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  1. CaptNumbNutz

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    I wonder if this is what you were dealing with:

    [size=2]View: https://youtu.be/cbGfc-JBxlY[/size]
    I remember watching that a few months ago. I'm not sure if it's related to what I experienced. Thru all the research I did, 2 things were common: I'm not the only one who experienced very similar problems, and the issue occurred on MSI, Gigabyte, Asus, AsRock boards too from low end to high end. Another consistency I saw was most of the reports of it occurring happened 1-2 years ago during the transition from 400 series chipsets to 500 chipsets, and MSI and Gigabyte got bios out to fix the problem.
    Coincidentally, when I went to Microcenter to buy the replacement MSI board... MC had the same Asus Tuf B550 board on sale... but it was marked as "mark II" version. And that version of the board is not mentioned on Asus website when I last looked. I'm betting there was a hardware revision likely to do with the VRM's.
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    It looks like we have memed something into reality. My wife actually brought this to my attention with the quote "I want the smell of of any intruder to be permanent."

    [size=2]View: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3DApy6AFmE/[/size]
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    Look at that RGB finally putting in work, son
    Fucking amazing. I actually found a useful feature of RGB RAM sticks that doesn't involve enjoying the aesthetics of Leprechaun bukkake. Basically, if you got 2 Rainbow roads synced, you're good. If you got one stick trailing the other like a noob running Donkey Kong in Mario Kart and hitting every banana launched from the Toad in 1st place... you're fucked.
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    I'm currently debating whether to sell off this perfectly good set of 32GB GSkill TridentZ 3600mhz 2x16GB and RMA this AMD 5800X then sell off it's replacement too. Part of me says keep them for future issues since I've had so many.

    As for the mobo.... well it's ASUS and we all know damn well how they treat RMA's. It's gonna die at the hands of 5.56 FMJ then pissing on it for good measure.
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    The weirdest part of all... The rig was stable for 1.5 years before all this BS started. I noticed the GSKill TridentZ RAM I purchased was actually running the RGB lights in a weird trailing pattern, one stick slower than the other instead of synced. Issues started, I replaced RAM with new Corsair LPX. Issue didn't go away until I applied a voltage offset of +0.1v to CPU. I then had windows issues so I reinstalled and did a BIOS update too. Then it worked for almost 6 months no problems until all of it started again and even got worse.
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    That's crazy. Don't know if you saw, but I think spammy just replaced his CPU due to the same thing. When I saw your post I was going to (kinda jokingly) suggest the CPU but figured as usual I'd be totally off base and it'd end up being one of those cheap XIAOFU fans you bought on Amazon :D
    Crazy is a god damned understatement. This fuckin 5800x with Asus mobo was actually MORE stable under load and overclocked before I replaced both of them. It defied every convention when it comes to system stability. Stress tests would obviously yield no instability because of it. I want to watch 1 youtube video or browse a website... fuck me the computer freezes. I let it sit for 5 minutes while I WFH and answer phone calls on the company laptop...fuck me the computer freezes. If it stayed on long enough for windows to put it to sleep... fuck me it would throw a Watchdog error and reboot. But god damn it had no problem running Prime95 for a day, memtest for a day, or even a fucking game for nearly 6 hours straight. To get it thru one day of not rebooting I literally had to spool Prime95 or run 1-2 youtube videos constantly keeping 3 or 4 CPU's actively running.
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    I may not be running dual 4090's, but that just means I can afford more blow.
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    Jokes on you. Not only has Nvidia stopped doing SLI for several generations now, powering be a bigger headache than a bitch of an ex wife.
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    I also ain't dealing with the case wiring again. FUCK THAT. That one motherboard screw in the back near the I/O? I have to use a special screwdriver just to get to that one.
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    LOL. no. Computers aren't like the used car market.
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    After 2 weeks of constant tinkering and trying to get my motherboard set right so I could just have a stable, non-overclocked system, I have finally done it.

    I solved it in typical [H] fashion. I stopped fucking around and threw money into upgrades until the problem went away.

    Turns out not only was my motherboard slowly dying, my CPU (AMD 5800X) was also dying. As rare as faulty CPU's are, I'm going put the blame for it's death on the motherboard too because... well... I don't have any other reason than FUCK ASUS.

    I swapped the board from an ASUS TUF B550 to an MSI Tomahawk B550 Max. Tried all the same parts, reinstalled Windows, and got partial stability with a new windows install. It STILL wouldn't load windows without XMP ON, boosted VCore, PBO ON, and Auto OC ON and would still crash when at idle (no load) and getting Windows WHEA error 18. One thing I noticed off the bat though... the various voltages being supplied to the CPU weren't sagging anymore. The issue was never the RAM or PSU either. So I dealt with that headache for another day and gave up. I upgraded the 5800x to a 5900x. Everything went flawlessly on auto settings. I could even downclock the RAM and turn OFF XMP (it's re-enabled now and all 64GB running at 3600mhz).

    So I've got 4 more CPU cores now, the chip runs a lot cooler at no load (sitting at 130mhz, 9w power, 27C right now just typing) and boosts higher than the other chip ever dreamed to 4.8ghz. Under load I can see it uses a lot more power according to Ryzen Master, but fuck the tree huggers AMIRITE?
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    Whelp. the voltage tweaks I put in got me 5.5 hours of both general use and gaming. I quit my game to go get a beer and come back to a DPC_Watchdog error blue screen. :mad: At least its an improvement.
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    Maybe we’ll have better luck with each others messed up stuff
    Ya. no. I think this is salvageable. Just gotta throw more at it and not give up.

    I actually found some more things to tweak in an unlikely place. I actually found some info while looking for optimal settings for my RAM and trying to get it to its rated 3600mhz instead of running at 3200mhz.
    Apparently one of the issues was the CLDO VDDG CCD voltage, CLDO VDDP voltage, and CLDO VDDG IOD voltages. Basically, when doing overclocking (be it thru Ryzen master, PBO, etc.) these all get a boost. So this is why putting the CPU under heavy load like a game makes it more stable. But going back to basic stuff like youtube, netflix, general use, or even idling... all this goes away because its not enough load to trigger it and the base voltages on these settings is barely enough. So right now I've boosted those volts, but keeping RAM at a normal speed 3200mhz and the Infinity Fabric set manually at 1600mhz. it's made it twice as long on a youtube video than usual. I'm gonna let it ride. If I don't get this fixed I'm installing this new MSI board. I got 30 day return window.
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    Can you down-clock the CPU/RAM and test stability? That would help you figure out if it's the mobo or not.
    I've done all of that. The more steps I try, the worse it gets. Disabling PBO doesn't work. Disabling c-states doesn't work. Disabling XMP/DOCP actually results in no post. The Damn thing is actually more stable when I let it overclock/turbo itself. 3 hours gaming, no issues. Quit the game, 5 minutes of no load, it crashes. Basically, stability tests won't track it down because putting a load on it makes it more stable. It passes memtest and other benchmarks. My hunch is it is a voltage issue, and some boards got bios updates to fix it. I'm on latest bios, and frankly don't want to flash an older one.
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    I'm at my wits end with the stability of my PC. 6 months ago, I was dealing with constant crashes and lockups. I've narrowed down the issue to the CPU or motherboard. Now the same issues are back. Rather than posting a wall of text, these are the sort of issues I'm having: https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/k316uh/ryzen_5000_pc_crashes_help_whea_logger/ . I'm about to just by an MSI B550 Tomahawk Max from MC. Good buy?
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    Yay! The transformer at the end of the street blew up. If I find out who started the grow farm that caused this in the middle of winter while it's sub zero, I'm stealing all their shit.
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    I think an extension which can help is Stylish, if mem serves.
    that looks like an easier solution. I'm no programmer, so doing it any other way will be challenging. thank you
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    Anyone know any way to adjust the color of a scrollbar when viewing a website? HardForum is a prime example. I'm using Brave browser on windows 10 and the scrollbar is gray on gray. And while I know it's 2 different shades, my 40 year old eyes are really struggling to see it.
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    I know I've told this story before, but one year the county decided to cull about half the geese because their population was wildly out of control, blocking streets and driveways, flying into traffic, it was legit dangerous
    I remember they did that on the lake one year. Game Warden drove by on his boat and shot a net gun over a bunch of them and drowned them on the spot. Too close to housing and other boaters to shoot them. No mercy whatsoever.
    Stupid ass Cobra Chickens are somehow a protected species here in Missouri. They are nothing but pests. I've had many a sleepless winter night where entire flocks would just land in the field or lake out back and honk all damn night. If they ever remove the protected status I swear I will initiate an extinction event before they get a chance to reinstate it.
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    I only played the games at friends's houses, so I don't really know the lore too well, but from what I can tell they are doing a decent job
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    And Will Arnett as the voice of Sweet Tooth was fucking hilarious.
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    Just finished up the Twisted Metal show. It was good no bullshit other than the video game physics... but that was kinda the point
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    lol yep
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    There's talks about rebooting Quantum Leap
    It's not a reboot. It's a sequel, and the first season of 26 episodes has already aired.
    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17043230/
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    If there is any profession out there that can strip a person of all their empathy, it's customer service.
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    Just took a week of PTO. Definitely not enough. I fucking hate this job with a passion.
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    Speaking of wives, mine started tickling my feet, then when I stuck them under her ass to get her to stop she started giggling and farting.
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    my wife's fortune cookie today:
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    Another from the olden days...

    I don't know why, but when this comes on in the car, I immediately downshift and slam the throttle
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    I haven't looked too much into it, but more research will be necessary to see what hardware limitations there are for steam os. most of the handhelds out there run some of the same hardware like the AMD APU, so it isn't much of a stretch. desktop situation is a little different
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    i think its gotta be steam OS 3.0 and above
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    you can run steam os on pc's and even other handhelds
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    I thought I saw some on ebay for 750
    maybe a 3080? dunno. i just took a quick look. anyone else got a better idea what the 3090's should go for?
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    oh i agree. i trust amd and ryzen master to know their shit inside and out. Asus has been more dodgy about this than about anything else i've seen them do. didn't know gigabyte was having problems too.
    guess i'm lookin to MSI for my next board. they've come a long ways since the problems I remember 2 decades ago.
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    What is a 3090 worth now? 700?
    jeezus they are still going for over 1k on ebay. that can't be right
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    maybe. but it was happening with 2 year old bios too. oh well.
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    maybe. but I think this board was actually undervolting. I was getting machine check exemption event ID 18. CPU core in event viewer. a little research led to voltage offset setting to fix it. Bios no says voltage is hovering around 1.44-1.54v, but Ryzen master in windos showing closer to 1.38 when maxed out
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