GPU overheating at 60 degrees

[Phisty]

So where to start?

About 3 months ago I was using my computer and randomly it turned off. When I tried to turn it back on, it turned on for 3 seconds and turned itself off. I tried diagnosing it myself by testing the PSU which was working, checked RAM and it was working, re-applied thermal compound on my CPU, and yet I couldn't find the problem. I gave it for a diagnostic and they came up with a faulty PSU which surprised me because I diagnosed it myself. I bought a new PSU and PC was working like before.

About a month ago, same scenario happened. I was using my computer and it random shut off without any warning or bsod. I gave it for a diagnostic again without fiddling with it, this this RAM was faulty... I bought a new RAM and PC was working like before.

Yesterday, half way through the day, it happened again.. it turned off. I took the RAM out, put it back in and it started working. Later on that day it restarted again. I opened it up and felt that it was way too hot. I let it cool down and then started it again. After I started it I wanted to manually increase the fan speed since I just though that was the problem. I then checked the temperatures of the system and everything seemed normal until I launched Counter Strike. As soon as I launched it, my gpu temerature jumped to about 60 - 62 degrees Celsius and my pc restarted. I launched the game and as soon as it started I alt-tabbed the game and saw that my gpu went down back to 50ish

Does anyone know how to fix it?

System specs -

Graphics card - NVidia Geforce gtx 760

PSU - Corsair cx750

Mobo - ASRock Z97 anniversary

RAM - HyperX 2x 4GB ddr3

 

[DarkVirgo]

Sounds to me like you have bad luck with components, if you need recommendations feel free to ask. Anyway, back to the point, with your graphics card being so cool I would point at the cpu as being the component overheating. I used to have an EVGA GTX 760 that would hit around 90c in a closed case and never had a problem with overheating. You should keep an eye on your cpu temp and check back in here with your model and temp to double check everythings normal. Good luck!

 

[Phisty]

Sounds to me like you have bad luck with components, if you need recommendations feel free to ask. Anyway, back to the point, with your graphics card being so cool I would point at the cpu as being the component overheating. I used to have an EVGA GTX 760 that would hit around 90c in a closed case and never had a problem with overheating. You should keep an eye on your cpu temp and check back in here with your model and temp to double check everythings normal. Good luck!

CPU is running at perfect temp. 41 degrees. I have even even maxed out the fans as I though it was the CPU but it turns out it's just GPU.

I'm just confused why my computer decides to reset at 60 degrees? When normally it's higher?

 

[boju]

Your gpu's max tdp is 97c, 60~c is noway shutting down your PC, though a faulty gpu can cause similar shutdowns and reboot loops.

With the PSU/memory going nuts on you probably just coincidence as said earlier bad luck with parts.

I wouldn't rule out a dodgy motherboard either but theres no real way of making sure.

Maybe give the PC a good blow out with compressed air.

 

[Unolocogringo]

Check your bios settings.
Some have preset temperatures to shut down.
Also another thing to ask.
Do you have intake and exhaust fans?
The CX line of power supplies do not like getting hot. If it is your main exhaust it may be overheating from the heat given off by your processor and GPU.

 

[Phisty]

Your gpu's max tdp is 97c, 60~c is noway shutting down your PC, though a faulty gpu can cause similar shutdowns and reboot loops.

With the PSU/memory going nuts on you probably just coincidence as said earlier bad luck with parts.

I wouldn't rule out a dodgy motherboard either but theres no real way of making sure.

Maybe give the PC a good blow out with compressed air.

I just assumed it's GPU as when I'm alt-tabbed and gpu is at 50ish degrees the PC is perfectly fine. As soon as I alt-tab back into the game, I can hear a weird buzzing sound and when I look at the temps they're all normal except the GPU and it shows it as a critical tenerature after which my computer just restarts. My PSU is brand new as well as RAM. It can't be CPU as I wouldn't be able to turn it on otherwise. The only option is either mobo or gpu, and it only turns off when gpu rises in temp

 

[Phisty]

Check your bios settings.
Some have preset temperatures to shut down.
Also another thing to ask.
Do you have intake and exhaust fans?
The CX line of power supplies do not like getting hot. If it is your main exhaust it may be overheating from the heat given off by your processor and GPU.

I'll have a look at the bios next time I'm on, I'll also replace the thermal compound. I have both fans, intake and exhaust. And a lot of breathing space. I also took off the side panel to see if it helps but nothing seems to work. I'll add more fans as I should have some left from old machine.

 

[boju]

Then i would suspect the GPU is faulty. Heat takes matter of seconds to rise so not because of temps but im more inclined to believe as workload increases, it's not function properly.

 

[Phisty]

Then i would suspect the GPU is faulty. Heat takes matter of seconds to rise so not because of temps but im more inclined to believe as workload increases, it's not function properly.

I've had this pc for less than a year, and GPU was perfectly fine, until yesterday. Is there a way to check what made the GPU faulty? Is there a way to diagnose it? Because I don't want to buy a new one only to find out it'll need replacing after a week or so.

 

[boju]

Anyone with hardware problems that unfortunately don't have old replaced hardware for spares face that same dilemma, you wont know until you try, maybe borrow a gpu from a friend?


GPUs can go at anytime, 1 year/month/week/day/minutes.

I had a GTX580 die on me. First it was 1 or 2 bootloops, restarts, and finally Opengl driver crashes. Luckily i had a spare gpu, changed it over and all was normal.

 

[Phisty]

Anyone with hardware problems that unfortunately don't have old replaced hardware for spares face that same dilemma, you wont know until you try, maybe borrow a gpu from a friend?


GPUs can go at anytime, 1 year/month/week/day/minutes.

I had a GTX580 die on me. First it was 1 or 2 bootloops, restarts, and finally Opengl driver crashes. Luckily i had a spare gpu, changed it over and all was normal.

Hmm, I'll try to play around with it. Hopefully something can be done as I don't want to purchase a new GPU because I'll be giving the entire PC under warranty as it came with many faulty components.

I'll let you know tomorrow whether anything helped

 

[boju]

No problem, hope you get it sorted soon. Good luck.

 

[DarkVirgo]

One thing to look into would be motherboard failure. I have a friend with the same board that's burned 3 kits of ram and a couple of power supplies, along with having all but 2 usb ports dead. Was my first run in with AsRock, and I must say, Never again.

 

[Phisty]

It turns out that the latest NVidia update broke the fan control on my graphics card. It didn't speed up on temerature but the process. So it was heating up without cooling down.
I re-applied thermal component on it and downloaded a program that let's me change the graphics card fan speed. Now all I have to is set it manually before I launch heavy usage programs. I hope NVidia will release a patch for that soon.

Many thanks for quick replies and all your help!

 

[boju]

Check out Geforce.com forums and post your query, they might already be mentioning it there.

Nvidia have known to bring out drivers that can affect cooling so usually is best to look there at Geforce first for driver related problems. You can always roll back to an older driver.

 

[gard86]

Sounds to me like you have bad luck with components, if you need recommendations feel free to ask. Anyway, back to the point, with your graphics card being so cool I would point at the cpu as being the component overheating. I used to have an EVGA GTX 760 that would hit around 90c in a closed case and never had a problem with overheating. You should keep an eye on your cpu temp and check back in here with your model and temp to double check everythings normal. Good luck!

Hey,

I have a gaming laptop which overheats and throttels down, giving REALLY bad FPS. I cleaned it, bought a new fan and replaced the thermal paste, but it just got a tiny bit better. My GPU is stable at 60 degrees celcius, but my CPU is 70 at idle and 95-99 while playing. Why is the cpu overheating when im playing? Shouldnt the GPU take most of the heat? Any way I can fix this? Any tips?

Thanks!