black screen 10-40 minutes into gaming no apparent fix

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My PC wont run games stable without hitting a black screen 10-40 minutes into gaming. I took it to MicroCenter, they performed stress tests and claimed they couldn't get the PC to crash. I relayed it only happens when gaming. They ended up do a reimage on the PC so I basically just needed to install my games, check the drivers where up to date, etc. Well they were no help. I can't seem to find any culprits behind my issue. Temps aren't overheating when playing either. Im stuck on what to do. Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated.

Specs:
CPU - AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Raphael AM5 4.2GHz 8-Core Boxed Processor
GPU - XFX AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT Speedster
PSU – Corsair RMe Series RM1200e 80 PLUS Gold Fully modular ATX 3,1 PCIE 5,0
MBOARD - ASUS B650-E TUF Gaming
MEMORY - G.Skill Flare X5 Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR5-6000
COOLING - Arctic Cooling Liquid Freezer III 240mm All in One Liquid CPU Cooling Kit
EXHAUST FAN - Moctua NF-P12 Redux-1700 PWM
CASE- Corsair iCUE 4000X RGB Tempered Glass ATX Mid-Tower
 
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If you get the same problems on 2 different installs, its not windows. Its likely hardware.

  1. Does PC keep running when screen goes black or does it restart? If you not getting any BSOD its likely windows isn't seeing anything wrong.
  2. Try looking in Reliability History (Search Windows for it) and see if any errors mention GPU drivers. If you have to restart to get the picture back, its likely some of the errors will show as Hardware errors as Windows sees an unexpected restart as a hardware problem.
  3. have you tried taking GPU out and running off the integrated graphics on CPU, if only to see if you get the same black screens after 10 to 40 minutes - it won't look as good as the 7600xt but it may reveal if it is to blame or not... its a start anyway. If it still happens, you know its not the GPU
  4. Do you have the latest BIOS on motherboard?

I wonder what tests they ran.
Running this might reveal cause - https://www.ocbase.com/occt

None of the hardware choices are obvious causes.
Doubt its cause but you forgot to include storage drives.

what monitor are you using? Long shots but could be...
if its always same amount of time and only in games, its unlikely to be the Display port or HDMI cables.

namme said:
check the drivers where up to date
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latest chipset drivers?

what are you using to show temps?

I assume case has intake fans as just running with exhausts isn't ideal... I am guessing you have the 240 in the roof? Having used a 240 as intake in the front of a case, myself, I shouldn't assume but most people put them in roof as exhaust.

I see lots of people are getting Black Screens with your GPU, but it seems to be a lot of AMD cards, and since I have a 7900xt I figured I would have noticed it by now.

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XFX Speedster SWFT210 RX 7600 XT Specs

AMD Navi 33, 2755 MHz, 2048 Cores, 128 TMUs, 64 ROPs, 16384 MB GDDR6, 2250 MHz, 128 bit
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the two 8 pin on the GPU, are they two individual cables or 2 ends of the same cable? I can guess the RME has enough single cables to run them both as two cables. I had an RMx 1000 in my last PC and it could do it.

running on older GPU drivers 24.x.x from last year is also suggested. December drivers
 
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Colif said:
If you get the same problems on 2 different installs, its not windows. Its likely hardware.

  1. Does PC keep running when screen goes black or does it restart? If you not getting any BSOD its likely windows isn't seeing anything wrong.
  2. Try looking in Reliability History (Search Windows for it) and see if any errors mention GPU drivers. If you have to restart to get the picture back, its likely some of the errors will show as Hardware errors as Windows sees an unexpected restart as a hardware problem.
  3. have you tried taking GPU out and running off the integrated graphics on CPU, if only to see if you get the same black screens after 10 to 40 minutes - it won't look as good as the 7600xt but it may reveal if it is to blame or not... its a start anyway. If it still happens, you know its not the GPU
  4. Do you have the latest BIOS on motherboard?

I wonder what tests they ran.
Running this might reveal cause - https://www.ocbase.com/occt

None of the hardware choices are obvious causes.
Doubt its cause but you forgot to include storage drives.

what monitor are you using? Long shots but could be...
if its always same amount of time and only in games, its unlikely to be the Display port or HDMI cables.



latest chipset drivers?

what are you using to show temps?

I assume case has intake fans as just running with exhausts isn't ideal... I am guessing you have the 240 in the roof? Having used a 240 as intake in the front of a case, myself, I shouldn't assume but most people put them in roof as exhaust.

I see lots of people are getting Black Screens with your GPU, but it seems to be a lot of AMD cards, and since I have a 7900xt I figured I would have noticed it by now.

www.techpowerup.com

XFX Speedster SWFT210 RX 7600 XT Specs

AMD Navi 33, 2755 MHz, 2048 Cores, 128 TMUs, 64 ROPs, 16384 MB GDDR6, 2250 MHz, 128 bit
www.techpowerup.com www.techpowerup.com
the two 8 pin on the GPU, are they two individual cables or 2 ends of the same cable? I can guess the RME has enough single cables to run them both as two cables. I had an RMx 1000 in my last PC and it could do it.

running on older GPU drivers 24.x.x from last year is also suggested. December drivers
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Wait, you mean to tell me that with AMD GPU's you have to physically remove them from the PC to use the integrated graphics? That's both hilarious and awful.
 
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Zed Clampet said:
Wait, you mean to tell me that with AMD GPU's you have to physically remove them from the PC to use the integrated graphics? That's both hilarious and awful.
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He can use the IGPU with the card installed, but I feel not having it in there if we are testing to see if it is cause, makes more sense. It won't be drawing any power if its not there.

Generally, removing the GPU, regardless of maker, can at least show you if the problem you are having is caused by the card. I would have offered same advice if he had a Nvidia GPU.

At least his CPU has an IGPU so he can use it. The igpu uses Adrenaline, I have used mine in the past (before I installed my card)

Fairly sure I have done this in the past, as majority of users have Nvidia cards. Black screens happen on all makes. Most times its a driver problem.
 
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