Why does my ASRock B450M-HDV crash in Like a Dragon: Ishin?
This motherboard is basically fighting for its life trying to run this game. It's wild that a well-optimized title can actually trigger a full system reboot. The VRM voltage was swinging violently between 1.1V and 1.3V, and the moment a complex scene hit, the current peak tripped the overcurrent protection. It felt like the PC was playing a prank on me. I tried Windows Power Saver mode, but that just gutted my performance—load times went from 15 seconds to 40 seconds, which was a non-starter. I ended up using a frequency control tool to hard-lock the CPU at 3.4GHz and disabled all Boost features. According to my analyzer, the current draw flattened out to a steady 45A - 65A range, and the reboots stopped completely. I did hit a snag where the system froze because the voltage was too low for the lock, so I had to manually bump it to 1.18V. Now the board runs hot at 85℃ - 90℃ with fans screaming at 2400 RPM, but it stays on. Logged all the crash timestamps for the record.