What's wrong with my PC? | Linus Tech Tips | Page 1

nocturne robin Jul 6, 2023, 4:46 AM

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Images Included. I sat down to stream some Phasmophobia on my system (i7-10700k, 32GB RAM, FTW3 3080ti, 2 SSD, 2 HDD). I updated my GPU with Geforce Experience the other day after the card disappeared from my Project listings, and no stats being read in Precision X1. I was streaming with StreamLabs, some Edge tabs open, Precision X1 open, Discord open, Steam and Phasmophobia open as well. The game seemed sluggish earlier, and I checked Task Manager to see the Stats, according to Task Manager the CPU was at ~55% utilization, RAM was at ~65%, Disk at 1%, Ethernet at 1%, and the GPU at 35-45%. With Precision X1 reading the temps as 45C. What's wrong with my PC?

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It is alright to @ me.

supple wasp Jul 6, 2023, 4:50 AM

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This is very symptomatic of a VRAM corruption and/or power issue.

nocturne robin Jul 6, 2023, 4:51 AM

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VRAM corruption or Power? I have an EVGA P2 1200W in it?

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With a UPS hooked up to it

supple wasp Jul 6, 2023, 4:52 AM

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Oh no not what I meant by power.

nocturne robin Jul 6, 2023, 4:53 AM

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Oh do you mean the chips on the GPU?

supple wasp Jul 6, 2023, 4:53 AM

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Dirty power from a loose pcie cable to your PSU can cause this. Or a failing connector on a modular PSU can cause this. damaged cable. Or the power distribution on the GPU can do this. But I would start with the VRAM component first.

nocturne robin Jul 6, 2023, 4:54 AM

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What do I do about it? And it only does it occasionally?

supple wasp Jul 6, 2023, 4:54 AM

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Can you operate windows enough or is it so bad that doing anything basic on the system is frustrating if and nearly impossible.

nocturne robin Jul 6, 2023, 4:55 AM

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I have steam, voicemod, edge, and Virtual desktop open rn, and it's fine?

supple wasp Jul 6, 2023, 4:56 AM

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Something like this could help https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3565/~/graphics-card-basic-troubleshooting-for-video-corruption-%2F-crashing-%2F-system

NVIDIA Support

nocturne robin Jul 6, 2023, 4:56 AM

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Though, I have had some issues with the HDMI signal going out sometimes, though I attributed it to a bad cable.

supple wasp Jul 6, 2023, 4:57 AM

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I know things like Afterburner have ways to check and verify your VRAM

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http://www.programming4beginners.com/gpumemtest

nocturne robin Jul 6, 2023, 5:00 AM

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Running the GPU Memory Test now

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Test 8/8

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Just waiting for passes on it

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"All tests OK." - GpuMemTest

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Verifying the Game's data

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"All 954 files successfully validated"

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What should I do next?

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Gonna run a disk check for possible errors

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No Errors found on C:

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Though my C: SSD is low, with only ~52GB free

pure ridge Jul 6, 2023, 5:33 AM

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Maybe try downgrading the GPU driver to the latest released that you know worked fine?

nocturne robin Jul 6, 2023, 5:34 AM

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The last version also had an issue, when I would try to Project to my other monitors, Windows said that I should update the drivers/try another GPU

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Though I'll try to reinstall them

pure ridge Jul 6, 2023, 5:36 AM

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try that

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and maybe uninstall drivers in safe mode (if you want in safe mode in normal is also fine) with ddu (display driver uninstaller)

nocturne robin Jul 6, 2023, 5:38 AM

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Are you saying it's fine to use DDU on normal boot?

pure ridge Jul 6, 2023, 5:38 AM

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not really

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but i ran in normal mode

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like if don't want in safe mode

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even linus said in a video

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something along the lines in a video about intel arc: "We never really ran it safe mode..."

nocturne robin Jul 6, 2023, 5:42 AM

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Oh, I just booted into safe, I think

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With networking

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Running DDU now

pure ridge Jul 6, 2023, 5:47 AM

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ok

nocturne robin Jul 6, 2023, 5:47 AM

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Restarting

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Reinstalling GeForce Experience

pure ridge Jul 6, 2023, 5:50 AM

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ok...

nocturne robin Jul 6, 2023, 5:51 AM

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Installing Drivers again...

tired pike Jul 6, 2023, 5:53 AM

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nocturne robin Installing Drivers again...

I'm having the same issue except this only happens when I play OW2...

nocturne robin Jul 6, 2023, 5:54 AM

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"GeForce Game Ready Driver" "Installation can't continue" "An error occurred."

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Trying again

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Still can't continue. Not with Express Installation or Custom. I'll try rebooting again.

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Failed again.

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Updating Geforce Experience

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Trying to install the drivers again

#What's wrong with my PC?