Overheating/Failure during render

DefaultName

My computer fan gets loud and then I no longer get power to my monitor. I'm assuming it's overheating and failing when I try to render. What settings and functions can I change to fix this?

I sometimes use Render Settings from products I buy in the Daz store. So I suspect that sometimes those will change things from a normal render. I'm hoping to simply tweak a thing or two and keep my lighting for a scene.

In the past, Daz will simply stop the render or not render at all if there's an issue, so I'm also wondering if some kind of limiter was turned off? Thank you.

DrunkMonkeyProductions

My first gues, your gpu is about to die.

There aren't really any settings in Studio that will reduce the load for gpus.

About the only things i could suggest is to try repasting your gpu(new thermal paste on the die and new thermal pads on everything else), adjusting your fan speeds, or undervolting the gpu.

you can use MSI afterburner for the latter option.

 

SofaCitizen

I have had that happen a few times and it is incredibly frustrating. I dont know if this is the same for you but in my case I don't think it's necessarily overheating as I have had it happen when doing an iray preview for a few minutes but was then (after powering off and back on) fine for a 40 minute full render. I have also had it happen while playing a game of Carcassone via Steam - which is hardly something that pushes the GPU to it's limit.

While I don't yet have enough evidence to know if I have solved this on my machine there are a few things that may or may not fix it for you from what I have learned:

1. The simple one is that you need to update the driver - go for the latest Studio driver and see if that stops the issue.
2. The other is that perhaps a power cable to the graphics card is not seated fully. Have you moved or opened your computer case before this started happening? It might be worth opening the case and checking that. Maybe unplugging the power cables, blowing away any dust and re-attaching them - if you are confident enough to do so. Also make sure the card is seated fully in it's motherboard socket - graphics cards these days are so big and heavy that sometimes the far corners do "sag" a little unless braced somehow.

DefaultName

I can try underclocking it I guess. I'm not confident enough to do work on it by myself, and money's too tight to get much computer help. Maybe I can hire someone local.