bmxfelon420
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Hello, running into an odd issue with this machine, was wondering if anyone else has seen something similar. Here's the setup
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ROG Strix x370F Gaming
16gb Corsair DDR4 (from Asus compatibility list)
Gigabyte GTX1080
EK 280 watercooling kit
EVGA 850w PSU
Samsung 960 Evo 256gb m.2
I originally assembled this machine for someone over the summer, sent it to him, it started freezing randomly. He shipped it back, and during testing it will run for varying lengths of time before freezing. When it freezes, it is a hard lock; you have to hit the switch on the PSU to power it down. I have tried swapping nearly every component, my first thought was RAM so I swapped out the original Gskill RAM with the Corsair. Then I thought perhaps the motherboard, so I tried a different board as well, no change. Had Asus RMA look at the first board and they saw no issue. Also swapped the PSU out, went and got an EVGA 1000w, same behavior. Temperatures are not an issue that i'm aware of, even running AIDA64 for days straight, with the door to my test area shut it only ever hit 63. Typical load temps during the test are 58-59.
At this point the only thing I can think of is a defect on the CPU substrate, as when the issue happens, if you power off and back on right away it will usually not work properly again unless it sits and is alllowed to cool down. There was a 2tb spinning drive in the machine that I also removed and swapped with a spare drive I had, did not seem to help. Also removed the drive entirely as a test.
Everything seems to point at the CPU being bad, but figured i'd see if anyone else has ever seen this behavior. In 15 years of building computers I've only ever had one CPU be bad, and that was because the guy didnt use thermal paste. It was a Northwood P4 and it fried something inside of it after that, because it'd idle at 55c.
Any suggestions welcome.
1800x
ROG Strix x370F Gaming
16gb Corsair DDR4 (from Asus compatibility list)
Gigabyte GTX1080
EK 280 watercooling kit
EVGA 850w PSU
Samsung 960 Evo 256gb m.2
I originally assembled this machine for someone over the summer, sent it to him, it started freezing randomly. He shipped it back, and during testing it will run for varying lengths of time before freezing. When it freezes, it is a hard lock; you have to hit the switch on the PSU to power it down. I have tried swapping nearly every component, my first thought was RAM so I swapped out the original Gskill RAM with the Corsair. Then I thought perhaps the motherboard, so I tried a different board as well, no change. Had Asus RMA look at the first board and they saw no issue. Also swapped the PSU out, went and got an EVGA 1000w, same behavior. Temperatures are not an issue that i'm aware of, even running AIDA64 for days straight, with the door to my test area shut it only ever hit 63. Typical load temps during the test are 58-59.
At this point the only thing I can think of is a defect on the CPU substrate, as when the issue happens, if you power off and back on right away it will usually not work properly again unless it sits and is alllowed to cool down. There was a 2tb spinning drive in the machine that I also removed and swapped with a spare drive I had, did not seem to help. Also removed the drive entirely as a test.
Everything seems to point at the CPU being bad, but figured i'd see if anyone else has ever seen this behavior. In 15 years of building computers I've only ever had one CPU be bad, and that was because the guy didnt use thermal paste. It was a Northwood P4 and it fried something inside of it after that, because it'd idle at 55c.
Any suggestions welcome.