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Bad power makes GPU squel

lifeblood

lifeblood

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My PSU of 3.5 years blew so I slapped in a spare one that had more power than my previous one. The video card started squeling about 10 seconds after I turned it on and my PC suffered random shutdowns. Crap! The PSU must have damaged the motherboard when it committed suicide I thought, so I bought a new one. When it arrived I slapped it in. Sam problem, video card squealed and I had random shutdowns. Was my GPU bad to? But why the random shutdowns on a new motherboard. GPU and CPU both bad? On a hunch I ordered a new PSU. It finally arrived last night (late, thanks for nothing UPS) and I slapped it in. My PC powered up and the video card was quiet. Everything works fine.

It turns out my spare PSU is lame and doesn't provide good power. I mention it here simply as a warning that a squealing GPU may not mean the GPU is going bad, it could be a bad PSU.

I haven't tested my old motherboard yet to see if it really is bad, but I suspect it's just fine.
 
Depends on when it squeels.

During rest on the desktop, when the fps goes crazy high 1000+, when the gpu is stressed at 30fps?
 
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