Question Please help! PC shut down while playing game.

[.ponyo]

So I built myself a rig recently, and everything was going fine until last night. I was playing Resident Evil 2 remake, and the PC shut down mid game. Now I thought I'd mention, my GPU fans won't spin unless I manually turn them on, I don't know why. After the PC shut down I tried to turn it back on, and nothing happened. The PC was very hot, and even smelled strange. I unplugged everything, and checked the inside. All looked fine, except the GPU was hot to the touch. I had realized that the fans weren't spinning the whole time. So I plugged the power cord back in, and the PC didn't turn on. Only a quick flash from the GPU, and motherboard. So this morning, I decided to turn the PC on again, without the gpu, and it worked. But the moment I put the GPU back, the PC shut down. I'm not sure if the problem is the GPU, the PSU, or the motherboard. I would really love some help, or any advice.

My specs:

A320m MSI gaming pro
Ryzen 7 1700 with stock cooler (not OC'd)
Viper elite 2400 8GB DDR4
500watt PSU EVGA 80plus bronze
XFX black edition RX 580 OC 8gb vram

 

[XxDarkMario20xX]

Looks like the GPU may be faulty or the thermal paste inside must of dried up

 

[Kurtisdede]

Usually those smells come from a blown capacitor or something like that.
If it smelled weird and the GPU doesn't work, I'd imagine a capacitor on the GPU got blown up. Maybe you can open it up and see for yourself.

 

[.ponyo]

Usually those smells come from a blown capacitor or something like that.
If it smelled weird and the GPU doesn't work, I'd imagine a capacitor on the GPU got blown up. Maybe you can open it up and see for yourself.

Could there be any other reason? I don't want to risk opening up the GPU. I've never done that before.

 

[.ponyo]

Looks like the GPU may be faulty or the thermal paste inside must of dried up

The thermal paste inside the CPU?

 

[Kurtisdede]

Could there be any other reason? I don't want to risk opening up the GPU. I've never done that before.

I mean, first thought that came to my mind is "the PSU blew up", since that's usually what happens when the PC is smelling weird. However, you said the PC still works without the GPU. A capacitor blowing up on a GPU is uncommon but I can't think of anything else at the moment.

As for opening it up, If you don't want to do it, then don't do it, as you can't fix that I believe. I think your GPU is just far gone, and you should look forward to replace it. Do you have a warranty?

EDIT: I just saw you mentioned the fans were not working, I should have payed better attention, I apologize. You might have fried your GPU with too much heat, although most modern circuit boards have protection measures to prevent this...

 

[.ponyo]

I mean, first thought that came to my mind is "the PSU blew up", since that's usually what happens when the PC is smelling weird. However, you said the PC still works without the GPU. A capacitor blowing up on a GPU is uncommon but I can't think of anything else at the moment.

As for opening it up, If you don't want to do it, then don't do it, as you can't fix that I believe. I think your GPU is just far gone, and you should look forward to replace it. Do you have a warranty?

I don't have a warranty sadly. Also I'd like to mention, the PC did turn on without the gpu, but after plugging the GPU back in the PC shut off, and didn't turn on again regardless of whether, or not the GPU was plugged in. Also I tried a different psu (450 watt) that I have, and it didn't work. I also tested a different GPU (GTX 1050) the fans didn't spin. So I'm not sure if it's the motherboard, or the PSU, maybe both?