PC Shuts down seemingly after GPU reaches 100% load...

spaceii · Sep 9, 2016

HI, I am relatively new to the PC gaming scene, and built myself a nice PC maybe 4 months ago.
In the past 2 months it has been shutting down almost randomly, sometimes every day, sometimes once a week. Now its really pissing me off, I can sometimes run a game all day without it happening but that's never a guarantee. My specs are linked below, thanks to anyone who takes the time to help me. Running MSI Kombust will instantly spike my PC up to 99 load and after a few minutes it crashes, it seems the TDP will often linger at 102, I'm assuming this is bad because it goes red after hitting 100. Lastly, when my PC shuts down, it wont start up right away, it goes through a cycle of restarting before the bios can load up, at which point I have to turn off the PSU and wait 10 minutes before booting up again. Thanks again for helping!!

http://imgur.com/C3kIwM7

jbgarcia · Sep 9, 2016

spaceii :

HI, I am relatively new to the PC gaming scene, and built myself a nice PC maybe 4 months ago.
In the past 2 months it has been shutting down almost randomly, sometimes every day, sometimes once a week. Now its really pissing me off, I can sometimes run a game all day without it happening but that's never a guarantee. My specs are linked below, thanks to anyone who takes the time to help me. Running MSI Kombust will instantly spike my PC up to 99 load and after a few minutes it crashes, it seems the TDP will often linger at 102, I'm assuming this is bad because it goes red after hitting 100. Lastly, when my PC shuts down, it wont start up right away, it goes through a cycle of restarting before the bios can load up, at which point I have to turn off the PSU and wait 10 minutes before booting up again. Thanks again for helping!!

Why are you using Kombust for? Also, did you get an adequate power supply for your setup? Additionally, the i7-6700K can get pretty hot, especially if you're overclocking it. Overclocking it and the 980Ti, especially if you have a poor cooling solution could be causing temperatures to spike dramatically. If they PC is randomly shutting down, especially if there is no message why on reboot, it's likely shutting down to prevent itself from getting seriously damaged due to high temperatures or excessive voltage.
http://imgur.com/C3kIwM7

bystander · Sep 9, 2016

I'd suspect the PSU first. Heat might do it too, but that doesn't usually shut the computer down, but rather crash to the desktop.

spaceii · Sep 9, 2016

jbgarcia :

My PSU is a corsair 800w, it seemed to have great ratings and was highly suggested to me. Its also definitely not my CPU as I have a corsair h115i cooling it, and during use it sits at around 30 Celsius. Only thing I could think of was GPU overheating, I used kombust to check my theory, and it seemed to shut down shortly after running it. Would a lack of cable management cause bad air flow to the GPU? I have 3 corsair case fans in the front of my case bringing air in and 1 at the back for exhaust. Lastly, I am currently not overclocking my GPU.

Here is a pic of the inside of my PC

http://imgur.com/a/1dZ20

spaceii · Sep 9, 2016

bystander :

I have a very nice 800w corsair PSU, and its only a few months old?

spaceii · Sep 9, 2016

Here is what I see on Kombust, if it helps.

It says 104 TDP in red

http://imgur.com/a/HbnyB

bystander · Sep 9, 2016

It's most likely a defective PSU, or something else is defective, but most things don't cause a crash like that.

spaceii · Sep 10, 2016

bystander :

Is there a way I can test that? It seems reasonable, as I ran more tests and determined that even under NO stress at all on the cpu or gpu (just casual web browsing) it shut down. I'm guessing something is broken, however I'd like to know for sure before ordering a new part. I used to rage when playing games, and about a month ago around the time when this issue started happening I hit my desk a little too hard, maybe that fucked something? I just assumed that since it worked some of the time nothing was broken...maybe I was wrong?

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