num lock didn’t affect the LED light. It looked like another component crashed unpredictably. I ran stress tests on both CPU and GPU for half an hour without any failures. Temperatures were normal—GPU max 63°C (hotspot 83°C). CPU reached up to 90°C, which seemed typical for that model. The crashes happened about once or twice daily. I tried ignoring it, assuming newer drivers or BIOS updates would help, but the problem got worse recently. Now it crashes within an hour of every boot. I’ve ruled out several possibilities: I tested my previous GPU (MSI Seahawk RTX 2080) for two and a half years and it still worked. Same with the PSU (Seasonic Focus Plus 850W). I also tried using another RAM stick, moving RAM around, running each one separately—but nothing changed. The only solution that works is disabling the GPU entirely; I’ve been doing so for the last ~8 hours without any issues. I don’t have any other AM5 motherboard or CPU or DDR5 RAM left to try. Help!
The GPU is connected via a riser cable rather than directly to the motherboard.