Yuiiski wrote: ↑17 Sep 2021, 22:33
I can now confirm that it's 100% an electrical issue, I got a brand new PC the other day, I got it pre-built just to be on the safe side that I wasn't messing up during the building process. I took it to another house first and played it all day with zero issues. I then took it back to my house, plugged it in, loaded up a game, and boom, constant stuttering just like the PC before, tested multiple games and the stuttering was present in all games again. I took the PC back to my friend's house the following day and the stuttering remained....
So basically, plugging any PC into my house instantly ruins it. I have no idea what would cause this but it sucks.
Hey, I am glad you made a little progress but…
I am not quite convinced it’s electrical wiring yet. Most TRUE electrical wiring issues would be issues that disappear/reappear when moving back and fourth (without touching any settings).
Things like an over-the-Internet update can ruin things. And also, Windows often runs a lot of background activity (housekeeping tasks) for the first hour after a computer is powered up.
You need additional troubleshooting before a non-mechanical (e.g. loose connector) electrical issue is 100% confirmed. I’m not yet convinced. The majority of minor 100%-non-mechanical electrically-influenced lag/stutter issues are usually ephemeral/temporary.
It’s possible, but every time I retested something that “sticks”, I traced it to other thing than external EMI. An example is transportation vibrations creating loose contact with thermal paste/fans that created thermal throttling that added stutters. Even mouse DPI and pollrate change, going too high or plugging mouse into a different USB port can add stutters. Also, loose PCIe cards also generate error correcrion storms that add stutters. And also to hidden background/updates. There’s a lot of odd things that can go wrong. Even RGB system utils (that updated an .01 version) had added stutters.
Externally-influenced electrical issues such as EMI, while real, are often wild goose chases to red herrings. To be 100% confirmed, needs multiple elements of proof since electrical is a hard-to-trace category of issues.
Or super-strong proof of such as eliminating all other variables (no movement, exact same USB cables into same USB ports, no software updates, no Internet), such as alternating plug between mains and a UPS (that lasts long enough to do the offgrid test without moving the computer). A super sized 8-hour UPS in the form of “
Lithium Power Stations” can last a full day of offgrid computing, if need be. Certain things like spread spectrum settings in BIOS (or 3rd party utilities that modifies hidden BIOS settings) may also be a supplement. But, that’s only if you definitively confirmed your electrical wiring is causing the issues. But these things generally do not instantly “stick” unless something became slightly loose such as during a computer move. Reseating may increase/decrease error correction related stuttering that occurs in offline play that still occurs even on clean/offgrid/etc, so YMMV. There is now a new semi-hidden EMI forum here for these kinds of troubleshooting.
Another test is reseat everything, reset your BIOS to factory, and a fresh Windows install. Try imaging your disk for a good Windows install, for a quick rewind & restore of a known good install, without the hassle of reinstalling Windows.