A very odd computer issue I'm having
My gaming rig is plugged into a UPS. I also run dual GeForce GTX 460's run in SLI mode. My game of choice atm is FarCry3. Every now and again, Nvidia will automatically update my vid card drivers and in the process, disable SLI. A few weeks back during a round of FC3 I noticed the fans on the cards were running much louder than normal. Checked the Nvidia control panel and sure enough, there must have been an update as SLI was disabled.
No problem, re-enable and jump back in the game. Within 5 mins of doing so, an alarm started going off on my UPS. Couldn't imagine why it was doing that is the only time I've heard the alarm before was during a poweroutage. So I get under my desk to see what the hell the issue was and before I could figure it out, the UPS shut down my entire system. Circuit breaker wasn't tripped so I unplugged it and plugged it back in. Turned everything back on an tried again. Just like before, after a few mins the alarm went off but I jumped under my desk immediately and as far as I can tell, it was signaling over voltage. I should mention that shortly after leaving the game, the alarm stops.
I figured maybe the UPS was failing so I swapped it with one that my server and other items connect to that is able to support more electronics hoping that would solve it. Nope, same thing happens on that one too.
I'm hesitant to bypass both UPS's and just plug it into the wall in case there is a problem with over voltage.
This ONLY happened after re-activating SLI after what I can only assume was an update. I have run this game numerous times in the past with SLI enabled. I have not overclocked them. Running whatever drivers the control panel automatically installs in the background.
Any thoughts on this? I do miss playing FC3.
Last edited by GoinAllTheWay; 05-15-2013 at 06:31 PM.
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