So i made a thread here regarding some crashes ive been troubled with.
https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?94251-Crashes-and-minor-question-beta-biosMy problem is that they GOT WORSE. Like a LOT worse and ive tested everything leaving me with only the Motherboard and CPU to blame :<
To recap:
So ive been having some trouble. A little while ago. My system would get a black screen and then few seconds later fully crash with my motherboard giving a post code of 8/B (as in Only a 8/B on the left digit) and the DRAM qled blinking. It is so abrupt windows rarely manages to get an event reported (when it does it is either a GPU driver trying to restore or a Bugcheck saying a Unccorectable Hardware error occured). The issue seemed to be rather random and was difficult to reproduce. As time went it has kept getting worse and worse and now i am liable to crash even while surfing and anything game related would draw it out sooner or later. Right now all i have to do is run 3DMark and the system would crash by the first graphics test...
Things ive tried with no success:
-Different BIOS versions from 1401 back to 1002
-Different OS (Even a flashdrive loaded Ubuntu experiences).
-Testing memory with memtest86 (no errors found)
-Trying out memory 1 at a time in different banks
-Trying a Different GPU (Instead of Nvidia an AMD)
-Trying GPUs on the PCI-e 1x slots (those handled by motherboard)
-Trying a different PCI-E 16x slot for the GPU
-Trying a different Power Supply
-Trying a different Monitor
-Stress-testing with Prime95 and AIDA64 (no crashes)
Only indicators are:
-Motherboard giving Post error 8/B (only on left digit, right digit is blanked) with Dram Qled blinking.
-Windows rarely reporting issues however when it does it is either a Graphics driver failing or a full blown Bugcheck
All while running barebones with minimal hardware (only CPU,single-MEM,GPU,SSD) which ive slowly removed one by one in the hopes of finding something bugging the system and by leaving all settings all default (Memory is running at normal SPD 2133mhz).
Only thing i can think of that i haven't tried yet is putting the GPU on one of the smaller Motherboard handled slots which i am about too. I know the PCI-E 16x ports are tied to the CPU directly so maybe if this works it would prove my CPU is a bust? Assuming my system can boot up with a GPU in a different slot.
I need to know Which is at most risk of being defective so that i can Return it to the retailer under warranty.
(System specs can be read with the profile thingy on the side. That is the system that is suffering)