Random image freeze for milliseconds, it's driving me crazy!

Hmm that 's interesting. Can you please check rf2 too? Especially Sebring track - if you own it (this is the one i use often, 5 lap race, ai 19, starting last, any car, any graphical settings. It usually happens within lap1). In my case, this freeze comes sooner in rf2 than on ams2.

Also are you on latest win updates (21H1)?

 

Few updates about my case:

2 days before, i opened my pc case, reseatted my gpu and memory (just in case), and also cleaned the inside.

I also removed the cmos battery for some minutes and restored my mobo 's bios settings to default (i was using an xmp profile to 3000Mhz for my mem without a problem till now).

Tbh at the beggining i thought the xmp was causing all the trouble. I was even able to play rf2 for quite a time without any freezes (!)

But since then, until now and i have some bsod's and random pc restarts. Which leads me to the fact that - as @CrimsonEminence stated - the psu has been degraded.

So after all, maybe all these freezes where signs of psu malfunction..

 

@Marius H and @CrimsonEminence you both told me this (and this was too at the end of my mind). And thank you all btw

But because my psu is ~2.5 years old i didnt want to think that it has been degraded.

And yes, 1-2 days now i m having bsod's and random pc freezes / restarts on idle (even no restarts sometimes as the diagnosing leds in my mobo "stop" in cpu cycle / phase).

I had similar "issues" (freezing, pc restarts etc) and the issue was due to a dying previous psu i owned (corsair). So, it seems to be it (fingers crossed)

I already went for a Seasonic Focus PX 650W Full Modular 80 Plus Platinum one

 

Do you think should i go for higher than 650 W output then?

 

Thanks

 

Let's hope it s the psu and not the mobo though..

Btw i went for the 750W version just to have some extra space

 

Sorry to say...

You won't get bsod from PSU if you don't have enough power draw. The machine would just turn off or reboot. Powers binary, you either have it or you don't.

What's the error you get on the bsod message? Personally think it sounds like memory or GPU tbh

 

I got a memory management bsod error. No load, no high temps. Only idling. I had yesterday repositioned my 2 mem modules (2x8) when i opened the case. I also repositioned my gpu.

I feared that the mem modules could be "corrupted or damaged " (i think this is very rare though) and i run a windows mem diagnostic test with no errors. I had the same bsod's and pc restarts and it was due to psu (my old corsair)

I 've also seen the diagnosing leds in my mobo "stop" in cpu cycle (after a restart) and had to power off and power on the pc. I also face more and more crashes or restarting when idle (haven't test any game for now)

PS Tbh i am not 100% sure that this is a PSU thing but, i can just return the new item if i continue to face same errors. It could be smth on the mobo also (had been facing similar issues once and it was due to an incorrectly bios update)

 

Hope you get to the bottom of it mate

Let us know, interested to see what fixes it.

 

Guys i will let you know when i get the new psu (possible at the end of the next week)

 

Ps: Just had an other pc restart when idle. I checked the dump file and said it was caused by the ntoskrnl.exe