Computer Random Reboot...suspect it could be SLI...

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Hey Everyone...

My computer specs are:
i7-2600k 3.4ghz (no OC)
GTX 670 4gb SLI (no OC)
16gb Corsair Ram

While I was just playing Guild Wars 2 my computer just randomly rebooted...which totally freaked me out considering how much money I have in this setup. No bsod just a straight soft reboot with a black monitor. I have the newest drivers and I installed it correctly (uninstall old one, reboot, run driver sweeper in safe mode, reboot, install new driver). I also have the 1000W PSU, Cooler Master...so I don't believe the PSU is the problem. I wasn't overheating....was running the fans on the cards at 75% and getting in the mid 50s for temps...when I had just one card I would get the same temps so that couldn't be the issue. CPU was acceptable as well around 50C.

I've heard that GW2 and some of the newer drivers with SLI can sometimes cause the issue...and it hasn't happened to me yet with any other game this week since I setup SLI, so I'm not sure if it's just a faulty driver or not. I am seeing a lot of info about faulty PSU's being a culprit for this though...but I don't see how 1000W isn't enough and every other game runs fine.

Anyone have suggestions? I'm a rookie at SLI and I have a feeling this was something to do with it...
 
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1000W is enough to run everything you have but that does not mean it is not defective wattage does not mean anything but it also could be the game causing this issue like you said. try running it without SLI and see if it happens again.
 
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I have a PSU tester somewhere where you plug in the 24 pin connector and run it and some lights turn on to tell you if it's running ok....I used it a few months ago, but I suppose I could try it again...save a lot of money replacing something that isn't broken...

but yeah I may just keep it in SLI and if it happens again then test the PSU and if that's ok then run single card

Thanks for the suggestion :)...any others would be helpful in case I'm missing something...
 
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Tester in this case will not help as tester cannot test for random shuts off in the power supply only way to test it would be to use a different power supply.
 
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oh ok...I don't have another one to try though...especially with enough wattage for my SLI

I guess the best thing I could do is wait until I get it again and if it's with the same game then I'll know why otherwise I'll have to start checking out the PSU

I did read somewhere that you have to make sure you have the 6 pin connectors for the GPU's on different rails....by rails that means two separate cable lines right? I was just wondering if maybe I'm overloading a single rail somehow...but they're on two separate cable lines coming out of the box so not sure what else I'd have to do to fix that.
 
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