Greetings,
The other day I loaded up a game and the entire pc shut down. No bsod, or such, just a straight shutdown. Power button would not work, however the motherboard's little LED power button was still lit up. So i unplugged the psu, waited a few, plugged back in, and pressed power. For a split second the pc would start up and then die again. So I thought maybe the gpu died. I unplugged both pci-e 8pins and the pc would boot. The gpu is a Galaxy 780gtx HOF, and it continued to get the power for the glowing LED on the logo and fan power. So I shut down, tried again with the pci-e 8 pins plugged in and same problem as before.
I then proceeded to put in my old hd 4870. Powers up fine. Thought.. okay yeah the gpu is dead. However I am noticing some issues like the video driver resetting and a bsod. Often when it is playing videos on youtube or mediaplayer. I have not gamed yet as i've been working a lot and kinda unsure on the course of action.
Before i got the galaxy, this same setup had the 4870 in it, with the same psu, and i am using the same old drivers from before. Never had any of these issues. So I was thinking maybe it is the psu dying?
I do not have any instruments to read anything from the psu for voltage issues. Kinda stumped on if i should get a new psu.
The psu is a hx1000. Its been around for quite some time. Given that back then i had plans for a much beefier system and was running crossfire 4870s, i went with the hx1000.
Right now i am eyeing the corsair AX860. I run a 4670k, 4.4ghz, sdd, 16gb of ram, and had planned on 780gtx sli.
Could the psu being failing on the 12v rail, causing the galaxy to just not work period, and instability in the 4870? Would it be stupid, if i get the new psu, to try the galaxy back in it or would i risk further/potential damage to the system?
Help please!
The other day I loaded up a game and the entire pc shut down. No bsod, or such, just a straight shutdown. Power button would not work, however the motherboard's little LED power button was still lit up. So i unplugged the psu, waited a few, plugged back in, and pressed power. For a split second the pc would start up and then die again. So I thought maybe the gpu died. I unplugged both pci-e 8pins and the pc would boot. The gpu is a Galaxy 780gtx HOF, and it continued to get the power for the glowing LED on the logo and fan power. So I shut down, tried again with the pci-e 8 pins plugged in and same problem as before.
I then proceeded to put in my old hd 4870. Powers up fine. Thought.. okay yeah the gpu is dead. However I am noticing some issues like the video driver resetting and a bsod. Often when it is playing videos on youtube or mediaplayer. I have not gamed yet as i've been working a lot and kinda unsure on the course of action.
Before i got the galaxy, this same setup had the 4870 in it, with the same psu, and i am using the same old drivers from before. Never had any of these issues. So I was thinking maybe it is the psu dying?
I do not have any instruments to read anything from the psu for voltage issues. Kinda stumped on if i should get a new psu.
The psu is a hx1000. Its been around for quite some time. Given that back then i had plans for a much beefier system and was running crossfire 4870s, i went with the hx1000.
Right now i am eyeing the corsair AX860. I run a 4670k, 4.4ghz, sdd, 16gb of ram, and had planned on 780gtx sli.
Could the psu being failing on the 12v rail, causing the galaxy to just not work period, and instability in the 4870? Would it be stupid, if i get the new psu, to try the galaxy back in it or would i risk further/potential damage to the system?
Help please!
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