Recent content by wombat84

I reset the CMOS on the motherboard, and it recognized it, but then crashed in the handover to windows, which happens often after it crashes. I also checked the event logs, and the only error log or critical logs that happen around the times of the crash are a critical and error notification of...

I have reset the CMOS by selecting restore factory defaults in the BIOS, but I haven't tried to do it by shorting JBAT1 on the board. Does that make a difference? I rolled the BIOS back yesterday morning. It lasted for about 8 hours of light use, but has crashed on me once. And nope...

I ran furmark for about 15 minutes, and the temps had stabilized at about 79 degrees. Is there a different test I should run, or should I let it go for longer? I also ran the passmark 2D and 3D gpu benchmarks. For a PSU test, is there a software test I can run, or is this just testing the...

Nope, I haven't turned that on yet. It is still intermittently crashing, and I cant see a pattern. Only one has happened under load, while yesterday it ran for 9 hours straight without an issue, only to crash while I went away to make dinner. I have run the windows memtest, memtest86 and hci...

It was just a reset, but with the complete wipe option. I have done a clean install, and only downloaded the motherboard chipset and GPU drivers from AMD's website, and nothing from MSI or Gigabyte. Fingers crossed - so far it has been stable. I think it has lasted longer than the first install...

I put together a new PC yesterday, and at first everything seemed fine. The BIOS loaded and the windows instillation went smoothly. So this morning I connected it to the internet and started the update process. Everything went fine for probably 90 minutes, as windows did its updates, and I...