Using two power supplies?

[Guest]

I have been having issues with my PC and am trying to verify if my power supply or my GPU is the issue. I have an extra power supply but it isn't enough to properly power my whole system, so would it be safe if I used one to power the GPU and one to power everything else?

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

3 minutes ago, Abyss Gaming said:

I have been having issues with my PC and am trying to verify if my power supply or my GPU is the issue. I have an extra power supply but it isn't enough to properly power my whole system, so would it be safe if I used one to power the GPU and one to power everything else?

For diagnostic purposes, I don't see much harm.

[Spotty]

3 minutes ago, Abyss Gaming said:

I have been having issues with my PC and am trying to verify if my power supply or my GPU is the issue. I have an extra power supply but it isn't enough to properly power my whole system, so would it be safe if I used one to power the GPU and one to power everything else?

What issues are you facing?
What are your system specs?
What model are the two PSUs?

[Guest]

Just now, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

For diagnostic purposes, I don't see much harm.

Yeah I was thinking the same, not something I would do long term.

[Guest]

Just now, Spotty said:

What issues are you facing?
What are your system specs?
What model are the two PSUs?

System shuts down randomly during certain tasks, such as some games. Mixed reality not working anymore (may or may not be related). Specs are

CPU: R7 1700

MOBO: Asrock ab350 Pro4

RAM: 8gb (2x4) Corsair 2666 ddr4 @2800

STORAGE: 2x 1tb Toshiba HDD; 120 GB Toshiba SSD; 220gb ssd

GPU: GTX 980ti hybrid

PSU: CX750M

 

The other PSU is an older green label CX600M

[Spotty]

4 minutes ago, Abyss Gaming said:

System shuts down randomly during certain tasks, such as some games. Mixed reality not working anymore (may or may not be related). Specs are

Hard shuts down as if someone just hit the power switch? Or BSOD, crash, freeze, etc?

 

Remove the CPU and memory overclock. 

 

13 minutes ago, Abyss Gaming said:

I have an extra power supply but it isn't enough to properly power my whole system

A system with an R7 1700 + GTX 980Ti will only require 350-400w. The CX600M, although old and crappy, is capable of supplying enough wattage for the system. You could use it to test with, no need to use both PSUs.

[Guest]

Just now, Spotty said:

Hard shuts down as if someone just hit the power switch? Or BSOD, crash, freeze, etc?

 

Remove the CPU and memory overclock. 

 

A system with an R7 1700 + GTX 980Ti will only require 350-400w. The CX600M, although old and crappy, is capable of supplying enough wattage for the system. You could use it to test with, no need to use both PSUs.

OC has already been removed, along with trying another mobo, several ram combos, multiple windows reinstalls, bios updates, etc. If you don't believe it is the PSU then what do you think it could be? Do you think I should try it with another CPU and mobo combo to rule out GPU or CPU? While very annoying for me to do, I could do it.

[Spotty]

Just now, Abyss Gaming said:

If you don't believe it is the PSU then what do you think it could be?

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

Try powering it with the CX600M if you think it might be the power supply (CX750M) that is faulty.

[Guest]

Just now, Spotty said:

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

Try powering it with the CX600M if you think it might be the power supply (CX750M) that is faulty.

I tried using the CX600M alone and it was having some issues that seemed like it wasn't getting enough power like freezing, weird solid color screens, and much worse crashing in games. But I will try both now and see what happens.

[Spotty]

1 minute ago, Abyss Gaming said:

I tried using the CX600M alone and it was having some issues that seemed like it wasn't getting enough power like freezing, weird solid color screens, and much worse crashing in games. But I will try both now and see what happens.

Sounds more like the GPU is dying.

 

17 minutes ago, Abyss Gaming said:

GPU: GTX 980ti hybrid 

GPU temps okay? Pump still working?

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Spotty said:

Sounds more like the GPU is dying.

 

GPU temps okay? Pump still working?

Temps are definitely more than fine. It does sound like a GPU death but I would like to rule everything else out first since I can't afford a new one right now. Currently typing this on a PC running on two PSUs, lol

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, Spotty said:

Sounds more like the GPU is dying.

 

GPU temps okay? Pump still working?

You think there is any chance its a RAM issue? For example if I am playing fortnite I'll get a Unreal Engine error that has to do with a ram error. And sometimes I'll get the pagefile BSODS or whatever they are called. I just couldn't see ram causing it to instantly shut down but I could be wrong.

[Spotty]

38 minutes ago, Abyss Gaming said:

You think there is any chance its a RAM issue? For example if I am playing fortnite I'll get a Unreal Engine error that has to do with a ram error. And sometimes I'll get the pagefile BSODS or whatever they are called. I just couldn't see ram causing it to instantly shut down but I could be wrong.

Could be. Run Memtest.