Slow-crash, GPU @-1%

[Kasper_MC]

Hi there

 

I have an issue with my Windows 10 – I think. And yes, I know it’s EOL’ed. But this has persisted on-off for a year or more. I have tried anything I can come across and changed every piece of hardware in the system. Now my buddy has got the same issue and I’m shit out of luck and ideas… so here we go:

On random occasions the OS will freeze slowly. It shows by different programs will stop responding normally. Nothing crashes directly; it just slowly stops reacting to inputs. When it happens, it is everything – OS, programs, everything. It never BSODs, just slowly stops responding over 1-3 minutes, until I can’t reboot normally and has to kill the power on the PSU breaker.

Sometimes there’s 2-3 weeks in between crashes. Other times it 3-4 times in an hour. I cannot find the common denominator at all.

Eventviewer has no  reoccurring errors, and nothing critical.  

Nothing overheats: CPU is Tdie average: 41,6-ish C, GPU is 52-ish with junction of 59 C, all mobo-censors is between 30 and 48 C – according to HWiNFO64.
 

I think it has something to do with my graphics, because I have identified task manager will show the GPU usages as -1%; as in negative 1%. And it never happens while the GPU is loaded, like when I play games or run applications that tasks it. But I don’t think it’s the GPU itself or the driver, because I have tried it on three different cards.

I have posted about this before – when I thought it was the riser: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1498550-os-hangs-slowly-crashing/#comment-15881960 – I started again about a year after the post. And it’s recently started on my buddies computer, who has never used a riser…

As I said, I’ve swapped evert piece of hardware:

-          Fresh install on two SSD’s: Samsung 970 bought in 2020 and an Intel 660p bought in 2022. Both are healthy as a freshly plugged apple.

-          Three GPUs: My regular one is a RX 6900xt, but I’ve also tried a 1080ti and a RX 6750xt.

-          Two CPU’s: My regular 5800x and a 5600x.

-          Three sets of RAM: 16gb G.Skill Neo 3200, 32gb G.skill Neo 3600, 32gb T-force Xtreme – both tried 2- and 4-stick combos. I both A and B-slots on the mobos, when using two sticks.

-          Tried 1 stick of RAM, 4 different ones.

-          Three mobos: A Gigabyte X470, A Gigabyte X570 and an Asus B550

-          Two PSUs: A Corsair RX1000 and a Silverstone 850 W (gold – don’t remember the specific make)

-          With- and without risers: Two risers, a PCI-E gen 3 and a PCI-E gen 4

-          With- and without my cable extensions.

-          Changed pastes on CPU and GPU, reseated every part.

 

In BIOS I’ve tried

-          With and without XMP/DOCP

-          Downclocking the CPU

-          Locked PCI-E gen to 2, 3 and 4

-          Secureboot

 

In Windows/software I’ve tried:

-          Reinstalled 5 different versions of windows 10 and one windows 11

-          Removed various software; Teams, Phonelink, Logitech G-HUB, Lian-Li L-Connect 3, and much more

-          Performed clean boot, like this suggestion: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/4131404/gpu-usage-goes-to-1-and-computer-freezes?forum=windows-all&referrer=answers

-          DDU’ed and tried loads of driver versions, old and new

-          Disabled Multi-Plane Overlay (MPO), as per this guide: https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/yvyqc7/disabling_multiplane_overlay_mpo_fixed_all/

-          Ran stresstests; Furmark, 3D-mark, OCCT – and tried to exit them abruptly

-          Ran memtest86, no errors

-          Reinstalled chipset drives

 

Currently my build is:

-          Ryzen 7 5800X

-          Radeon RX 6900XT

-          32 gb DDR4, T-force Xtreem 3600, two sticks

-          Asus ROG-Strix B550 F-Gaming

-          Corsair Hx1000 Platinum PSU

-          Samsung 970, 512gb Nvme boot drive

-          Intel 660p 1tb Nvme secondary drive

-          Samsung 850 pro, 500gb backup drive for files
 

… so, any suggestions?

For example, does anyone know of an application that stresses the GPU maybe 1-2% constantly -so it won’t go to -1% (… in theory)

… help!

All the best to you all as well!

[GuiltySpark_]

18 minutes ago, Kasper_MC said:

Fresh install on two SSD’s: Samsung 970 bought in 2020 and an Intel 660p bought in 2022. Both are healthy as a freshly plugged apple.

-          Three GPUs: My regular one is a RX 6900xt, but I’ve also tried a 1080ti and a RX 6750xt.

-          Two CPU’s: My regular 5800x and a 5600x.

-          Three sets of RAM: 16gb G.Skill Neo 3200, 32gb G.skill Neo 3600, 32gb T-force Xtreme – both tried 2- and 4-stick combos. I both A and B-slots on the mobos, when using two sticks.

-          Tried 1 stick of RAM, 4 different ones.

-          Three mobos: A Gigabyte X470, A Gigabyte X570 and an Asus B550

-          Two PSUs: A Corsair RX1000 and a Silverstone 850 W (gold – don’t remember the specific make)

You've effectively built multiple PC's here. What piece of hardware has stuck around through all these combinations? 

[Kasper_MC]

56 minutes ago, GuiltySpark_ said:

You've effectively built multiple PC's here. What piece of hardware has stuck around through all these combinations? 

Indeed - well, I've tried various combos over the years. The only thing that's the same since 2021 is the case... Even the fans has changed; Noctua, Corsair, Lian-Li -with different controllers. But for the life of me, how could that be the case? It's not shorting with that kind of crash?! 

All of the pieces except for GPU has been in there since first time it did it, except the RAM, GPU and fans. 

[Kasper_MC]

59 minutes ago, GuiltySpark_ said:

You've effectively built multiple PC's here. What piece of hardware has stuck around through all these combinations? 

I'm almost sure it must be something in Windows/software - because all hardware has been tried? 

... I'd like to extend this build for 2-3 years more, but I have been thinking of building an all new PC, and then try and boot from the old SSD with Windows on it... But that's expensive