- Oct 8, 2017
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I'm experiencing reboots on my computer while tabbing in and out of games. No BSOD, just kernel-power 41 from event viewer which says nothing.
This would only happen on more intensive games.
I could reproduce this by continously tabbing in and out of a game repeatively.
Outside of heavy games, this problem does not occur. Average use is browsing while watching live streams.
I've tried stress testing CPU with Intel burn test with no issues.
I've also tested 3 different GPUs and this is what happened so far.
A GTX 670 would not crash no matter how much I'd tab in and out of a game.
A GTX 970 and a GTX 1080 would crash pretty quickly after the 7th~ time tabbing in and out repeatly.
Temperatures are definitely not the issue. I've always been monitoring them and they are well below dangerous temperatures.
System specs :
Windows 8.1 64bit
Latest nvidia drivers
i5-2550k (not overclocked as of now)
Corsair vengance 2x4gb ram
Gtx 1080(brand new) in the rig ATM
Corsair HX 750w power supply. This thing whines like crazy for games at 100+ FPS on my gtx 970.
Had all the components besides the GPU around when the gtx 600s launched.
I know diagnosing these things are a headache so I need your opinions before I try to replace anything.
Right now I think the biggest suspect is the power supply is failing to draw the power needed at times. Seems like tabbing in and out will cause quick changes in power consumption and the PSU could not handle it anymore. Hence why it would be fine on the GTX 670 but would crash with the gtx 970 and 1080 since they draw more power.
Another example of it crashing would be when I'm playing Street Fighter V, practicing target combos I press the reset button a lot. This makes you reload the stage and fade into a black screen in and out fairly quickly. Again I suspect when a shift in power consumption the computer crashes. This results in less crashes compared to tabbing in and out repeatly. I've only tested a little but extending the desktop to a second screen causes more chances of crash
Thank you.
This would only happen on more intensive games.
I could reproduce this by continously tabbing in and out of a game repeatively.
Outside of heavy games, this problem does not occur. Average use is browsing while watching live streams.
I've tried stress testing CPU with Intel burn test with no issues.
I've also tested 3 different GPUs and this is what happened so far.
A GTX 670 would not crash no matter how much I'd tab in and out of a game.
A GTX 970 and a GTX 1080 would crash pretty quickly after the 7th~ time tabbing in and out repeatly.
Temperatures are definitely not the issue. I've always been monitoring them and they are well below dangerous temperatures.
System specs :
Windows 8.1 64bit
Latest nvidia drivers
i5-2550k (not overclocked as of now)
Corsair vengance 2x4gb ram
Gtx 1080(brand new) in the rig ATM
Corsair HX 750w power supply. This thing whines like crazy for games at 100+ FPS on my gtx 970.
Had all the components besides the GPU around when the gtx 600s launched.
I know diagnosing these things are a headache so I need your opinions before I try to replace anything.
Right now I think the biggest suspect is the power supply is failing to draw the power needed at times. Seems like tabbing in and out will cause quick changes in power consumption and the PSU could not handle it anymore. Hence why it would be fine on the GTX 670 but would crash with the gtx 970 and 1080 since they draw more power.
Another example of it crashing would be when I'm playing Street Fighter V, practicing target combos I press the reset button a lot. This makes you reload the stage and fade into a black screen in and out fairly quickly. Again I suspect when a shift in power consumption the computer crashes. This results in less crashes compared to tabbing in and out repeatly. I've only tested a little but extending the desktop to a second screen causes more chances of crash
Thank you.
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