Titax X Maxwell weird problem

[Kedo]

Hi everyone, I've had this Titan X for quite a while now and decited to do the periodicly thermal paste change. But this time after everything went back on and powered the card started to behave funny. As soon as I put it in full load with some heavy game or benchmark, my whole system shut down. So i tried again and the second time it cutted the video signal off  and i had to restart the pc. I though it might be the power supply or mobo, So i swapped the card into a different entire system with a 750w gold plus evga psu, and nothing, while the system didn't shut down the video signal cutted off. So i tried to re open the card, making sure the connectors where ok and nothing seems burned or damage and could't find anything. One time tho i managed to make it run normal , without some of the screws, but as soon as i took it off to finish mounting the others, it started again with the problems problems. To recap now the card as soon as it is in full load for a couple of seconds cuts off the video signal and no matter what cable you connect it too, you have to restart the system. 

 

Ps: light games as Valorant or LoL works fineand the temps are good to (below 50 c)

[Mateyyy]

What thermal paste are you using? Did you happen to put more than you usually do?

[Kedo]

1 minute ago, Mateyyy said:

What thermal paste are you using? Did you happen to put more than you usually do?

I used the grizzly crionaut, and yes i though it too and the second time i reopened it i saw it was a bit too much and proceeded to clean it up and put it again

[Haro]

2 minutes ago, Kedo said:

I used the grizzly crionaut, and yes i though it too and the second time i reopened it i saw it was a bit too much and proceeded to clean it up and put it again

Some components don't have sensors on them ( on the pcb ) and they might over heat without you noticing and the card would stop 

Make sure you have your thermal pads applied correctly where it should be applied

[Kedo]

1 minute ago, TofuHaroto said:

Some components don't have sensors on them ( on the pcb ) and they might over heat without you noticing and the card would stop 

Make sure you have your thermal pads applied correctly where it should be applied

In fact i haven't swapped them for new ones because i thought they were fine and looked good. You think the thermal pads on the vram could be such a problem?

[Mateyyy]

17 minutes ago, Kedo said:

I used the grizzly crionaut, and yes i though it too and the second time i reopened it i saw it was a bit too much and proceeded to clean it up and put it again

Well the Kryonaut isn't electrically conductive, so that shouldn't be the problem. You can generally be a little on the overdone side with thermal paste and still be fine, it's worse when you have too little/none.

 

As @TofuHaroto mentioned, VRMs and memory tend to not have temp sensors you can check with software (particularly on Nvidia cards from my experience), so recheck the pads to be sure that they're sitting correctly and aren't worn out. 

[Jurrunio]

Maybe you torqued the heatsink screws down too hard? Seeing that getting rid of some of them helped. This is a rare case tho, most people do the opposite (insufficient mounting pressure)

[Kedo]

2 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

Maybe you torqued the heatsink screws down too hard? Seeing that getting rid of some of them helped. This is a rare case tho, most people do the opposite (insufficient mounting pressure)

I thought that too, and tried multiple configuration with screw but didn't help