System reboots when i stress my GTX 1060

[Tetoris]

Hi everyone. I just got a zotac gtx 1060 3gb and everytime i try to put some stress onto it like playing fortnite in medium settings or running unigine heaven or any other "intense" game, my computer crashes instantly. I think that it is the psu but i just want to confirm that. I have a JouJoy or something like that 450watt psu.

 

PC Specs:

ASRock H110M DVP

Intel Core i3 6100 3.7GHZ

1x8 GB Kingston Ram

Audigy 2 ZS Sound Card

128GB WD Green SSD

Toshiba 1TB HDD

250GB Seagate HDD

[Princess Luna]

I couldn't find any Power Supply named "JouJoy"... it's probably your issue.

[Jurrunio]

I'm surprised if no-name PSU didnt set the system on fire

[NunoLava1998]

Can you take a picture of the PSU; and in case it is bad, what's your budget for a new one? (450W is perfectly fine for your system, it's actually insane how efficient electronics have gotten)

[Tetoris]

Just now, Princess Luna said:

I couldn't find any Power Supply named "JouJoy"... it's probably your issue.

It's something like that and the name is at the bottom of the psu so i cannot see it rn.

[NunoLava1998]

Just now, Tetoris said:

It's something like that and the name is at the bottom of the psu so i cannot see it rn.

What color is it painted? Is it not painted (grey, beige) or is it painted (black)?

[NunoLava1998]

Assuming it's bad (which it probably is), a SeaSonic Focus 450 Gold can be had from Amazon for 65$. If you want full modularity, get a SeaSonic Focus+/SGX 450.

[SenKa]

Dying PSU, almost guaranteed.

[Tetoris]

2 hours ago, NunoLava1998 said:

What color is it painted? Is it not painted (grey, beige) or is it painted (black)?

It's painted grey.

[Tetoris]

Also here is something that i forgot to mention, i had a GTX 750Ti and the PSU worked fine with that card. I do not know if that helps i just thought i'd let you all know.

[NunoLava1998]

8 minutes ago, Tetoris said:

Also here is something that i forgot to mention, i had a GTX 750Ti and the PSU worked fine with that card. I do not know if that helps i just thought i'd let you all know.

Probably not enough wattage on the 12V.

Get out and buy a SeaSonic Focus+ Gold 450W

[Tetoris]

Hey guys. This might not help out either but i have 2 6pin power connectors on my psu. When i use 1 6pin and stress the system the fans go upto 100%. When i use the other one the Computer just simply reboots. Could you tell me if this means something?

[Kisai]

3 hours ago, Tetoris said:

Hey guys. This might not help out either but i have 2 6pin power connectors on my psu. When i use 1 6pin and stress the system the fans go upto 100%. When i use the other one the Computer just simply reboots. Could you tell me if this means something?

Sounds like those are not wired correctly. A modular PSU may have "6 pin" or "8 pin" connectors for everything, but only one or two will be specifically for a PCIe expansion card. If the GPU has two connectors, use two connectors.

[GamerDad]

When this happened to me with my 7950, it was because the graphics card was overheating. I fixed it by reseating the heat sink but eventually the gpu just wasn’t doing it’s job.

 

everyone is blaming the power supply but this could easily be because your graphics card is burning out... though the gtx isn’t as old as the 7950.

[Stefan Payne]

On 5/20/2019 at 3:32 PM, Tetoris said:

I have a JouJoy or something like that 450watt psu.

That might be the issue.

Low quality PSU that might even be dead with modern Components.

 

Look at our Tier List, B or better.

[Stefan Payne]

On 5/20/2019 at 3:34 PM, Princess Luna said:

I couldn't find any Power Supply named "JouJoy"... it's probably your issue.

Jou Jye

 

He probably means.

IS mostly really low end.

[Tetoris]

11 hours ago, Kisai said:

Sounds like those are not wired correctly. A modular PSU may have "6 pin" or "8 pin" connectors for everything, but only one or two will be specifically for a PCIe expansion card. If the GPU has two connectors, use two connectors.

My GTX 1060 does not have 2 pcie connectors. it just needs one 6pin and my PSU which is not modular its fully wired has 2 of them.

[Tetoris]

8 hours ago, Stefan Payne said:

Jou Jye

 

He probably means.

IS mostly really low end.

Yea i think that is the brand too. I had this psu lying around and i just used that to power my system. It was fine with my gtx 750ti that did not require any external power but once i got the gtx 1060 it started doing that. I hope it is the power supply because i really do not wanna have to get another gpu.

[Tetoris]

9 hours ago, GamerDad said:

When this happened to me with my 7950, it was because the graphics card was overheating. I fixed it by reseating the heat sink but eventually the gpu just wasn’t doing it’s job.

 

everyone is blaming the power supply but this could easily be because your graphics card is burning out... though the gtx isn’t as old as the 7950.

I can try and test that but i do think that the psu is faulty because the moment something intense happens the system just crashes on me.

[Kisai]

4 hours ago, Tetoris said:

My GTX 1060 does not have 2 pcie connectors. it just needs one 6pin and my PSU which is not modular its fully wired has 2 of them.

OK, however if you stress-test the GPU with a PCIe power connection plugged in, the machine should not reboot or crash. If you bring up GPU-Z, you should see it hit "VPwr" (which means maximum energy limit) when stress tested.

 

If it reboots under load, it sounds to me like the PCIe power connectors aren't wired up, or the PSU itself isn't powerful enough. In some cases, you can actually get a PCIe GPU to boot without the connector working or even being connected, but it will pull too much power from the slot itself and that's why it reboots.

[Tetoris]

On 5/28/2019 at 5:44 PM, Kisai said:

OK, however if you stress-test the GPU with a PCIe power connection plugged in, the machine should not reboot or crash. If you bring up GPU-Z, you should see it hit "VPwr" (which means maximum energy limit) when stress tested.

 

If it reboots under load, it sounds to me like the PCIe power connectors aren't wired up, or the PSU itself isn't powerful enough. In some cases, you can actually get a PCIe GPU to boot without the connector working or even being connected, but it will pull too much power from the slot itself and that's why it reboots.

Do you mean VDDC? I am in GPU Z and i cannot find the VPwr

[Kisai]

6 hours ago, Tetoris said:

Do you mean VDDC? I am in GPU Z and i cannot find the VPwr

 

PerfCap Reason Pwr is what I was thinking of. But yeah, watch the power consumption when you run something like furmark to see what happens.

[Tetoris]

5 hours ago, Kisai said:

 

PerfCap Reason Pwr is what I was thinking of. But yeah, watch the power consumption when you run something like furmark to see what happens.

OK I will see what i can capture cuz my system reboots underload.

[Tetoris]

Just now, Tetoris said:

OK I will see what i can capture cuz my system reboots underload.

OK I have some news. Firstly i was unable to run heaven before the system crashed. I downclocked my gpu 100mhz and it worked flawlessely. I have also uploaded the gpu stats when it run unigine heaven. But I could not run furmark at all. the moment i would press the button the system immidiately crashed. Does that mean that the psu is faulty or something or is there a problem with my gtx 1060?

[Kisai]

3 hours ago, Tetoris said:

OK I have some news. Firstly i was unable to run heaven before the system crashed. I downclocked my gpu 100mhz and it worked flawlessely. I have also uploaded the gpu stats when it run unigine heaven. But I could not run furmark at all. the moment i would press the button the system immidiately crashed. Does that mean that the psu is faulty or something or is there a problem with my gtx 1060?

Well if you reduce the clock rate, of course it will pull less power.

 

nVidia's stock clock for the 1060 is 1506, with turbo boost going to 1708. The stats here show it running at 1898. The Zotac website says

• Base: 1607 MHz 
  Boost: 1835 MHz

Were you OC'ing it before?