System freezes often!

Gump12 · June 17, 2019

Okay, around 3 months ago I was having problems with my PC, the system would crash and wouldn't turn on. After a period of time it was noted that the CPU COOLER (Swiftech) was leaking. This ruined the motherboard and did get fluid on the graphics card. I took it to a local pc shop and brought a new motherboard, cpu and cooler. I continued to use the graphics card afterwards.

Since I brought the new components I am getting a lot of crashes. Sometimes I go a few days without crashes, then sometimes I get 5-10 a day. I do not get a blue screen of death, nor does it shut down. I just hear an audible "zzp" through the headset and the screen just hangs with what ever it was showing. This has caused me to lose countless games as I have to do a full restart to get it back in play.

The PC shop put it down to the graphics card and let me try one of theirs for 2 days. No crash. However when I put my one back in, I played solidly for a week before it crashed again, so I am hesitant to buy a new one. I find that it crashes more when my room gets a little hot.

I have brought a new SSD as I initially thought it could have been the HDD. I have changed the GPU power cables to use a different rail on the PSU (I thought it could be the PSU), no luck on rail change or splitting between two rails. I do have 3x144HZ monitors (have had for years) but to rule them out, I am only using the one, and it still crashes.

I have Rivatuner showing my stats, so I can see the temps when it crashes. They arnt overly hot, see attached Escape from Tarkov and League of legends prints. I tried to run OCCT5.1.0 in order to test the PSU and the CPU overheated to 95degrees in under a minute, but the CPU test itself doesn't cause it to overheat. The notice that the PC cant handle the PSU test and causing the CPU to overheat so quickly is worrying me, however everytime it crashes the CPU or GPU doesnt seem to be overly hot.

I will attach two photos of the PC stats (once the pc has crashed midgame) and two photos of my stats after the PSU test. Just note that the PSU test although put the CPU so hot, did not make the PC crash.

My specs:

Windows 10 64bit

CPU - Intel i7-8700 CPU
CPU Cooler - Corsair H115i Pro
Motherboard - Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO
Memory - Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory
Storage - Samsung SM951 256GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive
Storage 2 - Samsung MZ-76E500B/EU 500 GB 860 EVO Solid State Drive
Storage 3 - Samsung HD103UJ 1TB
Storage 4 - Samsung HD204UI 2 TB

Storage 4 - Toshiba HDWD130 2 TB
Video Card - EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+
PSU - EVGA 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power

Not going to lie, forking out for the MOBO, CPU and COOLER has skinted me, I am not in a huge position to buy a new GPU if I cannot guarantee it is 100% that.

Thanks for all the help in advance!

SpookyCitrus · June 17, 2019

It wouldn't be an overheating issue causing it, if you hear a "zzzp" in your headset when it crashes with no blue screen it's more than likely a short in the GPU itself, I would check for corrosion from the liquid and see if it's something that can be cleaned off with isopropyl alcohol sometimes just removing any corrosion can fix it. But I personally would replace the GPU, you risk ruining other parts the longer you keep using it. One of these times it could short out and fry other components like the brand new motherboard you just bought, anytime you have a situation where one or more parts have liquid dame and they aren't working correctly especially with them shorting out they need to be replaced.