If it's hot enough to shut the system down, it should be hot enough to feel when nearing it (without touching it) Shut the system down and unplug it from the wall.įeel around inside the case WITHOUT TOUCHING ANYTHING!!! I'd first suggest playing the game with the side open. Temps are only measured by sensors - so if there's not a sensor where the temp gets hot, there won't be any reading. Happy to run any tests, suggestions and upload further logs. Here is my latest HWINFO log when playing Fortnite and then black screen and restart, kernel power 41 63. I’ve logged temps when both stress testing and while playing games.
Logged temperatures while stress testing and playing games, haven’t seen any high tempsĭisabled and enabled different sound drivers to test for conflicts
Updated all drivers (CPU, GPU, BIOS, sound etc)Ĭlean installation of Windows 10 multiple times issue is still not resolved.Īt this point, my computer has been disassembled and parts replaced multiple times. I took it back for a third time, they took it to their head office, did extensive testing and found a fault with the CPU, they replaced it. Took it back, I said I suspected the MOBO was the issue, so they replaced it under warranty, problem persisted. Still experienced 41 63, black out and restarts. They replaced it with a 550w Cooler master gold. Initially, they found a fault with the PSU, which was at that time a 500w EVGA bronze.
I sent the PC to the outlet where I purchased the parts from, they had their own technicians run tests on all the parts. However, when playing games, within an hour, computer crashes (always kernel 41 63). Ran stress tests when first built, prime95 and heaven whilst logging temps for 8 hours, no crashes or high temps (max cup temp 54 C, max gpu temp 76 C). I built the PC myself, errors started when playing high demanding games for the first time. TL DR: Run a GPU benchmark for several hours, turn off computer for another 1-2 hours -> hopefully no more coil whine.Computer turns black and automatically restarts when playing high demanding games, no BSOD, not overclocked. I hope this helps others having the same issue! Keep in mind this method should work for other 970's, not just EVGA. For me, running Heaven Benchmark for 5+ hours and leaving my computer off for another couple hours did the trick. See if that may assist with the issue as well.įollow these steps. One suggestion would be to run a stress test such as 3DMark, Unigine Heaven, or OC Scanner X for several hours to "burn-in" the video card and then let it sit with the power off for a couple hours.
You typically can verify this reading in your motherboard's BIOS. To do that, verify the +12V is pushing out between 11.4V and 12.6V and is not fluctuating very much. If it possibly is a coil whine, I would highly recommend to verify the power supply is sending the proper power to the card and the system.
if the noise changes with that setting then it could be the fan itself and we can get an RMA started. To make sure it may not be the fan that is causing the sound, use EVGA Precision X to adjust the fan speed to it's lowest setting and then use the highest setting.
I went straight to the source and made a support ticket with EVGA. I am making this post to inform other people what I did to solve this issue. I recently purchased an EVGA GTX 970 and, like most others who did the same, experienced pretty bad coil whine initially.