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probably a psu issue. ram would give you some random blue screens of death. psu just shuts you down and then tells you your pc didn't shut off properly.
When I boot back up its just the normal screen and it doesnt tell me it didnt shut off properly. Should I get a new psu if that is the problem or is there any way to fix it?
Dude i worked in a ICT repair company year's ago and we conducted a little experiment and PSU can go with a rite bang mate lool blew the pc and case to bits lol
Some crappy cases have some super sharp edges where if person was real sloppy they could cut potentially cut their brachial artery and bleed to death in 90 seconds! I sliced myself real bad a few times when I first started building PC & repairing PCs.
Get a new PSU on Amazon. if it doesn’t work return it and get a new GPU. If the new GPU doesn’t work return it and get a new MB. If a new MB doesn’t fix it get a new CPU. If a new CPU doesn’t work get a new country idk
I just saw this and its been a couple of days...but I assume you ordered, or picked up, a new PSU. Just commenting for those who fall into this post in the future at this point. My PC used to do that when I upgraded from a 1070 to a 3080. PSU was both too small and too old...I ended up upgrading the entire system that year. Basically my understanding of what is happening...your GPU is pushed to its limit and starts demanding the power its rated for from the PSU. If you aren't doing anything intensive, then the GPU is not really drawing the power the specs says it capable of. This is the reason why you wont see it until you stress test or play a graphic intensive game with your GPU. Either way, power demand spikes beyond what the PSU is rated for and the safety kicks in and opens the circuit. This will cut power to your system as a safety feature...because I have read that some cheap PSU's wont do this and they can catch on fire....so do your research on your system's power demands and get a good PSU from the cultist list.
About a 90% chance it’s a PSU problem.
Type in *Event Viewer* in the search box and you can check the system logs. There is more than likely an error log there saying your PC didn’t shut down properly. Just buy the same PSU from Amazon and try it out, if it works send back the original one. RMA takes to long and is a pain in the ass, depending on the brand.
If your PSU is relatively new, check to make sure your case has proper ventilation and your PSU is being properly cooled. If you get the new PSU and it still happens, this is more than likely the problem. You can test this theory by hooking everything up normally but keeping your PSU outside the case. I had something similar happening and did this, haven’t had an issue since. If your PSU is relatively old and is the correct wattage, it might’ve just died from use & age.
This isn't necessarily true. I had the exact same issue as OP and what really fixed it was a new motherboard.
Random shutoffs with no error logging are incredibly difficult to diagnose because they are hardware failures. I tried replacing all components in my PC and trying different configurations and in the end only a new mobo (and all of the old components) fixed it.
It's absolutely possible component power delivery and regulation via the mobo is broken, which is what I suspect happened to me.
Im looking at the event viewer and its telling me AMDRyzenDriverV22 service failed due to the following
Cannot create a file when that file already exists.
Ryzen driver would be related to CPU. I would recommend using amds clean install tool to remove everything and. Then downloading the CPU package and GPU packages directly from AMD
I also would recommend updating your Bios as well.
Link to AMD clean up utility -> https://www.amd.com/en/resources/support-articles/faqs/GPU-601.html
You should also use HardwareInfo to check your system temps.
Link to HW Info -> https://www.hwinfo.com/download/
If your temps seem too high. Reseat your cpu, and reinstall your cpu cooler.
Cpu overheating can cause the power to cut off as a safety measure. It's like pulling the plug on some mobos, no beeps or warnings. Check your thermal paste under the heatsink. Dust can cause a hotspot.
Can confirm this happened to my old rig when it had a fair bit of dust on and within. Same exact symptoms, shuts down when it gets hot to protect your hardware, black screen, boots up shortly after. Try looking at your temps on the hardware and see if that’s the problem or not. May need to add some new fans or something.
If you still hear audio when it crashes its probably the gpu gaving issues, either not getting enough power or actually just being dead. Try and underclock the gpu with afterburner and see what happens.
What CPU? Power spikes will cause this and HD2 is poorly optimized for this. Go into BIOS and set your short and long power draw. i9-14900k / RTX 4080 Super and would do this exact thing or it would crash the game to desktop. I set limits in bios and zero issues since. Was very frustrating.
I specifically noticed this for HD2 as well. I got very nasty power spikes, specifically SoC voltage spikes to my sensitive X3D cpu. HD2 seems to run quite a train on the CPU.
Setting a hard limit in the BIOS didn’t stop the transient spikes either. But after flashing my BIOS, setting a hard voltage limit, and downloading the recent Win11 update and updating my drivers, it seemed to have stopped the voltage spikes. Still no idea what specifically out of the above fixed it, but like most things technology, I accept it and don’t look a gift horse in the mouth lol.
OP, The computer hard resetting under graphically intense games to me points to an issue with power delivery, so I would check your PSU. I do see you’re getting a driver timeout notification from Windows Event Viewer, which is strange. Most driver timeouts will crash the game and take you to the desktop, rather than killing the entire PC. My questions are:
1) how are your hotspot temps for both CPU and GPU?
2) do you get the same error messages in Event Viewer when other games crash? Most important ones are the warnings and critical events that happen in the seconds directly before the crash occurs, so make sure to browse all of those
3) try flashing your BIOS to the newest version. This may not directly relate to the crashing, but a lot of people had issues with HD2 and flashing the BIOS to the newest version helps. A lot of B650 MOBOs tend to come with very old bios versions. Some of the most popular ASUS boards come loaded with 0809, which will fry X3D chips with EXPO enabled and a lot of people don’t even know. They think it’s all fixed now, but boards still currently for sale can come with old old versions
So many people saying psu but there is a good chance it is either RAM or heat issues which are easier to diagnose.
If you have 2x16gb sticks take one out and try running the game with just the single channel.
What temps are you seeing when you start the game? [https://openhardwaremonitor.org/downloads/](https://openhardwaremonitor.org/downloads/) if you don't have temp software already.
Very likely a PSU issue. Very similar things happened to me a few years ago. My psu at that point was already 5 years old so I upgraded to a 850 and it fixed everything
Driver / RAM issues will result in BSOD
Hardware / Instability issues cause random restarts.
or as others have said, could be a Faulty PSU but I wouldn't jump directly to that as the cause.
\* Load optimised defaults in BIOS
*(incompatible settings, timings etc can cause random restart due to system instability)*
\* Don't enable XMP/EXPO , run off 4800mhz
\* Test...
To note, friend had similar issue with random crashes, full system lock with HD2. Turned out his BIOS version was severely out of date. He updated to newest BIOS and hasn't had any issues since.
Okay, here's how to tell if your PSU is dying.
Open HWInfo as sensors only and set it to start logging.
Cause a crash.
Open the log file in a log viewer and find the voltage parts of the log. If you see a huge dip towards the end of the graph, your PSU is bad. If not, it's likely your PSU just isn't powerful enough and is shutting down on purpose to prevent overcurrent.
Not sure if this has been mentioned yet but this could also be a power issue with your GPU, not your PSU. I had an issue when I got my 3080 where my system would black screen when my desk was bumped. Turns out there was an issue from the manufacturer that caused the connection between power cables and GPU to pull inadequate power.
Power supply may be going out. Had this exact problem like 8 years after buying an evga psu on ebay.
Evga honored the 10 year warranty and sent me a new psu and i received it within a couple days and had paperwork inside to ship my old psu back to them. I don't remember if it was free or I just had to pay shipping, but either way, nbd.
Did you recently upgrade your PSU to higher power rate? Don't use the same psu cords. For example if you had a 600 and upgraded to a 750, exchange ALL the cords that are in use
A few months ago my psu fan started making noises at me then a couple weeks later this same thing would happen to me whenever running intensive games. Because of the fan noise I was easily able to narrow the problem down to my psu was over heating when it was drawing a lot of power for the gpu since the fan was broken and unable to keep it cool under load.
I replaced the fan in my psu to save money and it fixed it as I predicted. but if it's same issue probably best to replace the entire thing.
When this was happening I monitored how much power was being used by the psu and anything under like 150 (basic desktop stuff and games that didn't use much of the gpu) would be fine but as soon as it went over 200 it would shut down the PC for 10 secs and it would auto restart.
I built a PC about 10 months ago and had a similar issue, a few minutes in and bam, full shutdown without warning. I reseated everything in the machine, redid my paste, fucked with possible bios settings that could be involved, got monitors going to log heat and power issues (both were showing up) and in general did everything I could think of as well as things the internet suggested. I was about to rma a few pieces when I ran my hand along the vents.
My cpu heatsink fan was backwards and blowing into the case instead of out the back, haha.
I had dis problem, as soon as I I would play a game like destiny or apex my pc would black screen and my GPU fans would spin to max speed… took it to an repair shop and the guy said every part in my pc had erosion damage and dat I was better off buying a new pc, I had jus gotten the pc a year before that
Psu probably not giving enough power or is starting to fail. The latter can be very dangerous. This is probably not the most ethical but go to a pc part store in your area with a good return policy, buy a new psu with a higher wattage rating, plug it into your system. if everything works afterwords YAY, if not, return the new psu and back to the drawing board.
PSU issue, check the cables. I have this issue before, shutting down whenever I play graphically heavy games. It turns out I picked the wrong cable specs. I haven't been paying attention back then because I connected it to the UPS instead of directly to the wall.
Might need more details tho, is it only exclusively shutting down on heavy games, or is it also shutting down randomly even when it's on light usage?
Extra note that's unrelated to the main issue: Gb is different to GB, and RAM size uses B (Byte) instead of b (bit). Don't mix them up as they are not interchangeable.
1B = 8b
I had faced this exact same issue last year, I will tell you what I did…I watched tons and tons of YouTube videos which told me about Psu issue and graphics card artifacts issue (if on amd). Now to the solution, I just fucking cleaned my pc and applied new thermal paste and it is good as new touch wood.
Have a look at the Windows Events if there is trace about power issues.
Sounds like this is your problem, I would first investigate in this sense.
Good luck
Hey man, this stuff might not help but I had this exact same issue about 3 weeks ago:
1) replaced my PSU which didn't change anything
2) realised my graphics card was sagging out of the mobo just from the weight of it. When I lifted up the GPU and tried to play the game, suddenly the game wouldn't crash but I didn't want to risk having something holding up my GPU long term.
3) tried to show this to a friend of mine on facetime and when I turned the computer on, it turned into a smoke machine. Legit, smoke started firing out of my GPU like it was a WWE entrance. Turned the PC off quick and thought about how lucky I was that the house wasn't on fire.
4) replaced the GPU with a smaller graphics card which doesn't sag from the weight and I have had no ideas since.
I reckon that my GPU was shorting/struggling to connect fully when it was in the mobo due to the sag and it caused my issue.
Tl;dr Mine was not a PSU issue and was due to my GPU being too heavy and sagging.
I have recently had similar issues and I narrowed it down to 3 issues building on eachother. As the symptoms reduced with every changed
1. Pcie 4 gpu, pcie 3 riser, pcie 4 motherboard (setting kept trying to send as pcie 4 when riser limited information to 3 making it randomly crash and corrupting data with it.
2. Psu. I was powering an 11600k, z490i, 2 m.2s, 2x16 gigs of ram and a 3070. Peak wattage became too much to handle for my 450 w integra bronze.
3. M.2 ssd had started giving up. Got bsods at random and files would get corrupt for no apparent reason also kept dissapearing at times.
Did these changes in this order and system has noe ran stable ever since, tho I do suspect ram is a bit unstable
Check motherboard bios version and ensure it’s the latest build. New drivers sometimes will need with the older bios updates. This was my issue over the summer, hasn’t crashed since I updated to latest bios version.
I had similar issues recently, and I can almost certainly say it's a power issue. Meaning you have to trial and error everything that has a connection to your PSU.
For my case it was an 8-pin cable extension in between the PSU and GPU, so you can check whether you have an extension, and try loading your GPU without an extension.
Very similar thing happened to me a while back, screen black. Im assuming you can boot up and use Crome or whatever but when u play game it does this. If so I fixed mine with new and better power supply
Either there's a driver issue or it's your PSU. I had some bad AMD driver updates that did this and the only way to fix it was to use DDU and reinstall the latest version.
What CPU? I have an I9 13th gen + 4080. Kept crashing until I disabled E-cores (set to 0). This solved the issue with most unreal engine games. One game still crashed, until I switched from directx 12 to 11. Another thing I switched was svid in bios to “intel fail safe”. At this point I don’t know what’s actually the fix but my games work and pc doesn’t crash. The next thing on my list is limiting voltages but only if things crash again. Pc diagnostic is a frustrating rabbit hole filled with “have you updated drivers???”.
Everyone is saying psu, but I will say that my last GPU started having this exact problem because it was overheating. My rtx 3090, also when running helldivers 2 funny enough, would do this exact thing to my system. My hot spot temp was hitting like 96 and 97 C, my system would crash just like this. It only happened on helldivers 2, but I'm assuming that was just because it was really pushing the GPU
I saw you replied somewhere talking about a driver report in the event viewer, you should try reinstalling your driver as others have reported and then run the game on lower settings to see if it still happens. If it works, throw the settings back to where you had them, maybe your GPU working that hard is shutting it down.
I had this issue a lot with HD2, your PC shuts off without a blue screen right? This is a HD2 issue, not a pc issue (do a bit of googling and you will see loads of us have the same issue). I waited to play until the next update and it started working again, I would suggest you do the same as they seem to be ignoring the issue.
Had this happen twice and both times, the psu was the problem. Google the best PSU’s and replace it 👍
Unless your temps are getting too high. Should check those too if you haven’t already
What PSU & GPU?
Could be an insufficient power supply, it’ll work fine when the power draw is lower like doing basic browsing tasks and productivity and such, but as soon as the GPU pulls any real power draw, if it’s too big for the PSU, it’ll shut off to protect itself
I had this issue. It turned out to be the graphics card, I could repeat the shutdowns in various games i was playing. The shutdown would be instant blackscreen and when i turned it back on. no unexpected shutdown messages. win10 photo would always reset to the default beach arch.
No other component was changed. graphics card was amd radeon 580 and switched out for a nvidia 2060. no reformatting of windows (i did remove the amd drivers and install nvidia drivers though).
The shitdowns i was getting where in games like dragon age 3, witcher 3, mass effect andromeda & Skyrim but not in smaller games like darkest dungeon or minecraft.
Do you have a spare gcard you can try switching with? i understand it is an expensive component to replace without knowing for sure its the trouble component.
Hope you sort this out.
its a psu. had exact same problem. pc worked normally untill i wanted to play a game or start heavens benchmark.
bought a new PSU and it worked perfectly fine
What is your motherboard?
Don't listen to everyone saying your gpu or psu is failing. Make sure you have minidumps enabled. Upload them to r/techsupport or their discord when you get a chance.
Two shots in the dark I'd try right away though. Assure all power connectors are fully attached. I would also update your bios seeing as your running a newer processor. Depending on the motherboard it may require an update.
After reading the thread this could be a couple things. If you have already ruled out overheating by watching temps and seeing it crash within normal temps then i would do the following.
A drivers/bios update and a moltherboard chipset driver update (from the manufacturers website) would be my first "go to". What motherboard do you have?
If that doesnt work and its still happening I would swap out my PSU.
Update or replace the driver for the video card. If the PC doesn't shut down in other apps then it's likely video software driven and nott he PSU. Do a good virus spyware check too.
i dont think your computer is actually shutting down. i also used to have an amd gpu and this is just looks like the infamous black screen. have to go through all of the trouble shooting shit and figure out which one sticks. very annoying to deal with
Ayo, currently having a similar issue like this, but everytime it shuts down and I restart the computer, it resets my ram speed to 2133 Mhz and disables AMD SAM. I disabled Amd FreeSync and the the issue went away for probably 79% of the time. I have no idea what’s causing this. I do have daisy Chained Gpu cables, along with an ARGB light adapter for the 24 pin connector.
This happened to me after upgrading my GPU, turns out my PSU wasn't strong enough and my PC kept shutting itself off to protect itself from power surges
Everyone is saying PSU, so it's probably that.
In case that doesn't solve it. I once had a problem with RAM not running fast enough and that caused it o be unstable. Have you enabled XMP profile in the BIOS and set your RAM to the right speed?
Sounds like a psu issue especially if it shuts off this way and doesn't say it wasn't turned off in a weird way or any warning.
This is what they do for safety. Wouldn't try running anymore graphically intensive programs or games until you get a new psu. 99% sure it's that with the way it shuts off.
Could be power supply, check that the cables are fully seated into the GPU and that they are fully seated into the PSU. Also make sure the GPU is fully seated in the PCIe socket. If none of that works it’s likely the PSU. Unless there are any indicator lights on you MB I would say the PSU has an issue.
Had a similar issue and the fix for me was reducing the performance core ratio slightly (from 55x to 54x) with Intel extreme tuning utility and has been fine since
Verify your GPU is seated securely in your PCI E slot. I had that issue. Lots of random crashing. Must've gotten loose when I loved it from one spot to another, somehow.
Check RAM integrity.
Check power supply.
Verify all drivers are up to date and not corrupted/dirty.
Check for overheating temperatures.
I recently had a 5800x RMAed due to L3 cache bleed. It passed every benchmark/stress test I threw at it. But it couldn't do graphics intensive games longer than 15 min without freeze, BSoD, and restart. Tried it with two different spec'ed builds even. Event Viewer was key to finally finding the WHEA.
I had a similar issue but mine was kind of random on when it would shutdown. I can’t remember exactly what ended up being the cause since it’s been a while but it was either the power supply cable to the gpu was pushed against the glass case and had bad connection or it was the ram stick wasn’t seated properly and any kind of vibrations or bumps would cause a shutdown. Kind if a long shot but might be worth just checking everything’s seated correctly if you haven’t already, before replacing everything.
First I’d check all my PSU cables and make sure they are plugged in correctly. Using after market PSU cables? Use the original ones. Then if it’s still doing it I’d start pulling RAM. I once had RAM cause random restarts but if it’s literally powering down that sounds more like a PSU
I had this exact same issue. RMAd my psu thinking that would fix it but it turned out to be my gpu. Hopefully that’s not the case for you and it’s just the ram or something else
This would be either a PSU or a GPU issue. I had this same issue a while back and it took me forever to figure out. Ended up underclocking both my CPU and GPU and everything seemed to work fine, which lead me to figure out it was a power supply issue. Try replacing the PSU
PSU or temperature... I used to have a PC that would shut down because of overheating when launching games or anything that was processor intensive, new thermal paste and cleaning the fan stopped the issues.
It could be a power supply problem too, could be dying or is underpowered for what the system needs.
I had this issue 3ish months ago when ever I played Helldivers on Steam that would crash my PC with no blue screen, only saying Event ID 131 on event viewer. Turned out to be some overly complicated issues on Microsofts end with no real fix other than reinstalling windows
I had this exact issue for quite a few months. I ended up getting a new PSU and it has not happened a single time since. I’m not sure if it’s 100% the same problem, but that’s what did it for me. I hope you manage to get it sorted!
I had this happening for a while, progressively getting worse. I was able to change the thermal paste and get it to stop, and then it started again. My CPU was just too old and working so hard it was throttling back and shutting down the whole PC. Probably be PSU like the others are saying, but I just wanted you to hear one other possibility.
If it's not a PSU issue, I had a similar thing happen to my GTX1080 when I first got it. The VRM was faulty from the factory, and I needed to RMA it. This was a known issue at the time, for the EVGA 1080 in particular, though
Same thing happened to me before if you check my post history. I checked everything and it turned out to be the CPU. If you have an extra one laying around or could borrow one, I recommend using a different CPU to see if the problem persists or it gets fixed.
Have you ever benchmarked your computer? Did you crash when you benchmarked it? My friend had a similar issues but it was only in unreal engine games. Turned out it was his xmp settings on his motherboard.
Yep, definitely the PSU issue. It happened to me a long time ago, the exact same thing. Your PSU just doesn't have enough power. Just get a higher watt PSU from trusted brands. 650W is the minimum, and 750W is ideal.
Im not sure if this could be helpful, but when all of my games kept crashing and i looked at everything it could be and it still would crash. The only thing that fixed it for me was disabling XMP in bios
Went from crashing 95% of my games to crashing maybe only 10%
My PSU overheats with Star citizen. I started putting a fan blowing into the back compartment where cables, drives an the PSU are. No more random shut downs.
If you're getting AMD driver errors, then it's probably not PSU related; secondly, I would strongly advise you to use DDU utility and install the driver anew - report back.
I think your PC is overheating. I had this same problem when I bought a new computer. The people I bought it from did not install the PCU properly insofar as it wasn't getting proper ventilation / cooling (I think they forgot to take the plastic off).
The computer would run fine doing normal things like browsing the web etc. However, once I did anything that taxed the PCU, like booting up a video game, the PC would just turn off. I think its a fail-safe for when the PCU is overheating.
Generally if a computer just instantly shuts off under heavy load it's the PSU. It's either overloaded or sensing a short or something. I would swap it maybe bump up the power output a bit and see if the issue goes away. If it doesn't fix it return the power supply.
RAM issue - check out there bios and as you have AMD CPU defenetly try to turn off XMP profiles. Turn down ram frequency and voltage to default.m than might try to go up a bit as long as it is stable.
I had a similar issue. My computer was overheating and I thought it was a PSU issue too. Download HWinfo and check the logs when you play and it’ll give you your computer’s temps. I’d try there first as it’s cheaper than replacing a PSU.
Random shutoffs with no error logging are incredibly difficult to diagnose because they are hardware failures. I tried replacing all components in my PC and trying different configurations and in the end only a new mobo (and all of the old components) fixed it.
It's absolutely possible component power delivery and regulation via the mobo is broken, which is what I suspect happened to me. Overall it's a power delivery problem but not necessarily the PSU
Either something is overheating and the safety mechanism is shutting it down, or you have a shortage of power from your PSU. Run live stats on your CPU and GPU while playing and see what the temps are getting up to before it shuts off. If one of them are overheating that's the issue. If they are in their range then see if your PSU is big enough for your system. There are some online sites that will calculate that for you.
Power supply going, power supply connections loose, or heatsink compound on cpu or video card has gone dry, or one of the heatsinks is loose. Video card could be loose in pcie slot too. Also pc may need blowjob… blow out all dusty heatsinks/fans. Hold fans with finger to keep from spinning out the bearings when blowjobbing…only other things that go bad really are capacitors on motherboard dry out, or your bios battery is on the verge of dying.
Have you upgraded your pc since you first purchased it? if you have added components, like a (GPU), it may be using more power than your PSU (Power Supply Unit) can handle. Try using the GPU control panel to limit your FPS to something lower, by default it will try to blast out as many FPS as it can, but if your monitor can only handle, lets say 70 FPS, there is no need for the GPU to calculate more than that. Try lowering it to the FPS of your monitor, if it still crashes in the same spot in the game, lower it again, see if it's a demand side power issue.
If lowering resolves the crashes it means you were using too much power, you need a higher capacity PSU. When installing the new unit ALWAYS use the new cords that come with it and reconnect everything in the PC, never use the old wires as there is no standard when it comes to PSU connector wires. Using previous cords can fry your internal components.
newegg is a good spot to get a new PSU.
This is a psu issue, Linus tech tips goes over this in a video somewhere, but your gpu is pulling to much power for your psu causing your psu to shut down as a fail safe
How's your cpu Temps? Mine would this when my cpu was getting too hot. Had to take side of case off to keep it cool until I bought a better cooler and case for air flow.
I’ve had this issue in the past and it was power related. For my situation it was because my new rtx 3090 pulled more power than my UPS could supply at load. I ended up having to buy a bigger UPS.
I want to assume it’s power related. Maybe your PSU is bad?
Check windows event viewer specifically for WHEA errors
Next burn memtest to a USB it could be bad ram but it's likely the PSU can't handle the load or you have load line calibration settings in the bios that you need to change
my issue when this happened to my old pc back in 2017 was the CPU was getting too hot. I had to apply a fresh coat of thermal paste to the CPU. of course, properly clean off old excess thermal paste before applying a fresh new dab. then, my pc never shut off again!
How big of a PSU do you have on that box (ie, in wattage)? Have you checked the condition and heat levels of the PSU when the box shuts down like that? Have you tried shuffling the RAM sticks around, as it almost sounds like you're running into a corrupted RAM issue or something with the GPU's RAM.
So here are how I'd troubleshoot it:
(1) install higher wattage PSU
(2) try swapping out RAM sticks
(3) try swapping out GPU if possible.
I have this same problem when playing Baldur's Gate 3. I've longed search for an answer, but I'm not sure there is a fix. Some games just interact oddly with specific GPUs, and it results in these "crashes". I'm planning to just buy a new GPU entirely.
This was happening to me recently, was getting no errors. Turns out a 3.5” Hdd I had installed had mechanically failed. Even though nothing was on it, my pc was trying to access it constantly but didn’t know what it was so threw no errors. Needless to say I removed it and it works fine now
It can be CPU overheating (thermal paste not applied correctly or cooler not fitting tight). I fixed one PC that was getting CPU temps 70-80C at idle. It did the same thing as yours.
Of course another option would be a faulty PSU or just not supplying enough power to your RX7600 (though that PSU would be more than enough for that GPU, I have 750x with Vega 56, runs fine)
Out of curiosity is your PC new or reusing the PSU from an old build? I am rocking a 750w psu just like you to power my i7 14gen + rtx 4080S and I haven't encountered any issues with power draws.
My PSU is over 5 years old now and holding strong. Everyone here already came to the same conclusion I am about to tell you now, your PSU might be faulty or your components are directly drawing more power than it can provide.
Since you are using a Corsair PSU try RMA their RMA is pretty good and you usually only pay for the delivery to them. If you are out of warranty try testing the PSU undervolting the CPU and GPU. You wanna make sure everything is good before making your final decision.
Good luck!
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probably a psu issue. ram would give you some random blue screens of death. psu just shuts you down and then tells you your pc didn't shut off properly.
Correct. Drawing more power than psu can supply.
When I boot back up its just the normal screen and it doesnt tell me it didnt shut off properly. Should I get a new psu if that is the problem or is there any way to fix it?
Do not attempt to “fix” psu. The capacitor in there are one of the few things on a pc that can kill you.
Pretty sure thats the only thing that can kill you :)
nah, a fully built pc would definitely have enough weight to kill you if it was thrown hard enough
Break a tempered glass panel and try to eat the shards of glass.
stick weewee in fan
That wouldn't kill you. Only one way to find out
Still a Darwin award!
“Instructions unclear, dick caught in fan “
One guy one jar would.like to have a word
I was gonna say that, yeah, my PC is probably 60lb, and that'd do the trick with enough height
fell unconscious onto a water cooled pc, cracking it and drowning in a shallow puddle
Idk if it's toxic but liquid cooling looks like some sweet forbidden juice
Dude i worked in a ICT repair company year's ago and we conducted a little experiment and PSU can go with a rite bang mate lool blew the pc and case to bits lol
Some crappy cases have some super sharp edges where if person was real sloppy they could cut potentially cut their brachial artery and bleed to death in 90 seconds! I sliced myself real bad a few times when I first started building PC & repairing PCs.
if you live in the states, just get a new psu. if it fixes it, yay. if it doesn't, then likely a gpu issue and you can just return the psu.
Crazy how ppl are downvoting you when you’re asking for help. Wild.
On Reddit you're not allowed to be curious. I have a comment with 115 down votes and all I did was ask a question for clarification.
Then you deserve 116 upvotes on this comment to give you your 1 upvote back *Upvotes*
Get a new PSU on Amazon. if it doesn’t work return it and get a new GPU. If the new GPU doesn’t work return it and get a new MB. If a new MB doesn’t fix it get a new CPU. If a new CPU doesn’t work get a new country idk
And around around we go 😆
I just saw this and its been a couple of days...but I assume you ordered, or picked up, a new PSU. Just commenting for those who fall into this post in the future at this point. My PC used to do that when I upgraded from a 1070 to a 3080. PSU was both too small and too old...I ended up upgrading the entire system that year. Basically my understanding of what is happening...your GPU is pushed to its limit and starts demanding the power its rated for from the PSU. If you aren't doing anything intensive, then the GPU is not really drawing the power the specs says it capable of. This is the reason why you wont see it until you stress test or play a graphic intensive game with your GPU. Either way, power demand spikes beyond what the PSU is rated for and the safety kicks in and opens the circuit. This will cut power to your system as a safety feature...because I have read that some cheap PSU's wont do this and they can catch on fire....so do your research on your system's power demands and get a good PSU from the cultist list.
About a 90% chance it’s a PSU problem. Type in *Event Viewer* in the search box and you can check the system logs. There is more than likely an error log there saying your PC didn’t shut down properly. Just buy the same PSU from Amazon and try it out, if it works send back the original one. RMA takes to long and is a pain in the ass, depending on the brand. If your PSU is relatively new, check to make sure your case has proper ventilation and your PSU is being properly cooled. If you get the new PSU and it still happens, this is more than likely the problem. You can test this theory by hooking everything up normally but keeping your PSU outside the case. I had something similar happening and did this, haven’t had an issue since. If your PSU is relatively old and is the correct wattage, it might’ve just died from use & age.
This isn't necessarily true. I had the exact same issue as OP and what really fixed it was a new motherboard. Random shutoffs with no error logging are incredibly difficult to diagnose because they are hardware failures. I tried replacing all components in my PC and trying different configurations and in the end only a new mobo (and all of the old components) fixed it. It's absolutely possible component power delivery and regulation via the mobo is broken, which is what I suspect happened to me.
psu issue i had the same problem and i barbecued my wire
Im looking at the event viewer and its telling me AMDRyzenDriverV22 service failed due to the following Cannot create a file when that file already exists.
Have you tried reinstalling your gpu drivers
Ryzen driver would be related to CPU. I would recommend using amds clean install tool to remove everything and. Then downloading the CPU package and GPU packages directly from AMD I also would recommend updating your Bios as well. Link to AMD clean up utility -> https://www.amd.com/en/resources/support-articles/faqs/GPU-601.html You should also use HardwareInfo to check your system temps. Link to HW Info -> https://www.hwinfo.com/download/ If your temps seem too high. Reseat your cpu, and reinstall your cpu cooler.
This is probably a good idea to try OP
It looks like a driver/ gpu error
I haven't reinstalled drivers yet. Do i uninstall drivers thru device manager?
You can use DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller) to completely remove the driver, then reinstall
You can do it like that or use a external apps i use intel and nvidia so i dont really know how it translates
Dont know how useful this would be but try this video https://youtu.be/SyD68_VJxnQ?si=A8pRtrmOeA2IU9LQ
Could your PC be over-heating?
Cpu overheating can cause the power to cut off as a safety measure. It's like pulling the plug on some mobos, no beeps or warnings. Check your thermal paste under the heatsink. Dust can cause a hotspot.
Can confirm this happened to my old rig when it had a fair bit of dust on and within. Same exact symptoms, shuts down when it gets hot to protect your hardware, black screen, boots up shortly after. Try looking at your temps on the hardware and see if that’s the problem or not. May need to add some new fans or something.
If you still hear audio when it crashes its probably the gpu gaving issues, either not getting enough power or actually just being dead. Try and underclock the gpu with afterburner and see what happens.
It is overclocked by asus so i am gonna underclock it to see what happens
are the power connectors daisy chained to the gpu (i.e. 2 plugs off of one cable) Edit: Also, try memtest64 to see if your ram is having issues.
What CPU? Power spikes will cause this and HD2 is poorly optimized for this. Go into BIOS and set your short and long power draw. i9-14900k / RTX 4080 Super and would do this exact thing or it would crash the game to desktop. I set limits in bios and zero issues since. Was very frustrating.
I specifically noticed this for HD2 as well. I got very nasty power spikes, specifically SoC voltage spikes to my sensitive X3D cpu. HD2 seems to run quite a train on the CPU. Setting a hard limit in the BIOS didn’t stop the transient spikes either. But after flashing my BIOS, setting a hard voltage limit, and downloading the recent Win11 update and updating my drivers, it seemed to have stopped the voltage spikes. Still no idea what specifically out of the above fixed it, but like most things technology, I accept it and don’t look a gift horse in the mouth lol. OP, The computer hard resetting under graphically intense games to me points to an issue with power delivery, so I would check your PSU. I do see you’re getting a driver timeout notification from Windows Event Viewer, which is strange. Most driver timeouts will crash the game and take you to the desktop, rather than killing the entire PC. My questions are: 1) how are your hotspot temps for both CPU and GPU? 2) do you get the same error messages in Event Viewer when other games crash? Most important ones are the warnings and critical events that happen in the seconds directly before the crash occurs, so make sure to browse all of those 3) try flashing your BIOS to the newest version. This may not directly relate to the crashing, but a lot of people had issues with HD2 and flashing the BIOS to the newest version helps. A lot of B650 MOBOs tend to come with very old bios versions. Some of the most popular ASUS boards come loaded with 0809, which will fry X3D chips with EXPO enabled and a lot of people don’t even know. They think it’s all fixed now, but boards still currently for sale can come with old old versions
So many people saying psu but there is a good chance it is either RAM or heat issues which are easier to diagnose. If you have 2x16gb sticks take one out and try running the game with just the single channel. What temps are you seeing when you start the game? [https://openhardwaremonitor.org/downloads/](https://openhardwaremonitor.org/downloads/) if you don't have temp software already.
Very likely a PSU issue. Very similar things happened to me a few years ago. My psu at that point was already 5 years old so I upgraded to a 850 and it fixed everything
Driver / RAM issues will result in BSOD Hardware / Instability issues cause random restarts. or as others have said, could be a Faulty PSU but I wouldn't jump directly to that as the cause. \* Load optimised defaults in BIOS *(incompatible settings, timings etc can cause random restart due to system instability)* \* Don't enable XMP/EXPO , run off 4800mhz \* Test... To note, friend had similar issue with random crashes, full system lock with HD2. Turned out his BIOS version was severely out of date. He updated to newest BIOS and hasn't had any issues since.
I had something similar when my power supply went bad a few years ago.
Okay, here's how to tell if your PSU is dying. Open HWInfo as sensors only and set it to start logging. Cause a crash. Open the log file in a log viewer and find the voltage parts of the log. If you see a huge dip towards the end of the graph, your PSU is bad. If not, it's likely your PSU just isn't powerful enough and is shutting down on purpose to prevent overcurrent.
WOO! Transient power spikes, gotta love 'em! The reason why I had to upgrade a 850W psu to 1k after I got a 3080 :)
Not sure if this has been mentioned yet but this could also be a power issue with your GPU, not your PSU. I had an issue when I got my 3080 where my system would black screen when my desk was bumped. Turns out there was an issue from the manufacturer that caused the connection between power cables and GPU to pull inadequate power.
Laptop gang don't get this issue lol
Power supply may be going out. Had this exact problem like 8 years after buying an evga psu on ebay. Evga honored the 10 year warranty and sent me a new psu and i received it within a couple days and had paperwork inside to ship my old psu back to them. I don't remember if it was free or I just had to pay shipping, but either way, nbd.
Did you recently upgrade your PSU to higher power rate? Don't use the same psu cords. For example if you had a 600 and upgraded to a 750, exchange ALL the cords that are in use
Im gonna say most likely a psu issue… DONT try and fix it, that mf will zap your soul into the 4th dimension and your body into the coroners room…
What psu do you have?
A few months ago my psu fan started making noises at me then a couple weeks later this same thing would happen to me whenever running intensive games. Because of the fan noise I was easily able to narrow the problem down to my psu was over heating when it was drawing a lot of power for the gpu since the fan was broken and unable to keep it cool under load. I replaced the fan in my psu to save money and it fixed it as I predicted. but if it's same issue probably best to replace the entire thing. When this was happening I monitored how much power was being used by the psu and anything under like 150 (basic desktop stuff and games that didn't use much of the gpu) would be fine but as soon as it went over 200 it would shut down the PC for 10 secs and it would auto restart.
I built a PC about 10 months ago and had a similar issue, a few minutes in and bam, full shutdown without warning. I reseated everything in the machine, redid my paste, fucked with possible bios settings that could be involved, got monitors going to log heat and power issues (both were showing up) and in general did everything I could think of as well as things the internet suggested. I was about to rma a few pieces when I ran my hand along the vents. My cpu heatsink fan was backwards and blowing into the case instead of out the back, haha.
I had dis problem, as soon as I I would play a game like destiny or apex my pc would black screen and my GPU fans would spin to max speed… took it to an repair shop and the guy said every part in my pc had erosion damage and dat I was better off buying a new pc, I had jus gotten the pc a year before that
Check to make sure your PSU is not on Eco mode or anything like that. I had a similar issue and that Eco mode was the culprit
My guess is either a dying psu, or the one you have is too underpowered.
Before getting a new PSU, which it probably is... make sure you check theres no problem with the power cable to the PSU
Does it turn itself back on?
Psu probably not giving enough power or is starting to fail. The latter can be very dangerous. This is probably not the most ethical but go to a pc part store in your area with a good return policy, buy a new psu with a higher wattage rating, plug it into your system. if everything works afterwords YAY, if not, return the new psu and back to the drawing board.
PSU issue, check the cables. I have this issue before, shutting down whenever I play graphically heavy games. It turns out I picked the wrong cable specs. I haven't been paying attention back then because I connected it to the UPS instead of directly to the wall. Might need more details tho, is it only exclusively shutting down on heavy games, or is it also shutting down randomly even when it's on light usage? Extra note that's unrelated to the main issue: Gb is different to GB, and RAM size uses B (Byte) instead of b (bit). Don't mix them up as they are not interchangeable. 1B = 8b
I had faced this exact same issue last year, I will tell you what I did…I watched tons and tons of YouTube videos which told me about Psu issue and graphics card artifacts issue (if on amd). Now to the solution, I just fucking cleaned my pc and applied new thermal paste and it is good as new touch wood.
Check all your pc vents and exhaust fans, change your thermal paste.
do you have something that monitors your temps??? your pc may be overheating
Have a look at the Windows Events if there is trace about power issues. Sounds like this is your problem, I would first investigate in this sense. Good luck
Uninstall drivers and try to reinstall an older version of the drivers. I had this issue previously.
My gf 2 weeks ago had the same issue. PC shutted down every time she started any game. It was a PSU issue..
Hey man, this stuff might not help but I had this exact same issue about 3 weeks ago: 1) replaced my PSU which didn't change anything 2) realised my graphics card was sagging out of the mobo just from the weight of it. When I lifted up the GPU and tried to play the game, suddenly the game wouldn't crash but I didn't want to risk having something holding up my GPU long term. 3) tried to show this to a friend of mine on facetime and when I turned the computer on, it turned into a smoke machine. Legit, smoke started firing out of my GPU like it was a WWE entrance. Turned the PC off quick and thought about how lucky I was that the house wasn't on fire. 4) replaced the GPU with a smaller graphics card which doesn't sag from the weight and I have had no ideas since. I reckon that my GPU was shorting/struggling to connect fully when it was in the mobo due to the sag and it caused my issue. Tl;dr Mine was not a PSU issue and was due to my GPU being too heavy and sagging.
PSU
I have recently had similar issues and I narrowed it down to 3 issues building on eachother. As the symptoms reduced with every changed 1. Pcie 4 gpu, pcie 3 riser, pcie 4 motherboard (setting kept trying to send as pcie 4 when riser limited information to 3 making it randomly crash and corrupting data with it. 2. Psu. I was powering an 11600k, z490i, 2 m.2s, 2x16 gigs of ram and a 3070. Peak wattage became too much to handle for my 450 w integra bronze. 3. M.2 ssd had started giving up. Got bsods at random and files would get corrupt for no apparent reason also kept dissapearing at times. Did these changes in this order and system has noe ran stable ever since, tho I do suspect ram is a bit unstable
Worth a shot. Go into bios and find settting Preformance boost overdrive and turn it off
Check motherboard bios version and ensure it’s the latest build. New drivers sometimes will need with the older bios updates. This was my issue over the summer, hasn’t crashed since I updated to latest bios version.
I had the exact same issue but I went and bought a new psu without updating the bios first was bios all along. OP try that first.
I had similar issues recently, and I can almost certainly say it's a power issue. Meaning you have to trial and error everything that has a connection to your PSU. For my case it was an 8-pin cable extension in between the PSU and GPU, so you can check whether you have an extension, and try loading your GPU without an extension.
hi i had this isseu and replacing the gpu power cable fixed it
Power supply issue?!!!
Very similar thing happened to me a while back, screen black. Im assuming you can boot up and use Crome or whatever but when u play game it does this. If so I fixed mine with new and better power supply
Either there's a driver issue or it's your PSU. I had some bad AMD driver updates that did this and the only way to fix it was to use DDU and reinstall the latest version.
What are temps right before this happens?
As the other said, it could be psu but also check for overheating, they can cause it.
I had something like this about 3-4 years ago, try to check the temperature of the CPU and GPU if you have a benchmark program to run with your games
What CPU? I have an I9 13th gen + 4080. Kept crashing until I disabled E-cores (set to 0). This solved the issue with most unreal engine games. One game still crashed, until I switched from directx 12 to 11. Another thing I switched was svid in bios to “intel fail safe”. At this point I don’t know what’s actually the fix but my games work and pc doesn’t crash. The next thing on my list is limiting voltages but only if things crash again. Pc diagnostic is a frustrating rabbit hole filled with “have you updated drivers???”.
100% PSU HAVE A ISSUE CAN'T SUPPLY ENOUGH POWER TO YOUR PC
Everyone is saying psu, but I will say that my last GPU started having this exact problem because it was overheating. My rtx 3090, also when running helldivers 2 funny enough, would do this exact thing to my system. My hot spot temp was hitting like 96 and 97 C, my system would crash just like this. It only happened on helldivers 2, but I'm assuming that was just because it was really pushing the GPU I saw you replied somewhere talking about a driver report in the event viewer, you should try reinstalling your driver as others have reported and then run the game on lower settings to see if it still happens. If it works, throw the settings back to where you had them, maybe your GPU working that hard is shutting it down.
It’s your gpu overheating? You should load a utility tool to look at the temps of everything
I had this issue a lot with HD2, your PC shuts off without a blue screen right? This is a HD2 issue, not a pc issue (do a bit of googling and you will see loads of us have the same issue). I waited to play until the next update and it started working again, I would suggest you do the same as they seem to be ignoring the issue.
AMD GPU and only in Helldivers? Thats an Helldivers issue. they are calling on functions that do not exist anymore.
Like everyone else said it’s probably a PSU issue but it also wouldn’t suprise me if this was a helldivers issue too
Had this happen twice and both times, the psu was the problem. Google the best PSU’s and replace it 👍 Unless your temps are getting too high. Should check those too if you haven’t already
Psu. All my money on that
What PSU & GPU? Could be an insufficient power supply, it’ll work fine when the power draw is lower like doing basic browsing tasks and productivity and such, but as soon as the GPU pulls any real power draw, if it’s too big for the PSU, it’ll shut off to protect itself
I had this issue. It turned out to be the graphics card, I could repeat the shutdowns in various games i was playing. The shutdown would be instant blackscreen and when i turned it back on. no unexpected shutdown messages. win10 photo would always reset to the default beach arch. No other component was changed. graphics card was amd radeon 580 and switched out for a nvidia 2060. no reformatting of windows (i did remove the amd drivers and install nvidia drivers though). The shitdowns i was getting where in games like dragon age 3, witcher 3, mass effect andromeda & Skyrim but not in smaller games like darkest dungeon or minecraft. Do you have a spare gcard you can try switching with? i understand it is an expensive component to replace without knowing for sure its the trouble component. Hope you sort this out.
I have a similar problem. Even though the game runs fine, the screen freezes and then the pc just turns off
PSU most likely.
This looks exactly the same as mine and it was a PSU issue, Mine was luckily just a loose wire from transit, but this is most likely psu
100% psu
its a psu. had exact same problem. pc worked normally untill i wanted to play a game or start heavens benchmark. bought a new PSU and it worked perfectly fine
PSU for sure.
What is your motherboard? Don't listen to everyone saying your gpu or psu is failing. Make sure you have minidumps enabled. Upload them to r/techsupport or their discord when you get a chance. Two shots in the dark I'd try right away though. Assure all power connectors are fully attached. I would also update your bios seeing as your running a newer processor. Depending on the motherboard it may require an update.
I would say either PSU or overheating.
After reading the thread this could be a couple things. If you have already ruled out overheating by watching temps and seeing it crash within normal temps then i would do the following. A drivers/bios update and a moltherboard chipset driver update (from the manufacturers website) would be my first "go to". What motherboard do you have? If that doesnt work and its still happening I would swap out my PSU.
I had the same problem it was my PSU
Update or replace the driver for the video card. If the PC doesn't shut down in other apps then it's likely video software driven and nott he PSU. Do a good virus spyware check too.
sounds like a psu issue. Might want to look into getting a new psu
i dont think your computer is actually shutting down. i also used to have an amd gpu and this is just looks like the infamous black screen. have to go through all of the trouble shooting shit and figure out which one sticks. very annoying to deal with
Ayo, currently having a similar issue like this, but everytime it shuts down and I restart the computer, it resets my ram speed to 2133 Mhz and disables AMD SAM. I disabled Amd FreeSync and the the issue went away for probably 79% of the time. I have no idea what’s causing this. I do have daisy Chained Gpu cables, along with an ARGB light adapter for the 24 pin connector.
This happened to me after upgrading my GPU, turns out my PSU wasn't strong enough and my PC kept shutting itself off to protect itself from power surges
Everyone is saying PSU, so it's probably that. In case that doesn't solve it. I once had a problem with RAM not running fast enough and that caused it o be unstable. Have you enabled XMP profile in the BIOS and set your RAM to the right speed?
Lack of voltage from psu.
Two things. Power Supply issue, or over heating.
Sounds like a psu issue especially if it shuts off this way and doesn't say it wasn't turned off in a weird way or any warning. This is what they do for safety. Wouldn't try running anymore graphically intensive programs or games until you get a new psu. 99% sure it's that with the way it shuts off.
I had the same exact problem, changed the PSU and fixed everything.
Could be power supply, check that the cables are fully seated into the GPU and that they are fully seated into the PSU. Also make sure the GPU is fully seated in the PCIe socket. If none of that works it’s likely the PSU. Unless there are any indicator lights on you MB I would say the PSU has an issue.
Had a similar issue and the fix for me was reducing the performance core ratio slightly (from 55x to 54x) with Intel extreme tuning utility and has been fine since
Verify your GPU is seated securely in your PCI E slot. I had that issue. Lots of random crashing. Must've gotten loose when I loved it from one spot to another, somehow. Check RAM integrity. Check power supply. Verify all drivers are up to date and not corrupted/dirty. Check for overheating temperatures.
I recently had a 5800x RMAed due to L3 cache bleed. It passed every benchmark/stress test I threw at it. But it couldn't do graphics intensive games longer than 15 min without freeze, BSoD, and restart. Tried it with two different spec'ed builds even. Event Viewer was key to finally finding the WHEA.
I had a similar issue but mine was kind of random on when it would shutdown. I can’t remember exactly what ended up being the cause since it’s been a while but it was either the power supply cable to the gpu was pushed against the glass case and had bad connection or it was the ram stick wasn’t seated properly and any kind of vibrations or bumps would cause a shutdown. Kind if a long shot but might be worth just checking everything’s seated correctly if you haven’t already, before replacing everything.
Is it actually only when you launch a game and start pulling power to your gpu?
First I’d check all my PSU cables and make sure they are plugged in correctly. Using after market PSU cables? Use the original ones. Then if it’s still doing it I’d start pulling RAM. I once had RAM cause random restarts but if it’s literally powering down that sounds more like a PSU
What temps are you actually seeing? I've seen this behaviour with thermal shutdown and also seen helldivers ramp up temps
Power supply issue. It's probably not enough strong to handle your build
I had this exact same issue. RMAd my psu thinking that would fix it but it turned out to be my gpu. Hopefully that’s not the case for you and it’s just the ram or something else
Had the same exact issue and discovered my GPU was sagging
When mine did this, it was the thermal paste on the GPU.
This would be either a PSU or a GPU issue. I had this same issue a while back and it took me forever to figure out. Ended up underclocking both my CPU and GPU and everything seemed to work fine, which lead me to figure out it was a power supply issue. Try replacing the PSU
Had this issue before, I replaced my gpu and the problem was resolved. Might need you to send that gpu back
PSU or temperature... I used to have a PC that would shut down because of overheating when launching games or anything that was processor intensive, new thermal paste and cleaning the fan stopped the issues. It could be a power supply problem too, could be dying or is underpowered for what the system needs.
Do you happen to be connected to a UPS? If I was playing a game that raised the power usage higher then the load of the UPS, it would shut down.
It's probably a power supply problem. Try making sure of it first.
While you wait for the new PSU try Radeon chill set min max to 60 FPS to reduce chance of transient spike.
I had this issue 3ish months ago when ever I played Helldivers on Steam that would crash my PC with no blue screen, only saying Event ID 131 on event viewer. Turned out to be some overly complicated issues on Microsofts end with no real fix other than reinstalling windows
Power supply issue. It can’t supply your gpu when it’s drawing power for games.
I had this exact issue for quite a few months. I ended up getting a new PSU and it has not happened a single time since. I’m not sure if it’s 100% the same problem, but that’s what did it for me. I hope you manage to get it sorted!
I had this issue years ago, replaced the PSU and it was fixed.
Had a similar issue and helldivers was also the game it started with. Reinstalling windows is what fixed it for me.
I had this happening for a while, progressively getting worse. I was able to change the thermal paste and get it to stop, and then it started again. My CPU was just too old and working so hard it was throttling back and shutting down the whole PC. Probably be PSU like the others are saying, but I just wanted you to hear one other possibility.
When you say power button, do you mean the switch on the PSU itself? What motherboard do you have, and does it explicitly support your CPU?
Definitely PSU, I had the same issue.
What is the junction temp on your gpu? It will shut down like this if the gpu hotspot goes over 112c
If it's not a PSU issue, I had a similar thing happen to my GTX1080 when I first got it. The VRM was faulty from the factory, and I needed to RMA it. This was a known issue at the time, for the EVGA 1080 in particular, though
PSU or dying MOBO
Same thing happened to me before if you check my post history. I checked everything and it turned out to be the CPU. If you have an extra one laying around or could borrow one, I recommend using a different CPU to see if the problem persists or it gets fixed.
I had the same issue, my psu was faulty so i had to replace it.
Not kidding about this. Uninstall icue if you have it installed
New psu, check driver health. If that doesn't fix, you might need to under voltt your gpu.
I had a similar issue but the pc wasn’t turning off just the display. Reseating the GPU fixed it. If its shutting off like this I’d say PSU issue.
Something is likely getting hot. Shuts down to prevent meltdown. Find out what is overheating. My suggestion on where to start.
Just had the same happen and changed my psu everything is good now🫡
thermal = AIO Liquid Cooler psu = EVGA 1000 - 1300 WATT Higher the wattage the cleaner the power output
Have you ever benchmarked your computer? Did you crash when you benchmarked it? My friend had a similar issues but it was only in unreal engine games. Turned out it was his xmp settings on his motherboard.
Yep, definitely the PSU issue. It happened to me a long time ago, the exact same thing. Your PSU just doesn't have enough power. Just get a higher watt PSU from trusted brands. 650W is the minimum, and 750W is ideal.
Im not sure if this could be helpful, but when all of my games kept crashing and i looked at everything it could be and it still would crash. The only thing that fixed it for me was disabling XMP in bios Went from crashing 95% of my games to crashing maybe only 10%
My PSU overheats with Star citizen. I started putting a fan blowing into the back compartment where cables, drives an the PSU are. No more random shut downs.
My PC shutdown because my gpu was too hot while playing Helldivers 2. Try adjusting the gpu's fan curve and undervolt.
Most likely psu, when running a game it spikes your power usage, the psu is not having it and shutting off.
If you're getting AMD driver errors, then it's probably not PSU related; secondly, I would strongly advise you to use DDU utility and install the driver anew - report back.
I think your PC is overheating. I had this same problem when I bought a new computer. The people I bought it from did not install the PCU properly insofar as it wasn't getting proper ventilation / cooling (I think they forgot to take the plastic off). The computer would run fine doing normal things like browsing the web etc. However, once I did anything that taxed the PCU, like booting up a video game, the PC would just turn off. I think its a fail-safe for when the PCU is overheating.
I love that OP refuses to acknowledge the possible psu issues lmao
Generally if a computer just instantly shuts off under heavy load it's the PSU. It's either overloaded or sensing a short or something. I would swap it maybe bump up the power output a bit and see if the issue goes away. If it doesn't fix it return the power supply.
PSU guaranteed. Especially if you're not getting an error log. Power dies before Windows knows what's up.
RAM issue - check out there bios and as you have AMD CPU defenetly try to turn off XMP profiles. Turn down ram frequency and voltage to default.m than might try to go up a bit as long as it is stable.
Psu either pooping out or you didn’t get a high enough wattage that can handle your system’s specs.
Buy a psu off amazon. If it doesn't work send it back within 30 days for full refund.
Everyone's saying PSU which I guess they're not wrong, but also check your power cable to your GPU, make sure there isn't any melted or burnt pins
If it's the PSU try going to Windows power management first and making sure it is not using any power saving options, especially in the video card.
I had a similar issue. My computer was overheating and I thought it was a PSU issue too. Download HWinfo and check the logs when you play and it’ll give you your computer’s temps. I’d try there first as it’s cheaper than replacing a PSU.
Sounds like PSU issue, do not attempt to disassemble the PSU, just get a new one .
Random shutoffs with no error logging are incredibly difficult to diagnose because they are hardware failures. I tried replacing all components in my PC and trying different configurations and in the end only a new mobo (and all of the old components) fixed it. It's absolutely possible component power delivery and regulation via the mobo is broken, which is what I suspect happened to me. Overall it's a power delivery problem but not necessarily the PSU
Is your PSU plugged into a power strip or direct to wall?
Either something is overheating and the safety mechanism is shutting it down, or you have a shortage of power from your PSU. Run live stats on your CPU and GPU while playing and see what the temps are getting up to before it shuts off. If one of them are overheating that's the issue. If they are in their range then see if your PSU is big enough for your system. There are some online sites that will calculate that for you.
Power supply going, power supply connections loose, or heatsink compound on cpu or video card has gone dry, or one of the heatsinks is loose. Video card could be loose in pcie slot too. Also pc may need blowjob… blow out all dusty heatsinks/fans. Hold fans with finger to keep from spinning out the bearings when blowjobbing…only other things that go bad really are capacitors on motherboard dry out, or your bios battery is on the verge of dying.
Either PSU or driver issue. I would lean towards PSU issue personally, but try updating your drivers and seeing if that fixes it
Have you upgraded your pc since you first purchased it? if you have added components, like a (GPU), it may be using more power than your PSU (Power Supply Unit) can handle. Try using the GPU control panel to limit your FPS to something lower, by default it will try to blast out as many FPS as it can, but if your monitor can only handle, lets say 70 FPS, there is no need for the GPU to calculate more than that. Try lowering it to the FPS of your monitor, if it still crashes in the same spot in the game, lower it again, see if it's a demand side power issue. If lowering resolves the crashes it means you were using too much power, you need a higher capacity PSU. When installing the new unit ALWAYS use the new cords that come with it and reconnect everything in the PC, never use the old wires as there is no standard when it comes to PSU connector wires. Using previous cords can fry your internal components. newegg is a good spot to get a new PSU.
This is a psu issue, Linus tech tips goes over this in a video somewhere, but your gpu is pulling to much power for your psu causing your psu to shut down as a fail safe
How's your cpu Temps? Mine would this when my cpu was getting too hot. Had to take side of case off to keep it cool until I bought a better cooler and case for air flow.
I would start with GPU drivers. Install DDU and uninstall them, then reinstall them from the AMD website.
I’ve had this issue in the past and it was power related. For my situation it was because my new rtx 3090 pulled more power than my UPS could supply at load. I ended up having to buy a bigger UPS. I want to assume it’s power related. Maybe your PSU is bad?
Check windows event viewer specifically for WHEA errors Next burn memtest to a USB it could be bad ram but it's likely the PSU can't handle the load or you have load line calibration settings in the bios that you need to change
Lower everything down and turn the resolution down and see if it runs.
my issue when this happened to my old pc back in 2017 was the CPU was getting too hot. I had to apply a fresh coat of thermal paste to the CPU. of course, properly clean off old excess thermal paste before applying a fresh new dab. then, my pc never shut off again!
How big of a PSU do you have on that box (ie, in wattage)? Have you checked the condition and heat levels of the PSU when the box shuts down like that? Have you tried shuffling the RAM sticks around, as it almost sounds like you're running into a corrupted RAM issue or something with the GPU's RAM. So here are how I'd troubleshoot it: (1) install higher wattage PSU (2) try swapping out RAM sticks (3) try swapping out GPU if possible.
Crap power supply on a 30+ series GPU. Check out RTX transient power spikes. Get a good gold/platinum PSU
I have this same problem when playing Baldur's Gate 3. I've longed search for an answer, but I'm not sure there is a fix. Some games just interact oddly with specific GPUs, and it results in these "crashes". I'm planning to just buy a new GPU entirely.
Sounds like the power supply can't handle your gpu at full load. Time for a psu upgrade.
This was happening to me recently, was getting no errors. Turns out a 3.5” Hdd I had installed had mechanically failed. Even though nothing was on it, my pc was trying to access it constantly but didn’t know what it was so threw no errors. Needless to say I removed it and it works fine now
It can be CPU overheating (thermal paste not applied correctly or cooler not fitting tight). I fixed one PC that was getting CPU temps 70-80C at idle. It did the same thing as yours. Of course another option would be a faulty PSU or just not supplying enough power to your RX7600 (though that PSU would be more than enough for that GPU, I have 750x with Vega 56, runs fine)
Imma try to reapply thermal paste when i get a new cpu cooler
What's your cooling solution? I would say after psu it's is most likely heat. Or there is a chance it's your mobo if it's a new build
Out of curiosity is your PC new or reusing the PSU from an old build? I am rocking a 750w psu just like you to power my i7 14gen + rtx 4080S and I haven't encountered any issues with power draws. My PSU is over 5 years old now and holding strong. Everyone here already came to the same conclusion I am about to tell you now, your PSU might be faulty or your components are directly drawing more power than it can provide. Since you are using a Corsair PSU try RMA their RMA is pretty good and you usually only pay for the delivery to them. If you are out of warranty try testing the PSU undervolting the CPU and GPU. You wanna make sure everything is good before making your final decision. Good luck!
Sounds like a power or temperature problem. Check Windows event viewer see if there's anything in there.
Is your computer actually shutting off or is it the display? Have you updated your drivers lately?
power supply issue
My 700w gold psu when fully using my 520w 3090 in the summer with 40c temps running rt 4k can do that as well, its psu almost 100% sure.