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MSI Raider RTX3070 laptop exceeding power limits

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SMOKESKULL

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Been noticing that the max power limits are spiking momentarily. The normal max power should be 140Watts and it hitting over 200. When I look at the log file it only spikes for a single time frame and I notice no issues with the computer. It wont do it benchmarking or running a stress program only when gaming like COD Modern warfare. What is going on it never used to do that.
 
can be an error from the sensor, software or both.
there are way higher transients that you can only see with an oscilloscope.

if you don't have other issues except these numbers in a software... don't worry.
 
Whats weird is it seems to be getting worse. Started only slightly over 140w and now its well over 200 but still only momentarily for a single frame. I have a desktop rtx3060ti and its rock stable. Thanks for the reply
 
SMOKESKULL said:
Whats weird is it seems to be getting worse. Started only slightly over 140w and now its well over 200 but still only momentarily for a single frame. I have a desktop rtx3060ti and its rock stable. Thanks for the reply
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ever used DDU and reinstalled the drivers properly? (safe mode, no internet connection)
 
well then... i'd stick to my first answer.
don't worry until something actually happens.
 
Well i hope it happens before the warranty expires. No point in sending it out because i doubt they would do anything with it unless its broken

I think i will install win 11 and test it again.
 
SMOKESKULL said:
Well i hope it happens before the warranty expires. No point in sending it out because i doubt they would do anything with it unless its broken

I think i will install win 11 and test it again.
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i wouldn't go too crazy about a single sensor.

does it happen in other monitoring softwares? GPU Z, HWInfo etc.
 
as long as temps are good i wouldn't worry about it too much. even on desktops i have seen really weird 1 second things happen. the sensor software isn't perfect. it never has been
 
Talk to msi
 
I got the warning in hwinfo as well. It happened twice during intermissions between matches but again just briefly.
 
i'd contact MSI now tbh.
 
Ok now it happened once during a match. Seems to take a while of playing for it to trigger.
 
can you give us a screenshot?
 
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i'd send this to MSI and look what they have to say.
 
smart move, I have never seen HWINFO give a warning before. crazy. there is def something wrong.
 
I wouldn't worry too much about the power spikes. I mean, the graphics card is a Max-P variant, isn't it?

lynx29 said:
smart move, I have never seen HWINFO give a warning before. crazy. there is def something wrong.
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Maybe the OP created an alarm for whenever the GPU power exceeds a given threshold. I know you can do that with RTSS.
 
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I wouldnt worry, I've had the older version, the ge75 for sometime with the 2070 super, that was a 115w card and I saw it spike upto 132w on single frames a few times.
I now have the MSI GP76 with the 3070, also a 140w version like your model's 3070. I have not spike above 140w.

And on another topic, did you know you can undervolt the processor in the bios. Press left Alt, right Control, left Shift, and then F2 to bring up the advanced bios. I did a small undervolt and a small overclock on the processor. The processor tops out at 4.19ghz, but my runs at 4.3ghz. I have the i7 11800h processor.

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Did a clean install of Windows and still the same so appears its some type of hardware error. Failing GPU power mosfett?
 
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