like 95% of the time this happens its when i play minecraft (on lunar client) and in a discord call at the same time, PLEASE help 😭😭😭

distro: endeavourOS

gpu: nvidia rtx 3060 ti

cpu: amd ryzen 7 5700G

de: kde plasma wayland

if i need to add any extra info then please say so

  • Lettuce eat lettuce@lemmy.ml
    2·
    18 hours ago
    1. Check your thermals on your CPU and GPU, make sure they aren’t running too hot.
    2. Turn off your computer and unplug it from the wall. Then check all your physical connections from the power supply to the motherboard and your graphics card. Everything should be fully seated in the sockets and firmly locked in. Loose connectors can cause power delivery issues that freeze or crash a system. In rare cases they can short out, causing severe damage to the components, or even a fire. So it’s important to do anyways.
    3. Check your motherboard manufacture’s website and make sure you’re using the latest BIOS version. Your BIOS screen will tell you what your exact model number is and the current BIOS version.
    4. Check to make sure you’re not running out of system RAM.
    5. Use Furmark to stress test your GPU. If it runs in stress test mode for at least 4 hours straight without any crashes, that’s a good sign that your GPU isn’t the issue.
    6. Use a CPU stress test program to do the same to your CPU. I actually like to go to Lichess.org, open their analysis board tool Lichess Analysis Tool, go into the settings and max out the move search depth, memory limit, and maximum lines calculated. Then I just make 15-20 random moves. The chess engine will sit there and calculate as long as you have that tab open on your local machine, and it will max out every core on your CPU 100% but there are dozens of other ways to stress your CPU, so feel free to search for them.
    7. You may have a lemon of a CPU or GPU chip. All chips are “binned” meaning they are tested at the factory and depending on how they perform, they are accepted or rejected within certain boundaries, but there is a range. Some chips just barely pass the minimum standards brand new. Since all electronics degrade over time, especially modern chips with billions of microscopic transistors, if your chip already was barely good enough to pass the minimum specs when it was fresh out of the box, it can start to become unstable even under normal workloads, let alone more heavy use like what you’re describing. Undervolting and underclocking can help fix this. Using your motherboard’s settings or 3rd party tools (like LACT for GPUs), you can limit the maximum voltage and/or maximum frequency of your chips. This not only will reduce the thermal output of your chips, making them run cooler and slowing the degradation process, but often will make them run much more stable.
    • goofsqueak@lemdro.idOPEnglish
      1·
      9 hours ago

      holy cow thanks!! ill probably forget about this and be too lazy to do all of these but still ykyk

      EDIT: i now lowered the allocated wam (ram) in lunar client so it should be better? before i changed it my used ram was like 14/15 (idk why its not 16 but okay) and now its like 10/15. I will update you guys soon