Why does Project Orion keep crashing on my ASRock A320M?
Trying to run Project Orion on an A320 is basically digital masochism. I was getting a crash to desktop every ten minutes without warning; I almost smashed my rig. The VRMs on my ASRock A320M-HDV R4.0 were hitting 92-98℃ under load, with voltage swings of 0.15V, which just killed the CPU stability. I tried Windows Power Saving mode, but my FPS dropped to 20—a complete joke of a trade-off. I eventually went into the BIOS, manually capped the CPU Power Limit (PL1/PL2) at 65W, and switched the power plan to 'Balanced'. In an AIDA64 FPU stress test, it actually survived two hours without a reboot, with temps at 78-84℃. I tried flashing a modded BIOS before this and bricked the board, only saving it with a CMOS jumper reset. VRM is now 72-78℃ and fans are screaming at 2200 RPM. It's stable now, but this board is definitely at its absolute limit.
