Hi all,
I recently threw together a rig:
3770K
16 GB Crucial Ballistix Tactical
Asus P8Z77-I
500 GB Samsung 830
Seasonic 550W G Series
MSI Twin Frozr III 7950
I assembled everything, did some mild overclocks, burned in using OCCT and it was stable for 8 hours, temps around 65C. Furmark'd for an hour or so and temps hovered slightly under 70C on the GPU.
Today I was playing Portal 2 and my computer suddenly shut down. When I tried to reboot, nothing happened at all. I reset the CMOS, still no luck. I unplugged the two PCIE connectors, and voila, the computer booted (presumably, I left the card in the PCIE slot and wasn't getting any display - but the fans on everything spun up). I didn't have time to remove the card and test because it's hard to finagle out of my m-ITX case and I need sleep, but I will do so tomorrow and see if everything works fine with onboard (my hunch is yes). However, if this is the case, how can I tell if it's a PSU problem or a GPU problem? I would think it's the latter since a mildly overclocked system with my specs shouldn't be pulling more than 375W under complete load, but then again I wasn't exhibiting ANY instability or artifacting until the random shutdown.
Any insight would be appreciated. Then I'll start the RMA on either the GPU or PSU (or is there an outside possibility that my mobo's PCIE slot crapped out on me?)
Thanks!
I recently threw together a rig:
3770K
16 GB Crucial Ballistix Tactical
Asus P8Z77-I
500 GB Samsung 830
Seasonic 550W G Series
MSI Twin Frozr III 7950
I assembled everything, did some mild overclocks, burned in using OCCT and it was stable for 8 hours, temps around 65C. Furmark'd for an hour or so and temps hovered slightly under 70C on the GPU.
Today I was playing Portal 2 and my computer suddenly shut down. When I tried to reboot, nothing happened at all. I reset the CMOS, still no luck. I unplugged the two PCIE connectors, and voila, the computer booted (presumably, I left the card in the PCIE slot and wasn't getting any display - but the fans on everything spun up). I didn't have time to remove the card and test because it's hard to finagle out of my m-ITX case and I need sleep, but I will do so tomorrow and see if everything works fine with onboard (my hunch is yes). However, if this is the case, how can I tell if it's a PSU problem or a GPU problem? I would think it's the latter since a mildly overclocked system with my specs shouldn't be pulling more than 375W under complete load, but then again I wasn't exhibiting ANY instability or artifacting until the random shutdown.
Any insight would be appreciated. Then I'll start the RMA on either the GPU or PSU (or is there an outside possibility that my mobo's PCIE slot crapped out on me?)
Thanks!