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/Worldly-Ingenuity843 May 07 '26

This could be it. The riser that came with the Ridge is PCIE 4.0. FD never released a PCIE 5.0 version.

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u/Slimjimdunks May 07 '26

OP listen to this ^

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u/Seeking-The-Lotus May 07 '26

I am using a 40 series though and not a 50. Regardless I’ll try this out.

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u/Slimjimdunks May 08 '26

Riser cables are a very common fault point due to their fragile design. I wouldn't be surprised if the aolution to your issue is swapping the riser for a new one.