Thanks for your reply. I’ve tried pretty much everything up to now. over the weekend I swapped out the power supply for a new one, some issues.
things I’ve tried but still get freezing:
- unplugging all USB devices except for mouse (and used a different mouse/keyboard)
- changed power supply for a new one
- unplugged nvme drive and ran OS from a SATA ssd via USB 3 and internally
- swapped nvme drive for a new one
- unplugged all SATA drives and cables
- disconnected all USB board headers
- disconnected Thunderbolt audio devices and turned off Thunderbolt in bios and used a different audio interface.
- Used 1 screen only without and with WEG/LILU
- tried different graphics ports on card
- disconnected wifi/bt PCIE card
- disconnected USB 3 PCIE card
- Swapped out 5700xt with a new different brand of 5700xt
- swapped out for a older known working rx 580
- tried a different power outlet from my wall
- reseated and checked my cpu and board pins for damage
- swapped ram for new ram
- xmp for ram off and on
- tried BIOS with all auto OC off and on
- tried setting ram voltages and speeds/timings manually
- turned off turbo/speed step cpu stuff
- tried bios versions f7, f8 and f9b
- reset cmos and Bios settings
- checked motherboard and sockets for visible signs of damage
- check all power connections to board (I have ALL optional connectors and power attached from an 850w psu)
- turned off screen sharing settings
- deleted and disabled photos app/library
- checked for rogue kexts
- checked EFI folders and files and plist 1000x times
- tried different smbios
- forgot all the other things I’ve tried....
Things I
haven’t tried:
- reverting to Mojave (stubborn)
- swapping out the motherboard
- swapping the cpu
- disconnecting fans or swapping them
- swapping case (is that even a thing?)
Today or tomorrow I’m swapping out the motherboard, so I’m begging the computer gods to have mercy on me. It’s been 3-4 months of computer hell. Moreover, it like the graphics card just stops communicating with the system, the screens freeze the audio continues, mouse moves, then the whole system just halts and I need to hard reboot. Really only happens when working on things in audio or video apps. During the last few days of intensive testing, I found I don’t need to wait to be the freezing to happen, I can just load up a project in an app and crash it within 1-10mins.
yay!