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Games freezing screen looses signal gpu using drops psu 12v voltage a bit low.

unix43
Level 7
Hi all.
Been a while.
I stopped playing games for a good 12 months as I have had no time.
I decided to get back into it the other day but I have encountered some problems with my rig.
What was happening is I was playing games in 3D vision like I used to when out of no where the games just freeze.
So I done the old spring clean got all the dust out of my fans on my radiators its all water cooled dust out the radiators themselves temps are good CPU is a Intel 4790k at 4.6ghz load temp about 55degrese celcius.
Gpus are evga g-force 780 sli sc flashed bios at 1137mhz.
They run around 42-43 degrees under load.
So to me it sounded like temps but i have half ruled that out.
Also I noticed my gpu usage will drop to 0% if the game doesn't freeze instantly.
Sometimes it even recovers.
Running an asus maximum vi hero.
21000mhz corsair domination ram.
So i tried new drivers old drivers no change.
Added voltage to the gpus no change.
It seems to be able to run Unigene heaven and furmark for a while fine.
I checked my psu voltages in bios corsair ax1200 everything good with no load.
Just thought id try with load using HWinfo and evga precision noticed 3v fine 5v fine 12v drops as low as 11.61 and doesn't go higher then 11.84.
I haven't had the time tonight to see what the voltage reads when i get a freeze it crash.
Even sometimes now i get DVI no display sometimes and screen turns off.
So i cant work out if the 12v is to low or its a pic-e problem or gpu problem.
From memory the gpus run off the 3v rail correct?.
Which is fine.
So im kind of baffled right now and could use some advice opinions on what in have just mentioned.

Thanks 🙂
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MeanMachine
Level 13
Hi unix43 😄 and I recommend testing your PSU to eliminate that possibility.

The only definitive way to determine if the PSU is failing is to swap it out with a known working unit.
You may test it with a multi-meter and have all voltages within an acceptable range, however this does not account for any spikes or what happens under load.

BTW: GPU's run off a 12v rail and here is a good article: http://www.overclock.net/a/gpu-and-cpu-power-connections
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