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[surfpunk]

Hello everyone. I have a very big problem.

When I play some games on my PC, the computer may freeze abruptly, a random color will appear on the screen, and the sound will start to crackle. Only a reboot helps. There is no such thing in a Dota or Minecraft game, but when I play Overwatch 2, or even Skyrim, the computer crashes.

I've done stress tests on the graphics card, RAM, and checked the disks-nothing helps. The problem has been around for a very long time and prevents me from playing games normally.

Computer Specifications:
- Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-4130 processor with a clock frequency of 3.40 Ghz.
- AMD Radeon RX 580 processor (2048 SP) from Palit
- DDR3 RAM 16 GB 1600 MHz
- ASUS H81M-K motherboard

[ripcord · Accepted solution]

Try adjusting your fan settings here is a guide I found on YouTube that may help you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88pr3YycQHg&t=7s

[surfpunk]

thanks for advice

I solved the problem the day after the post. indeed, I changed the fan settings on the graphics card and everything started working. 

[BigAl01]

The motherboard could be going bad, or one of the components could be failing.  However, checking the temperatures of the CPU and the GPU would be first steps to isolate the problem.  If either one is reaching 75 C during stress testing or gaming, that probably indicates your system is overheating.  If the temperatures are safely below that level, start looking at the other components.  You have a relatively old system and some components might perform in a more stable way if they are run with slightly less voltage (undervolting the GPU for example) or even a higher voltage (overvolting the RAM for example).