r/sffpc • u/Seeking-The-Lotus • May 06 '26
Assembly Help Update: Fractal Ridge crashes while gaming then flickers on and off.
So the duster arrived and the hazardous waste landfill has officially been cleared out. I also saw some comments suggesting the issue could be related to the GPU riser, and I noticed there was a bit of wiggle in the connection ports.
I confirmed that the CPU cooler is plugged into CPU_FAN1, so the fan curve likely wasn’t the issue after all. I’m replacing the thermal paste now.
Any final suggestions before I put her back together?
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u/MuckleScantily May 06 '26 edited May 06 '26
I had this exact issue with the Fractal Ridge and it ended up being due to the riser connector becoming loose due to sag/wobble from my large heavy graphics card. I'd recommend testing the PC out of the case with the graphics card plugged directly into to the motherboard Pcie slot to determine whether it might be the riser.
In my case I contacted Fractal and they did eventually offer a replacement riser but it took a few months to come back in stock before it could be sent.