PC crashing even when you have an i9 14900k and 4090 fixed.

[Marcus_ER]

So here's how I fixed it. I installed windows 10(was using windows 11) Went into bios and went into advanced mode and disabled every option available to me in the cpu configuration, especially hyper threading and speed shift. Then I downloaded intel extreme tuning utility(this can be done in bios if you know how) and underclocked my performance cores ratio from 57x ratio to 50x ratio. Updated to latest drivers(572.70 at the time). Fresh install of BF2042 and EA app. Just played 2 games no crashes or pc shutdown/restart.

I think both intel and nvidia messed up some how.

Good luck hope just the underclocking of the cpu will fix your problems, but it's most likely the combination of the hyperthread disabling and underclocking that fixed it for me.

specs
Operating System
Windows 10
CPU
Intel Core i9 14900K
Raptor Lake 10nm Technology
RAM
32.0GB TeamGroup @ 6000MHz
Motherboard
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. Z790 GAMING WIFI7
Graphics
TV (3840x2160@60Hz)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 (ASUStek Computer Inc)

[󠀡󠀡]

Did you patch your bios for intel instability issues? https://community.intel.com/t5/Blogs/Tech-Innovation/Client/Intel-Core-13th-and-14th-Gen-Desktop-Instability-Root-Cause/post/1633239

No need for disabling overclock or turning off hyper threads.

[Marcus_ER]

Originally posted by 󠀡󠀡:

Did you patch your bios for intel instability issues? https://community.intel.com/t5/Blogs/Tech-Innovation/Client/Intel-Core-13th-and-14th-Gen-Desktop-Instability-Root-Cause/post/1633239

No need for disabling overclock or turning off hyper threads.

Wow, that just reintroduced new problems on top of the old problems, now I have to roll back my bios.

Edit: Oddly enough I noticed that the new bios reset the defaults back. So I didn't roll back my bios I just re disabled hyperthreading and turned off speed shift and xmp and underclocked my cpu again and it seems to have fixed the old and new problems.

[PSYCHAOTICOPERATOR]

lol 4090 is out of date. get a 5090 now.

[Marcus_ER]

Originally posted by PSYCHAOTICOPERATOR:

lol 4090 is out of date. get a 5090 now.

I know you're trolling, but I will once the prices go down from $3k to $2k, I'll probably want to upgrade my power supply too, I'm thinking of adding a nuclear reactor.

[PSYCHAOTICOPERATOR]

Originally posted by Marcus_ER:

Originally posted by PSYCHAOTICOPERATOR:

lol 4090 is out of date. get a 5090 now.

I know you're trolling, but I will once the prices go down from $3k to $2k, I'll probably want to upgrade my power supply too, I'm thinking of adding a nuclear reactor.

yes, i was joking around. did you clean up the cache? i think that helps.

[Zoey]

You should try running a AVX stress test. Degraded chips tend to prove to be unstable during it. Because of the warranty extension it should be easy to replace if it is the CPU.

[Marcus_ER]

Originally posted by Zoey:

You should try running a AVX stress test. Degraded chips tend to prove to be unstable during it. Because of the warranty extension it should be easy to replace if it is the CPU.

Testing Most Advanced AVX Feature - AVX2....
DGEMM AVX2 Test Result --- PASS

Running my current cpu configuration with underclocked cpu it passes the diagnostic tests all green, I'm not gonna do anything else because currently there are no problems with my configuration. Ergo there's no point in trying to fix a problem I already fixed. I don't even notice any lag, bottlenecking, or frame drops, and everything loads really quickly.

[Zoey]

If it doesn't pass when not under clocked then this is already a sign of it being degraded though. The stability you have now will not last and your just kicking the can down the road if this is the case.

[Marcus_ER]

Originally posted by Zoey:

If it doesn't pass when not under clocked then this is already a sign of it being degraded though. The stability you have now will not last and your just kicking the can down the road if this is the case.

Passes when not underclocked as well.
I tried to overclock it to test that as well, but I get bsod after I try to go over 5.8 Ghz. My fix fixes my problem, I'll get a new cpu if this one bites the dust, but for now I can run any game on ultra with my fix no crashes at 4k resolution. I'm happy, I just wanted to make others happy if they were running into my same problem.

Btw, if anyone is running into problems updating your graphics drivers with an error. Disabling hyperthreading also fixes that problem.