Hesper

Hello! 

I'm suddenly having black screen issues with the gpu fans going full throttle while gaming. The issue pops up randomly and will stay unless I restart the pc. anyone knows if this can be fixed?

PC specs are:
Ryzen 7 3800X (stock, not OCd) 
Gigabyte GTX 1660 Super OC edition
RAM is 2x8GB 3200Mhz
ASUS Prime B550M-K (updated to the latest bios)

Seasonic SSR-500GB3 80+ bronze

Windows 10 22H2, installed all windows updates available
Nvidia drivers is version 526.98

Temps are:
Idle at 54C, peaked at 87C on furmark before crashing

Idle at 45C, peaked at 84C on furmark before crashing (after repaste)

What I've tried:

>reinstalled windows
>uninstalled drivers using DDU, clean install on nvidia drivers, uninstalled again using nvidia cleanup tool then clean installed again

>took the gpu apart, cleaned it, found out that the original paste has dried up (literally crumbled in my hand) and applied a fresh thermal paste. There was a thermal pad stuck on the heatsink, I left it untouched as I don't have any extras, so I wasn't able to replace them.

>tried the 1660 on a different pc, issue persists. tried a different gpu on my pc, no issues

Issue only appears during gaming.

Playing videos and browsing net are fine.

GPU is a little bit more than 2 years, mainly used for gaming, watching videos and regular browsing

Games played are: Dota 2, Skyrim, RDR2, Starcraft 2, Diablo 3, Genshin, Apex, Valorant, PUBG, Borderlands, AC series

EDIT: 

Just to add, I know this will be impossible but is there a tiniest bit of chance I can RMA or even have it repaired at Gigabyte? I'm from the Philippines, lost the receipt and most likely well over warranty period
 

UPDATE: I tried the gpu on my friend's pc and it works fine. Tried his gpu again on mine, still same. 

Decided to buy a new board, works perfectly now. Guess something happened on the PCI-E slot

2 minutes ago, GeorgeKellow said:

Try another PCI-E Slot? 

My board only has 1. I'm going to try plugging the 3060 on my friend's pc and see if it works.

1 minute ago, DoctorNick said:

Damn. Yeah try with another gpu 

My friend's here and we tried the 1050ti and same debug led. 

17 minutes ago, DoctorNick said:

Try to clear cmos again. Power off PSU. Remove CMOS battery for 5 min. Might need to remove GPU to get to CMOS battery. 

Already tried it. Same debug led. 

2 minutes ago, DoctorNick said:

Try to clear cmos again. Power off PSU. Remove CMOS battery for 5 min. Might need to remove GPU to get to CMOS battery. 

Will try this. 

1 minute ago, minecraftmodworx said:

hmm this is a hard one but my guess would be a motherboard issue as greg Salazar on yt had the same issue with a pc he tried to fix and it was the motherboard. try re seating the cpu and if that doesnt work i think it could be the mother board.  

I am thinking it could only be gpu or motherboard. I have a friend on the way to lend me his 1050ti and see if it works on my board, if it don't, then I guess I'm buying a new board tomorrow. 

I was doing some checks on the system (full system scan and sfc), no problems found then I decided to restart the pc. Now it's stuck at the VGA debug led on the mobo. No lights on the led of keyboard and mouse.

I've tried clearing CMOS, 1 ram stick at a time at different slots, used new sata cables, reseated the power cables on the psu and the mobo, checked for damages on the board, reseated the gpu, tried only plugging the gpu, ssd, keyboard and mouse. 

 if I plug in the keyboard and mouse while the gpu is unplugged, i think it works because the lights are on and num lock lights are working. If I plug in the gpu, no lights just the debug led for vga.

The specs are

Cpu: ryzen 5 2600

Gpu: zotac rtx 3060

Ram: 2x kingston hyperx 8gb 2666mhz

Psu: seasonic m12ii 620 bronze

Mobo: msi a320m pro vh plus

Os: win11 pro

Sadly, my cpu doesn't have a built in gpu so no display on the motherboard ports.

If this was cause by gpu, any ides what happened? The system was running fine just before I restarted. Kinda makes me regret restarting the system

UPDATE 3:

Tried undervolting/underclocking GPU, ran heaven benchmark 5 times, ran furmark for 35 minutes, no crashes. 

PC seemed stable, tried installing FG repack, pc crashed. Tried installing again but monitored temps using HWMonitor and GPU-Z, PC crashed, last CPU temp I saw was at 62C, GPU at 47C. So I think GPU power spike isn't the cause.

Replaced the SATA cable for the 4TB HDD(this is where I install and download files),also ran dskchk /f /r on it before sleeping.

woke up pc still running, tried installing FG repack, installed successfully. tried downloading another repack while installing another at the same time, no crashes.

Guess SATA cables were the cause. Bought replacements for the other storage devices and a few extras for backup.

I still cleaned the PC and reapplied thermal paste, OCCT CPU stress tests are now at 85C max, gaming at 62-68C (around 50+ to 60C if I have AC on)

UPDATE: Flashed BIOS update, and re-enabled TPM in BIOS because for some reason, it was disabled even though I'm running Windows 11. Tried finishing all downloads first before installing fg repack, enabled the limit on the installer. success, no crashes happened. I will still reapply thermal paste and install the fan hub this weekend. Will post a reply if it happens again or not.

UPDATE 2: just happened again while I was reading manga, guess it's going down between SSD, motherboard and the PSU.

2 hours ago, 191x7 said:

 

First, that.

 

Second, the CPU temperatures <=> those relate to the VRM temperatures -> on that board it might trigger the VRM protection - a hard shutdown - sometimes followed by a slow CPU cooler fan on next startup (noticed a lot on older MSI AM3 boards, not sure about AM4).

 

Cool the CPU down. And cool the VRM.

In fact, I'd recommend changing the motherboard.

Oh, then I guess I'll see if it will improve this weekend when I clean the pc and reapply thermal paste. CPU temps while gaming are at 76-80C. It's summer here so ambient temps are higher too, 29C according to our weather forecasts, I have AC but I try not to use it since electricity costs are high af.

2 minutes ago, Entropy. said:

Unless the PSU's wattage rating isn't indicative of what it can actually handle... or something like power transient (spikes) make it go batshit... I don't see how that could happen. However, I'm not exactly the foremost expert on the front of power supplies, just what I know. 

Same thought, someone told me that if the psu trips due to a power spike, i should have to press the switch at the back of the psu to turn it on again. if that's true, that never happened so im guessing its out of the question

Hi. My PC has been randomly shutting down, not restart, just powers off.

My current setup
OS: Windows 11 Pro 64-bit

BIOS version: 7B07v3E

Motherboard: MSI A320m Pro VH Plus

CPU: Ryzen 5 2600 (stock speed, stock cooler)
GPU: Zotac RTX 3060 Twin Edge OC

RAM: 2x8GB Kingston

Storage: 1x4TB Seagate 3.5 HDD, 1x1TB WD 3.5 HDD, 1x120GB Sandisk SSD

Fans installed:

front: 3xArctic P12 RGB 120MM (RGB daisy chained connected on JLED header of the board), power is daisy chained to one end of a 3-way splitter on the SYS_FAN (connection is like this: fan>fan>fan>1 end of splitter>sysfan header)

top:  2xPhanteks MG 140MM (no rgb), connected on the other 2 ends of the 3 way splitter for SYS_FAN

back: 1xTecware fan included in the case, connected via molex from psu

PSU: Seasonic M12ii EVO 620W 80plus bronze

Happened 3 times now, last it happened 2 hours ago, (9AM GMT+8)

I just got the 3060, previously using 1660 Super (never had sudden shutdowns). I did a clean install when I install the latest driver from nvidia

Last night I tried running Furmark and OCCT to stress test cpu and gpu at the same time for 15 minutes. CPU temps at 91C, GPU temps at 75C, no crashes.

Tried running Heaven and Valley benchmark, same temps as Furmark, no crashes.

Tried running sfc/scannow, no errors found, restarted, running dism restorehealth, restarted, still happened earlier.

CrystalDiskInfo and HDSentinel reported 100% on both HDDs, SSD at 73%, tried checking errors with HDTune on SSD, no errors. 

Apps running while it all happened: installing a game from a certain "girl" repack, downloading another using torrents. (installing and downloading on the 4TB HDD)

don't know what else to try. is it the fan setup? is the rtx 3060 too much for the PSU? some people told me the wattage is enough for my setup. is the HDD failing? or it cant handle 2 activities(installing and downloading at the same time)? is my windows corrupted? gpu driver need reinstalling? 

I'm planning to reapply thermal paste and install a fan hub for all the fans when I clean the pc this weekend (it's not dusty af but i like to clean it every couple of months)

1 minute ago, ShrimpBrime said:

Looks like it's RGB to me. I don't see why not? 

Will it ruin the board just in case something goes wrong? It's kind of hard to buy a new one these days. Thanks again~

I have 3 Artic p12 pwm pst rgb fans and I was wondering if I it's okay to use the JLED1 header on the motherboard for the RGB connector. The motherboard manual says it supports 5050 led strip with a maximum of 12V. Thanks in advance~

39 minutes ago, Stahlmann98 said:

Yes you can do that, but it WILL Impact performance, no matter how low you turn GTA5 as ist still a 3D application. Idk why you would want to do that but it should work. Just try and see what happens

I wanted my bunker in gta 5 to run while i do other things so I thought of the idea of running 2 games at once but I don't know if that's bad. LOL

35 minutes ago, Mateyyy said:

Don't know about RAM usage though, as I'm not really aware of how much memory Dota or Starcraft take up. Taking into account other stuff that might be open in the background, my guess would be that your 16GB of memory could be the only limiting factor here, but I could be overestimating how much RAM those games will take up.

RAM usage with GTA 5, 3 tabs in Firefox is more or less 8GB according to task manager.

I just tried Diablo 3, RAM usage is around 10GB. Guess I can move on to Starcraft 2 or Dota 2

Just now, Mateyyy said:

I mean, yeah, I don't see why it wouldn't work.

Won't the PC lag? or rather I'll never know unless I try. Thanks!

Good day!

I have a Ryzen 5 2600, Gigabyte GTX 1660 Super OC, 16GB (2x8 2933Mhz) RAM - overclocked ram from 2666Mhz to 2933Mhz stable. and 2 monitors.

I was wondering if I could run GTA Online on windowed mode at 800x600 resolution (afk for bunker) and running another game like Dota 2/Starcraft 2 on the main monitor at 1080p.

New to this kind of stuff so no hate please.

Thanks!

1 hour ago, VEXICUS said:

What varient of palit card is it? Single fan?

You need to list the varients as all manufacturers make some really good cards and some really crappy ones.

Palit GTX 1660 SUPER StormX - PHP11,610 ($229)

Zotac GTX 1660 SUPER Twin Fan PHP12640 ($249)

Gigabyte GTX 1660 SUPER OC PHP 13,000 ($255)

MSI GTX 1660 SUPER Aero ITX OC PHP13530 ($267)

These are the cheapest 1660 super available. I included the MSI since my friend recommended that brand to me but it's the most expensive one for my budget.

1 hour ago, VEXICUS said:

What's the price of Vega 56 over there?

 

$393 (PHP 19,995)

Is there a huge difference between the normal gtx 1660 with gddr5 and the gtx 1660 super with gddr6? That was what I was looking at. If not, I'd go for the 1660 normal

Hi! I'm going to upgrade the gpu of my current build.

Current is

Ryzen 5 2600

Gigabyte Gtx 1050ti oc

16gb ram

MSI A320M PRO-VH Plus mobo

Seasonic m12ii 620 80 bronze

Im planning to upgrade the gpu to a gtx 1660 super.

Any suggestions on other gpus that is on the same price range? The gtx 1660 super is currently priced at 13,000 Philippine peso (256usd).

And what brand should i buy? Zotac is priced lower than gigabyte and palit is priced lower than zotac but im worried about quality. Thanks!

Hello, I recently bought a Ryzen 5 2600 to upgrade my Ryzen 3 2200g

My motherboard is MSI A320M Pro VH Plus (I didn't get a b450 motherboard when i bought the cpu because i dont plan on overclocking)

My current BIOS version is 7B07v3C

Do I need to update the BIOS or I can just replace the cpu and good to go?

I attached a screenshot of msinfo32 here so you guys can check.

Thanks in advance!

Hi! I'm planning to upgrade my cpu or gpu to have better gaming experience on 1080p but only have budget for 1 upgrade.

I currently have R3 2200g paired with a gtx1050ti OC.

Planning to upgrade to R5 2600 and RX 580

I want to ask if you have any better suggestions that is on the same price range?
The motherboard is MSI a320m pro vh plus (planning to change into b450 soon, i want to upgrade the cpu and gpu first)

Current specs:

R3 2200g

GTX1050ti OC

16GB RAM

 MSI A320M Pro VH Plus mobo

Seasonic M12II-620 Bronze 80 power supply.

Thanks in advance!

P.S. I mainly play PUBG, Forza Horizon 4, Farcry New Dawn, Dota, GTAO and AC Odyssey

1 minute ago, dizmo said:

 if you cross your fingers maybe there will be some killer Black Friday sales and you can squeeze both into your budget.

 

There is going to be a sale at the end of November here in our country and I'm also waiting for that. If not, I'll go with the CPU then. Thanks a lot for the advice! Have a good day!

4 minutes ago, dizmo said:

Why not go with faster RAM? 2666mhz isn't the best match for Ryzen, especially if you plan on upgrading the processor in the future.

TBH I think the CPU would be a better bet, if you can only afford one. Depends how much stuff you run in the background.

I could buy a faster RAM but I dont know how to set the XMP profile thing on the BIOS, anyway, let's say ill upgrade between a 3200Mhz 16GB ram or the Ryzen 5 2600, if we base on the games I play, will upgrading to Ryzen 5 2600 be better? (i only download movies, browse socmed or just watch videos on youtube if im not playing)
 

Thanks for replying! Really appreciate it