Hey everyone,
I was wondering if anyone could help me out as i've never come across a problem like this before. Basically over the past month my GPU has been randomly turning off. This involves my two monitors being disconnected saying there's no signal and the GPU fans throttle up to 100% forcing me to restart the PC. The reason I believe the GPU to be failing is because my motherboard is still lit up, my fans are all still spinning and I can hear in-game audio and can still speak to friends through my mic when the screen goes black. This has been happening at random times. Firstly it was once every couple of weeks when I was gaming but it has began to happen more often and just tonight it has happened 4 times, one of these I wasn't playing any games. It has also happened across multiple games of varying demands eg. Elite Dangerous, Arma 3, Dragon Age: Origins and Star Wars Battlefront 2.
I originally thought it was an overheating issue so I have been monitoring my temps constantly for a couple weeks and my GPU under 100% load for extended amounts of time has not surpassed 68 degrees celsius. I also cleaned all of the dust out of my PC as i thought possibly the PSU was clogged causing shorting issues. The GPU was also cleaned at this point. Next port of call was to update my GPU drivers and even did a clean install but the issue has remained. I also reseated the PSU and checked the cables connecting to it. The only thing I have noticed is the GPU sags a bit at the front, could this be an issue?
My specs:
Intel core i5 8600k
MSI B360 Gaming Plus Motherboard
CoolerMaster MasterAir MA410P
Nvidia Geforce GTX 1060 6GB (MSI Armor OCV1)
16GB Corsair Vengence DDR4 2666mhz (2 sticks of 8GB)
Corsair CS650m PSU
4 x 120mm fans (air coming in the front, out the back)
I'm really at a loss with this one because i've tried to replicate the issue by running the Heaven benchmark to see if it would fail and there have been times i've ran it for hours and it's been fine, other times it fails after 5 mins. Any help would be greatly appreciaated!
I was wondering if anyone could help me out as i've never come across a problem like this before. Basically over the past month my GPU has been randomly turning off. This involves my two monitors being disconnected saying there's no signal and the GPU fans throttle up to 100% forcing me to restart the PC. The reason I believe the GPU to be failing is because my motherboard is still lit up, my fans are all still spinning and I can hear in-game audio and can still speak to friends through my mic when the screen goes black. This has been happening at random times. Firstly it was once every couple of weeks when I was gaming but it has began to happen more often and just tonight it has happened 4 times, one of these I wasn't playing any games. It has also happened across multiple games of varying demands eg. Elite Dangerous, Arma 3, Dragon Age: Origins and Star Wars Battlefront 2.
I originally thought it was an overheating issue so I have been monitoring my temps constantly for a couple weeks and my GPU under 100% load for extended amounts of time has not surpassed 68 degrees celsius. I also cleaned all of the dust out of my PC as i thought possibly the PSU was clogged causing shorting issues. The GPU was also cleaned at this point. Next port of call was to update my GPU drivers and even did a clean install but the issue has remained. I also reseated the PSU and checked the cables connecting to it. The only thing I have noticed is the GPU sags a bit at the front, could this be an issue?
My specs:
Intel core i5 8600k
MSI B360 Gaming Plus Motherboard
CoolerMaster MasterAir MA410P
Nvidia Geforce GTX 1060 6GB (MSI Armor OCV1)
16GB Corsair Vengence DDR4 2666mhz (2 sticks of 8GB)
Corsair CS650m PSU
4 x 120mm fans (air coming in the front, out the back)
I'm really at a loss with this one because i've tried to replicate the issue by running the Heaven benchmark to see if it would fail and there have been times i've ran it for hours and it's been fine, other times it fails after 5 mins. Any help would be greatly appreciaated!
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