That's what going caseless is for. Put down an anti static bag or just some cardboard, naked motherboard on top and plug in the GPU and power.
PC shuts off during Baldurs Gate?
- Thread starter Pocky Is God
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I understood the anti-static bags to be conductive. I would therefore not put the motherboard onto it while running.
I always use cardboard for that. Have never had a problem. If it's thick and the case is small, you can sometimes just pull the motherboard, lay the cardboard over the hole, and then run the motherboard on top, next to the PSU.
Many modern boxes are thinner, though, and may not be strong enough to support it.
Many modern boxes are thinner, though, and may not be strong enough to support it.
Same here.
Just use an ordinary cardboard box to allow the GPU to sit properly in the slot, jerry rig everything else. If you have the box the mobo came in that's probably ideal.
A misunderstanding. The idea was to take the board out of the case, for testing purposes; and then plug the video card directly into the slot, unobstructed by any case.
Oh right. Yeah work on antistatic bag/bench, then move to cardboard. Forgot about it being conductive and the pins poking out of a pcb may not like it.
You can always try mpat's suggestion first:
If that fixes it (or even just improves matters) then it would very much suggest the riser is marginal running PCIe 4 signalling rates.
lol... I completely get that. I can work on other people's machines without frustration, but I HATE troubleshooting my own. I very rarely have issues, so it doesn't come up often at all, and when it does then... well, it was probably time for a complete upgrade anyway.
In your case (ha), though, it's easy. You have a perfectly known event that triggers the problem. Shouldn't take more than 20-30 minutes to pull the board out, plug the card directly in, then hop through that portal. No crash - problem solved. Crash - time for new MB or GPU.
Edit: I personally don't get small cases unless it's an aesthetic project. My Core X5 can fit two complete PCs, and it feels small sometimes. I hate working in tiny spaces, especially when they cost more.
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I don't game, but randomly saw this. I have similar issues with my 6900XT, where some compute workloads run fine, others immediately black screen, and yet others eventually black screen. Although unrelated to your (and my) issues, this thread does point out some of the architectural idiosyncrasies that exist in AMD world. My gut feel is its timing/memory reference pattern dependent. Perhaps by tweaking timings, or Easter egging every part in your build, but particularly memory and motherboard, you could come across a stable configuration.
Edit: T7pos.
Edit: T7pos.
I am also experiencing this issue. Throughout the first act I would get a hard shutdown. I was perplexed as to why it was happening but it was rare enough I wasn't concerned. Then I made it to Act 2. Now I am getting repeated power-offs at the battle following my failure to stop Isobels kidnapping. 3 in a row.
MSI B450 Gaming plus
Ryzen 3600
5700XT
700 watt Corsair PSU
I havent done any serious troubleshooting yet, but my system has been rock solid up until BG3. I have noticed a few other people having a similar issue. I haven't noticed any correlations related to the brand or model of GPU. Typically I would consider this a hardware issue. Now I am not so sure.
MSI B450 Gaming plus
Ryzen 3600
5700XT
700 watt Corsair PSU
I havent done any serious troubleshooting yet, but my system has been rock solid up until BG3. I have noticed a few other people having a similar issue. I haven't noticed any correlations related to the brand or model of GPU. Typically I would consider this a hardware issue. Now I am not so sure.
I never really figured this one out to be honest. Work has been hectic so I haven't been playing as often. It hasn't happened since I last beat Ketheric Thorm but I won't rule it out as happening again in the near future now that I'm thinking about it.
Sooooo, BG3 was causing me trouble as well. Hardware is 5800X on x570 board, 32GB RAM, single NVMe, RTX3090, and a 700W Silverstone PSU. Hard crash, no video, nothing to go on. The brutal part was that the system liked crashing when I hit F5. Loltasitc.
Anyways, the problem hasn’t recurred since I installed a 1000W Corsair.
Anyways, the problem hasn’t recurred since I installed a 1000W Corsair.
Yeah, I would normally expect instant poweroffs like that to be either heat or overloaded power supply. Those are the standard things to check.
Pocky's problem, on the other hand, is really weird, maybe a BIOS problem or physical issue with the motherboard or GPU.
Pocky's problem, on the other hand, is really weird, maybe a BIOS problem or physical issue with the motherboard or GPU.
An update. Ended up purchasing a 7900xt for a really good price. With a fresh Windows install and the same 700watt PSU, I am no longer getting mysterious hard shutdowns. For now. If nothing changes, that narrows down the problem to the Windows installation or the 5700xt (which never had a problem with any other game). I am going to install the 5700xt in another PC and run some stress tests to see if I can reproduce the problem.
Are you going to share with the class?
Best I see right now for the 7900 XT are some refurbs at Newegg for $649.
Hola friends.
Just an FYI, never found a fix or cause. Just finished the House of Grief fight and, hard off again. Vulkan or DirectX doesn't matter anymore. Can't get through the talking to Lady Shar without the system just turning off. I've played Helldivers2 and Warhammer Darktide for hours without this happening, so this is definitely a BG3 only issue.
Methinks that I will never beat this game.
Just an FYI, never found a fix or cause. Just finished the House of Grief fight and, hard off again. Vulkan or DirectX doesn't matter anymore. Can't get through the talking to Lady Shar without the system just turning off. I've played Helldivers2 and Warhammer Darktide for hours without this happening, so this is definitely a BG3 only issue.
Methinks that I will never beat this game.
5600X is $119 at Amazon, if you want to try a different CPU.
My 5800X just up and died, so it's entirely possible the CPU is the problem.
My 5800X just up and died, so it's entirely possible the CPU is the problem.