2080TI Problem

[Borisdic]

Hi guys, I'm not a Computer wizz at all and need some help, I bought this PC about 3 years ago and for the most part, I've had trouble running any games at Medium settings, If I run them at high or anything close to that my GPU just starts going nuts, exactly like this in the video! Here are my specs as well if anyone has had this problem and fixed it let me know what you have done! Cheers

 

Also, another thing I've diagnosed is that I'm meant to have 32GB of RAM I have 4 sticks, but the PC only recognizes 16.

 

 

 

[cleric_warlock]

have you double checked to make sure all 4 of your ram sticks are seated correctly? If not, I'd do that first. Also, it would be helpful if you mentioned what specific games you're trying to run.

[BondiBlue]

Have you checked the temperatures to make sure they're not too high? I own an RTX 2070 that showed very similar behavior under full load, but the average GPU temperature wasn't too hot. It turns out the hot spot temperature was way too high, and the card was doing this with the fan to try to keep itself cool. You can check the average and hot spot temperatures with a tool like GPU-Z. 

[Birblover12]

I have a few possibilities as to why this is happening:

 

• Your CPU is being funky (would explain the "missing" ram sticks), maybe bent pins but who knows.
• Your Motherboard is dying/faulty (what I'm thinking is the issue, but unsure), perhaps a BIOS update would be of use?
• Your entire case is getting way too hot and causing the motherboard/GPU/whatever to have issues, do you have adequate cooling inside the case?
• Your Ram Sticks aren't seated correctly, try taking them out and putting them back in again.

I would recommend updating Windows and your Motherboard to their latest respective versions and seeing if that does anything. Also, what games are you playing? Perhaps it's isolated cases?

[Borisdic]

18 minutes ago, cleric_warlock said:

have you double checked to make sure all 4 of your ram sticks are seated correctly? If not, I'd do that first. Also, it would be helpful if you mentioned what specific games you're trying to run.

 

They have been placed fine I think, I remember taking them out once and putting them back in, I can try doing it again, I also play Wow & Diablo

[cleric_warlock]

17 minutes ago, Birblover12 said:

I have a few possibilities as to why this is happening:

 

• Your CPU is being funky (would explain the "missing" ram sticks), maybe bent pins but who knows.
• Your Motherboard is dying/faulty (what I'm thinking is the issue, but unsure), perhaps a BIOS update would be of use?
• Your entire case is getting way too hot and causing the motherboard/GPU/whatever to have issues, do you have adequate cooling inside the case?
• Your Ram Sticks aren't seated correctly, try taking them out and putting them back in again.

I would recommend updating Windows and your Motherboard to their latest respective versions and seeing if that does anything. Also, what games are you playing? Perhaps it's isolated cases?

 

3 minutes ago, Borisdic said:

They have been placed fine I think, I remember taking them out once and putting them back in, I can try doing it again, I also play Wow & Diablo

Doesn't seem to be a VRAM capacity issue. Along the lines of what Birb is saying, I think it might be a good idea to unseat your cooler and CPU from the motherboard so you can check if you have any bent pins.

[Borisdic]

24 minutes ago, BondiBlue said:

Have you checked the temperatures to make sure they're not too high? I own an RTX 2070 that showed very similar behavior under full load, but the average GPU temperature wasn't too hot. It turns out the hot spot temperature was way too high, and the card was doing this with the fan to try to keep itself cool. You can check the average and hot spot temperatures with a tool like GPU-Z. 

 

Not sure if this is the info you were asking for, this is just the pc running with minimal apps open, no games.  

[BondiBlue]

5 minutes ago, Borisdic said:

 

 

Not sure if this is the info you were asking for, this is just the pc running with minimal apps open, no games.  

Yep, that's the page I'm talking about. Now leave GPU-Z open in the background and launch a game or program that makes the fan do the noise you're talking about. Once it starts making the fan noise you can go back to GPU-Z and see what the highest temps were for the GPU Temperature and Hot Spot values. 

[Borisdic]

30 minutes ago, BondiBlue said:

Yep, that's the page I'm talking about. Now leave GPU-Z open in the background and launch a game or program that makes the fan do the noise you're talking about. Once it starts making the fan noise you can go back to GPU-Z and see what the highest temps were for the GPU Temperature and Hot Spot values. 

 

I opened Diablo 4 and set it to Ultra and maybe 5 min after the GPU started making the fan noises and took the Screenshot as it was doing it. 

[Borisdic]

1 hour ago, Birblover12 said:

I have a few possibilities as to why this is happening:

 

• Your CPU is being funky (would explain the "missing" ram sticks), maybe bent pins but who knows.
• Your Motherboard is dying/faulty (what I'm thinking is the issue, but unsure), perhaps a BIOS update would be of use?
• Your entire case is getting way too hot and causing the motherboard/GPU/whatever to have issues, do you have adequate cooling inside the case?
• Your Ram Sticks aren't seated correctly, try taking them out and putting them back in again.

I would recommend updating Windows and your Motherboard to their latest respective versions and seeing if that does anything. Also, what games are you playing? Perhaps it's isolated cases?

 

I can try updating the BIOS and see if it works, The case is an open-air case liquid cooled and I clean it every couple of months so don't think it's that, I can also try reseating the RAM, Is there any way I can test to see if the Motherboard is faulty? Thanks heaps  

[BondiBlue]

13 minutes ago, Borisdic said:

I opened Diablo 4 and set it to Ultra and maybe 5 min after the GPU started making the fan noises and took the Screenshot as it was doing it. 

Click the drop down that says Hot Spot and choose the option to see the highest value. 

[Borisdic]

12 minutes ago, BondiBlue said:

Click the drop down that says Hot Spot and choose the option to see the highest value. 

 

Same thing, also added highest value to GPU Load 

[BondiBlue]

9 minutes ago, Borisdic said:

Same thing, also added highest value to GPU Load 

That's a very high hot spot temp. If it's anything like mine the GPU is cranking the fans up to try to cool itself down. In my case the heatsink somehow had a small dent that was causing the issue, but it might just be as simple as needing fresh thermal paste and a good cleaning. 

[Borisdic]

11 minutes ago, BondiBlue said:

That's a very high hot spot temp. If it's anything like mine the GPU is cranking the fans up to try to cool itself down. In my case the heatsink somehow had a small dent that was causing the issue, but it might just be as simple as needing fresh thermal paste and a good cleaning. 

 

Ok sweet, I will order some and get to it, will update when its done  

[BondiBlue]

16 minutes ago, Borisdic said:

Ok sweet, I will order some and get to it, will update when its done  

Sounds good. Hopefully a good cleaning and a fresh thermal paste application is all that's needed. My card needed a new heatsink, but I actually happened to have an identical heatsink on hand from a dead card, and all is well with it now. 

[Whatisthis]

1 hour ago, BondiBlue said:

That's a very high hot spot temp. If it's anything like mine the GPU is cranking the fans up to try to cool itself down. In my case the heatsink somehow had a small dent that was causing the issue, but it might just be as simple as needing fresh thermal paste and a good cleaning. 

This is your solution.

[Borisdic]

 

Ended up opening up the GPU and it was really dusty, thermal pads were pretty rough, ended up replacing the pads and paste bought these off Amazon what you will need

is 2x1mm 1x0.5mm 1x2mm. There's a Reddit article of a guy that replaced his and it shows a photo telling you where to place the pads and what size. 

 

GPU's hotspot at the moment is 80 Degrees running high quality graphics so almost a 30 degree drop.  

 

and the fans aernt doing the crazy thing they did before

[DontBeSillyWrapYourWilly]

55 minutes ago, Borisdic said:

 

Ended up opening up the GPU and it was really dusty, thermal pads were pretty rough, ended up replacing the pads and paste bought these off Amazon what you will need

is 2x1mm 1x0.5mm 1x2mm. There's a Reddit article of a guy that replaced his and it shows a photo telling you where to place the pads and what size. 

 

GPU's hotspot at the moment is 80 Degrees running high quality graphics so almost a 30 degree drop.  

 

and the fans aernt doing the crazy thing they did before

Oh yes, a cleaning was long overdue for your GPU if it did look like that.

[DarkWaterSong]

53 minutes ago, DontBeSillyWrapYourWilly said:

Oh yes, a cleaning was long overdue for your GPU if it did look like that.

I opened up a video card I had in clean environment I run Bionic on, and it looked like that after 3 years.  Threw some of Noctua's thermal paste on it, and 2 years later no random thermal issues.  Also my fan sounded like yours right before I got a black screen...and sometimes I got my video card crashed...some times I got a reboot...and sometimes I just had to hold down the power button.