Question Home electricity circuit affecting GPU ?

[Eamonn100]

Is it possible for a house's electricity circuit to cause a GPU to temporarily shut off/reset?

I used to have a chest freezer that caused a USB device to reset every time it came on. I had I buy a powered USB hub to solve that problem. My current problem reminds me of that time.

What things can be bought to protect your PC/GPU from a house's electricity circuit?

 

[COLGeek]

Get an UPS and use a circuit not shared by devices like the freezer.

 

[Eamonn100]

Get an UPS and use a circuit not shared by devices like the freezer.

Thanks... the freezer was at another house. I just told that story as my "current" (pun intended) problem reminds me of that.

Houses, mostly only have one circuit. The PC isn't shutting down, it just seems the GPU is resetting/momentarily switching off. Yeah I will get a UPS as I was needing one anyway.

There was work done to a air conditioning unit at this property and since then this problem has been happening. (Maybe unlinked... but the timing is suspiciously close).

To my original question... "Is it possible for a house's electricity circuit to cause a GPU to temporality shut off/reset?"

 

[CountMike]

Thanks... the freezer was at another house. I just told that story as my "current" (pun intended) problem reminds me of that.

Houses, mostly only have one circuit. The PC isn't shutting down, it just seems the GPU is resetting/momentarily switching off. Yeah I will get a UPS as I was needing one anyway.

There was work done to a air conditioning unit at this property and since then this problem has been happening. (Maybe unlinked... but the timing is suspiciously close).

To my original question... "Is it possible for a house's electricity circuit to cause a GPU to temporality shut off/reset?"

Yes it's possible for any part to glitch with voltage and power variations and spikes. Appliances with electric motors when starting draw power several times more than when normally running and so lower voltage in inadequate circuits. When shutting down they produce positive voltage spikes.
In your case it might not be only GPU, same effect would have a glitch in RAM, PCIe bus or CPU.

 

[Eamonn100]

Yes it's possible for any part to glitch with voltage and power variations and spikes. Appliances with electric motors when starting draw power several times more than when normally running and so lower voltage in inadequate circuits. When shutting down they produce positive voltage spikes.
In your case it might not be only GPU, same effect would have a glitch in RAM, PCIe bus or CPU.

Thanks for that...

Just thinking out loud... but can GPU driver updates get corrupted?.. and then, even after the latest version has been installed and running... an earlier one can still cause problems?

I only ask because I have updated my GPU drivers a few times now since this problem started.

 

[CountMike]

Thanks for that...

Just thinking out loud... but can GPU driver updates get corrupted?.. and then, even after the latest version has been installed and running... an earlier one can still cause problems?

I only ask because I have updated my GPU drivers a few times now since this problem started.

Yes, that could happen too but it usually leaves a trace in Adrenalin SW like "Driver crashed and recovered" and/or "Default settings applied because of..... ".
If you suspect driver, you can use DDU or AMD driver cleanup utility to delete drivers and than install newest ones from AMD site.

 

[Eamonn100]

Yes, that could happen too but it usually leaves a trace in Adrenalin SW like "Driver crashed and recovered" and/or "Default settings applied because of..... ".
If you suspect driver, you can use DDU or AMD driver cleanup utility to delete drivers and than install newest ones from AMD site.

Ok, I'll clean up all the old drivers first... then get a PSU box... It will just be a process of elimination.

 

[DSzymborski]

Thanks... the freezer was at another house. I just told that story as my "current" (pun intended) problem reminds me of that.

Houses, mostly only have one circuit. The PC isn't shutting down, it just seems the GPU is resetting/momentarily switching off. Yeah I will get a UPS as I was needing one anyway.

There was work done to a air conditioning unit at this property and since then this problem has been happening. (Maybe unlinked... but the timing is suspiciously close).

To my original question... "Is it possible for a house's electricity circuit to cause a GPU to temporality shut off/reset?"

Houses usually have quite a lot of circuits unless you have a tiny one-room cabin in the woods or something. At least in the US, most of the household circuits are rated 15 or 20 amps with higher rated individual circuits for the air conditioner, fridge, washer/dryer, etc.

 

[CountMike]

Houses usually have quite a lot of circuits unless you have a tiny one-room cabin in the woods or something. At least in the US, most of the household circuits are rated 15 or 20 amps with higher rated individual circuits for the air conditioner, fridge, washer/dryer, etc.

Wast number of houses in the world have single phase supply which doesn't allow for proper power distribution and everything ends up on one fuse at entrance. Furthermore Amperage is just one part of equation, Voltage and resistance are other parts. 15 or 20 Amps at 220V can deliver twice the power of 110V. as per formula W(ats)=A*V. Other bottlenecks could be wire gauge and length and grounding.

 

[JeffreyP55]

Is it possible for a house's electricity circuit to cause a GPU to temporarily shut off/reset?

I used to have a chest freezer that caused a USB device to reset every time it came on. I had I buy a powered USB hub to solve that problem. My current problem reminds me of that time.

What things can be bought to protect your PC/GPU from a house's electricity circuit?

Homes in the USA have 2 125v circuits. 220v to run HVAC and other high power consumption devices.