Pikatchu

It may be trying to boot into the broken OS that is in the drive. Check boot options from BIOS and make sure it is booting from the right drive.

Replaced it with the thermal pads, the VRAM temps are now at 84-86, much better.

Will layering the pads be bad? Or is it okay? I have some left over pads from the waterblock, though might not have the correct thickness

The stock ones are like a paste substance, not pads. Though, the paste is not runny like regular thermal pastes. It stays at its shape well. What kind of substance is this? Should I replace it with the same thing or pads? Because in order to replace it with pads, I will need to remove the paste like thing.

I have read others VRAM are all around 10 degrees of core temp, my is almost 30

Hey, I have notice the test was done with an undervolt profile, at stock it is 96-100C.

I have recently changed my 3080 from waterblock back to air cooled. All thermal substance were kept stock on the air cooler. My only concern is vram temps, hovers around 96-100C during gaming. Was this normal? I dont recall seeing it that high before. Other temps are in place and as expected.

I will be getting an higher wattage PSU to see if the issue resolves itself, not the 1600watt ones. If this third one still failed similarly, I will then be looking into changing my graphics card. The higher watt PSU will prepare me for the GPU swap/upgrade should it get there. Thanks everyone!

I see. What do you recommend I do now? For the power supply, I can get a higher wattage one and see. For the GPU... As far as PSU go, it is kind of weird the issue only appear after an year and half in. The second PSU should immediately begin having the same issue, if the PSU is not at fault.

How did yours got resolved? Was it still in warranty?

During high power loads, the computer will shut down. In order to restart it, I have to flip the switch on the back of the PSU before booting again. Otherwise, it will not start after the sudden shut down. EDIT: Underpowering the gpu or cpu will prevent this somewhat, which is what made me RMA my PSU. If it is a GPU issue, out of warranty, going to be a even larger expense.

I will be glad if you have any advice on troubleshooting this situation. But at the moment, I am out of ideas. I sort of prevented a weak power line issue with a UPS. A CPU platform swap, CPU Motherboard and RAM, cause I initially got a Lemon bundle. The only thing that have not been swapped in my system is the GPU. Case changes, cooler changes, did it all. The same thing happened even after I moved my living places.

Power efficiency, though not that significant compare to gold. I will still want at least plat rated. Hence the two PSU I had before.

Higher wattage PSUs?

https://www.microcenter.com/search/search_results.aspx?N=4294966654+4294822454+4294820812+4294820971+4294815960+4294821461+4294817002+4294817384+795+800+799+797&Ntt=&prt=&sku_list=&Ntx=&Ntk=all&Nr= These are the options I have. The microcenter is close to me so return is not a hassle. I will not get a PSU that is worst than plat rated.