Is the Onda 9D4-DVH triggering power protection in AC Shadows?
Every time I entered a large ancient city, my PC would just go black and reboot as if someone pulled the plug—that kind of unpredictable crashing had me totally stressed out. The VRMs on the Onda 9D4-DVH were hitting 98-105℃ the moment the CPU spiked past 80W, triggering a hard hardware shutdown. I wasted a bunch of money trying to swap in a higher-wattage PSU first, but the crashes didn't stop, which was honestly beyond frustrating. I finally went into the BIOS and forced the PL1 power wall down to 65W and set the fans to full blast. Running OCCT, the core voltage stayed flat between 1.18-1.22V without those scary dips. I did notice a drop of about 10 FPS after the 65W cap, but I managed to claw some of that back by tweaking the PBO curve. Now the VRM temps are kept under 82-88℃; the fan noise is obnoxious, but at least the system doesn't just die. After simulating several high-load scenarios, the crashes are gone and the input lag feels way more responsive.
