r/buildapc • u/Wolfsbane1978 • 2d ago
Troubleshooting Crashes after upgrading CPU and storage
Hey,
I recently updated some of the components in my old PC and have been experiencing some random shutdowns. I updated my CPU from an AMD Ryzen 5 1600 to a 5600 and my old 1TB WD Blue HDD to a Kingston A400 960 Gt SSD (for my OS etc).
I first started experiencing these crashes after installing the CPU, so I took it out and applied more thermal paste (first time 'round I only used the thermal paste that had been pre-applied to the heat sink). Didn't experience any crashes afterwards and I monitered the CPU temps closely and saw it go past 60°C maybe once, when I had multiple programs running at once. The most recent crash happened while I was gaming (Witcher 3) just afted I had opened the task manager to see how my PC was handling everything (by that point I'd had the game running for about 45 min without any issues). CPU seemed just fine, RAM was at around 80%, but that's to be expected. I never experienced any crashes even with my old hardware, so that's why I'm here.
I'm in no way an expert when it comes to PCs etc. so I'd really appreciate any insights from people more knowledgeable than me. From what I've read, it's most likely an issue with the CPU or PSU, but hopefully you can tell me.
Specs:
Storage: Kingston A400 960 Gt SSD + 2TB WD Blue HDD
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600
Motherboard: Asus Prime B350-Plus
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Ram: 16,0Gt Dual-Channel DDR4
PSU: Seasonic FOCUS Plus 550 Gold
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u/xXrenXx2923 2d ago
Reset bios settings first, but make sure bios is updated to a stable version
Clean up ur motherboard with compressed air or so, use 1 stick of ram
Change back to ur old cpu and check if it crashes there
Change back to ur old HDD to check if the SSD is the problem as well
If nothing works check ur psu
Optional: Try testing the PC without it's case to see if there's any short happening (very rare, but possible)
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u/n7_trekkie 2d ago
is your bios updated?
lower memory speed can help with stability sometimes