PC keeps crashing while gaming! Help

[Fulbring]

So this is happening to me for a bit now. I'm gaming on my PC and suddenly the screen turns like the picture below and everything becomes unresponsive. Happens within 10 minutes of playing. I updated the drivers for me PC and GFX and its still giving me the same problem. Anyone know what the solution to this is?

 

My specs for the PC are in the link.

 

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/Fulbring/saved/#view=zbV7YJ

 

Any help would be appreciated. The games I ran were Call of Duty Advance Warfare and Assassins Creed Rogue.

 

Edit: i just realized I kinda posted in the wrong section, although the problem is graphics related. If mod feels the need to move it, please do!

[iludez]

Have you monitored the temperatures of cpu and gpu?

[JefferyD90]

That is a memory issue... either your memory has gone bad (GPU or system) or your overclock isn't stable.

[Fulbring]

Have you monitored the temperatures of cpu and gpu?

 

How can i check that while gaming? Also I'm just running a stress test using Prime95 and the Temprature is at 62 Degress Celsius Conastant max. 

 

That is a memory issue... either your memory has gone bad (GPU or system) or your overclock isn't stable.

 

I just recently got my GPU the R9270X so I'm not sure if that's the problem. How can i check?

[JefferyD90]

Well first do a system memory check.  To rule it out, then do a GPU memory test.

[Fulbring]

Well first do a system memory check.  To rule it out, then do a GPU memory test.

 

So I did the system memory check first and then I used the other software people usually use. Should I still perform a GPU check?

[Fulbring]

Yeah.... Its my GPU. I did a GPU stress test and it shut down after going to 52 Degress Celcius. I didn't even overclock it. Should I call the manufacturers? 

[iludez]

Yes you should.Unfortuantely you will have to go through an rma

[FruitBasketSilex]

Yeah.... Its my GPU. I did a GPU stress test and it shut down after going to 52 Degress Celcius. I didn't even overclock it. Should I call the manufacturers?

That sucks man, go ahead and give the manufacturer a call. They'll more than likely get you a new one.

Always sucks getting a defective product.

[Fulbring]

That sucks man, go ahead and give the manufacturer a call. They'll more than likely get you a new one.

Always sucks getting a defective product.

 

Yeah man... Just when I got done with midterms and was getting excited to play Assassins Creed Rogue on PC 

 

Yes you should.Unfortuantely you will have to go through an rma

 

Yeah will probably do that. 

[JefferyD90]

Well hold on... there are quite a few things to continue to try.  First thing I will suggest is your GPU is pulling more power than your PSU is putting out.  Since you have a Radeon GPU its really easy to change the power draw of the GPU.  Just open up the Catalyst Control Center and click on "Performance" and choose "Graphics OverDrive"  Then on the right hand side you will see a "Power Limit Setting".  Go ahead and sit that to -5% or so.  If you want to take it to the extreme set the power limit to -10% and the clock setting to -5%.  See how well it holds up now.

[JefferyD90]

Yeah.... Its my GPU. I did a GPU stress test and it shut down after going to 52 Degress Celcius. I didn't even overclock it. Should I call the manufacturers? 

Also, what kind of power supply do you have?

[Fulbring]

Well hold on... there are quite a few things to continue to try.  First thing I will suggest is your GPU is pulling more power than your PSU is putting out.  Since you have a Radeon GPU its really easy to change the power draw of the GPU.  Just open up the Catalyst Control Center and click on "Performance" and choose "Graphics OverDrive"  Then on the right hand side you will see a "Power Limit Setting".  Go ahead and sit that to -5% or so.  If you want to take it to the extreme set the power limit to -10% and the clock setting to -5%.  See how well it holds up now.

 

I'll give this a shot, but the problem is that this didn't happen before. I played Far Cry 3 and other games on it for hours with the same settings I had before and everything worked perfectly fine. 

 

I have a Corsair CX430 for the PWS.

[JefferyD90]

I'll give this a shot, but the problem is that this didn't happen before. I played Far Cry 3 and other games on it for hours with the same settings I had before and everything worked perfectly fine. 

 

I have a Corsair CX430 for the PWS.

You said you "just recently" got your GPU... Its HIGHLY possible that your PSU isn't putting out enough juice to power the video card once it starts drawing more and more power.

 

This isn't a official link, so take this with a grain of salt, but you can see here that the R9-270X requires 24 AMPS on the 12v rail all by itself.  The CX430 only puts out 28A total.  Im highly advising that your power supply isn't up to snuff.  Which Video Card did you get?

 

https://forum-en.msi.com/faq/article/printer/power-requirements-for-graphics-cards 

http://www.corsair.com/en/builder-series-cx430 

[Fulbring]

You said you "just recently" got your GPU... Its HIGHLY possible that your PSU isn't putting out enough juice to power the video card once it starts drawing more and more power.

 

I got the GPU back in June. recently meant in the past 8 months. 

 

I tried your method as well. Still the same result. I'm confident my powersupply has enough juice. My PC needs around 400Watts of power at most. I have a 430Wattts.

[JefferyD90]

I got the GPU back in June. recently meant in the past 8 months. 

 

I tried your method as well. Still the same result. I'm confident my powersupply has enough juice. My PC needs around 400Watts of power at most. I have a 430Wattts.

See previous post (edited)

[Fulbring]

See previous post (edited)

 

I see your point. 

 

But then how come it was working perfectly fine for the past 8 months? That doesn't make any sense.

[iludez]

i can see where jefferey is coming from but it would most likely black screen not this white screen.

[JefferyD90]

I see your point. 

 

But then how come it was working perfectly fine for the past 8 months? That doesn't make any sense.

So this goes into how PSU's are CONSTANTLY degrading.  When you get a PSU, the very first time you plug it in, its running at 99% of its rated capacity.  As time goes on the capacitors age a little and it will drop (usually) a few percent per year.  After 4-5 years it will be (usually) around 90%, at which point they usually start failing.  This process is accelerated GREATLY when you start putting it under full load more and more.

 

Check here:  http://www.msi.com/product/vga/R9-270X-GAMING-2G-LE.html#hero-specification 

 

I don't know exactly which R9-270X you got, but this run of the mill one by MSI recommends a 500 watt PSU.

 

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4795#ov 

 

That one from gigabyte says the same.  Would you like for me to post some more?

 

Go ahead and try putting that power requirement down to 15% or possibly 20% (keep in mind you're going to need to drop the clock frequency each time as well)

[Fate]

Common issue with 200 series, I have it with my 270. Turn your memory clock down by 100 MHz in MSI Afterburner. It shouldn't affect performance too much and it works every time someone has tried it on here.

 

CX430 is perfectly fine for that card btw

[Fulbring]

So this goes into how PSU's are CONSTANTLY degrading.  When you get a PSU, the very first time you plug it in, its running at 99% of its rated capacity.  As time goes on the capacitors age a little and it will drop (usually) a few percent per year.  After 4-5 years it will be (usually) around 90%, at which point they usually start failing.  This process is accelerated GREATLY when you start putting it under full load more and more.

 

Check here:  http://www.msi.com/product/vga/R9-270X-GAMING-2G-LE.html#hero-specification 

 

I don't know exactly which R9-270X you got, but this run of the mill one by MSI recommends a 500 watt PSU.

 

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4795#ov 

 

That one from gigabyte says the same.  Would you like for me to post some more?

 

Go ahead and try putting that power requirement down to 15% or possibly 20% (keep in mind you're going to need to drop the clock frequency each time as well)

 

I have the MSI one but it said that it's recommended but not required since the overall power consumption is 161W. I'll try your method again, but at this point I'm not sure what else to do

[Fulbring]

Common issue with 200 series, I have it with my 270. Turn your memory clock down by 100 MHz in MSI Afterburner. It shouldn't affect performance too much and it works every time someone has tried it on here.

 

CX430 is perfectly fine for that card btw

 

Just tried it. Same problem. So I'm guessing it is the GPU?

[Fulbring]

So this goes into how PSU's are CONSTANTLY degrading.  When you get a PSU, the very first time you plug it in, its running at 99% of its rated capacity.  As time goes on the capacitors age a little and it will drop (usually) a few percent per year.  After 4-5 years it will be (usually) around 90%, at which point they usually start failing.  This process is accelerated GREATLY when you start putting it under full load more and more.

 

Check here:  http://www.msi.com/product/vga/R9-270X-GAMING-2G-LE.html#hero-specification 

 

I don't know exactly which R9-270X you got, but this run of the mill one by MSI recommends a 500 watt PSU.

 

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4795#ov 

 

That one from gigabyte says the same.  Would you like for me to post some more?

 

Go ahead and try putting that power requirement down to 15% or possibly 20% (keep in mind you're going to need to drop the clock frequency each time as well)

 

Nope. It's the card. I actually tested out my PC without the card and everything was running perfectly fine. When I put it back in with everything installed, my card was just acting weird with the screen blinking constantly.