XMP settings make my PC restart and stop my game from starting properly.
XMP settings make my PC restart and stop my game from starting properly.
Back in November 2018, when I first got my 2080 Ti back, I tried to overclock my CPU and use the built-in XMP setting for my RAM. This was supposed to fix a bottleneck causing problems with my system. But within about an hour, my computer would turn itself off or restart and go back to normal settings. I even bought a better power supply named Platinum rated EVGA 850w. Nothing changed then. For two years, I just ran at 3.4ghz with my 2133mhz RAM.
About two years ago, after lots of Windows updates, I thought maybe everything would stay stable if I turned on the XMP profile again. It didn't work that time either. Because I was stubborn, I left the XMP setting ON even though it wasn't working before.
In the past, when I overclocked or used the XMP profile, my computer rebooted just by me opening a webpage or running light programs like that. But this time, after it booted up, I immediately started playing Fallout 76 for four hours straight. No reboot happened during those times. Even if I quit the game and closed everything, nothing changed.
Then I restarted it and tried going back to normal web browsing instead of games. My computer rebooted within thirty minutes again. Next time, when I turned on the XMP profile, I started by playing Red Dead Redemption 2 for an hour. Then a reboot happened. After that restart, I went back to Fallout 76, and it worked fine like before.
My temps look okay now, and I haven't tried overclocking my CPU yet because I get about ten to twenty more FPS in most games than before, so I think I don't need one anymore. I checked all the cables and everything looks fine. I'm just wondering why do I have to start with Fallout 76 for my PC to be stable until I turn it off? It's not a big problem for me, but it really stuns me as to why this happens specifically when starting that game instead of other things like browsing the web or using apps.
Ok, so that's good. So, next, are you relying on the Windows supplied drivers for your motherboard components or do you have the most recent motherboard specific drivers installed? If you are unsure, I would just go ahead and install ALL of the following. Audio driver: https://download.gigabyte.com/FileList/D...efresh.zip Intel chipset driver: https://download.gigabyte.com/FileList/D...efresh.zip Intel LAN driver: https://download.gigabyte.com/FileList/D...efresh.zip And if you have ANY of the Gigabyte utilties from the CD/DVD or motherboard product page installed, like App Center, Easytune, Intel XTU, cFosSpeed, etc., I...
I got the newest version of this motherboard from the Gigabyte site. It's a model released back in 2015, and I can look at their link here for more info: https://www.gigabyte.com/us/Motherboard/...rt-dl-bios
Ok, so that's good. So, next, are you relying on the Windows supplied drivers for your motherboard components or do you have the most recent motherboard specific drivers installed? If you are unsure, I would just go ahead and install ALL of the following. Audio driver: https://download.gigabyte.com/FileList/D...efresh.zip Intel chipset driver: https://download.gigabyte.com/FileList/D...efresh.zip Intel LAN driver: https://download.gigabyte.com/FileList/D...efresh.zip And if you have ANY of the Gigabyte utilties from the CD/DVD or motherboard product page installed, like App Center, Easytune, Intel XTU, cFosSpeed, etc., I would uninstall them. It would also probably be a good idea to update Windows to version 2004 as well. And, MOST important of all, if you have been "upgrading" Windows each spring and fall major update cycle, and even more so if this was an upgrade from Windows 7 or 8 to begin with and a clean install has never been done since upgrading, it would be a VERY GOOD idea to simply start by backing up anything important including documents, personal files and folders, application settings, etc. and then do a clean install of Windows. Sometimes all it takes is one bad registry setting and it never goes away no matter how many times you "upgrade" or "update" the system. And other times it simply takes getting rid of one bad, older driver, or installing one good, newer driver, to fix the problem.
I think I am relying on the Windows built-in drivers right now. I'm pretty sure none of the Gigabyte utility drivers from the CD/DVD or website are installed there. I have never changed my audio driver, Intel chipset driver, or Intel LAN driver before either; I only ever updated the BIOS driver itself too. In the past, I did a few Windows clean installs because of viruses so the system has never been on Windows 7/8/8.1 . I'll try installing those three drivers and let you know what happens.
After putting in all three drivers and using my PC normally, the random restarts are gone. Running stress tests shows no crashes either. So now I don't need to launch Fallout 76 at startup to keep the XMP overclocks steady. Thanks a lot for your help! If you aren't sure how these work, do they really help with stability? The only driver that makes sense to install is the Intel chipset one since the others seem unnecessary but stopping the restarts was enough. Otherwise, thanks again so much for helping me out. Now I can use my computer comfortably with these higher settings!