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This is the earlier thread I made about this issue: 

 

So my PSU arrived and I installed it only to find out that after 15 minutes of everything running fine in my game, the same issue of my computer spontaneously restarting occurred. I established that this was a power draw issue and that my computer kept drawing too much power from my 750W Power Supply, making it shut down for some reason. What I don't understand is why this is happening. Anyone have any ideas?

 

My specs are:

EVGA Nvidia 980 TI

i7 3770k

Some seagate 1TB HDD

Corsair CX750M Bronze PSU

 

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

 

Edit: after observing the power draw I noticed it will sometimes randomly spike to 46% draw from 9% while I am on my desktop screen. 

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@Chad Chadson Hello and Welcome to the LTT Forum.

 

First of all, did you installed your PSU correctly, some people made mistakes of installing it with the FAN mounted to the wrong direction.

 

If that's not the case, you're plugging it directly to the wall?

 

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CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 4.3GHz 1.3875v Motherboard: AsRock X470 Taichi (BIOS: Agesa 1.0.0.3 ABB) RAM: 4x8GB(32) 3200MHzCL16 Hyper X GPU: GTX 980 Ti Waterforce Xtreme Core Clock: 1595MHz Memory Clock: 8000MHz Storage: SAMSUNG EVO 860 2TB(OS) / SAMSUNG EVO 860 1TB(Backup) Cooler: NZXT Hydro X72 360mm Case: NZXT Phantom 820 PSU: Corsair TX-750w Display Monitor: Monitor AOC AG251FG 240Hz G-Sync 1080p Headset: Headset LogiTech G633 OS: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (Version: 1909 / OS Build: )

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Just now, GabrielLP14 said:

@Chad Chadson Hello and Welcome to the LTT Forum.

 

First of all, did you installed your PSU correctly, some people made mistakes of installing it with the FAN mounted to the wrong direction.

 

If that's not the case, you're plugging it directly to the wall?

 

I plugged it in correctly to my knowledge, with the PCI slots, etc. done appropriately. My computer is plugged into a surge protector, not the wall. 

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Just now, vascobrissos14 said:

What CPU cooler do you have?

Are you overcloking your CPU?

Have you measured it's temps while gaming?

Does it crash on CPU demanding games or every game?

CPU demanding games, like Europa Universalis 4, I can actually run. I have a water cooler and observed the CPU temps, those aren't the issue.

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1 minute ago, Chad Chadson said:

CPU demanding games, like Europa Universalis 4, I can actually run. I have a water cooler and observed the CPU temps, those aren't the issue.

Try plugging directly to the wall just for testing.

"Once there was an explosion, a bang that gave birth to time and space. Once there was an explosion, a bang that set a planet spinning in that space. Once there was an explosion, a bang that gave rise to life as we know it... And then came the next explosion. An explosion that will be our last"

 

"... To see the world in a grain of sand. Heaven in a wild flower

Hold infinite in the palm of your hand.  And eternity in an hour ..."

 

PC: 1

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 4.3GHz 1.3875v Motherboard: AsRock X470 Taichi (BIOS: Agesa 1.0.0.3 ABB) RAM: 4x8GB(32) 3200MHzCL16 Hyper X GPU: GTX 980 Ti Waterforce Xtreme Core Clock: 1595MHz Memory Clock: 8000MHz Storage: SAMSUNG EVO 860 2TB(OS) / SAMSUNG EVO 860 1TB(Backup) Cooler: NZXT Hydro X72 360mm Case: NZXT Phantom 820 PSU: Corsair TX-750w Display Monitor: Monitor AOC AG251FG 240Hz G-Sync 1080p Headset: Headset LogiTech G633 OS: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (Version: 1909 / OS Build: )

NOTEBOOK:

Model: Acer Aspire 5516 CPU: AMD TF-20 1.6GHz(1C/1T) GPU: ATI Radeon X1200(256MB) RAM: 4GB(2x2GB) 666MHz HD: SSD Sandisk PLUS 240GB OS: Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64

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4 minutes ago, Chad Chadson said:

I did that before and I was able to run for a bit longer but it still shut down

So made another test - underclock GPU and force vertical sync (always on) in configuration. If that helps - it means your GPU is a problem, but managable. If not - it still may be GPU problem, but you should check also other factors.

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4 minutes ago, homeap5 said:

So made another test - underclock GPU and force vertical sync (always on) in configuration. If that helps - it means your GPU is a problem.

What could possibly be causing the GPU to do this? Should I remount it and try again?

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2 minutes ago, Chad Chadson said:

What could possibly be causing the GPU to do this? Should I remount it and try again?

If we're talking about hardware, all we can is guessing and testing. So first test game with forced vertical sync in nvidia control panel with underclock enabled in MSI Afterburner. Then we may find (or not) a solution.

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1 hour ago, Chad Chadson said:

This is the earlier thread I made about this issue: 

 

So my PSU arrived and I installed it only to find out that after 15 minutes of everything running fine in my game, the same issue of my computer spontaneously restarting occurred. I established that this was a power draw issue and that my computer kept drawing too much power from my 750W Power Supply, making it shut down for some reason. What I don't understand is why this is happening. Anyone have any ideas?

 

My specs are:

EVGA Nvidia 980 TI

i7 3770k

Some seagate 1TB HDD

Corsair CX750M Bronze PSU

 

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

 

Edit: after observing the power draw I noticed it will sometimes randomly spike to 46% draw from 9% while I am on my desktop screen. 

Faulty hardware.  Get it replaced.

Save your skin.

Won’t visit often..

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17 hours ago, Hamad said:

I had the same problem

What solve it is changing the PSU to more watts

 

Buy a PSU with 1000 watts at least

How would that solve the problem? Wouldn’t my computer just keep using extreme amounts of energy until that one keeps turning off too? It’s an interesting idea nonetheless and I might try it.

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On 2/6/2019 at 2:25 PM, Chad Chadson said:

How would that solve the problem? Wouldn’t my computer just keep using extreme amounts of energy until that one keeps turning off too? It’s an interesting idea nonetheless and I might try it.

 

for me I had a PSU that is less than what my GPU needs

see how much your GPU needs

its written on the package of the GPU (unless you throw it)

also see how much other parts of your PC needs

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On 2/7/2019 at 12:36 PM, Hamad said:

 

for me I had a PSU that is less than what my GPU needs

see how much your GPU needs

its written on the package of the GPU (unless you throw it)

also see how much other parts of your PC needs

I’ve had the computer for 3 years and a 750w always worked 

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