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@eXe_NIBIRU, that crash is the one where the CPU decides to execute an instruction starting in the middle instead of at the beginning (like one that @Lunchb0x88 just reported). A properly functioning CPU shouldn't be able to do that.
I'm not convinced that this problem is limited to overclocking, but it might be an exacerbating factor.
Overclocking can cause faults even without overheating. If you're overclocking, you're reducing the time the CPU is allowed to take for each step of each instruction, but the transistors still toggle at the same speed as they execute each stage. If the clock is ever shorter than a step of an instruction, the next step of the instruction can start before the previous step's results are done.
As an analogy, imagine you're doing a 10-digit addition problem, and somebody else is going to use your answer. Normally, they give you enough time, and you get all 10 digits before they look at it. However, if they're in a hurry (as in overclocked), they may look at your answer when you've only written down the first 8 digits. They don't see the problem you're working on, only your answer, so they use those 8 digits as if it was the correct answer, when it's not - it's just part of the answer. So anything they do with that number is likely to be wrong.
Overclocking and overheating can both cause rare CPU errors. You can get errors from overheating without overclocking, and you can get errors from overclocking without overheating. If you're both overclocking AND overheating, that's really pressing your luck!
Again, I don't know whether this is due to overclocking or not, but I do know that none of these crash reports seem possible with a properly functioning CPU.
Tried disabling the meltdown/spectre fixes just to test and didn't change anything. Here is another crash log. Starting to crash a lot without a crash log which is getting quite annoying. Reset my bios, tried everything I could think of. My PC is brand new and I have never had an issue in other games. I even did a fresh install of Windows 10 with the latest 1809 update. It clearly has to be triggering something on the higher end Intel processors. Mainly the 7700k and 8700k. Haven't got the typical EXCEPTION_BREAKPOINT crash yet though.
- 6 years ago
Is anyone running iCue software by any chance? If you are, can you try turning it off to see if helps?
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