The Speccy there shows some of the same troubles (CT250BX100SSD1 error counts) and we know these can lead to very hard to track down crashes.
Some of my other areas seem to still be there as well.
For the Speccy at UpyZLGKE6rpVXuRkXOUNrju
1. The boot drive is still showing errors that could do what you are complaining about. My advice is to get a clean drive in there.
2. The Network area is a mess and non-standard. This is likely due to the VPN but I'm not pointing fingers here. When you have machine troubles like this you head back to stock and see what stands out.
Here we worked a lot of areas but these two remain. If cleaning up these two and all malware scans are clean then it's some hardware issue like an aging motherboard which is only sniffed out by putting in a new one.
Sorry about the forum eating posts with Speccy links.
Hi!
I have experienced some electric whirring coming from the PSU earlier(and even messaged the xfx support about it, but since it was only occurring sometimes, I let it be.
Now it has become more constant, and I have also experienced constant crashes when playing more demanding games for example. The crashes only cut out the video feed to the monitor, the music continues and the PC is otherwise responsive. A manual restart works most of the time, but sometimes the resolution is ridiculously small and the picture only black&white. Uninstalling Nvidia-drivers solves this.
I have also tested the RAM, which had no problems. The MB has been updated and I have also uninstalled and reinstalled basically all the drivers I can think of numerous times. I have also physically checked the correct alignment of components inside the computer.
The crashes can't be replicated with a graphics-heavy testing program, at least not with furmark or kombustor. I also switched to the onboard graphics and the crashes stopped, but can I still be sure that it is the GTX 970? What if the PSU can now handle the lesser power requirement of the HD 4600 that I'm running now playing the games?
The PSU voltages seem to be fine when tested on programs, but then again I gather that that isn't a good way to measure them.
Can anyone help me, what should I do next?
Windows 10 Pro Version 10.0.16299 Build 16299
16GB (2x 8192MB) HyperX FURY Black DDR3-1866 DIMM CL10-11-10-32 Dual Kit
Intel i5 4690k
4GB MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming 4G
XFX XTR 80+ Gold PSU 650W
Crucial SSD 250GB
1000GB WD Blue WD10EZEX 7.200U
MSI H97M-G43 (bios updated to latest version)
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