1. Both Seagate drives have high SMART values in 01 and 07. These need to be removed and the machine retested. Those high values appear to be in machines with complaints about seemingly random lockups.
2. Why is Virtualization: Supported, Disabled? I see VirtualBox so what's up with this?
3. I see the video card is going to some receiver. BE SURE YOUR NVIDIA FIRMWARE IS CURRENT.
Read and use https://www.nvidia.com/object/nv-uefi-update-x64.html even if you are on HDMI.
4. Try it with just a single stick of RAM.
My thinking has changed with this Speccy. Those drives could create all sorts of headaches.
Note: Edited for spelling error.
Hi fellas,
I built a new computer about 8 months ago and I’ve been gaming with no problems ever since. However, a few weeks ago I overclocked both my CPU and GPU. Everything seemed fine at first, I ran Cinebench and 3DMark with impressive performance gains and the system seemed stable. However, when playing video games, I now experience crashes after several minutes of playing. The display goes black and my computer starts making a very loud noise, almost like if the fans were running at 100%. I have tried to pinpoint what component is making this noise but I am not sure, as I have 8 fans and my GPU has an additional 3, but I do think it’s the GPU fans. I restored my bios settings back to default and my GPU as well, so no more overlocking but the problem still persists.
I have Googled this and most threads most threads I have seen, the people with the issue report a loud buzzing noise coming from the speakers, but mine doesn’t come from the speakers, it comes from the fans. In a thread that described a similar problem, it said to run the Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool, which I did and passed. I also checked for driver updates and I am up to date. I updated my bios to the latest one, too.
The one thing I haven’t tried is formatting and starting fresh but from other threads I’ve read, that hasn’t necessarily fixed the problem.
Here are my computer specs:
CPU: Intel i7 8700k
Mobo: Asus ROG Maximus X Code
AiO: NZXT Kraken X62
GPU: Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti
RAM: Corsair Vengeance RGB 32GB
PSU: Corsair RM850i
OS: Windows 10
My intuition tells me it might be related to the GPU, but unfortunately I don’t have any spare parts so I can swap and test.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks!


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