Parmageddon
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- Dec 18, 2012
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Hello,
Bought an X51 a couple years back, didnt really use it until recently, unfortunately its suffering from the intermittent rebooting issue that seems to quite a well known issue. Windows event logger identified this as a Kernel Power Cricitcal issue, which more than likely means its shutting down due to insufficient power. (Could be drawing too much power? Could be faulty PSU, Could be faulty GPU too apparently) Spec is as follows,
X51 R2
I7 4770K
GTX 760 OEM 192bit
8GB (2x 4gb) RAM
1TB HDD
330W Brick
So far on the hardware side, i've removed the CD Drive, reseated all the components inside, made sure all the wires and cables are properly connected.
Software side, i've limited the CPU to 90% capacity, same goes for the GPU.
One thing I wanted to change out was the GPU, The 760 OEM was OK 5years ago, not so much now. A natural card that'd be a good replacement would be the 1060 6GB. I just wanted to ask you guys because of the awful heat temps in this tiny case, is there a specific version of the 1060 that would work best in the X51? I read something about this on one of the posts, but cant find it....something about one that blows the air in a certain way.
Finally, if there's anything else you guys can think of that may be causing the restarts, i'd obviously be very grateful.
thanks for all your help.
ParmaG
Bought an X51 a couple years back, didnt really use it until recently, unfortunately its suffering from the intermittent rebooting issue that seems to quite a well known issue. Windows event logger identified this as a Kernel Power Cricitcal issue, which more than likely means its shutting down due to insufficient power. (Could be drawing too much power? Could be faulty PSU, Could be faulty GPU too apparently) Spec is as follows,
X51 R2
I7 4770K
GTX 760 OEM 192bit
8GB (2x 4gb) RAM
1TB HDD
330W Brick
So far on the hardware side, i've removed the CD Drive, reseated all the components inside, made sure all the wires and cables are properly connected.
Software side, i've limited the CPU to 90% capacity, same goes for the GPU.
One thing I wanted to change out was the GPU, The 760 OEM was OK 5years ago, not so much now. A natural card that'd be a good replacement would be the 1060 6GB. I just wanted to ask you guys because of the awful heat temps in this tiny case, is there a specific version of the 1060 that would work best in the X51? I read something about this on one of the posts, but cant find it....something about one that blows the air in a certain way.
Finally, if there's anything else you guys can think of that may be causing the restarts, i'd obviously be very grateful.
thanks for all your help.
ParmaG