fried my motherboard

[Moxica]

I upgraded my 2016 PC with a nVidia 3060 and a M.2 NVMe SSD 2TB.
With 100% GPU over some time, my mainboard couldn't take the heat and gave in for good.
I ordered a new PC on the 11th of august, and I have been without a PC since then.
Now I am waiting for the shop to assemble this new box with AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 32Gb Ram and a RTX 3080 Ti.
It will be another week or so before I can unpack the thing, and I am totally in Limbo.
-Watching other guys' DCS-videos on utube through Oculus quest.
Wondering If the DCS installation on that SSD can be started on the new PC, after I copy DCS folder to saved games on the new c drive.
Darn, this wait is a drag.

[MAXsenna]

Yeah, copy from the old Saved Games folder, and copy the DCS core folder to anywhere you like. Remake shortcuts if you want to, but do a repair. 

I can highly recommend Skatezilla's launcher/updater GUI app instead of shortcuts, and it makes updating/repair so much easier.

[Moxica]

Thanks! But what about the children registry?

[MAXsenna]

2 minutes ago, Moxica said:

Thanks! But what about the children registry?

I believe a repair fixes the registry. But what about it? It's only the paths anyway. AFAIK VAICOM, a VoiceAttack plugin, is the only thing I've come across that uses it anyway. And it has a special option to fix it. Might be other uses I'm not a ware of though.  

Cheers! 

[Moxica]

Thx a lot, Max! 

 

[SkateZilla]

Normal Software doesn't kill hardware,

DCS Didnt kill your mainboard, your mainboard failed likely due to a design, airflow, or power problem that caused a catastrophic failure,

I just hate seeing reviews on steam that claims a game killed their PC, when most of the time it's poor Airflow and Heat management, and some gamers just play and ignore the temps and power draw on their components then when it fails, blame the game they were running at the time.

[Mars Exulte]

On 8/17/2022 at 3:37 AM, Moxica said:

With 100% GPU over some time, my mainboard couldn't take the heat and gave in for good.

  This is 100% a user issue, not ''DCS''. All components in your computer should be able to run at 100% indefinitely without issue, they're literally designed for that. If they cannot, you either have a hardware fault or a very poor case design/situation. Even mediocre airflow will prevent overheating in combination with most parts automatically thermal throttling. It has to be substantially bad / dirty in order to ACTUALLY fry something.

Edited August 21, 2022 by Mars Exulte

[WRAITH]

Q?

Was it overclocked?

Also never a fan of RYZAN - Intel have always been more stable under heat and extreme gaming.

Second never supported small PC cases with no ventilation or many fans or cooling system

Also  good motherboard should detect overheat and shut down system to prevent damage.

[BitMaster]

Yes and no.

i dare to say that a budget desktop is not ment to be used 24/7/365 doing 99% CPU & GPU load. If it fails after 3 weeks you picked the wrong parts for Server loads.

contrary, a well built desktop should run full tilt for many weeks and months if it needs to be.

Desktops are in general made for 8h use per day, 9-to-5. 

Workstations and Servers should cope with the 24/7/365 full tilt scenario.

 

 

[sirrah]

8 hours ago, SkateZilla said:

Normal Software doesn't kill hardware,

DCS Didnt kill your mainboard, your mainboard failed likely due to a design, airflow, or power problem that caused a catastrophic failure,

I just hate seeing reviews on steam that claims a game killed their PC, when most of the time it's poor Airflow and Heat management, and some gamers just play and ignore the temps and power draw on their components then when it fails, blame the game they were running at the time.

I think the OP just decided to use a clickbait title for his thread. Why? Who knows 

 

Also, I don't know why I fell for the clickbait 

[Moxica]

Hey guys!
I did not mean to blame DCS in any way. I totally accept that this PC from 2016 got very hot with a new nVidia plus the disk. It was too crowded in there. 
Although no other app will challenge a system like that.. Like 100% over such a long time.
I am really exited to try the new PC, that seem to be arriving tomorrow. I ended up with Ryzen, because iit was the only config where all components were in stock, and I was, and is still very impatient to get into DCS again.
 

[sirrah]

1 hour ago, Moxica said:

Hey guys!
I did not mean to blame DCS in any way. I totally accept that this PC from 2016 got very hot with a new nVidia plus the disk. It was too crowded in there. 
Although no other app will challenge a system like that.. Like 100% over such a long time.
I am really exited to try the new PC, that seem to be arriving tomorrow. I ended up with Ryzen, because iit was the only config where all components were in stock, and I was, and is still very impatient to get into DCS again.
 

It's OK mate

Have fun with your new system!

[DishDoggie]

Sorry about your old Computer R.I.P. Thanks for all the Fun. I say. Congratulation on the New to arrive Computer. What Is your Flying Model Passion you like the Best? What is your Favorite Maps to use. What Flight Gear do you Enjoy? It is crazy how all you do is dream about it when you can't do it and how secure it is when everything is setting in front of you unused but ready to go when needed. Get Airborne soon.

[Burt]

Thermal controls come first before anything and any game and make sure your new rig has MSI Afterburner installed for the your GPU fans and thermal controls. A totally must have and it’s a free program. 

[Moxica]

19 hours ago, DishDoggie said:

Sorry about your old Computer R.I.P. Thanks for all the Fun. I say. Congratulation on the New to arrive Computer. What Is your Flying Model Passion you like the Best? What is your Favorite Maps to use. What Flight Gear do you Enjoy? It is crazy how all you do is dream about it when you can't do it and how secure it is when everything is setting in front of you unused but ready to go when needed. Get Airborne soon.

THX!
I've been waiting for AH 64 since "Apache longbow" by Jane's So when it was announced, I immediately bought an Oculus quest 2 set, and the Apache module. I also love the A10. But this summer, F18, F16, Huey and the Gazelle were on sale, so I got those as well. I've got all terrain modules. And I'm currently learning all modules simoultaneously. PC meltdown occurred as I was about to bite into entering coordinates. I still haven't got my head around the different formats I get from JTAC or similar. (Started with "LM" or som letters if I remember correctly)
I got the Thrustmaster warthog HOTAS set from my girl at my birthday late in june this year.
I really don't have time for this intermission-pause-thing. I expect to be unpacking i seven hours time.

Edited August 22, 2022 by Moxica

[DishDoggie]

5 hours ago, Moxica said:

THX!
I've been waiting for AH 64 since "Apache longbow" by Jane's So when it was announced, I immediately bought an Oculus quest 2 set, and the Apache module. I also love the A10. But this summer, F18, F16, Huey and the Gazelle were on sale, so I got those as well. I've got all terrain modules. And I'm currently learning all modules simoultaneously. PC meltdown occurred as I was about to bite into entering coordinates. I still haven't got my head around the different formats I get from JTAC or similar. (Started with "LM" or som letters if I remember correctly)
I got the Thrustmaster warthog HOTAS set from my girl at my birthday late in june this year.
I really don't have time for this intermission-pause-thing. I expect to be unpacking i seven hours time.

 

That is so cool She got you The HOTAS for your Birthday. Got to love that. Best of Luck with all the NEW GEAR happy happy joy joy. I LOVE flying the Huey I do that most of the time. lol 

[Moxica]

Holy cow! This was so much more of an improvement than I expected. Floats like a butterfly! And the mush is gone! I did not expect that.
I got dizzy for the first time.

[DishDoggie]

6 hours ago, Moxica said:

Holy cow! This was so much more of an improvement than I expected. Floats like a butterfly! And the mush is gone! I did not expect that.
I got dizzy for the first time.

Lol Sounds like a Happy Camper Awesome You can Fly till you Puke like we all did ha ha ha. I use to have to point a fan at my face to keep it away at first. lol It goes away.

[BitMaster]

I hope it does !

it didn’t work out on my end and I finally gave up VR for now.

Some say, fly 15min then pause, then another stint of 15min and so on until you feel it’s getting better.

Good Luck and enjoy