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I've solved the problem. The first idea of the pc was to be a mini itx build. Later I changed my mind and bought a big case but the cables from the PSU to the mobo were too short so I bought extensions for the 24-pin and 6-pin cables. Turns out the smell came from the 24 pin extension cable. It was literally burnt. I bought a normal psu and everything is fine now.

 

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Hi so recently I've been having a lot of problems with my gaming machine. Here are the specs:
CPU: Ryzen 5 3600

GPU: 3060 MSI Gaming X

Motherboard: b450 I Aorus pro wifi

Ram: Crucial Ballistix 2x8 

PSU: 650W Fractal Design ion sfx 80+ gold
 

A few days ago I booted Forza Horizon 5 and both of my screens went black but the PC kept running. Then I tried the tests in OCCT. The CPU and memory tests were fine but at the GPU and "Power" tests the monitors went black. At first I thought my GPU is dying because it has been causing me issues in another system so that's the first thing I changed. I went and grabbed my previous GPU an EVGA 2060 Super. Nothing changed except that the OCCT tests now just crash but when I boot up a game everything went black again. Then I changed the PSU to a spare. The spare is a Seasonic 750W 80+ Gold. Nothing changed. After that I reapplied thermal paste on the CPU, updated the drivers, cleaned everything, checked the cables but I still haven't found a solution. My last guess is the mobo but I don't have a spare. Does anyone have any suggestion on what I could do before I change that as well? Thank you in advance!

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Latest motherboard bios?

Anything overclocked, including XMP turned on?

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3 hours ago, Stanil said:

Hi so recently I've been having a lot of problems with my gaming machine. Here are the specs:
CPU: Ryzen 5 3600

GPU: 3060 MSI Gaming X

Motherboard: b450 I Aorus pro wifi

Ram: Crucial Ballistix 2x8 

PSU: 650W Fractal Design ion sfx 80+ gold
 

A few days ago I booted Forza Horizon 5 and both of my screens went black but the PC kept running. Then I tried the tests in OCCT. The CPU and memory tests were fine but at the GPU and "Power" tests the monitors went black. At first I thought my GPU is dying because it has been causing me issues in another system so that's the first thing I changed. I went and grabbed my previous GPU an EVGA 2060 Super. Nothing changed except that the OCCT tests now just crash but when I boot up a game everything went black again. Then I changed the PSU to a spare. The spare is a Seasonic 750W 80+ Gold. Nothing changed. After that I reapplied thermal paste on the CPU, updated the drivers, cleaned everything, checked the cables but I still haven't found a solution. My last guess is the mobo but I don't have a spare. Does anyone have any suggestion on what I could do before I change that as well? Thank you in advance!

 

What are your CPU Cooler and RAM GB, Mhz, model?

Was your motherboard BIOS in an XMP are enabled?

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On 3/26/2022 at 4:11 PM, Samet Chan said:

What are your CPU Cooler and RAM GB, Mhz, model?

Was your motherboard BIOS in an XMP are enabled?

My CPU cooler is the be quiet! Pure Rock 2. I've got 2 sticks of crucial ballistix 16 gigs at 3600 mhz.
Everything is up to date

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On 3/26/2022 at 8:45 PM, Robchil said:

anything that crashes under load with a 650w PSU i would consider PSU the problem.. with rtx cards i don't wonder...  probably can't handle the powerdraw spikes. 

 

I had a 750w PSU lying around and I tried that but nothing. Then I upgraded to 1000w still the same thing happening.

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On 3/28/2022 at 7:54 PM, Stanil said:

My CPU cooler is the be quiet! Pure Rock 2. I've got 2 sticks of crucial ballistix 16 gigs at 3600 mhz.
Everything is up to date

Have you tried use DDU to clean up your driver corrupted and re-install nvidia experience?

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I've solved the problem. The first idea of the pc was to be a mini itx build. Later I changed my mind and bought a big case but the cables from the PSU to the mobo were too short so I bought extensions for the 24-pin and 6-pin cables. Turns out the smell came from the 24 pin extension cable. It was literally burnt. I bought a normal psu and everything is fine now.

 

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