Strange lines on the screen..

[Gomp]

I changed from watercooling to passiv cooler. 

See on the picture; it got really tight in there! 

Now my graphic card is 60ºC .. (It used to be around 40.) 

I have done nothing to the GPU or cooling of the GPU .. 

I just changed the CPU cooler! 

 

 

Is it to little space? 

Can I move the graphic card 2 slots down? Will it still have a 16X lane? 

 

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PC specs:
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CPU: Intel Core i7-5930K, Socket-LGA2011-3 Prosessor, 6-Core, 3.5GHz, 15MB, 140W, 22nm, 40 PCIe lanes, uten kjøler
Motherboard: MSI X99A GODLIKE GAMING, Socket-2011-3 E-ATX, X99, DDR4, 5xPCIe-x16, M.2, SATA Express, RGB LED, DoubleShot-X3 Pro
Cabinet: Corsair Obsidian 750D Airflow Edition
Power supply: Corsair AX 1500i, 1500W PSU ATX Digital, 80 Plus Titanium, Modular, 8x 6+2-pin PCIe, 20x SATA, 12x Molex

CPU Cooler: I used to have: Fractal Design Kelvin S36 CPU Cooler 360mm Radiator, 775/115x/1366/2011/2011-3, AM2(+)/AM3(+)/FM1/FM2(+), ~62.4 CFM
Now I have: MSI Frozer XL instead of the water cooling! ... 

GPU: Gainward GeForce GTX TITAN X 12GB PCI-Express 3.0, DVI, HDMI, 3xDisplayPort
RAM: HyperX Predator 3000MHz 32GB (4x8GB) 32GB 3000MHz DDR4 Non-ECC CL15 DIMM (Kit of 4) XMP Predator Series
SSD M.2: HyperX Predator SSD 240GB M.2 PCIe M.2 2280, PCIe Gen2x4, 1400/600MB/s read/write,
 

 

[enigmakahn]

That looks pretty tight and may be pushing on your graphics card, moving it down may not be a bad idea, according to your MB manufacturer, all your PCI 16x slots should have full bandwidth so try moving it and see if that helps.

 

also did you previously water cool the GPU as well?

[Slottr]

Can you get a more straight on picture? Does the same thing happen if you use the lower pcie slot?

[SpookyCitrus]

Switch it to a lower PCIe slot if the cooler is metal and contacting on the top of the card without a back plate it can be an issue and if it bridges the wrong pins it could fry the GPU. Might be a good Idea to dust out the system while you're moving the card to another slot dust can also cause some major problems.

[Gomp]

56 minutes ago, enigmakahn said:

That looks pretty tight and may be pushing on your graphics card, moving it down may not be a bad idea, according to your MB manufacturer, all your PCI 16x slots should have full bandwidth so try moving it and see if that helps.

 

also did you previously water cool the GPU as well?

I shall do that then. Move it down. 

I was so afraid it would make the graphic card slower. I do not really understand the 16x stuff. Thanks! 

Nah, I only water-cooled the CPU .. With some "built in water cooler unit" crap ..  Had to be refilled with water every 24 month, and had no reservoar .. 

[Gomp]

50 minutes ago, Slottr said:

Can you get a more straight on picture? Does the same thing happen if you use the lower pcie slot?

I have not dared to move it down yet. I will do that tomorrow. 

Hard to get a picture, but there is some clearance .. 

[Gomp]

42 minutes ago, SpookyCitrus said:

Switch it to a lower PCIe slot if the cooler is metal and contacting on the top of the card without a back plate it can be an issue and if it bridges the wrong pins it could fry the GPU. Might be a good Idea to dust out the system while you're moving the card to another slot dust can also cause some major problems.

I dusted it a bit off when I took some pictures now. Thanks for the tip! Was going to do it, but did not know it could cause harm. 

Nothing is touching. But it is minimal clearance .. 

I will move it down as soon as I am awake tomorrow. 

Thanks for the help!

[Slottr]

11 minutes ago, Gomp said:

I have not dared to move it down yet. I will do that tomorrow. 

Hard to get a picture, but there is some clearance .. 

 

That's fine. I have a D15 and it's significantly closer to my gpu. I can't imagine it's the cooler causing any problems

[Gomp]

I moved it down a notch.. (Did not have to reinstall the drives or ANYTHING!) LOL 

However: I still get the strange "artifacts" or what it is called.. 


Could be it be that I tightened the screws on the CPU cooler too hard/fast? 

[enigmakahn]

well, how old is the graphics cards, it could be that the card is going or was always not great, but your temps were low enough that no problems showed up (not that 60C is a bad operation temp.) Generally graphical glitches do not point to a CPU issue, however i might suggest remounting your CPU clock, take everything out and inspect the socket for bent pins, then when tightening your block back down, make sure you tighten it down by going from one corner to the opposite, no more than a quarter turn past finger tight.

[Gomp]

It is from 19.10.2015 ..

So not that old?

 

The XL frozer only have two screws to tighten. One on either side. In this installation. But I tightened them  bit by bit, on alternating sides.

 

(The previous cooler had 4 screws and had to be tightened diagonally like you described.)

 

Only thing I worry about is if I tightened the screws too much. But that should not be the case either as the screws had a cylinder above the threads to stop it from going further.

 

Also: Could the fans itself be disrupting? It seems to happen at the same time during start up, and randomly when the PC is on.

 

 

[Gomp]

Forgot to include the picture.

[Gomp]

It just happend exactly in same time as I heard the external HD boot up.. How could that be related? 

 

[enigmakahn]

I am very much spit balling here, but does your video card have it's own power rails, or are you using a 6-8 pin to molex converter on the same line ass your HDD?

EDIT: NVM I looked at your picture and they seem to have separate rails...though i would not rule out a faulty power supply. yea man, this one is odd, all i can recommend is to test and replace all the parts that you can, maybe take your graphics card to a friends house and install it on their rig and see if something went wrong during the switch over.

[Gomp]

I do not know anyone with a PC like mine. They have laptops. 

I will do some more testing though. Maybe see if I can borrow an old Graphic card. And see if it still makes lines with that in it. 

I seem to have found that I consistently get the "noice/blacout" thing  when the External HDD starts up. 

This is a really annoying thing. 

If I can not figure it out, will it hurt my PC over time? Or could it last for years still? Only I have to learn to live with the screen going all haywire on me every time the HDD boots up? 

(I have not isolated it to only happen when the HDD start up. But it happens every single time the HDD has to go from sleep to active.)

The HDD is connected via USB 3.0 I think. If that is relevant information.  

[Gomp]

Just an update on this: The damn lines came from a broken/damaged HDMI cable. (Monster platinum black.)