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RTX 3080 Ti Random restarts, NOT a BSOD

Diligence
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Hi, 

I hope all of you are doing well.

 

I have a problem with my computer randomly restarting. It doesn't crash, it just restarts. It can happen while playing games, while idling on the desktop, while running benchmarks, watching YouTube videos,....etc. There are no minidump files either. I managed to stop the issue from happening but the fix doesn't make any sense to me, that's where I need you help. Basically, when I set my GPU power limit to 80% in MSI afterburner, the system is rock solid. Any higher and I experience random restarts. I know this is a potential power issue, but I don't know how to resolve this because I already swapped the PSU to a ROG Thor Platinum 1200w as that is one of the highest tier of PSUs available where I live and the power draw on the OLED screen doesn't go past 600 watts under any circumstances. I also used two 8-pin cables from the PSU instead of using a branched cable. My PSU has hybrid fan control and if I keep the fan on, the restarts are lessened but not eliminated I also noticed that the back of my case lights up the lamp on my tester screwdriver. The casing of the PSU doesn't light up the tester screwdriver, nor do any of the other steel panels on my case. I don't know if that has any significance but I thought I'd mention it anyway. 

 

Complete System Specs:

 

CPU: Ryzen 9 5950X ( Stock settings)

RAM: G.SKILL Trident Z RGB running at 3600MHz CL14 (Default XMP settings)

GPU: Palit RTX 3080 Ti Gaming Pro (80% power limit, no OC)

Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair VIII Dark Hero

PSU: Asus ROG Thor 1200W Platinum

CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black

Storage: 1TB Sabrent Rocket NVMe 4.0, 1TB Samsung 970 Evo Plus, 1TB Samsung 870 EVO, 10TB WD Purple, 6TB WD Black

Soundcard: ASUS Xonar DX, Sennheiser GSX 1000

Fans: 2x Cooler Master Sickleflow 120 ARGB White Edition

Case: Thermaltake Armor Revo Snow Edition. Comes with three 200mm fans, two of which have Blue LEDs

Keyboard: Corsair K100 RGB with OPX switches

Mouse: Razer Naga Pro with Charging Dock

Mic: Massdrop Minimic

OS: Windows 10 Pro. Installed in 2015 as an upgrade from Windows 7 Pro. Four Major Hardware changes from 3770K on Windows 7 to 6700K on Windows 10, Then to the Ryzen 9 3900X on the X570-E and finally to the Ryzen 9 5950X on the Crosshair VIII Dark Hero. OS Drive was also changed multiple times. From the OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS 120 GB to the 240GB HyperX Savage, then the 256GB 850 Pro, and finally to the 1TB Sabrent Rocket NVMe 4.0

Edited by Diligence
Added the OS as per the instructions in the pinned post on the forum
TDC MK VII: 7900X3D//\\ROG STRIX LC 240 RGB//\\Crosshair X670E Hero//\\Palit RTX 4090 Gamerock//\\SK Hynix Platinum P41 2 TB//\\WD Black SN850X 2 TB//\\WD Black SN850X 2 TB w/Heatsink//\\Samsung 990 Pro 2TB//\\ Samsung 870 Evo 2TB//\\Samsung 870 Evo 1TB
 
Ihuarraquax: 5950X//\\NH-D15 chromax.black//\\Crosshair VIII Dark Hero//\\RTX 3080 Ti Gaming Pro//\\1TB Sabrent Rocket NVMe 4.0//\\1TB Samsung 970 Evo Plus//\\10TB WD Purple//\\6TB WD Black//\\Xonar DX//\\TT Armor Revo Snow Edition//\\ASUS MG279Q//\\K100 RGB OPX//\\Naga Pro with Dock//\\Artisan Hayate Otsu//\\Glorious Large Mousepad//\\JDS Labs O2 Amp//\\Moukey 4 Channel Stereo Mixer//\\HD6XX headphone//\\Massdrop Minimic

Arc Reactor: 3900X with the Stock Cooler//\\ ROG Strix X570-E Gaming//\\RTX 3080 TUF OC//\\32GB Patriot Viper RGB @3466 MHz//\\256 GB Samsung 850 Pro//\\Asus GT301//\\Logitech G710//\\Logitech G9X//\\Roccat Raivo//\\Bitfenix ARGB GPU Holder
 
Tertiary System: 6700K//\\Cooler Master V6GT//\\Gigabyte Z170X- Gaming 7//\\16GB HyperX DDR4 @2666Mhz//\\SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB//\\WD Green 1TB//\\3TB WD Green//\\4TB WD Black//\\6TB WD Purple//\\Cooler Master Storm Sniper//\\Sennheiser HD 598//\\Logitech G502 HERO//\\Roccat Taito Mousepad//\\LG 49" 4K TV 49UM7340PVA
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Well, it turns out that the ROG Thor 1200W has an overly sensitive protection on the 12V line. That's the cause of the excessive restarts. I've since upgraded to a 4090 + 7900X3D and the restarts were getting extremely annoying, so I ended up swapping it out for the Thermaltake 1200W GF3. It's weird because almost no one would expect a PSU from Seasonic to be bested by a PSU from Thermaltake

TDC MK VII: 7900X3D//\\ROG STRIX LC 240 RGB//\\Crosshair X670E Hero//\\Palit RTX 4090 Gamerock//\\SK Hynix Platinum P41 2 TB//\\WD Black SN850X 2 TB//\\WD Black SN850X 2 TB w/Heatsink//\\Samsung 990 Pro 2TB//\\ Samsung 870 Evo 2TB//\\Samsung 870 Evo 1TB
 
Ihuarraquax: 5950X//\\NH-D15 chromax.black//\\Crosshair VIII Dark Hero//\\RTX 3080 Ti Gaming Pro//\\1TB Sabrent Rocket NVMe 4.0//\\1TB Samsung 970 Evo Plus//\\10TB WD Purple//\\6TB WD Black//\\Xonar DX//\\TT Armor Revo Snow Edition//\\ASUS MG279Q//\\K100 RGB OPX//\\Naga Pro with Dock//\\Artisan Hayate Otsu//\\Glorious Large Mousepad//\\JDS Labs O2 Amp//\\Moukey 4 Channel Stereo Mixer//\\HD6XX headphone//\\Massdrop Minimic

Arc Reactor: 3900X with the Stock Cooler//\\ ROG Strix X570-E Gaming//\\RTX 3080 TUF OC//\\32GB Patriot Viper RGB @3466 MHz//\\256 GB Samsung 850 Pro//\\Asus GT301//\\Logitech G710//\\Logitech G9X//\\Roccat Raivo//\\Bitfenix ARGB GPU Holder
 
Tertiary System: 6700K//\\Cooler Master V6GT//\\Gigabyte Z170X- Gaming 7//\\16GB HyperX DDR4 @2666Mhz//\\SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB//\\WD Green 1TB//\\3TB WD Green//\\4TB WD Black//\\6TB WD Purple//\\Cooler Master Storm Sniper//\\Sennheiser HD 598//\\Logitech G502 HERO//\\Roccat Taito Mousepad//\\LG 49" 4K TV 49UM7340PVA
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