Hello! My name is Carolyn and I'm one of the Product Managers here at NZXT working on CAM.
I'm happy to announce that we've officially pushed our fix for the crashing and freezing issue to production in CAM version 4.30.2. This fix has been in CAM Beta for several months now, and we're confident that it has addressed the issue for the vast majority of users.
If you're still experiencing crashing and freezing related to CAM, please comment on this thread and we will work to resolve any further arising issues related to this.
We appreciate your patience while solve this issue, and are thankful for your continuous feedback. Everyone on the CAM team is working hard to create the best experience for our users, and we're grateful for your support.
As always, feel free to join the conversation here, our community Discord (https://discord.gg/nzxt), or Reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/NZXT/).
-Carolyn,
CAM Product Manager
on start up It shows stuff on cam for a few seconds and flashes blank a couple of times before staying blank white screen. I have uninstalled CAM and reinstalled still with the same issues.
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After buying a new processor, the freezing issue is here again.
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still not working mine keeps freezing
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still not working mine keeps freezing
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I have been experiencing freeze and loss of video problems with my monitor, having to reboot constantly throughout the day. Handmade bespoke custom cabinets for you kitchen
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Thank you
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"lately the CPU usage states during idle that it is jumping from 5-15% to 80-90% usage" yep, this is first symptom of freeze, it starts with rising CPU usage, then freeze. I could only use mouse, I can click, but nothing is responding.
Latest version of CAM beta was working for ~2 months for me, then 3 freezes and since then it's ok again.
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I have been experiencing freeze and loss of video problems with my monitor, having to reboot constantly throughout the day. Sometimes it will work for 5 minutes, sometimes 5 hours, sometimes 10 hours. Is this a related factor? I just uninstalled NZXT because lately the CPU usage states during idle that it is jumping from 5-15% to 80-90% usage. Is this part of this issue you are referring to.
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So, follow up from yesterday, my PC: amd 5600x, win 10, built 3 months ago, so pretty fresh. Instant freezes from beginning, latest CAM (4.30.2) didn't work, switched to beta -> no freezies for ~6 weeks.
Yesterday 3 times in 90 minutes when I just surfed internet in Chrome browser, to be honest it always happen with Chrome opened.
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Few weeks on beta was okay, today? 3 times in 90min... it's a joke.
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I did, btw use the latest Beta with my most recent tests
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This problem still persists for me. I have even uninstalled and reinstalled windows with the same results. Cam never gets fully booted. I'm not sure if the pump gets turned off or what but the temperature sky rockets according to the readout on the cooler. Radiator fans go to max. Not really the way I would like to treat a brand new 5950x cpu. Has there been any progress on this? I opened ticket number 1170323. I have done as suggested and completely uninstalled cam and then used revo unintaller. As I mentioned I have also done a complete reinstall of Windows.
I read somewhere that there might be a potential issue with Asus Armoury Crate. I did not install this software but its possible, again from what I read, that pieces of it may be installed based on a bios setting. I have not had time to track this lead down yet. Do you know if Armoury Crate is causing issues with CAM.
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Hi Carolyn,
I was reporting this freezing several times now. As a fix I received Beta 4.30.2-b.1 which solve freezing (until now) BUT bring random restarting during play. If NZXT CAM is running my PC restart randomly... if I turn it off everything is working normal... Now it is 3y of reporting and trying to solve this issue without success. I am starting to be annoyed and probably buy another product.
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Hi Carolyn,
Hope the CAM team is doing great and all !
I'm really sorry to tell you that despite the update of my CAM to version 4.30.2, it still hangs randomly. The cells, in the cooling tab, reporting Liquid thermals, Fan speed and Pump speed of my Kraken hang and are frozen at a set value, although the CPU and GPU temps cells are working well. So even if my CPU temp is going higher, my fans and pump are not ramping up according to the curve set in my profile. A restart of my system solve the issue, but the CAM software will hang at one point.
System spec :
CPU : AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
CPU COOLING : KRAKEN X72 with 6x Fans AerP 120 - (Push/Pull - FRONT of the case)
MB : ASUS ROG STRIX X570-E GAMING (Bios version 4021 : latest)
RAM : 32GB (2x16GB) Trident Z Neo DDR4-3600MHz CL16-19-19-39 1.35V (F4-3600C16D-32GTZNC)
GC : EVGA RTX 3090 KINGPIN (AIO on Top of the case)
SSD System : SAMSUNG 980 PRO SSD 1To NVMe M.2 PCIe 4.0 (CAM INSTALL)
SSD Gaming : WD BLACK SN750 SSD 2To NVMe M.2 PCIe 3.0
HDD DATA 1: Seagate Barracuda 1To 7200 RPM
HDD DATA 2 : Toshiba X300 4To 7200 RPM
HDD DATA 3 : Toshiba MQ04ABF100 1To 5400 RPM
HDD BACKUP : Western Digital WD200T3X0C-00SJG0 4To 5400 RPM
PSU : SEASONIC PRIME PX-850
CASE : BE QUIET! SILENT BASE 802
OS : Windows 10 PRO 21H2, 64-bit
Startup programs :
CAM 4.30.2
NVIDIA GEFORCE EXPERIENCE 3.24.0.123
NVIDIA DRIVER 496.76 (11/16/2021)
Core Temp 1.17
MSI AFTERBURNER v4.6.3.16053
EVGA PRECISION X1 v1.2.8
RAINMETER 4.3.1.3321 64-bit
VEEAM Agent for MS Windows 5.0.0.4301
ASUS Ai Charger
MS DEFENDER
No system hang, no BSOD, no error message to report.
Hope this will help, thanks a lot and happy holidays,
Best Regards,
Damien
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Hi, I just purchased a Z73 Kraken. My build
Asus Crosshair VII Dark Hero
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
Windows 10 build 21H1
RTX 2080 super Aorus from Gigabyte
RTX 2060 Gigabyte
The cooler works fine until I try to install the cam software. I have tried both the standard version and the beta version which I down loaded as recently as 11/14/21
The software never seems to get fully booted but it does something as the readout on my cooler suddenly goes from the the 35 to 39C rand to around 65C and the radiator fans go in to overdrive.
Rebooting does not help. I have to shut down the machine and then turn off the power supply for a bit. Turn it back on and then all is OK. If I just reboot or shut down wait and reboot it does not seem to help. Of course I had to uninstall the CAM software or it just repeats when Windows starts again. There is no opportunity to tweak anything within CAM as it never fully comes up.
This cooler is one of the most expensive options available. The draw to this is the ability to customize the display. Without the software functioning as designed it just becomes a VERY expensive chance to have an extra couple hundred extra bucks pulled from your wallet.
I'm hoping there is a resolution to this :)
Vic
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My Operation System: Windows 11 Pro Version 21H2 22000.318
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