#Daughter's PC losing video while gaming

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left patrol
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My daughter's PC is losing video while gaming. This can happen 10 minutes in or 2+ hours in. In order to get the video back she has to power off her PC and turn it back on. I've had her check her connections and try different HDMI cables.
Any idea?

true oak
low umbra
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check by opening task manager or having msi afterburner tell you the info

wicked wing
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if the GPU has RGB

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or any form of LED.

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watch the LED.

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if it flickers erratically when the display cuts out, its the power supply.

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my 3090 ran into this issue, and turns out my rosewill 1000W was bad, so I replaced it with a corsair 1000W, the issue stopped as soon as it was replaced.

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^it also may be that a component is pulling more power than advertised, which I've noticed is completely possible.

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another thing you can do to ideally check if its the power supply, is decrease the power usage limit to the GPU using MSI afterburner, to the lowest setting, and test games, if the display lasts longer before dying out, that can also point to a power supply problem

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the LED thing is a good indicator imo tho

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(my 3090's Geforce RTX text lights up, so it was easy for me to diagnose.)

left patrol
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Thanks for all the help! She has RX 580. I am thinking it’s starting it’s last phase of life. Temps looks good. Power drawn shouldn’t be an issue with R5 2600 and the 580, the power supply is a NEW 650W Bronze power supply.

wicked wing
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(I did not sneeze on it actually but you get the point)

left patrol
wicked wing
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I had to swap to a 1000W from corsair