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Why so much power?
The old PSU was an XFX 750 Watt. (4 years old before misbehaving)
The new one is an EVGA 650 GS, it comfortably runs an FX-9590 and the R9 290, tho now runs a GTX 970.
I want to get GTX 980ti in the future so thought I would need a more powerful psu. I have disconnected the GPU and after a hour or two i shut the pc down and it had the same problem.
any Ideas ?
yeah had a look and they seem fine. I also took out a usb led light strip that was connected to the back and it worked. but then happened again when i plugged the gpu back in
Yeah I was ready for replacing the gpu but then decided to keep it for a while longer. I don't have another board no. The board is only 3 months old. I have the Gpu in the lower slot just now. But the problem still occurred with the gpu completely disconnected.
Could clearing the cmos do any good ?
What do you mean by that? please elaborate.problem still occurred with the gpu completely disconnected.
Could try that, but if its that new its probably not the Board.
Wait:
What do you mean by that? please elaborate.
I completely disconnected the gpu and connect my HDMI to the motherboard and it worked for a short time until the pc was shut down. When i tried to boot up it started from a split second and powered down again. So this rules out the gpu ?
Yes this rules out the GPU.
Maybe the OCP is being tripped on his PSU? Has he swapped it with another one?
Ok thats good. Only thing is it happened once maybe twice with the gpu out. With it connected it happens 8/10 times I shut down and try to restart. So with the Gpu definitely happens more often.
What make model is the Mobo?
Over Current Protection ^^^ usually happens when the PSU is on its last legs, the voltage rail ripple and drop too much and it compensates by adding more AMPs, too much of that it trips.
PSU tripping out, happens more often with the GPU as it requires more power.
What you think CEUOTC?
Good shout. Can you borrow a PSU from someone to test? PSU problems are usually a problem to diagnose as they create such random issues