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Sudden overheating issue

DragonTamer1
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Recently my motherboard died and the replacement board has a different configuration for the GPU. The old board had the top slot missing, then the GPU, another slot empty and the second GPU then another empty slot before the shroud. The cards ran hot but was well managed and never overheated.

 

The new board has the top slot occupied with the first card, two slot sepperation, then amother card and one slot before the shroud. The cards are now actually forcing the system into shutdown and throttling hard.

 

I've changed the intake fan speed, changed the fan configuration, added more fans, removed some, changed paste twice, pulled back overclock, undervolted  ramped fans to 100%.

 

The other things I can think of is rotate the CPU cooler (it is currently in contact with the top card), and swap power supplies to eliminate power issues, though they are both 850W top tier units and the system doesn't come close to max power draw.

 

Any other ideas are appreciated.

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sounds like the bottom card doesn't has enough intake

 

get rid of the shroud or add a slot blower

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13 minutes ago, aezakmi said:

sounds like the bottom card doesn't has enough intake

 

get rid of the shroud or add a slot blower

The top card is the one overheating most, the bottom on usually doesn't pass 80°.

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Specs and temps? When does it overheat?

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1 hour ago, WoodenMarker said:

Specs and temps? When does it overheat?

The CPU is a Xeon 1650 running overclocked to 4.4 all cores 4.7 single core boost. The cooler is a Dark Rock 3 with the mounting wires bent so that the GPU could be installed. The cards are two XFX RX 480 GTR 8GB. It shuts down when I try to run heaven after the first couple of scenes. It's been thermal throttling in beat saber (which is extremely noticeable).

 

I attached a couple of pictures to show the clearances. I've put low noise adapter on all the fans to see if this compounds to problem or not.

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On 7/26/2018 at 9:07 PM, DragonTamer1 said:

The CPU is a Xeon 1650 running overclocked to 4.4 all cores 4.7 single core boost. The cooler is a Dark Rock 3 with the mounting wires bent so that the GPU could be installed. The cards are two XFX RX 480 GTR 8GB. It shuts down when I try to run heaven after the first couple of scenes. It's been thermal throttling in beat saber (which is extremely noticeable).

Does swapping the graphics cards make any difference?

Are there any exhausts at the top of the case?

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On 7/28/2018 at 9:24 PM, WoodenMarker said:

Does swapping the graphics cards make any difference?

Are there any exhausts at the top of the case?

To answer the first question, swapping the cards results in repeated blue screens for no reason. I was unable to fix this issue with the card but it went away completely when the cards positions were swapped.

 

For the second part, yes there is a top exhaust. The case fits two top fans, the one closer to the front is an intake bringing in cool air for the CPU cooler and the second is for helping exhaust  the hot air behind the CPU cooler. Do you think I should swap the top front fans orientation? I'm also wondering if the issue is coming from the CPU cooler itself being so close to the card since I never had this issue on the last board but there was a one slot separation. I can rotate the cooler but it will take time and involve tearing down half the computer.

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16 hours ago, DragonTamer1 said:

To answer the first question, swapping the cards results in repeated blue screens for no reason. I was unable to fix this issue with the card but it went away completely when the cards positions were swapped.

What are the load temps with just the top card installed?

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On 8/2/2018 at 7:19 PM, WoodenMarker said:

What are the load temps with just the top card installed?

Removing the second card made a small difference in temps but not enough to be the cause of the problem and not consistent enough either.

 

That said, I found the cause of the problem. When I changed the thermal paste I wasn't tightening one or more cooler screws enough. I don't know why I didn't think of that first since I've seen this same problem before with other coolers when idle temps are normal but load temps are high.

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On 2.8.2018 at 8:28 AM, DragonTamer1 said:

To answer the first question, swapping the cards results in repeated blue screens for no reason. I was unable to fix this issue with the card but it went away completely when the cards positions were swapped.

That almost sounds like the card is broken oO

 

Have you tested both cards without the other?

Do both cards work fine?

 

and swap power supplies to eliminate power issues,

What is the other Power Supply?

Estimated age, modelnumber?

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