Hey everyone, I'm really struggling with my gaming rig right now. After recently replacing my motherboard, PSU, and CPU, I'm encountering constant crashes when I try to play games. There are three kinds of crashes: 1) a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD), 2) my monitor goes black and doesn't come back until I restart by holding the power button, and 3) my monitor blacks out then returns with a still image of my last screen, which also requires a restart. My temperatures seem fine, everything is seated properly, and I've made sure my CPU cooler has enough thermal paste. I've already tried a bunch of troubleshooting steps like uninstalling and reinstalling my GPU drivers, repasting the CPU (twice!), updating the BIOS, reseating the GPU, and changing the "TDRDelay" to 10. I believe it could be a driver issue or that the refurbished motherboard or PSU I bought might be faulty. Before these replacements, I hadn't had a crash in over 3 years. I just want to get back to playing the BF6 beta, but I seriously can't even last 5 minutes without a complete restart. Strangely enough, Ableton runs perfectly fine. Here's my [PCPartPicker list](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/tJTNh7) for more details.
2 Answers
Why did you replace your CPU, motherboard, and PSU? What were you using before? It's good to know the context since it could help figure out the issue. Plus, if you're like me and ended up causing damage accidentally during a swap, that might be relevant!
It sounds like you need to gather some crash dump files for a more accurate analysis of those BSOD errors. If you can boot into Windows (or Safe Mode), check the C:WindowsMinidump directory for any dump files. If you find any, zip them and upload them to a simple file sharing site like MediaFire or Catbox. The more dump files you have, the better, so if you only have one, consider following a guide to set your system to create Small Memory Dumps. This info could really help diagnose the issue!
Yeah, I had an old CPU (5600x) and my mobo/PSU died. Unfortunately, I messed up a few pins on my old CPU when it slipped out of my hands!