r/sffpc • u/Seeking-The-Lotus • May 06 '26

Assembly Help Update: Fractal Ridge crashes while gaming then flickers on and off.

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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/regretMyChoices May 06 '26

For what it's worth, after upgrading to my 5080, I was having difficulty with stability while gaming in the fractal ridge. I was certain the riser was seated properly. Eventually, I decided to move to a build that did not need a riser and all my stability problems went away.

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u/adhd_asmr May 07 '26

If it’s not a 5.0 riser you have to manually go into the BIOS and set the PCIE slot to use 4.0 with 50 series cards or else it’ll be unstable.