tl;dr basically the title lol
I’ve had my computer in storage for a bit now but I decided to get it back out after getting an old gtx 970 from a friend. I was enjoying it fine for a day or so till my system started fully crashing in games. My PSU was about 5 years old and making a loud sound any point it was on so I figured it was just time to replace.
I got the Seasonic Focus Gold 550w one after seeing it recommended a lot, and ever since i switched out my PSU, i get about 5 minutes into a game and my monitor turns off. I believe that means that the video card crashes because the system is still on, I just can’t reconnect the monitor or do anything until a reset.
I’ve tried removing and reinstalling new graphics drivers and updating windows but no difference. My BIOS have a single update I could install but it’s a beta one and says it’s only something small for the CPU.
And besides it worked before with all these things supposedly out of date! The only thing different is my PSU, it’s supposed to be brand new, and 50w more than the recommended amount for the 970 (and the last one i had), so I have no idea what’s wrong. Did I get a faulty power supply by chance? My PCI-E cable bad? Why would it work fine before but struggle to stay on for five minutes now?
If anyone has any ideas that’d be great, i’m losing all hope lol
I’ve had my computer in storage for a bit now but I decided to get it back out after getting an old gtx 970 from a friend. I was enjoying it fine for a day or so till my system started fully crashing in games. My PSU was about 5 years old and making a loud sound any point it was on so I figured it was just time to replace.
I got the Seasonic Focus Gold 550w one after seeing it recommended a lot, and ever since i switched out my PSU, i get about 5 minutes into a game and my monitor turns off. I believe that means that the video card crashes because the system is still on, I just can’t reconnect the monitor or do anything until a reset.
I’ve tried removing and reinstalling new graphics drivers and updating windows but no difference. My BIOS have a single update I could install but it’s a beta one and says it’s only something small for the CPU.
And besides it worked before with all these things supposedly out of date! The only thing different is my PSU, it’s supposed to be brand new, and 50w more than the recommended amount for the 970 (and the last one i had), so I have no idea what’s wrong. Did I get a faulty power supply by chance? My PCI-E cable bad? Why would it work fine before but struggle to stay on for five minutes now?
If anyone has any ideas that’d be great, i’m losing all hope lol