Hey,
So I recently upgraded my video card to an MSI R9 280X (Gaming 3G edition) from a HD 6850.
Since upgrading I've been having problems with the PC shutting down under GPU load (Furmark, cgminer). The PC will shutdown instantly (as if the power was unplugged), it crashes with no BSOD and does not turn back on unless I flick the switch on the PSU off for a couple of seconds. It will also turn back on upon pressing clear CMOS.
I've tried monitoring temps and the CPU isn't reaching anything above 80C in a Prime95 test and the GPU reaches 75C max in Furmark. The PC hasn't shutdown in Prime95 so far but shuts down in Furmark after around 20 minutes.
My PSU (Corsair TX650V2) is almost 1 year old now. The fan on the PSU doesn't appear to be spinning which I assume is due to the temperature sensitive design, assuming that is the case for this PSU. However, I tried running Prime95 and Furmark together to put maximum possible stress on the PSU and after around 10-15 minutes the system shutdown without the PSU fan ever starting up.
Using a plug in power monitor around 300W is pulled whilst running Furmark and if running Prime95 simultaneously it pulls around 400W.
I had a similar problem to this on my old 460W CM PSU when I upgraded to a new mobo and CPU, although when I changed to the Corsair PSU I still had the problem. I believe this was due to the combination of an unstable overclock, a worn PSU and faulty GPU/sound drivers.
I'm trying to rule out all possibilities before advance RMAing the PSU as it's probably going to cost £30 or so in shipping from the UK due to Corsair's RMA centre being in the Netherlands.
Specs:
Motherboard ASRock Z77 Extreme4
Processor i5 3570k @ 4.4GHz (crash still occurs with default BIOS settings)
Cooler Hyper 212
Memory CMV4GX3M2A1333C9
Video Card # 1 MSI R9 280X
Hard Drive # 1 Sandisk Extreme II 120GB
Hard Drive # 2 WD 500GB Blue
Power Supply TX650V2
Case CM HAF X
Sound Card Creative SB ZX
Operating System Windows 8.1 64 bit
So I recently upgraded my video card to an MSI R9 280X (Gaming 3G edition) from a HD 6850.
Since upgrading I've been having problems with the PC shutting down under GPU load (Furmark, cgminer). The PC will shutdown instantly (as if the power was unplugged), it crashes with no BSOD and does not turn back on unless I flick the switch on the PSU off for a couple of seconds. It will also turn back on upon pressing clear CMOS.
I've tried monitoring temps and the CPU isn't reaching anything above 80C in a Prime95 test and the GPU reaches 75C max in Furmark. The PC hasn't shutdown in Prime95 so far but shuts down in Furmark after around 20 minutes.
My PSU (Corsair TX650V2) is almost 1 year old now. The fan on the PSU doesn't appear to be spinning which I assume is due to the temperature sensitive design, assuming that is the case for this PSU. However, I tried running Prime95 and Furmark together to put maximum possible stress on the PSU and after around 10-15 minutes the system shutdown without the PSU fan ever starting up.
Using a plug in power monitor around 300W is pulled whilst running Furmark and if running Prime95 simultaneously it pulls around 400W.
I had a similar problem to this on my old 460W CM PSU when I upgraded to a new mobo and CPU, although when I changed to the Corsair PSU I still had the problem. I believe this was due to the combination of an unstable overclock, a worn PSU and faulty GPU/sound drivers.
I'm trying to rule out all possibilities before advance RMAing the PSU as it's probably going to cost £30 or so in shipping from the UK due to Corsair's RMA centre being in the Netherlands.
Specs:
Motherboard ASRock Z77 Extreme4
Processor i5 3570k @ 4.4GHz (crash still occurs with default BIOS settings)
Cooler Hyper 212
Memory CMV4GX3M2A1333C9
Video Card # 1 MSI R9 280X
Hard Drive # 1 Sandisk Extreme II 120GB
Hard Drive # 2 WD 500GB Blue
Power Supply TX650V2
Case CM HAF X
Sound Card Creative SB ZX
Operating System Windows 8.1 64 bit