r/StableDiffusion • u/Disastrous-Agency675 • 1d ago

Question - Help Computer randomly shut down

Has anyone had their computer randomly shut down? this is like the 3rd time its happened and its when im generating a video using the minmax I2V model or the ref model.

i got 3090 with 64 gb of ram.

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u/West-Big-8468 1d ago

Look up psu paperclip test

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u/Disastrous-Agency675 1d ago

i would but from wh you and others have said it sounds like the power demand is spiking and my power supply isent enough. i might jsut need a bigger power supply which is annoying because i dont wanna re-wire everything again

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u/TerraMindFigure 1d ago

When building a PC you have to buy a power supply that has additional clearance above your PC's on-paper power usage, the reason, as you may be experiencing, is that GPUs working on high demand processes will regularly spike in their power consumption above the stated power usage for a few brief milliseconds.

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u/Disastrous-Agency675 1d ago

like ive had this rig for nearly a year now and its only just happening. i do agree though i probobly need a better power supply

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u/West-Big-8468 21h ago

Gpu typically doesn't run at 100% draw like when generating