Hi all,
I have been using this combination for a while now.
And i remained pretty satisfied after the common startup problems that everyone encountered i guess.
Until a few months ago trouble started again and until now i couldn't stabilise it.
I'm seeking help as to what i could do and try now to get it fully functional again!
The symptoms are random software crashing (anything) and freezes under heavy load.
I ruled out Graphics,SSD,PSU,and memory by testing them OK. Still swapping all of it out, with no improvement.
So only a few possible causes/parts remain.
As for the board, i bumped any voltage possible, disabled any power saving feature, disabled any onboard device, slowed down any frequency to the lowest possible, no ECC, no core boost, everything fail-safest as i could think of.
The processor is cooled with a custom loop, depending on multiplier settings, i can keep the beast under 62 degrees celcius (23.5), and 52 degrees Celsius (20). and way cooler if lowered further.
Case is vented with 3x140 mm intake and 6x120mm 3 push / 3 pull on rad which actually creates wind around if set to 100%
And for trying i placed an extra fan on the back of the board.
And still, the thing would act weird and surely lock up under load, no matter how fail safe i set it up.
IBT can get it on it's knees in maximum, the second run.
And Prime95 revealed that most often core 7 and/or 8 would fail after a long while.
I then decided to disable core 7 and 8 in bios, and voila....total stability is back. all day,all night.
*EDIT: Seems i was too fast, as i still experienced a lockup.
Ofcourse i want my system to run at full capacity, so i wonder what i can do next.... And not to forget; what causes this?
I never seen a processor partially break down, so is it possible the board is failing? Bad capacitor/VRM?
Anyone knows which parts exactly take care of the power supply to the CPU, so i can take a closer look?
Thanks in advance!