Cayo Perico Sightseer App shuts down PC

[SpartanNews117]

When being tasked to scope out the primary and secondary targets during the heist pre-prep my PC shuts down. Its weird because its not just deciding to crash back to desktop it is literally killing off its own power. i managed to single out the issue with the Sightseer App. I am able to see the camera feed on the panther cages, and two or three camera switch later - boom! Screen black, PC power off, no more life until I reboot my PC again. This only happens in that circumstance. As pointed out earlier, everyhing else is fine in GTA.

I tried to validiting my files but nothing, I uninstalled the game and reinstalled it but it's still the same.

[in]

PC specs? Maybe it can't handle extra areas getting rendered while viewing cameras.

[SpartanNews117]

Originally posted by in:

PC specs? Maybe it can't handle extra areas getting rendered while viewing cameras.

Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor
Video Card: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
RAM: 16 GB

[AkiraJkr]

Are you doing any kind of voltage-related thing? GTA V for some reason ♥♥♥♥♥ with that and the only solution is disabling voltage control.

[aka]

your rig might have been auto adjusting some overclocking settings in the BIOS/UEFI, i would look around in there first

[AkiraJkr]

Originally posted by aka:

your rig might have been auto adjusting some overclocking settings in the BIOS/UEFI, i would look around in there first

It is not his rig, that I can assure you.
GTA V is the only game I know so far that does this. No matter if you're undervolting or overclocking, just because you have voltage control on the game will start tampering with it, turning your computer unstable until it eventually dies.

[ν]

Originally posted by SpartanNews117:

Originally posted by in:

PC specs? Maybe it can't handle extra areas getting rendered while viewing cameras.

Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor
Video Card: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
RAM: 16 GB

It's weird that your PC turns off completely... is your power supply more than what you need for your specs? Anything overheating while on Cayo? It's probably an overclock issue as others stated, but throwing some other ideas out there just in case.

[aka]

Originally posted by AkiraJkr:

Originally posted by aka:

your rig might have been auto adjusting some overclocking settings in the BIOS/UEFI, i would look around in there first

It is not his rig, that I can assure you.
GTA V is the only game I know so far that does this. No matter if you're undervolting or overclocking, just because you have voltage control on the game will start tampering with it, turning your computer unstable until it eventually dies.

The game is just an app, it cant do any of those directly, but the operating system underneath could pull trickery like that if the BIOS/UEFI settings are over the safe limits for the rig.

But yeah, Cayo tends to request more computing power from the system than any other parts of the game, even on PlayStation 5. (it starts to stutter at some areas)

[AkiraJkr]

Originally posted by aka:

Originally posted by AkiraJkr:

It is not his rig, that I can assure you.
GTA V is the only game I know so far that does this. No matter if you're undervolting or overclocking, just because you have voltage control on the game will start tampering with it, turning your computer unstable until it eventually dies.

The game is just an app, it cant do any of those directly, but the operating system underneath could pull trickery like that if the BIOS/UEFI settings are over the safe limits for the rig.

I can assure you, it is GTA V, I am speaking from experience, not a possibility. There is an entire thread on this matter here. Already danced this tango. The game has been running perfectly fine ever since I, unfortunately had to disable that option(even though literally no other game I played had this issue...)
GTA V just ♥♥♥♥♥ your system if you have voltage control enabled.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/271590/discussions/0/4355617769804703314/

[aka]

What is this "voltage control" you are talking about?
Is this an app?

[cruste]

Originally posted by AkiraJkr:

Originally posted by aka:

The game is just an app, it cant do any of those directly, but the operating system underneath could pull trickery like that if the BIOS/UEFI settings are over the safe limits for the rig.

I can assure you, it is GTA V, I am speaking from experience, not a possibility. There is an entire thread on this matter here. Already danced this tango. The game has been running perfectly fine ever since I, unfortunately had to disable that option(even though literally no other game I played had this issue...)
GTA V just ♥♥♥♥♥ your system if you have voltage control enabled.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/271590/discussions/0/4355617769804703314/

says the favela ninja from sao palo
how comes, it is only happening to a few systems?
simple answer you have a faulty setup

it could be so many things beside the game.
you can have a 5k rig for example and combine this with a cheap powersocket from china and you run into such issue
could your powerdistributor, who can't maintain stable 60hz for what ever reasons and so on

it is the curse of power, while it is invisible, you need voltmeter and lots of other tools to monitor all the different settings around the system

maybe it is the neighbor stealing illegal power to maintain his weedplantation in the basement

if you are lucky it is just a faulty windows update, faulty driver or bad setting used in the bios through clueless overclocking experts and if you are not so lucky it is dying hardware
propably the psu/ cpu or gpu if the pc restarts itself.
latest doesn't mean staple nowadays anymore, could be just the usual nightmare the one driver works for certain newer games and you need another one for older games


it is called bad luck in the silicon lottery
faulty graphic card
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3puInnaG5ok
dated thermal paste
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W0r95MNOow
faulty psu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBk1o7BYj84

sucks if you have no components from older pc builds to switch for testing

good luck wasting time away to finally find the faulty component

**For CPU Testing:**
1. **Prime95**: This is a popular tool for stressing the CPU. It can help identify stability issues and overheating problems.
2. **Intel Processor Diagnostic Tool (for Intel CPUs)**: Specifically designed for Intel processors, this tool tests various aspects of CPU functionality, including arithmetic, logic, and cache.
3. **AMD Ryzen Master (for AMD Ryzen CPUs)**: If you have an AMD Ryzen CPU, you can use this tool to monitor and stress test your CPU.
4. **AIDA64**: This comprehensive system information and benchmarking tool includes CPU stress testing capabilities.

**For GPU Testing:**

1. **FurMark**: This is a GPU stress testing tool that pushes your graphics card to its limits, helping to detect stability issues or overheating problems.
2. **MSI Kombustor**: Another GPU stress testing tool that is often used to check the stability of graphics cards.
3. **3DMark**: While primarily a benchmarking tool, 3DMark includes stress tests that can be used to check GPU stability and performance.
4. **Heaven Benchmark**: This is a popular GPU benchmarking tool that can also be used for stress testing.
5. **OCCT (OverClock Checking Tool)**: OCCT includes a GPU stress test that can help you identify potential issues.

check all the cable connection especially from cpu and gpu
these power hungry beast are no joke and lose cable can cause severe damage
very common if use some thirdparty cable mods
https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/13l1typ/what_melted_my_pcie_cable/?chainedPosts=t3_14xxyk7

[AkiraJkr]

My brother in christ, it's the game, I've had the same problem in three different GPUs and PCs, with the THIRD GPU being a replacement. It's just a problem wit hthe game, it's old, many other people are having the problem and they have sweeter PCs than I do.

Originally posted by aka:

What is this "voltage control" you are talking about?
Is this an app?

MSI Afterburner, yeah. I was using it to undervolt and had zero issues with so many games--yet, GTA V wants to be the sole exception so...welp. Had to disable that. 🤷 not sure what gives but at least I actually found the cause for those, and I'm just hoping the advice helps others--I mean, apparently it worked for the OP of another thread, even if it wasn't perfect.

[Binod]

gta v not working please help

[aka]

How do we know OP having an MSI system?

Anyhow, it would be an interesting way to test the hardware with a completely different operating system: trying out Linux (Ubuntu for example) and see if the same setup trips under the same circumstances with the same settings.

[Exodus]

This can also be a driver issue, mostly this is a PSU issue but it can be plethora of things honestly.

the dxcache the system reads/writes from if corrupted can actually cause system shutdowns, it's happened to me in soviet installation sections from rise of the tomb raider i did an OCCT stress which is overkill, the PSU was easily handling the load. Games can be tricky due to ups and downs in voltages quite rapidly certain scenarios that might not be present under a stress test doesn't really translate to games in certain scenarios.

This also happened to me a few weeks ago on cayo right after the drainage tunnel load sequence, I don't know if its an AMD issue (their current pro and Adrenalin drivers are not stable, they act weird af even if AMD claims the pro drivers are more stable they really arent lmao) because albeit very rare, but it occurs.

I wouldn't recommend stress testing for long, its unnecessary and will push your hardware to critical levels and can damage it.

[AkiraJkr]

Originally posted by aka:

How do we know OP having an MSI system?

It's not a program just for MSI products.

It's not an MSI product. It's just a program literally everyone and their mother uses which also has a way to control voltages. And for whatever reason GTA V is one of, if not the only game that leverages ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ around with that on Steam.