Weird things started to happen to my pc...

SkulkShard said:

When ever I try to open a steam game called Spider-Man Remastered it just gives an error,

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Has the game ever worked on this PC.

Going off the few PC hardware details provided the one thing that stands out is that the CPU is a 3rd gen Intel whereas in the minimum stated hardware requirements it says that a 4th gen Intel CPU is required.

Can you post the brand and model name or number of the power supply (PSU).

Download then run Speccy ( free ) and post the resultant url for us, details here, this will provide us with information about your computer hardware + any software that you have installed that may explain the present issue/s.

To publish a Speccy profile to the Web:

In Speccy, click File, and then click Publish Snapshot.

In the Publish Snapshot dialog box, click Yes to enable Speccy to proceed.

Speccy publishes the profile and displays a second Publish Snapshot. You can open the URL in your default browser, copy it to the clipboard, or close the dialog box.

Thanks for confirming but we are missing both the PSU information and the Speccy url.

Can I ask that you do not quote every reply as we have to read the full post to make sure nothing gets missed,, enter any reply in the dialogue input box, thanks.

Edit to add: Avoid multiple posts, you get five minutes to edit your last reply, please use it so to avoid replies needing mod approval.

https://speccy.piriform.com/results/wbSjxXKdx0CdmbsNR6lXGXj
I don't know the PSU

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You need to take off the side of the case and get the PSU information, a PSU overheating internally causes chaos.

Will take a look as Speccy then post back.

phillpower2 said:

Edit to add: Avoid multiple posts, you get five minutes to edit your last reply, please use it so to avoid replies needing mod approval.

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Couple of things of note in Speccy but without the PSU info the points may well be irrelevant.

Power Profile
Active power scheme: High performance

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Change the Windows Power Plan to Balanced, Ultra and High Performance are a form of overclocking that is known to cause stability and overheating issues, the setting should only be used for gaming type notebooks that have a discrete GPU that needs the extra power.

The PSU being an unknown brand is always a bad sign and especially if it as old as the other hardware.

The system is running on generic Windows driver rather than drivers provided by the maker of the MB.

Gaming via wireless is not normally the best, if only for testing purposes try an Ethernet connection.

Sorry but have to ask how come you swapped out video cards but don't know the PSU details.

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phillpower2 said:

The PSU being an unknown brand is always a bad sign and especially if it as old as the other hardware.

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A GT 730 was an entry level card that only required a 200W PSU and no supplemental power dongle from the PSU, a Gigabyte RTX 2060 requires a minimum of a good quality brand Gold efficiency rated 500W supply + an 8 pin supplemental power dongle from the PSU.

The old unknown PSU is killing the RTX 2060 for sure.

Polite reminder, please use the edit time rather than multi post.

100% you need a new PSU and curious as to know from where you are getting 85W from

It is the GPU manufacturer that is expected to honour any warranty should the card fail because it was underpowered, not a PSU calculator or some faceless person on the internet that says that it is ok to ignore any minimum PSU requirements specified by the GPU manufacturer.

GPU manufacturer are not legally obliged to and nor will they replace a product or pay a refund for damage caused by the end user

You can check for yourself at Gigabyte here where you will find that even their mini ITX card requires the system to be powered by a minimum of a 500W PSU.

There is no fix for a poor quality, old and weak PSU and I`m afraid that you are kidding yourself if you think because a PSU says 500W then it is okay, PSUs have warranties and when it comes to high end GPUs you don't skimp because if you do it will always end badly.

phillpower2 said:

a Gigabyte RTX 2060 requires a minimum of a good quality brand Gold efficiency rated 500W supply + an 8 pin supplemental power dongle from the PSU.

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Proven brands are the Corsair RM range or above, EVGA, Seasonic and Super Flower.

Sorry but not all PSUs are made equal and some are so bad that they should ship with a fire extinguisher and public health warning and I cannot do anymore than explain to you what happens when you use a weak PSU, you don't even know the brand name to tell us so to put it bluntly you are playing Russian Roulette by using the present PSU with a gaming quality GPU.

Here is an ideal example of the type of PSU that will be in an old pre built system like yours, labelled as 500W when it can only actually produce 264W, this information is proven on the specification label, 12V Xs 22A = 264W

SkulkShard said:

Also are you sure its a PSU problem,

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You are using a PSU that is unknown quality, old and does not meet the requirements stated by Gigabyte for their GPU, if the PSU were any good it would ( A ) Have an information label in plain view and ( B ) it would have a minimum efficiency rating.

Because your PSU does not have either of the above there is nothing more to say here I`m afraid, you are clearly not taking onboard what you are being advised.

SkulkShard said:

everything else works fine.

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Such as and when.

Just so that you are aware, no one here is going to say that it is okay for you to continue using the present PSU when the RTX 2060 is present, doing so would be reckless so aint going to happen.

Did everything run okay when you had the GT 730 in the board and do you still have that card.

You may or may not be aware but drivers also affect power usage with one of the main things drawing extra power being the GPU when game ready drivers need to load so that the card can function properly.

You will not resolve any of the RTX 2060 issues until you have swapped in an appropriate PSU and if you do not still have the GT 730 the best/safest thing that you can do is to remove the RTX 2060 from the MB and stick to using the Intel HD video from the CPU until you have the appropriate PSU fitted.

phillpower2 said:

Did everything run okay when you had the GT 730 in the board and do you still have that card.

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You missed answering the above for us.

No follow up from the OP, thread closed as abandoned.