GPU Overheating Issue

So this is an issue i have never had. I was playing Planetside2 and all the sudden my gpu crashes. I restart and it happens again. I open up my pc and notice my GPU fans are not spinning.

So i restart my pc. The fans spin till windows boots then they stop. 1 fan spins for a while then stops. I cleaned out my drivers and reinstalled them and nothing. I am thinking its my PSU. I am wondering if anyone has had this issue. I used EVGA Precision to force my fans to spin at 40% and ran a game. This caused my entire computer to restart.

I am running a ASUS Nvidia GTX 970 Strix. I have a evga suprnova 650w 80plus gold psu.

Any help is appreciated.

I have also had this comp built and functional for 3 months now.

Hmm... Can't RMA it unless you have an extended warranty. You might try buying a new GPU cooler that fits on the 970 and try that. Don't forget to clean off the main GPU part and re-apply Thermal Paste when you swap GPU coolers. It's not hard, is just takes a little work. Might get your temps on the 970 down even further. Though for future reference, buy an EVGA if you go with Nvidia, they have much better fans if you go with their ACX 2.0+ models.

Better to make sure the cause of the problem first before spending more money... Is the PSU only three months old? Have your calculated your parts inputted wattage?? I'm just gussing but I'm thinking you may have needed more of a 750W.. But with your modular PSU you can try a different 8-port PCI-E power cord, or just make sure it didn't move loose.. Try some googling too cause where your parts are not too old, you're probably just a quick fix away or getting some warranty.

PSU is fiine, the fans died so the card overheats. Send it for RMA or if you don't mind the hassle, get an aftermarket cooler.

I've never had fans die in three months.. but hopefully its all fine and dandy

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Better to make sure the cause of the problem first before spending more money... Is the PSU only three months old? Have your calculated your parts inputted wattage?? I'm just gussing but I'm thinking you may have needed more of a 750W.. But with your modular PSU you can try a different 8-port PCI-E power cord, or just make sure it didn't move loose.. Try some googling too cause where your parts are not too old, you're probably just a quick fix away or getting some warranty.

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The PSU is a couple years old, it was something I was not using from a bit coin miner I built. If my fans were bad then why would they work with EVGA Precision? If my PSU upgrade does not fix it then I will look at an EVGA card.

Have you actually used a program to monitor your temps? You may be crashing from a CPU related issue and it may have nothing to do with the GPU. Run a program to monitor GPU temp an CPU temp. Also, try running your CPU at stock speed or even underclock a bit and see what happens.

Adapt1ve that's a new feature of Planetside...but in all seriousness it would seem like this issue would be related directly to the PSU as it is the oldest component of your build. To help everyone who is trying to help you could you list your entire system specs (exact parts would be most beneficial) as I could then check around and see if the PSU is your limiting factor. My guess is that during the three months you have been using your computer that the PSU has been running near peak performance and coupled with the fact that you used it for mining, (which I will presume you ran around the clock for the most part) so I would guess that your PSU is dying. Hopefully that isn't an issue and it's just something on the software side of things. Just in case you have to get a new PSU what brand would you recommend he get? I personally went with an 80 plus platinum PSU from corsair and I haven't had any issues what so ever. Another thing you might want to take into consideration is whether or not you are/will be overclocking as that will draw more power. It could also be something to do with where your power supply is being drawn from and whether or not you're getting clean power. I'll post again if I think of anything else or you respond.


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Just in case you have to get a new PSU what brand would you recommend he get?

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I've had really good luck with EVGA PSU's. Really good quality.

Thanks for the input guys, but it turns out it was my GPU. I plugged my old one in and it worked perfectly. Replaced it and problem solved. I appreciate the input, but it wasn't the psu at all, it was ASUS proving once again I should have gone with EVGA in the first place.

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Thanks for the input guys, but it turns out it was my GPU. I plugged my old one in and it worked perfectly. Replaced it and problem solved. I appreciate the input, but it wasn't the psu at all, it was ASUS proving once again I should have gone with EVGA in the first place.

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Glad to hear your issue was Asus and not EVGA, Personalky I think Asus does a fine job when it comes to mobos but that's all I have by them at this point.


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why are you running your fans at 40% your probably over heating your CPU or Video card
run your fans at 100%

I know the GTX 900 Series cards have a something built in to them that the fans stay idle until the card reaches a specific temperature or GPU usage.

I've never run my fans at full speed. I set them to run at a percentage lower than the temperature.

60c Temp = 50% fan speed. It sits comfortably at 60c with the majority of games I play.

This sounds like a driver issue relating to the fan control. Did you download a program like MSI afterburner and set custom fan curves/speed?

That's always worked for me. I'd recommend doing this anyways to keep the GPU cooler than standard and taking the chance of driver issues with fan controls out of the picture.

Hey wait! My friend had this exact same problem, and he just kind of dealt with the crashes. I found out later he was having the problem and fixed it pretty easily for him. His problem, just to be clear, was that when he played moderately powerful games and/ or high end games like CS:GO or Tomb Raider on Ultra, his GPU would crash and a message at the bottom right corner of his monitor would say something like "The display driver stopped responding and has recovered".

The way I fixed it, was by FIRST: Lowering his fan curve, because it was actually drawing a lot more power than you'd think (It was at 100% curve), THEN, on his desktop, right clicked, and opened the Nvidia control panel. From there, I went to "Manage 3D Settings". After that, I navigated to "Global Settings", then clicked "Power Management Mode". When I did that, it gave me the option to switch to either "Adaptive", or "Prefer Maximum Performance". I clicked "Prefer Maximum Performance", then applied the changes.

And Voila! Problem fixed.

ALTHOUGH, did you buy this GPU "Used", or "Refurbished"? If so, the previous owner probably screwed up the card while he was using it or poorly refurbished it. It could just be your card finally dying on you or something, if the above solution doesn't work.

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Hey wait! My friend had this exact same problem, and he just kind of dealt with the crashes. I found out later he was having the problem and fixed it pretty easily for him. His problem, just to be clear, was that when he played moderately powerful games and/ or high end games like CS:GO or Tomb Raider on Ultra, his GPU would crash and a message at the bottom right corner of his monitor would say something like "The display driver stopped responding and has recovered".

The way I fixed it, was by FIRST: Lowering his fan curve, because it was actually drawing a lot more power than you'd think (It was at 100% curve), THEN, on his desktop, right clicked, and opened the Nvidia control panel. From there, I went to "Manage 3D Settings". After that, I navigated to "Global Settings", then clicked "Power Management Mode". When I did that, it gave me the option to switch to either "Adaptive", or "Prefer Maximum Performance". I clicked "Prefer Maximum Performance", then applied the changes.

And Voila! Problem fixed.

ALTHOUGH, did you buy this GPU "Used", or "Refurbished"? If so, the previous owner probably screwed up the card while he was using it or poorly refurbished it. It could just be your card finally dying on you or something, if the above solution doesn't work.

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So the issue was a power issue, you could have just bumped the volt up by like .1 and it should have been fine... SOunds like silicon degradation, I have the issue on my 5970, but that was pushing the stock volts when it came out.