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Graphics - Screen Freezing - Stumped
W/10 ver 1909 build 18363.836
Install was from a w/7 upgrade but I opted to not keep any files.
Vishera 8 core H60 water cooled.
Msi Am3+ 990fxa 18 gigs crucial 1866
Current gpu Radeon MSI Armor 8 gig rx 580 - former gpu rx 570 4 gig
Main drive Adata su650
Data / games drive W/D 1t.
Whats happening; Screen locks up tight when into games such as Anno 1800 - Wows. Cannot get to taskman only way out is hard reset. Graphics setting are typically high but not ultra. Tried disabling all advanced Radeon settings and no anti-aliasing problem persists.
Upgraded gpu, reinstalled drivers, problem persists.
All motherboard drivers are up to date.
Tried standard windows memory test no issues. chkdsk /f no errors.
Prime95 cpu stress test no errors.
Passmark memtest86 9hr stress test max contigous errors: 0.
msinfo32 - find problem devices bat test result: No Problem devices found.
I've ruled out the gpu, btw gpu-z stats show a mild to medium use indicating not an overheat issue. Core temp monitor also shows similar stats. Although Freq on core 0 (1) normally shows 4699.04 (199.96 x 23.5) sometimes drops to about 1/2 that for split second. But that is a rarity and has occurred without heavy gaming and there where no lock ups. I'm not over clocking.
Ok so it's not a new screaming Ryzen build but I'm not ready to give up on it. I just can't find the problem. I even tried putting the GPU in the 2nd pcie x16 slot, problem persists.
Perhaps a communication - hardware failure on the motherboard? I could live with replacing that but AM3+ mb's that support 220watt cpu's are not exactly easy to find anymore. Another option I've considered is an pcie adaptor card & a nvme ssd and reinstall windows, but will a clean install take my old 7 key. Then again if it's a hardware / mb issue I could run into the same issue, safer bet would be just use the existing ssd, ... or I could just start drinking more.
Any thoughts or advice would be appriciated.